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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
CENTENNIAL HISTORY of ERIE COUNTY, OHIO
By H. L. Peeke
President of The Firelands Historical Society
Publ. 1925
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JOHN DAVENPORT
and EGBERT H. MACK.
John Davenport and Egbert H. Mack, business
manager and editor of The Sandusky Register respectively,
are the sons of John Talman and Flora Alice
Davenport Mack of Sandusky.
John Davenport Mack was born Feb. 10, 1875, at
Sandusky, Ohio, was graduated from the grammar schools and
high school of Sandusky, following which he spent three
years at Oberlin College. After leaving college he
went to work in 1895 as the cashier for The Sandusky, Milan
& Norfolk Interurban Railroad, remaining with that company
through several consolidations, until 1901, at which time he
became connected with The Ohio Motor Company. In 1902,
he purchased the Ornamental Steel Manufacturing business now
known as The Mack Iron & Wire Works Company, which business
manager of The Register. Politically, he is a
Republican. In 1924, he was elected presidential
elector from the Thirteenth Congressional District. He
is a member of Elks Lodge and for eighteen years was
treasurer of that lodge and is at present a member of the
Board of Directors, Elks Home Association. He is also
a member of the U. C. T. and a past officer, also a member
of Science Lodge of Masons and of Sandusky City Chapter of
Masons; of the Plum Brook County Club, of the Erie
Automobile Club, and of Grace Episcopal Church. At
Toledo, Ohio, on Jan. 9, 1909, he married Blanche Ford,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Ford of Toledo,
Ohio. Joseph D. Ford was an attorney and member
of the law firm of Hamilton & Ford of Toledo.
Mrs. Joseph D. Ford was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Moore of Toledo, Ohio.
Egbert H. Mack was born in Sandusky, Ohio, June
14, 1881, the son of John Talman and Flora Alice
Davenport Mack. He acquired his education in the
common schools and high school of Sandusky and in 1899
entered The Ohio State University, being graduated in 1903.
Following that he worked for a year and a half as a reporter
on The Columbus Citizen and then for a year on The Toledo
Blade, often which he became associated with his
brother-in-law, Reginald C. Snyder, in the management
and publication of The Coshocton Age. In 1909, on the
business retirement of Isaac Foster Mack, he returned
to Sandusky and was associated with his father, then editor
of The Register, until the time of his father's death, July
1914, following which he succeeded his father to the
editorship of the paper. Politically, he is a
Republican, and at the present time is postmaster of the
city of Sandusky, having been appointed by President
Collidge in October, 1923, for a 4-year term.
In 1922, he was appointed by Governor Harry L. Davis,
a member of the Board of Trustees of The Ohio State
University. On Nov. 10, 1915, he married Dorothy
Schumacher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry G.
Schumacher of Sandusky. They have one child, a
son, John Talman Mack, born Jan. 4, 1921.
Source:
Centennial History of Erie County, Ohio - Publ. 1925 - Page
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Henry Dehnel |
HENRY DEHNEL
Source:
Centennial History of Erie County, Ohio - Publ. 1925 - Page
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JOHAN PHILIP DORN
Source:
Centennial History of Erie County, Ohio - Publ. 1925 - Page
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HARRY ARTHUR DUNN.
One of the soldiers of the World War in whom Sandusky takes
pride, is Henery Arthur Dunn. He was born at
Roseville, Ohio on Feb. 28th, 1925.
His parents were William C. Dunn and Sarah A. Dunn.
He received his education at Sandusky High School and Kenyon
College. He enlisted in the World War and became a
Captain of Infantry in the A. E. F. He was discharged
with a highly creditable record.
He has never held a public office, except when he was
Municipal Judge in Sandusky for a short time.
Politically he is a Democrat. He is an
Episcopalian and belongs to the Toledo Club, having returned
to that city shortly after he returned from the World War.
Source:
Centennial History of Erie County, Ohio - Publ. 1925 - Page
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