Toledo City (part 20 of 21)

In his boyhood days Walter W. Brand attended the public schools of this city and later entered the University of Michigan. He afterward became a student in the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia and was there graduated with the M. D. degree in 1894. Returning to Toledo, he here entered upon the active practice of his profession. He strongly urged the building of a hospital for smallpox and other contagious diseases and while he served as health commissioner, from 1901 until 1906, the hospital was built at a cost of sixty thousand dollars. It has fully met every requirement in this connection and is an institution of the greatest value to the city. Following its successful establishment Dr. Brand began agitating the question of building a maternity hospital, and since its completion in 1920 he has been its chief obstetrician. It is splendidly equipped, being today one of the finest institutions of the kind in the country and its patronage is extensive. Dr. Brand is also serving on the staff of the Lucas County Hospital and of St. Vincent's Hospital, and he has membership in the Lucas County Medical Society, the Ohio State and American Medical associations, and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Brand was married April 17, 1895, to Miss Julia Layng, a daughter of George W. Layng, superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Toledo. Dr. and Mrs. Brand have a daughter, now Mrs. Austin Waite, who was educated in the Toledo schools and in an eastern college and is residing in this city. Dr. Brand belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Toledo Club and the To ledo Country Club.

Frank Stuart Lewis

Frank Stuart Lewis, a Harvard man, prominent in law practice in Toledo as a member of the firm of Doyle & Lewis, was born on the 18th of June, 1879, in Caldwell, Noble county, Ohio, his parents being Charles T. and Dora (Glidden) Lewis, who were also natives of the Buckeye state. During his active life the father was a prominent attorney, with a large practice in Toledo and for many years he was also actively interested in education, serving as president of the Toledo school board and doing much to standardize the schools and stimulate progress in the educational development of the city. He passed away here in 1918. His widow makes her home in Toledo. In their family were five children: Howard, an attor-

In his youthful days Frank S. Lewis attended the Toledo schools and after leaving the high school entered Doane Academy, while later he matriculated in Denison University, from which he was graduated in 1902, with the Bachelor of Arts degree. He next became a student in Harvard Law school and won his LL. B. degree at his graduation in 1905. He was admitted to the bar before the supreme court at Columbus in December of that year and at once entered upon active practice in connection with his father, while in 1910 he was admitted to the firm. In 1916 the present style of Doyle & Lewis was adopted, the partners thereof being: John H. Doyle, Charles T. Lewis, Frank S. Lewis and his brother Howard Lewis, Richard D. Logan, Robert Newbegin, Milo J. Warner, Frederick W. Gaines, Charles H. Lemmon and C. T. Lewis, Jr. They have their offices in the Nicholas building and the firm enjoys a very extensive practice of a most important character. Frank S. Lewis has served as general attorney for the Toledo & Ohio Central Railway Company and has in large measure confined his attention to corporation practice, being thoroughly familiar with that branch of the law. He and his brother Howard are also connected with a number of important business enterprises in Toledo and they were active in the development of Fort Miami, one of the attractive suburban districts of the city.

On the 6th of October, 1909, Mr. Lewis was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Belle Chesbrough of Toledo, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abram M. Chesbrough. They have become parents of two children: Nancy Jane, born in August, 1910; and Natalia Dorothy, born in 1913. Both daughters are now in school. In his political views Mr. Lewis has always been a stalwart republican. He belongs to the Sigma Chi, a college fraternity, and is a popular member of the Toledo Club, the Toledo Country Club, the Toledo Automobile Club and the Sylvania Club and he has been a trustee of the Toledo Commerce Club. In Masonry he has attained the Knights Templar degree and his religious faith is indicated in his membership in the Baptist church. Along strictly professional lines he is connected with the Lucas County, Ohio State and American Bar associations. While the activities of his life are well balanced, his interest naturally centers in his profession and his developing powers have resulted in the attainment of a prominence that places him in the front rank among the attorneys at law of Toledo.

Hark Ye, Fisher

Among the large productive enterprises which have contributed to Toledo's prestige along commercial lines is that of the Conklin Pen Manufacturing Com- . pany, of which Harry E. Fisher is the president, and in this connection he is successfully controlling a business of extensive proportions. He was born in Piqua, Ohio, June 21, 1871, and his father, George H. Fisher, was a well known manufacturer of that city. In 1872 he came to Toledo, where he entered the drug business, with which he was connected until 1881, when he again turned his attention to manufacturing lines, becoming president of the Gendron Wheel Company and continuing to fill that office until his demise, which occurred in December, 1901, when he was fifty-four years of age. He was a man of marked business

Harry E. Fisher, an only child, obtained his education in the grammar an high schools of Toledo and on entering the business world he became connected with the Gendron Wheel Company, starting in an humble capacity and working his way steadily upward through merit and ability until he was made a director of the company. Later he directed his energies into other channels and at length purchased the patent rights to the Conklin fountain pen, organizing the Conklin Pen Manufacturing Company, of which he has served as president since 1900. The concern makes both pens and pencils and the superiority of these articles has gained for them an extensive sale in all parts of the world, shipments being made to eighty-three foreign countries. Mr. Fisher has always carefully planned his business, while he also has the ability and executive force to carry it forward, and in his manufacturing operations he gives employment to four hundred persons.

In this city, on the 14th of March, 1894, Mr. Fisher was united in marriage to Miss Cecile L. Warren and they have become the parents of a son, George H., who was born November 27, 1895. He acquired his education in the public schools of Toledo and Worcester Academy of Massachusetts and is now associated with his father in business. He is married and has two children.

Mr. Fisher, Sr., is a republican in his political views and as a member of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce he does all in his power to promote the welfare and upbuilding of the city. He is an Episcopalian in religious faith and is connected with the Rotary, Inverness and Toledo clubs. He is a Mason in high standing, having attained the thirty-second degree in the order, and is a member of both the York and Scottish rites. With industry and determination as dominant qualities he has made steady progress in the business world, until he now ranks with Toledo's foremost business men. A splendid commercial enterprise stands as a monument to what he has accomplished and its influence upon the industrial activity of the city can scarcely be over-estimated.

Harry A. Nusbaum

There is no greater stimulus to individual activity and enterprise than that which is found in the life records of such men as Harry A. Nusbaum, who has worked his way upward from an humble position in the business world and is now vice president of Toledo's largest wholesale hardware firm. His birth occurred at Ashland, Ohio, on the 27th of March, 1882, and his parents, Abraham and Ann (Cotner) Nusbaum, were also natives of that place. The father, a well educated man, became a successful school teacher and his attention was also given . to the operation of a farm. Both Mr. and Mrs. Nusbaum are deceased.

Harry A. Nusbaum attended a country school near his home, receiving instruction from his father, and later he became.a student at Ashland College, from which he was graduated in 1901, winning the A. B. degree. On entering the business world he secured the position of shipping clerk in the wholesale hardware house of the Bostwick-Braun Company and has remained in the service of that concern, advancing through the various departments as he demonstrated his worth and ability and at length reaching the office of vice president, in which capacity he is now serving. He combines a detailed knowledge of the business with a high order of execu-

Mr. Nusbaum is a member of the United Brethren church and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. He is identified with both the York and Scottish rites in Masonry and has taken the thirty-second degree in the consistory. He is also a member of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Toledo Club, the Inverness Country Club and the Toledo Yacht Club. In mercantile circles of Toledo he occupies a position of leadership and his course has been characterized by integrity and honor in every relation, commanding for him the respect, confidence and goodwill of all with whom he has been associated.

Ira C. Taber

Ira C. Taber, a well known and successful lawyer of Toledo, has long maintained a foremost position among the ablest advocates and counselors in this city. During the nearly forty years of his professional activities Mr. Taber has held to the highest ideals and standards of his profession. He was born near New Rochester, Wood county, Ohio, October 4, 1860, his parents being Nelson D. and Samantha (Skeels) Taber, who removed from the state of New York to Ohio during the first half of the nineteenth century. The Skeels family was established in Seneca county, Ohio, as early as 1832, and the Tabers a few years later settled in Fulton county. It was in Seneca county that the parents of Ira C. Taber were married and they became parents of three children, but only Ira C. Taber is living. The father was a successful farmer and about 1882 he established his home in Bowling Green, where his wife passed away February 27, 1902. Afterward he became a resident of Toledo, where he departed this life on June 15, 1903.

The early educational opportunities of Ira C. Taber were those afforded by the district schools near his father's farm. In 1882 he completed a course in the high school at Bowling Green, being one of the first alumni. Having determined upon the practice of law as a life work, he matriculated in the Cincinnati Law School, from which he was graduated in May, 1885, and about that time was admitted to practice at the bar of this state. He first opened a law office in Bowling Green, where he remained until 1896, and during the first ten years of his professional career he was alone in practice, save for about ten months when he was associated with the firm of James, Taber & Beverstock. During 1895 he was a partner of C. R. Painter. He had already had broad and varied experience in his chosen profession when on the Ist of January, 1896, he became allied with the Toledo bar and from the beginning of his residence here he has occupied a prominent and enviable position in the ranks of the legal profession. After some months alone he became a member of the firm of Taber & Clapp, which was continued until February 15, 1908, and on the Ist of December following, Mr. Taber became senior partner in the firm of Taber, Longbrake & O'Leary, an association that was continued until 1914, the firm ranking as one of the most prominent and successful at the Toledo bar. In December, 1914, Mr. Taber was joined by John E. Daniells in organizing the firm of Taber & Daniells, with offices in the Nicholas building. Throughout his professional career Mr. Taber has tried all kinds of cases and has tried them well but more and more largely he has concentrated his efforts and attention upon corporation and realty law. He has represented many of the leading corporations of this section of the country and has figured in soine of the most important litigation before Toledo courts in recent years.

On the 18th of January, 1888, at Haskins, Ohio, occurred the marriage of Ira C. Taber and Miss Adelia J. Thomas, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome B. Thomas, who were pioneer residents of Wood county. The birth of Mrs. Taber occurred in Haskins and she there pursued her early education, while later she continued her studies in Ada, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Taber have four children: Merl N.; Marie E.; Melva; and Esther V.

The religious faith of the family is that of the Methodist church, their membership being in St. Paul's, in the work of which Mr. Taber takes a most active and helpful part. His political endorsement has always been given to the republican party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, and few men are more thoroughly informed concerning the vital questions and issues of the day, yet political honors in office have had no strong attraction for him. In early manhood he served at Bowling Green for four years as city clerk and for two years as city solicitor, was also school examiner for six years and a member of the board of education for an equal period. Otherwise he has held no offices, the demands of his profession fully monopolizing his time and energy. He is a member of the Toledo Bar Association and the Toledo Commerce Club, and is recognized as a man of well balanced capacities and power, who has long occupied a central place on the stage of legal action. His entire career has shown a mastery of the lessons of life day by day, until his postgraduate work in the school of experience has placed him with the men of eminent learning and ability in the profession of law. Mr. Taber's residence is at No. 2040 Glenwood avenue.

William Ira Miller

In real estate and insurance circles the name of William Ira Miller is well known, for he is the treasurer and general manager of the Miller-Baither Company, operating in those fields. He has comprehensive understanding of everything that has to do with the lines of business in which he is engaged and his thoroughness, diligence and persistency of purpose are recognized as the salient features in the attainment of his present-day success. Mr. Miller was born in Blissfield, Michigan, December 26, 1888, his parents being Christian and Mary (Knight) Miller. The father was a carpenter and contractor who devoted his life to building operations. The son obtained a public school education, continuing his studies in the Toledo high school following the removal of the family to this city in 1890. He afterward took a course in the Ohio State University, and thus liberal educational opportunities well qualified him for life's practical and responsible duties. He subsequently entered the real estate and insurance business and became one of the incorporators of the original company which preceded the Miller-Baither Company. The original company was formed in 1909 and the present organization was effected later for the purpose of conducting a real estate and insurance business. Both departments of the business are well organized and are under the competent management of Mr. Miller, who is both treasurer and general manager and who is most efficient in directing the labors of those who are representatives of the corporation. The company has negotiated many realty transfers and has directed the investments of many patrons to the satisfaction of all concerned. Mr. Miller has intimate and comprehensive knowledge of the real estate market and conditions affecting it, knowns the property that is for sale and is a splendid valuator of all realty. Aside from his connection with the Miller-Baither Company he is the vice president of the Buckeye Savings Association. What he undertakes he carries forward to successful completion and his determined efforts are crowned with excellent results, while at all times his business methods will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny.

On the 14th of June, 1919, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Gladys Long of Toledo, Ohio, and they have become parents of a daughter, Mary Ellen. Fraternally Mr. Miller is a Mason and an Elk. In the former organization he has taken the degrees of lodge and chapter and is a faithful follower of the teachings of the craft. He likewise belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and is interested in its well organized efforts for the city's upbuilding, the promotion of its business relations and the maintenance of all those interests which are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride. In leisure hours he turns to motoring for recreation and spends many a delightful day in this way. His social qualities make for popularity and he has a large circle of warm friends in the city in which he has made his home from early boyhood.

George B. Ricaby

George B. Ricaby is numbered among those real estate dealers of Toledo whose progressive business methods are resulting in the substantial upbuilding and improvement of the city as well as in the attainment of individual success, and he also has other important business interests. He was born in Montague, Michigan, November 24, 1884, and is a son of William H. and Mary E. (Bell) Ricaby, the former a native of Erie, Pennsylvania, while the latter was born in Milton, Canada. About the time of the Civil war the father removed to Michigan, locating at Montague, where he successfully engaged in the jewelry business until about 1891, when he went to Benton Harbor, that state. He is now living retired in Toledo, having accumulated a comfortable competence through close application and the capable management of his business affairs.

Of a family of three children George B. Ricaby is the only one living and in 1903, when eighteen years of age, he was graduated from the high school at Benton Harbor. Entering the newspaper field, he became owner and editor of the Twin City Blade, a leading journal of Benton Harbor, being at that time but nineteen years of age and ranking with the youngest editorial writers in the country. He later owned and edited the Galion Advocate and Blade but in 1904 disposed of his newspaper interests and came to Toledo, becoming a salesman for George E. Pomeroy, now one of the leading real estate dealers of the city. Later Mr. Ricaby was placed in charge of the down-town office and he continued in the employ of Mr. Pomeroy until 1909, when he joined the Close Realty Company, of which he became vice president. He continued to fill that office until the 1st of October, 1918, when he sold his interest in the firm and organized the George B. Ricaby Company, of which he has since been the president. His thorough knowledge of the business, untiring energy and capable management have enabled him to build up one of the largest and most successful real estate com- panies in Toledo and he now employs about one hundred and ten people, seven men having charge of the down-town properties. He has developed the Eagle Point, Sheridan Place, Mount Vernon, Wildwood, East Harbor, and Island View subdivisions, converting unsightly vacancies into attractive residential districts. He also has other large holdings in various parts of the city, including apartments and hotels, and is the owner of the Belvidere, which he also operates. He likewise represents the Prudential Insurance Company, deals in real estate investments and also sells first mortgage bonds of properties controlled by the George B. Ricaby Company. In addition, he is serving as president of the Bond Hotel Company and the Bond Theatre Company and his business interests are important and extensive.

On the 25th of July, 1914, Mr. Ricaby was united in marriage to Miss Violet J. Corbett, of Detroit, and they have a large circle of friends in this city. In his political views Mr. Ricaby is an independent republican and fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, while his social nature finds expression in his membership in the Toledo, Inverness and Toledo Yacht clubs. His labors have been a direct agency in the material upbuilding of his city, which has greatly benefited through his activities, and an analyzation of his life record shows him to be a man of unusual ability, foresight and business acumen, in whose vocabulary there is no such word as fail.

Dr. Thomas Hubbard was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, July 22, 1859, and is a son of Amos Fisk and Ursala Graves Hubbard. The father descended from the Hubbards of Middletown, Connecticut, was a native of the state of New York and a representative of one of its old families. He came to Ohio in the early 730s and was among the pioneer settlers of Ashtabula. With the passing years he became a successful banker of that city, devoting his life to the banking business there. Both he and his wife have passed away. In their family were eleven children, five of whom are living, namely: Thomas; Sarah C., a resident of Ashtabula; Amos F., who is a dentist practicing in Ashtabula; Mrs. Thomas B. Cooley, living at Detroit, Michigan; and George H., a resident of Fort Worth, Texas.

The boyhood days of Thomas Hubbard were devoted to the acquirement of an education in the grade and high schools of Ashtabula. Dr. John C. Hubbard of' Ashtabula, one of the most distinguished pioneer Western Reserve physicians, initiated his nephew into the chosen profession. By precept and example he taught the noble humanitarian ideals of the art and as preceptor directed his medical edu- | cation. He entered the Western Reserve University Preparatory School in 1879 and the next year went to the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated with the Ph. C. degree in 1882. In 1882-3 he began the study of medicine at Western Reserve Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio. He entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1883 and won his professional degree at graduation with the class of 1885. Dr. Hubbard located for practice in his native city, where he remained for two years. He went abroad in 1887, spending six months in study at the University of, Vienna, Austria, during which time he visited other medical centers of the old world. On the expiration of that period he returned to America and since 1888 has been a resident of Toledo, where he has successfully practiced. He has devoted his talents to diseases of the ear, nose and throat. Dr. Hubbard began the practice of intubation for membranous croup, soon after the invention by O'Dwyer, in December, 1891, and in December, 1894, initiated the use of diphtheria antitoxin in Toledo, Dr. B. Becker having obtained one of the first importations direct from the Behring's laboratory. Dr. Hubbard has for fifteen years specialized in the line of esophagoscopy and bronchoscopy in the treatment of foreign bodies in the esophagus and lungs.

Dr. Hubbard is serving on the staff of the Toledo Hospital, St. Vincent's Hospital, Robinwood Hospital and Flower Hospital. He is a member of the American Medical Association, Ohio State Medical Association, Academy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas County, The American Laryngological Association (of which he was president in 1913), The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society and the American Otological Society.

On the fourth of September, 1889, Dr. Hubbard was married to Miss Charissa Graves of Fort Wayne, Indiana, daughter of Charles E. and Mary Ann Graves. Dr. and Mrs. Hubbard have two sons: Holland Amos, born in Toledo, in 1892, and educated in the public and high schools and in Lehigh University of Pennsylvania, is now a prominent real estate man of this city, of the firm of Hanson, Hubbard and Hansen. He married Miss Eleanor Seymour of Ashtabula, Ohio; Pomeroy Graves Hubbard, the younger son, born in 1895, was educated in the schools of Toledo and Asheville, North Carolina, and is now engineer for the Delco Light Company of Toledo. Both sons were in the service during the World war. Holland was with the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Field Artillery, Thirtyseventh Division, with the rank of sergeant, and saw active duty in France for a year; while Pomeroy was chief machinist mate in the United States Submarine Chaser Service and was also overseas in 1918-1919.

Dr. Hubbard gives his political allegiance to the democratic party but has neither sought nor held office outside of the strict path of his profession. He is identified with the Adams Street Mission of Toledo and he is a member of Trinity church. He has made his life of service and benefit to his fellowmen and his position as a physician and surgeon is among the foremost representatives of the profession in northwestern Ohio.

Thomas Calkins

With the pioneer development of Toledo, Thomas Calkins became closely associated, and aided in laying broad and deep the foundation upon which has been built the later progress and prosperity of the city. He was born in County Mayo, in the west of Ireland, in 1828, and in the acquirement of his education he attended the schools of that country and was also instructed by private tutors. When twenty years of age he crossed the Atlantic to New York and for a period was employed as timekeeper and bookkeeper by a railroad company. He lived for a while in New York, but after five years in their employ the Lake Shore Railroad sent him to Toledo as an accountant, at which time he journeyed westward by canal. He worked as an accountant in connection with the books of grain merchants and from his earnings he saved enough to purchase the Barrington homestead and farm, which occupied the present site of the Scottwood apartments, then situated on the outskirts of the town. Mr. Calkins followed a trail on horse- back to the city every day and the most farsighted could scarcely have dreamed of the rapid changes which would occur and utterly transform the district. In those early days Indians prowled around the farm and there was a large pond on the place, which is now the site of some of the most beautiful thoroughfares and fine homes of the city. The little lake was all filled in as time passed and the land platted and sold. In the early days land could be purchased for three dollars an acre where the Washington Street school now stands. Mr. Calkins purchased much property and built houses, which he sold as the land was added to the city in various subdivisions. He hired a landscape gardener at five dollars per day, considered a high wage at that time, to lay out the grounds around his home. The man was a foreigner, familiar with the finest landscape gardening of the old world, and he developed one of the most attractive homes of the city for Mr. Calkins through the improvements which he made on the grounds surrounding the residence. Croquet and boating were to be enjoyed in the summer and skating on the pond in the winter and it was the favorite resort, where all of the young people of the city congregated. Moreover, they had access there to a splendid library, for Mr. Calkins was a great lover of books and possessed many choice volumes.

In the early years of his residence in Toledo, Mr. Calkins was married to a daughter of one of the old and honored pioneer families. They became parents of nine children, some of whom died in infancy. Those who reached adult age are: Richard; Edward; Mrs. Nellie Cox of New York; and Mary, who is the owner of the Scottwood apartments now built on the old homestead site.

One son, Dr. Thomas Calkins, late of Cleveland, together with his sister, Miss Mary Calkins, received as their share of the estate the old home site and unit by unit there built the extensive Scottwood apartments. Dr. Calkins was born April 28, 1869, in Toledo, and attended the public and parochial schools of the city. As a lad he was employed as office boy by such men as Clarence Brown, Emery Potter and Will Carrington, but when eighteen years of age he entered the Fordham University, where he studied for seven years, specializing in the classics. The school was conducted as a military academy and Dr. Calkins was a student there at the time General Clarence Edwards had charge of the military department. Between them there sprang up a strong and enduring friendship.

Having graduated from Fordham, Dr. Calkins entered the Georgetown University at Washington, D. C., where he took up the study of medicine, and in June, 1899, was graduated with high honors. After a few weeks at home he became house physician at St. Alexis Hospital in Cleveland, of which Mark Hanna was a patron. He purchased a residence on Superior street in that city, where he also had his office for private practice, and there he resided to the time of his last illness. He was appointed a member of the staff of St. Alexis Hospital in 1903 and he devoted all of his time and energy to his practice, having but few periods of recreation. In order to get away occasionally he made trips to Europe, attending clinics and visiting points of interest, among them the old ancestral home in Ireland. He was a man of great personal charm and his friends were legion. In connection with his sister Mary he founded a working girls' home in Cleveland, which is presided over by the Catholic Sisters. Dr. Calkins bore all the expense and labor of establishing and building the home, which contains four hundred rooms with modern equipment. He contributed generously to many charities, besides doing much in a private way himself.

On the 8th of May, 1922, Dr. Calkins succumbed to a nervous breakdown and was widely mourned by people of all classes. His funeral was held at Toledo and eight physicians of Cleveland came to act as honorary pallbearers, while many other members of the profession, besides patients and old friends, came to pay a last tribute of love and respect to him. He belonged to all the various medical societies and was a member of many of the social clubs of Cleveland, in the ranks of which he was very popular.

Henry Lawrence Thompson

Henry Lawrence Thompson, president of the Bostwick-Braun Company, one of the leading wholesale and retail hardware houses of the country, is one of Toledo's foremost business men and leading citizens.

He was born in Perrysburg, Ohio, May 28, 1871, a son of James William and Sarah (Lawrence) Thompson, and was reared in that city, where he also received his schooling. His connection with the Bostwick-Braun Company dates back more than one-third of a century; or, to be exact, since April 1, 1890. At that time, not yet nineteen years old, he entered the employ of this company in a minor capacity, in fact at the bottom, but his natural energy, ambition and adaptability soon started him on his rise in the business that eventually carried him to the position of chief executive, which he has filled for a number of years.

The history of The Bostwick-Braun Company is an important part of the story of Toledo's mercantile growth and development; founded in 1855, incorporated in 1893, the business of this house has been no small factor in gaining for Toledo the position of commercial importance the city now holds.

Mr. Thompson is also president of the W. Bingham Company of Cleveland, one of the old and prominent wholesale and retail hardware houses of that city. Aside from his mercantile interests, he is connected with various corporations that figure prominently in the financial and industrial life of the city.

He is chairman of the board of The Willys-Overland Company, chairman of the board of the Paragon Refining Company, a director of the Second National Bank, chairman of the board of The Summit Trust Company, director of the Toledo Plate and Window Glass Company, vice president of the Toledo Steel Products Company, director of the American Swiss Magneto Company, as well as other industrial and financial enterprises that are factors in the city's development and prosperity.

Mr. Thompson is an example of the type of a man who deserves success and for years has belonged to that class of dependable and constructive citizens who do many unselfish things to advance public movements and promote substantial enterprises.

In 1921, when the situation in Willys-Overland affairs challenged the help of Toledo business leaders, if the plant was to be retained in this city, Mr. Thompson was one of a coterie of the city's prominent business men who accepted the responsibility of extending the required assistance. This is but an instance in his career to the city's good and welfare. His friends and associates feel for him a peculiar esteem not only for his abilities, but for his many congenial and wholesome qualities of mind and heart. Mr. Thompson is thoroughly appreciative of the social amenities of life and his due consideration thereof constitutes the even balance to his intense business

In politics Mr. Thompson has always maintained an independent attitude, holding allegiance to no party organization, supporting those candidates and measures that, in his judgment, stand for the best interests of the nation, state and city. Mr. Thompson was made a Mason in Sanford Collins Lodge, F. & A. M., and had reached the thirty-second degree of Scottish Rite when but twenty-eight years old. He is also a member of Zenobia Temple of the Mystic Shrine.

On June.14, 1900, Mr. Thompson was married, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Kate Stone, a daughter of S. E. Stone of that city, and they have a son and daughter: Henry Lawrence, Jr., and Kate Stone.

William James Kelley

William James Kelly, who for twenty-three years has been a prominent figure in real estate circles in Toledo and is now identified with the Kelly Improvement Company and various other corporations operating successfully in the real estate field, is of English birth, born on the Isle of Man on the 10th of April, 1875, his parents being John R. and Alice (Kerruish) Kelly. His educational equipment was obtained in the public schools and in a business college and in 1889, when a youth of fourteen years, he came to America, making his way at once to Toledo, where he began earning his living by working at the carpenter's trade. He was thus employed for a few years, and seeing the opportunity for the attainment of success in the real estate field, he turned his attention thereto in~ 1900. Throughout the intervening period he has constantly broadened the scope of his activities as a realtor and in 1910 he organized the Kelly Improvement Company, which he incorporated in that year and of which he has since been the president and manager. He is likewise the vice president of the Security Land Company and has also organized the Lucas County Realty Company, of which he is vice president. Through these three different companies he is operating extensively as a real estate dealer of Toledo, handling a large amount of property annually and possessing intimate and accurate knowledge of property values.

Mr. Kelly married, for his first wife, Miss Hermia Neuhaus, and her death left a son, Lawrence William, born April 19, 1901, who was but a little over sixteen years of age at the time of his enlistment, September 17, 1917. He served in the World war as a member of One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Infantry, Thirty-Seventh Division, and was eleven months in France and Belgium. At the time of his discharge, April 19, 1919, he was regimental supply sergeant of the One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Infantry.

For his second wife he wedded Miss Louise Weidner, a native of this city, and they have become parents of one son, Robert James, born April 13, 1908.

Mr. Kelly is a loyal follower of Masonic teachings, having attained the thirtysecond degree of the Scottish Rite, the principles of the order being exemplified in his relations with his fellowmen. Mr. Kelly certainly deserves much credit for what he has accomplished. As the architect of his own fortunes he has builded wisely and well, for he started out empty-handed when a youth in his teens and since that time has depended entirely upon his own resources. He has eagerly and wisely grasped each opportunity that has come to him, never losing sight for a moment of the eternal principle that industry wins, and as a result of his indefatigable effort, perseverance and thorough reliability he has gained a most creditable position in the real estate circles of his adopted city and has therefore never had occasion to regret the fact that he left his native isle to become an American citizen. Mr. Kelly's residence is at No. 3261 Parkwood avenue.

Roger P. Bresnahan

Roger P. Bresnahan needs no introduction to the readers of this volume, for as president of the Toledo Baseball Club of the American Association he occupies a high position in baseball circles of the country and his activities in connection with the national game have extended throughout his life, making his name a familiar and honored one to those who are lovers of this clean and popular sport. Mr. * Bresnahan is a native son of Toledo and a member of a family which was established in this city fifty-three years ago. He was born June 11, 1879, and his parents, Michael C. and Mary (O'Donohue) Bresnahan, were natives of Ireland. In 1870 they came to the United States, establishing their home in Toledo during pioneer times, and in this city the father passed away, but the mother is still living here.

The seventh in order of birth in a family of eight children, Roger P. Bresnahan began his education in the parochial schools of Toledo and completed his studies in the Central high school. From early boyhod his interest has centered in baseball and his leisure hours were devoted to the sport, in which he soon grew proficient, and while yet in his teens played semi-professional ball with several strong teams in this section of the state. He began as a pitcher and his first major league connection was with the Washington team, where he remained for two seasons, going from there to the Baltimore team of the American League. From this organization he joined John J. McGraw and a number of others who went to the New York Giants of the National League in 1900, and it was with this famous team that Mr. Bresnahan acquired the reputation that stamped him one of the greatest ball players in the history of the great national game. It was here he changed from pitcher to catcher, and his remarkable work in the new position from the start made him the most conspicuous figure in the game, to be a star in both of these positions. For a number of years he was the first string catcher for the Giants, and his value for all-around work was evidenced by the fact that when not in the game as catcher he was used in the outfield and was for a considerable period the lead-off batter, the only catcher ever known to bat continuously in that position. As partner with the famous Christy Mathewson he formed the battery of Mathewson and Bresnahan, considered by authorities as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, combinations ever in baseball. Mr. Bresnahan remained with the New York Giants until 1908, when he was signed as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, filling that position from 1909 until 1913 and effecting a great improvement in the team. He next joined the Chicago Cubs in a similar capacity, successfully managing that club until 1916, when he seized the opportunity to acquire his home team, the Toledo Mud Hens, of which he has since been the principal owner. He has spared neither time, energy, money nor patience in his efforts to give Toledo the best team in the American Association and has never lost faith in the ultimate attainment of his purpose. A wonderful tribute to Mr. Bresnahan's skill as a ball player came recently when John J. McGraw of the New York Giants, admittedly baseball's greatest and brainiest manager, in an autobiography, "My Thirty Years in Baseball," selected a mythical All National League team of players he considered greatest in their respective positions. He selected Mr. Bresnahan as catcher, and for the mythical team of All Time he again selected Mr. Bresnahan, stamping him as the greatest catcher that ever played the game.

Mr. Bresnahan is a communicant of the Roman Catholic church and a third degree Knight of Columbus. He is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Loyal Order of Moose and in politics he maintains an independent attitude, placing the qualifications of a candidate above all other considerations. He is a loyal supporter of the city, because of his belief in its opportunities and advantages, and his enthusiasm has found expression in effective efforts in its behalf. No man has done more to promote the national sport than Mr. Bresnahan, who has always stood for the highest ideals and standards in his work, and his record is a matter of pride to Toledo's citizens, for his strongly marked characteristics are those of an honorable, upright manhood - a manhood that makes for personal popularity and at the same time commands the unqualified respect of all.

Business development. in Toledo receives stimulus from the efforts of F. A. Frankowski, who is numbered among the successful real estate dealers of the city, while in public affairs he also figures prominently as deputy county auditor of Lucas county, in which office he has been retained for the past six years. Mr. Frankowski is one of Toledo's native sons, his birth having occurred in this city on the 4th of November, 1887, and his parents, Thomas and Mary Frankowski, are both natives of Poland. In 1879 they came to the United States, settling in Toledo, and for a number of years the father engaged in the florist's business, but he is now connected with the Edison Company of this city. The mother also survives and of the eleven children born to their union ten are living, namely: Peter F., Stephen W., Mrs. Josephine Fox, Mrs. Julia Hojnacki, Clara, Leo, Stella, Roman, Sylvester and F. A., all of whom are residents of Toledo.

F. A. Frankowski acquired his early education in the parochial schools of this city and later became a student at St. John's College, from which he was graduated in 1904. After completing his academic course he entered the employ of the Kirschner, Wideman & Uhl Company, a well known real estate and insurance firm of Toledo, but left their service a short time later, becoming connected with the American Can Company in the capacity of timekeeper and cost clerk. For three and a half years he was with that concern and was then appointed deputy state fire marshal during the administration of Governor Harmon, capably filling that important position for six years and two months. On the expiration of that period, or in 1916, he received an appointment as deputy county auditor of Lucas county and has proven systematic, efficient, accurate and faithful in the discharge of his duties rendering valuable public service. In 1918 he became a member of the firm of Trepinski & Frankowski and they have since conducted a successful real estate and steamship ticket business. They have an intimate knowledge of property values and have negotiated many important realty transfers. Their commercial transactions have been conducted on the basis of honorable, straightforward dealing and they are rapidly building up a large business. On March 5, 1923, Mr. Frankowski was appointed manager of the Opieka Savings Bank Company, Lagrange street branch, which is his present employment.

Mr. Frankowski was married April 29, 1914, to Miss Regina Zielinski, a daughter of Frank Zielinski, a well known resident of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Frankowski have three children: Beatrice, whose birth occurred in 1915; Alice, who was born in 1919; and Mary Jane, born in 1920. Mr. Frankowski is a Roman Catholic in religious faith and a member of the Knights of Columbus, St. Michael's Society, the Polish National Alliance and the Hurd Club, while his political support is given to the men and measures of the democratic party. Throughout his career he has been a persistent, resolute and energetic worker and success has rewarded his efforts. He does all in his power to exploit the resources and advantages of Toledo, and is widely and favorably known in the city in which his life has been passed.

William Coghlin

Into various fields William Coghlin has directed his labors, ultimately arriving at the presidency of the Coghlin-Kirkby Machinery & Supply Company of Toledo. Not by leaps and bounds has he reached this position but by an orderly progression that has marked his full-faithed attempt to make every step in his career a forward one. Born in Toledo, September 27, 1872, he is a son of Dennis and Mary (McTague) Coghlin, the father a grain trimmer. The son was educated in parochial schools and when but twelve years of age began earning his living by working in a grocery store. He afterward acted as clerk of the school board for one term and, from early youth taking an active interest in politics, he served as a member of the democratic county central committee. He was also at one time chairman of a labor union. Thus his interests and activities have covered a wide scope, bringing him comprehensive knowledge of many questions which are vitally prominent before the public today. In early life he learned the machinist's trade and working his way upward he became department manager for the National Supply Company, with which he remained for nine years. Ambitious to engage in business on his own account, he ultimately organized the Coghlin-Kirkby Machinery & Supply Company, of which he is the president and general manager. The company's store is situated on the site of the old Wheeler Opera House and the business is now one of substantial proportions, having been developed along safe and progressive lines, so that the trade has increased year by year.

On the 7th of October, 1897, Mr. Coghlin was united in marriage to Miss Daisy M. Roberts of Toledo and they have become parents of three, children: Mary Margaret, Paul Edward and Joseph Medor. Mr. Coghlin finds his recreation in the game of golf and in his rose garden. He also greatly enjoys fishing and sailing. He is a member of the Tampa (Fla.) Yacht & Country Club and he belongs to the American Rose Society. He has carried his study of the queen of flowers to a point of expert knowledge and is justly proud of his beautiful rose garden, which is not only a joy to the family but to the many friends who annually visit it. In club circles, too, Mr. Coghlin is a prominent figure, belonging to the -

Toledo Club, Sylvania Golf Club, Toledo Automobile Club, Toledo Yacht Club and the Commerce Club. He is also identified with the Toledo Art Museum as one of its generous patrons and, indeed, is interested in all of those movements and forces which make for the cultural uplift of the city. His is a career of notable achievement, inasmuch as he started out empty-handed to earn his living when a lad of but twelve years. He soon recognized the value of industry, perseverance and reliability as factors in the attainment of success and these qualities have been assiduously cultivated by him as the years have gone by. Step by step he has progressed until he has reached a position among the prominent business men of Toledo, controlling extensive commercial interests, while his name is an honored one on commercial paper to a large amount. Such a record should serve to inspire and encourage others, showing what can be accomplished through individual effort, intelligently directed.

William Henry Comte

William Henry Comte, the secretary and treasurer of The Comte-Naumann Company, building contractors of Toledo, has spent his life in this city. He was born on the 23d day of September, 1893, his parents being Julius and Margaret (Baker) Comte. The father has been engaged in building construction in Toledo for approximately thirty-five years.

At the age of eighteen years he joined his father in the latter's business, which in March, 1921, was incorporated under the name of The Comte-Naumann Company of which William H. Comte has become the secretary and treasurer.

The religious faith of Mr. Comte is manifest in the fact that he is a member of the Knights of Columbus, which is formed only of those who are identified with the Catholic church. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and is also a member of the Lions Club. Thus his interests and activities have become of broad character and scope and he is keenly alive to the opportunities and the responsibilities that come to each American citizen.

One of the most popular representatives of automobile interests in Toledo is Ralph A. Parker, the genial manager of the local branch of the Cadillac Company, who for the past six years has capably discharged the duties of this position. He was born in this city, January 11, 1883, and his parents, Torrence D. and Jennie (Mehl) Parker, were natives, respectively, of Ohio and New York. As a young man the father came to Toledo, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits, becoming the owner of a grocery store. He passed away in this city in 1915 and the mother's demise occurred two years later. )

Ralph A. Parker, their only. child, attended the grammar and high schools of his native city and after laying aside his textbooks he entered the pattern-making department of the Toledo Machine & Tool Company, with which he was connected for four years, gaining valuable experience along mechanical lines. He then secured a position in the office of the Bour Coffee Company, which he later represented as a traveling salesman, serving in that capacity for five years. On the expiration of that period he opened the Standard Garage, which he conducted successfully from 1908 until 1912, when he sold out and made his way to the Pacific coast. For a time he engaged in business in Portland, Oregon, and then went to California, becoming manager for the San Francisco Tour Company, which position he filled for three and a half years. In 1915 he returned to the east and in the early part of 1916 he took over the Toledo Cadillac Company, which he has since successfully conducted. Broad experience has given him a detailed knowledge of the business and owing to his expert salesmanship, enterprising and aggressive methods and thorough reliability he has been able to build up a large volume of trade for the company which he represents.

Mr. Parker is a member of the First Congregational church and his political support is given to the men and measures of the republican party. Through his identification with the Chamber of Commerce he does all in his power to promote the industrial prosperity of this city and he is also a member of the Exchange, Automobile, Inverness and Toledo clubs. His fraternal connections are with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Masons and in the latter organization he has attained the thirty-second degree. He had no special advantages to aid him at the outset of his career but realized that energy, determination and honest dealing are indispensable concomitants of success, and through the employment of these agencies he has steadily advanced. He is recognized as an alert and progressive business man and public-spirited citizen and his personal qualities are such that he has gained the warm friendship of many.

Edwin M. Goodwin, M.D.

For more than a half century Dr. Edwin M. Goodwin was an honored representative of the medical profession in Toledo. He was born in Cazenovia, New York, on the 27th of May, 1842, and his life record covered the intervening years to the 17th of March, 1920, when he passed away in this city. Early in life he determined upon the practice of medicine as his vocation and in preparation therefor entered a medical school at Albany, New York, from which he was graduated with the M. D. degree. Soon after completing his course he enlisted in the United States navy during the Civil war and was assistant surgeon, serving on the gunboat "Exchange" until after the cessation of hostilities.

In the late '60s Dr. Goodwin came to Toledo and for a time was associated in practice with Dr. Rouse on Summit street. Subsequently he removed to the Yeager block, where he had his office and residence for many years, and later he . maintained his office in the Smith building, where he also continued for an extended period, or until about 1918, when he retired from the more active practice of his profession and from that date until his death two years later had his office in his residence, ministering only to a few of his old patients who were loath to give up his service. Throughout his professional career he had kept in touch with the trend of modern thought and scientific investigation along the line of medical and surgical practice, being a man of pronounced ability and one who long enjoyed an extensive patronage.

Miss Caroline Russell, who resides at No. 1933 Parkwood avenue, which has been her place of abode since 1889. Dr. Goodwin was a republican in his political views, always stanchly supporting the party which was the defense of the Union during the dark days of the Civil war and has always been the party of reform and progress. He belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic and to the Loyal Legion and he was a member of the Masonic fraternity. He attended the Trinity Episcopal church, of which Mrs. Goodwin is a member, and his influence was ever on the side of progress and improvement. He held membership with a number of the leading medical societies and with the Microscopical Society and was actuated by a spirit of progress in every relation of life, so that he made steady advance in his chosen profession and in his relations to public duty and public service as well. He lived to the ripe old age of almost seventy-eight years and his career was ever one of usefulness.

Watsen Hawley

For twenty-two years Watsen Hawley has been identified with business interests of Toledo and he is now devoting his attention to the installation of power plant equipment, in which connection he has been very successful, having been awarded many important contracts. He was born in Greene county, New York, July 19, 1856, and his parents were James P. and Elizabeth (Bedell) Hawley, both of whom were natives of New York city. In 1860 they removed to the middle west, settling in Michigan, and the father became one of the pioneers of Jackson county. He was a very successful agriculturist, developing a large farm, and both he and the mother continued to reside upon that property until called to their final rest.

Their son, Watsen Hawley, attended the district schools of Jackson county and at an early age he started out in life for himself, serving an apprenticeship to the milling trade with a firm of Jackson, Michigan. Later he went to Sandusky, Ohio, to supervise the erection of a flour mill for the firm of Barn & Kilby of that city and remained with them for about two years. He then established a flour mill at Archbold, Ohio, operating the plant successfully until 1900, when he sold out and came to Toledo. He was identified with the McNall Boiler Company of this city until 1915 and then resigned, having decided to launch a private business enterprise in this city. He organized the firm of W. Hawley & Company, handling power plant equipment, and has since been president of the undertaking. His reputation has spread beyond the confines of the city and he has installed the equipment in many large power plants in various parts of the country, his services being in constant demand. One of his most notable achievements was the installation of the boiler in the plant of the Edison Electric Light & Power Company, situated on West Congress street, Detroit. This is a twenty-nine hundred and eighty horse power boiler and is the largest single boiler in the world. Broad experience and careful study have given Mr. Hawley an expert knowledge of his line of work and he gives his close personal attention to all the details of the business, while he also has the ability to see clearly its larger aspects. His well directed efforts have been attended with gratifying results and the business which he controls is one of large extent and importance.

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Miss Florence Sherwood, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sherwood. Mr: and Mrs. Hawley have become the parents of two children, a son and a daughter. Mrs. C. M. Bancroft, the elder, a native of Archbold, Ohio, was educated in the public schools of Toledo and is now a resident of Canandaigua, New York; Sherwood J. Hawley was also born in Archbold, Ohio, and attended the grammar schools and Central high school of Detroit, Michigan. He is now associated with his father in business. He married Miss Hazel Fordum of Toledo, and they have a daughter, Eva Florence.

Mr. Hawley, Sr., is a member of the Toledo Commerce Club and his political support is given to the republican party. His life record is one in which notable business ability and the recognition and utilization of opportunity are well balanced forces. His progressive spirit and executive force have found culmination in the development of a large industrial enterprise and he is a self-made man whom Toledo regards as a valuable addition to its citizenship.

Donald Louis Reynolds

Donald Louis Reynolds, vice president of the Toledo Savings Bank & Trust Company, is the son of Charles L. Reynolds, president of that institution. He was born in Toledo, on the lst of March, 1886, and has lived in this city all of his life. He is one of three children born to Charles L. and Annie (Groff) Reynolds, who are mentioned at length elsewhere in this work. The other two children are: Lawrence G. Reynolds; and Annie, the wife of Robert S. Harris. After attending the public schools of his native city Donald Louis Reynolds entered Yale University at New Haven, Connecticut, from which he graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in the class of 1909.

At the conclusion of his college career Mr. Reynolds returned to Toledo to accept a position in the Toledo Savings Bank & Trust Company, one of the oldest and best known financial institutions in the city, with which his father was already connected as a high administrative officer. Beginning his banking experience as a bookkeeper, he has held various positions, serving as clerk, teller, and in other capacities, and now knows from personal participation in the work the duties of the several departments of the bank. In January, 1919, he was made vice president in charge of the loan department. In addition to his duties in connection with this office Mr. Reynolds is a member of the board of directors of this institution and also of the Second National Bank, in which he is financially interested.

In his political views Mr. Reynolds supports the policies of the republican party. He attends St. Mark's church of Toledo and belongs to the Toledo and Country clubs.

Sam Davis

Business enterprise in Toledo finds a foremost representative in Sam Davis, who has devoted his life to the coal trade and the moving and storage business, and from a most modest beginning his interests have constantly expanded until he is now the largest dealer in this commodity in the city of Toledo, while he is also at the head of other large enterprises, all of which contribute substantially to the development and upbuilding of the city. He is a native son of Toledo and was born June 27, 1883, of the marriage of Isaac and Mary (Freid) Davis, who were of European birth. In 1882 they became residents of Toledo, where the father became connected with mercantile interests. His demise occurred in this city in 1916, and the mother passed away on the 17th of February, 1922. In their family were eight children: Jacob, Morris, Mrs. Goldie D. Levison, Mrs. Pearl Arenson, Mrs. Fannie Myers, Mrs. Rose Sworzyn and Sam, all of whom are residents of Toledo; and Edward, the second of the family, who is deceased.

In the public schools of this city Mr. Davis obtained his education and on starting out for himself in 1904 he turned his attention to the line of business that he has ever since followed. He began in a small way and with the passing years his business has steadily grown, through capable direction and close application, until he has become the largest retail coal dealer in Toledo, giving employment to almost one hundred persons. He is sole owner of this extensive undertaking and he also has a large storage warehouse, which he erected in 1917. Mr. Davis incorporated The Sam Davis Company in June, 1923, to facilitate the handling of his coal, trucking and storage business, as well as to give an opportunity to a number of his faithful employes to acquire an interest in the business.

Mr. Davis has recently become principal owner of the Toledo Factories building, the incubator of many infant industries, succeeding Irving B. Hiett, as president of the company. It was organized in 1912 by Irving E. Macomber, R. B. Crane, W.C. Carr, W. W. Knight, James Bentley, I. B. Hiett, C. D. Smith, E. H. Cady, J. N. Willys, Rathbun Fuller, Isaac Kinsey, Frank P. Chapin and other prominent - men of Toledo, as a means of encouraging small industries and thus promoting the commercial development of the city. The plant was so organized that power, heat, light, fire protection, insurance and other necessary facilities were provided at minimum rates and has been the means of fostering many enterprises which have since taken their places among the leading industries of the city. Owing to the great demand for room in this building, which is four stories in height, of modern fireproof construction and affords a floor space of two hundred thousand square feet, Mr. Davis is planning to erect a half million dollar addition to the Woodruff avenue structure, which now contains twenty small industrial concerns. He possesses a genius for organization and an aptitude for successful management and is a dynamic force in any movement with which he is associated. The activity of Mr. Davis in other connections includes the improvement and development of the Canton street business section. This improvement started in 1902, when he was agent for the real estate holdings of Graff M. Acklin in that locality, and although Mr. Davis was but a boy in his teens, his business foresight was exceptionally good, as subsequent developments have proven. Mr. Davis is now the most extensive property owner on Canton street and erected the first new building thereon, as well as a number of modern buildings since then.

On the 29th of November, 1903, Mr. Davis married Miss Annie Copelan, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Copelan of Toledo, and they have become the parents of three children: Roi, who was born December 21, 1905, and is a student at the Scott high school of this city; Leora, who was born April 20, 1907, and is also attending that school; and Ira, born January 25, 1917.

Mr. Davis has ever recognized the brotherhood of mankind and his benevolence reaches out broadly to his fellowmen. He is vice president of the Jewish Federation of Charities, is a director of the Collingwood Avenue temple and is also identified with the Loyal Order of Moose and the Progress Club, and is a director of the

Toledo Zoological Society. Mr. Davis is a very successful business man, yet he has not achieved his success by selfishness. A strong believer in the practice of "live and let live," his donations to charity and deserving projects have always been liberal and frequent. He built and presented to the city the beautiful band stand in Willys park. This structure was dedicated June 7, 1922, by Mayor Brough. In 1923 Mr. Davis erected in Ottawa park a beautiful band stand and comfort station in memory of his mother, Mrs. Mary Davis, and also presented this to the city. The career of Mr. Davis is a striking illustration of what a young man can accomplish if he has energy and push and tries to be square. He was but ten years old when he began to do for himself and now at middle age has acquired a competence that would be a credit to the activity of a full lifetime. He has ever supported those interests which are calculated to benefit humanity and his individual qualities are such as have gained for him a most creditable position among Toledo's prominent business men and citizens. Mr. Davis' residence is at No. 2483 Scottwood avenue.

The medical fraternity of Toledo finds a leading representative in Dr. Arthur J. Richie, who for twenty-two years has successfully followed his profession in this city. He was born in Sylvania, Ohio, March 24, 1877, and his parents, James J. and Irene E. (Comstock) Richie, were also natives of this state. The Richie family is one of the oldest in America, having been established in this country in 1625. The immigrant ancestor, John Howland, was a passenger on the Mayflower and settled in New York. His daughter, Desire Howland, married John Gorham, of which couple Abigail Gorham was a descendant and she was Arthur J. Richie's mother's grandmother. She died at New Lisbon, Otsego county, New York. James J. Richie was born at Cape Vincent, New York, in 1829, and later moved to Kingston, Canada, where he lived some few years before coming to the states. He died in 1900, when seventy-one years of age.. The mother is still living. They had a family of three children: Carl D., a resident of Lorain, Ohio; Mrs. Leona E. Heath, a teacher in the public schools of this city; and Arthur J.

Arthur J. Richie attended the grammar and high schools of Sylvania, Ohio, and a business college of this city, later becoming a student at the Toledo Medical College, from which he was graduated on the 5th of April, 1898. He began the work of his profession at Sylvania, where he maintained an office for two years, and since 1900 he has been located in Toledo. He has built up a large general practice and is a member of the auxiliary staff of St. Vincent's Hospital. He has never regarded his professional education as completed with the termination of his college course and has taken postgraduate work in New York city and other leading medical centers, thus promoting his knowledge and increasing his efficiency. Recognition of his professional ability led to his appointment as city physician and for two years he capably filled that office.

Adam S. Haley of Findlay, Ohio, and they have become the parents of two children: Gerald S., who was born at Sylvania in January, 1900, and was graduated from the Scott high school of this city; and Margaret, who was born in Toledo in 1905 and is now a junior in the Smead school, a private educational institution of the city.

Dr. Richie is a veteran of the World war and his son was a member of the Student Reserve Corps. The doctor was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps and was sent overseas. He was attached to Base Hospital No. 66, and received his discharge at Baltimore. Professionally he is identified with the Toledo & Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a man of high purposes and ideals, whose life work is one of broad usefulness, and his professional labors have been attended by that success which is the merited reward of concentrated effort and marked ability.

Mrs. Nellie B. Martin

Mrs. Nellie B. Martin, president and treasurer of the Toledo College of Music, was born in Monclova, Lucas county, Ohio, July 2, 1861, a daughter of John and Margaret (Sheplar) Barton. She was educated in the schools of Lucas county and when quite young displayed decided talent for music. At the age of ten years she was a pupil of Mrs. Gilbert at Maumee, the latter a granddaughter of Little Turtle, a full-blooded Indian. There were comparatively few music teachers in Toledo at that time and such was the demand for instruction in the art that Mrs. Martin, when but thirteen years of age, was giving lessons and has practically continued in the work throughout the intervening years. She studied with the best private instructors, among whom were Professor Holcomb and Amer Berum of Stuttgart, Germany. Wishing for a broader and more comprehensive musical training than was afforded in Toledo, she attended the Chafee-Noble School of Expression in Detroit, Michigan, from which she was graduated. After this she went to Adrian College, where she was graduated from the musical department and later she completed a course of study in the Detroit Training School of Elocution and English Literature.

On the 28th of June, 1888, Nellie B. Barton became the wife of Theodore Corson Martin. All of this time Mrs. Martin had been instructing pupils on the piano and at the same time giving public dramatic readings, her labors of this kind covering a period of more than twenty years. She had many flattering offers to take up dramatic readings exclusively but her delight and ambition lay in her teaching work and particularly in the art of music. Mrs. Martin for years has been an active member of the Toledo City Federation of Women's Clubs, which she has served as treasurer for two years, as president for two years and as chairman of the music committee for five years, as well as in various other helpful capacities. For four years she was president of the Readers Dramatic Club. She was also president of the Informal Study Club and has been president of the 1900 Study Club. At a former period she was president of the Nautilus Club and at one time was the presiding officer of the Musical Study Club. She is a member and chairman of the music committee of the Woman's Educational Club, belongs to the National Music Teachers Association and also to the National Speech Arts Association. She is a member of the International Lyceum and Chautauqua Association and is a member of the Toledo Woman's Association, of which she was at one time a trustee. Her various connections with these organizations show how broad and comprehensive are her interests and activities, especially along those lines which make for cultural uplift and value. Neither is she neglectful of her

In the year 1910 Mrs. Martin became one of the organizers of the Toledo Musical College, which was incorporated under the laws of the state and has the power to issue diplomas for pupils graduating from the different branches of the school. Mrs. Martin has been the president and treasurer of the college from the beginning. The school had rooms in the Zenobia building for a time and the branches taught were piano, voice, violin and other stringed instruments such as banjo, guitar and ukulele. Other branches taught were public school music, harmony, history of music, theory, dramatic art, story telling, aesthetic dancing and the languages, principally Spanish and French. Mrs. Martin has held to the highest standards in maintaining and promoting the school and her graduates have high rank in musical and art circles.

Mr. and Mrs. Martin have one daughter, Margaret Eleanor, who is now the wife of A. H. Brachvogel and who is a teacher of piano in the college. Among the pupils of Mrs. Martin are found competent musicians in all sections of the country and her own daughter is a representative of this class.

Mr. Martin was born in Toledo, November 20, 1860, and is a son of Preedom and Hannah (Corson) Martin. He acquired his early education in the schools of Lucas county and his first position was that of clerk in a general store at Scranton, Ohio, where he worked for a time and later took up the business of selling life insurance. In the year 1890 he joined the organization of the J. W. Greene Company as a salesman and is now a stockholder in the company and one of its directors. He has been with this great musical house for more than thirty years and is prominently known in musical circles throughout this section of the state.

Mr. Martin is a republican in his political views, always supporting the party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He is a member of the United Commercial Travelers, also of the Knights of Pythias and of the Commerce Club. His duties have taken him so largely away from home that he is not much of a club man, preferring when it is possible, to spend his time at his own fireside.

Benjamin K. Baer

Benjamin K. Baer, a progressive young business man of Toledo, is secretary and treasurer of the Ringold-Baer Realty Company, whose operations in this field have not only been a source of individual prosperity but have also contributed materially to the upbuilding and improvement of the city. Mr. Baer was born in Deshon, Ohio, July 20, 1891, and his parents were Mason and Frances (King) Baer, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of English birth. In early life the mother came to the United States, taking up her residence at Indianapolis, Indiana, where she met and married Mason Baer. He was a member of the United States Broom Company of that city and later went to Maumee, Ohio, becoming connected with the John Kaufman Realty Company. His demise occurred at Toledo, on the 12th of February, 1915. The mother is still living. In their family were fourteen children, twelve of whom survive: Jeannette, Mrs. Herbert Davis, Joseph, Emanuel, Mrs. J. J. Snyder, Mrs. J. J. Collins, Mrs. W. E. Good, Milton, Selma, Maurice, Samuel and Benjamin K.

schools and the Central high school of Toledo, from which he was graduated in 1909, and he then secured a position as salesman for the John R. Grossman Company, dealers in men's furnishings. He remained with that firm for nine years, resigning to accept an offer of the Reuben Realty Company, and later was placed in charge of their down-town investment department. He acquired a thorough knowledge of the business and at the end of five years severed his relations with that company in order to enter the real estate field independently. On the ist of February, 1921, in association with Joseph H. Ringold, who had also been connected with the Reuben Realty Company, he organized the Ringold-Baer Realty Company, of which he is now serving as secretary and treasurer, while Mr. Ringold is filling the office of president. They handle residential properties, industrial . plants and business realty in the down-town district and also deal in insurance and loans and each department of their business is enjoying a prosperous growth. Mr. Baer has an intimate knowledge of the worth of all realty in the city and is seldom in error in his estimate of property values. He displays sound judgment and keen discernment in the conduct of his interests and by reason of his enterprise and diligence is contributing toward making this one of the most successful real estate firms in the city.

On the 23d of February, 1916, Mr. Baer married Miss Celia K. Himelhoch, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Himelhoch of Toledo, and they have two children: Mason, who was born November 29, 1916; and Betty Jane, born December 14, 1920. Both are natives of this city. In matters of citizenship Mr. Baer is loyal, progressive and public-spirited and during the World war he served as local chairman of the Thrift Stamp campaign, while he also aided in promoting other measures promulgated by the government at that time. He is of the Jewish faith and is a member of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, of which he is president, and is also connected with the Progress Club, of which he has likewise been made president. This organization has eight hundred and fifty members, representing Toledo's most prominent Hebrew citizens. Mr. Baer is also identified with the Young Men's Christian Association of this city, the Toledo Real Estate Board, the Toledo Commerce Club, the Toledo Automobile Club and the Masonic fraternity. His career has been marked by steady advancement, due to his close application, his earnest study of the business to which he has turned his attention, and his unquestioned integrity and reliability, and Toledo numbers him among her progressive young business men and valued citizens.

Judge Aaron Bernard Cohn

Judge Aaron Bernard Cohn is a representative of the Ohio bar whose career reflects honor and credit upon the legal and judicial history of the state. At the present time he is serving for the second term as one of the four judges of the municipal court of Toledo, this term covering a period of six years. While in this way he is contributing in notable measure to the forces of law and order in the city, he is doing p erhaps even a still greater work through his labors in connection with the Boy Scouts, whereby he is training the youth of the city for the duties and responsibilities of citizenship and endeavoring to instill into his mind high ideals whereby he may be guided in the later performance of public duties when he shall have reached manhood. Judge Cohn's work is indeed of far-reaching benefit and effect and the boys of Toledo recognize in him one who is truly their friend, as well as their adviser and counselor. The Judge was born in Hungary, March 29, 1883, and is a son of Sam and Fannie (Friedman) Cohn.

Born in Hungary of a wealthy Jewish family and educated to be a rabbi; coming to America when a young man; spending a time at Panama while the Frenchman De Lesseps was making his vain attempt to cut a canal through the Isthmus; traveling through the Central American republic and through the southern states as a pack peddler ; several times established successfully in business and as many times suffering disaster ; injured for life in a railroad wreck; taking up his residence at Toledo in 1889, where he lost another modest fortune; in Toledo politics for a quarter of a century, surviving the ups and downs of many political leaders, and ending his days as an honored public official of recognized high ability - such in summary was the life of Sam Cohn of Toledo, who for years had cheerfully looked death in the face and who finally yielded to its importunities and passed away November 10, 1915. His death closed an unusual career. It was such a career in American life and politics as is found portrayed oftener in fiction than in reality. Within his fifty-nine years were compressed experiences such as rarely come to one man and still leaves his life a modest one. Dominating every other fact in his life was that he did more for others than he did for himself. Afflicted for years by physical infirmity before which most men would have quailed and become dependent, he had the quaint and sound philosophy which comes from having conquered suffering and constant trouble, and many others were dependent upon him. His children were reared to comfortable situations. Hundreds of people in and out of his own faith found occasion to lean on his capable assistance ; many younger and older politicians looked to him for guidance; he was the confidante of makers of governors, senators, and the president, and politicians and statesmen of much magnitude profited by his advice. Perhaps the keynote of his life was in a brief bit of philosophy which he once confided to a friend: "I never worry a minute over a thing I can't change." Mr. Cohn lived intensively in the present. He seldom became reminiscent, and it is only by piecing together many fragmentary incidents which he told his intimate friends that anything like a complete sketch of his life can be given.

He was born in Nanash, Hungary, October 16, 1856. He was of pure Jewish blood, and his grandfather was a rabbi, and, as already stated, Mr. Cohn himself was educated to follow in the same vocation. He revolted against Old Country conditions, particularly of religious intolerance against the Jews, and set out for America in 1883. In the meantime he had married, taking his wife from the village of Vilmaney, Hungary. All their children except the youngest were born in Hungary. The youngest, a native of this country, is Mrs. Julia Salzman, wife of Dr. Sam Salzman. The other children who survive their father are: Mrs. Sarah Salzman of Chicago; Mrs. Theresa Kessler of Toledo; and Aaron B., of this review. Another son, Jacob, died eight years before his father.

Leaving his family in Hungary until he could establish a home in this country, Sam Cohn arrived at Panama while the French were endeavoring to build the canal, and started out as a peddler. During a yellow fever scourge his partner fell a victim and Mr. Cohn, having won the good graces of the commander of a visiting American war vessel, was carried to New Orleans. Again he started out as an itinerant peddler and went through many of the rural districts of the south. Mr. Cohn was one of several well known Toledo men who got their start in that way. In time he accumulated capital which enabled him to establish himself permanently.

In one southern city he conducted a laundry. For a time he was superintendent of railways in Baton Rouge. He reached the high tide of his business success in the south at Greenville, Mississippi. On the very banks of the Mississippi river he had a hotel and four stores. The treacherous conduct of the waters of the mighty river is well known, and in a single night this portion of the little city was undermined, and Mr. Cohn's entire fortune and property was swept away. About the same time a passenger train on which he was traveling ran off the track and he was crushed in the ruins. Mrs. Cohn came on from Hungary and by constant attention and the best medical science his life was saved, but his spine was twisted so that for his remaining years he walked with a crutch and cane.

In 1889 Mr. and Mrs. Cohn came to Toledo, and sent for their children that remained in Hungary. Mr. Cohn is said to have brought thirty thousand dollars in cash with him to Toledo. For a time he conducted a wholesale notion store successfully, but investments in the Findlay oil field caused his failure. He paid his creditors dollar for dollar. For a time Mr. Cohn conducted a saloon business, though personally he had no liking for that trade and it was only as a last resort that he accepted the opportunity. During the eleven months he conducted such a model place and fed so many men who didn't have work or didn't want it, that he found all his capital dissipated and he closed his doors. At this juncture he was afflicted with a long and severe illness, one of many such during his lifetime of battle against weakness and disease. His home at that time was on Canton street in sections of the fourth and fifth ward. At one election a candidate for assessor asked Mr. Cohn to electioneer for him. He accepted the responsibilities, and the man was elected, and immediately appointed Mr. Cohn his assistant. Such was his entry into Toledo politics. What he did in politics is well worthy of record, and might make a story that could be read with profit by every native American citizen. Some of the more significant phases of his political career are best told by the Toledo Blade:

"His subsequent political career is one of these which go to disprove the popular fiction that a politician's life is one of ease. Like most of those men who make honest politics a profession, Mr. Cohn worked early and late and it is well known he performed services which would have taxed seriously the strength of an able-bodied man. Yet Mr. Cohn's reward for his political service was small. He was appointed market master by former Mayor Guy G. Major, and continued in that position under Mayor Samuel M. Jones. This paid only sixty-five dollars a month. During Governor Nash's term he was appointed superintendent of the Toledo State Free Employment Bureau, a fifteen hundred dollar position, which he continued to hold under Governor Herrick and Governor Harris.

"During these years Mr. Cohn stood the brunt of much political criticism and attacks from his opponents. It was when he was appointed member of the old board of review in 1908 to succeed the late James M. Brown that his real capacity for public service received recognition. He applied himself assiduously to his work. He studied tax authorities and eventually attained state prominence as a tax expert. So substantial was this recognition that twice, when his tenure of office was threatened by political changes, recommendations from Toledo real estate and business men that amounted to a public demand for his reappointment poured -in on the state authorities. All Toledo newspapers, including those which had fought him in prior years, endorsed him. The public confidence thus expressed was regarded by Sam Cohn as one of the sweetest things in his life. But in spite of this public goodwill Mr. Cohn had to fight to hold this position. Before the

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Warnes law providing for a district tax board was passed, the members of the board of review were appointed by four state officials. Mr. Cohn's term expired before the Warnes law went into effect. Three of the four democratic state officials determined to appoint a democrat, and only the most vigorous public campaign in Toledo obtained Mr. Cohn's reappointment.

"Although a republican, Mr. Cohn stood high in the respect of former Governor Cox, and there was no question of Mr. Cohn's appointment as one of the two district tax assessors under the Warnes law. But when Cox was defeated there was a new state administration which knew not this modern Joseph of politics. Governor Willis removed the district tax assessors throughout the state. Again the realty and business men of Toledo came to Mr. Cohn's aid and hundreds of telegrams insisting on his appointment were sent to the governor. Governor Willis heeded the advice. Mr. Cohn was reappointed. He continued to pursue his consistent service and it is known that Governor Willis so valued him that he was in a fair way to become one of the closest advisers of the state administration. One of Mr. Cohn's greatest assets as a tax official was the logical reasoning by which he persuaded large taxpayers to agree to high valuations of their property without resort to force.

"Mr. Cohn became the adviser of many politicians of state and national importance. He frequently was the confidential representative of the late Senator M. A. Hanna. A story which signifies the important events which have at times swung on him relates to the memorable Taft-Roosevelt contest in the Ohio state convention in 1912. The fight was for the control of the four delegates at large. A majority of the district delegates were for Roosevelt. The Taft forces had a margin of only five votes in the state convention to elect the delegates at large. There were enough Roosevelt men in the Cuyahoga county delegation to switch the margin, but they were held for Taft by the unit rule imposed by the Burton organization. It became known they would vote for the Roosevelt candidate if a poll of the delegation could be obtained. The usual rules provided that any member of the delegation could demand a poll of the convention, but none of them would go that far. To Mr. Cohn was entrusted the task of securing the adoption of rules which would break this deadlock. He performed it. By the exercise of diplomacy he succeeded in having the rules committee adopt rules which were as usual except! for one word. They contained the word 'convention' instead of 'delegation.' If the rules had gone through the convention in this form it would have permitted anyone in the convention to challenge the vote of the Cleveland delegation. A poll would have been taken and, according to expectations, enough Cleveland delegates would have voted for the Roosevelt delegate to change the complexion of the convention. The plan did not quite succeed, since the Taft forces discovered the stratagem and the offensive word was changed to its original form. Had the plan not failed, current history might have been different. It is a well established belief that if President Taft had not secured the Ohio delegation at large he would not have been a candidate before the Chicago convention, the progressive wing of the party probably would have won, and the national split in the party probably would not have occurred."

Many more incidents might be related to show the character of the late Sam Cohn, whether as a business man or politician. But enough have been told to explain those deep forces which moved his life and enabled him to move and influence an entire community. No better commentary of his hold upon people of all conditions and classes could be found than the tribute paid to him after his death. The funeral services were held in the Jewish Educational building in Toledo, Mr. Cohn having been closely identified with the founding and life of the Jewish Educational League, the main purpose of which is to aid Jewish immigrants. He was also prominent as an orthodox Jew in the congregation of Binai Jacob, was a member of the B'nai B'rith, the Independent Order Sons of Benjamin and the Maccabees. A great cosmopolitan assemblage crowded in and around the doors of ; the building in which the last rites were held for Mr. Cohn. Court proceedings in the county and federal buildings were suspended. County offices were closed during the hours of the funeral. Business establishments in the Canton Street district conducted by Jews who came under Mr. Cohn's aid and guidance under his lifetime, were closed. After the Jewish Educational building was filled to the doors there stood outside in the rain judges of the common pleas court, lawyers, professional men, politicians of prominence and hosts of others. Members of the Commerce Club, Central Labor Union, Real Estate Board, city officials, merchants and small shopkeepers and persons of all parties and creeds were represented.

One of Mr. Cohn's closest personal friends was Colonel John W. Dowd. Many years ago they made a compact that the survivor of the two would speak at the funeral service of the other. It is fitting that some of the words spoken by Colonel Dowd over the body of his dead friend should be repeated: "T like to think of him as a lineal descendant of those noble old patriarchs who loved mercy, who dealt justly and who walked courageously all the days of their lives. For the last twentyfive years of his life he was in the public service. Little by little, by industry and energy and earnestness and perseverance, his merits became known and received recognition. At last he became a member of the board of review, a sphere in which he found a scope for his abilities. He delighted in his work and it is no disparagement to others to say that he was largely instrumental in so equalizing the burdens of taxation that the homes of the poor paid no more than their just proportion in comparison with the rich and well-to-do. He always looked out for the poor. And when his term expired, men of all creeds, classes and conditions and parties, with practical unanimity demanded that he be retained in the position. And this confidence of the public in him rendered happy the last years of his life.

"And all his success he achieved while suffering from ills that would have crushed the ordinary man. For the last fifteen years of his life he was never free from pain, and always his face was cheerful and always his heart was courageous. Outside of his home this man's chief delight was in the society of his friends. He radiated cheerfulness. It was always a happy crowd when Sam Cohn was there. His smile, his cheer, his wit, his wisdom, these a host of friends can never forget."

To conclude this brief sketch of one who must long be called a first citizen of Toledo, there should be quoted a brief tribute from the words of Rabbi Alexander, who took as the text of his discourse the words of Samuel, "Here Am I." Rabbi Alexander then continued: "The theme of his life was, 'Here am I to serve the people, to make sacrifices for the well-being of the community.' He lived a life of service as few men have lived it, blending the ideal of Judea and the ideal of America. He was an intense Jew and a stanch American. It has been said that he was an American before he reached these shores. True to the traditions of Judea, he had a big conception of the part America should perform in the drama of the world. Every act of his was a commentary on this text. He may not have been conscious of this philosophy, yet he lived it. The world honors such men.

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In his youthful days Judge Aaron Bernard Cohn was a pupil in the public schools of Toledo, mastering the work of the grades and of the high school, while later he took up the profession of teaching manual training, being active in that held from 1903 until 1905. In this way he gained notable insight into the character, habits, desires, activities and ambitions of boys and his knowledge has stood him in good stead in his efforts to be of real assistance to the youth of Toledo in later years.