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Source:
A History of Northwest Ohio
A Narrative Account of Its Historical
Progress and Development
from the First European Exploration of the Maumee and
Sandusky Valleys and the Adjacent Shores of
Lake Erie, down to the Present Time
By Nevin O. Winter, Litt. D.
Assisted by a Board of Advisory and Contributing Editors
ILLUSTRATED
Vol. I & II
The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago and New York
1917
Transcribed by
Sharon Wick
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DANIEL E. HAAG, M. D.
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 920 |
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ANTONE HAHN
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 1245 |
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HERMAN J. HAHN.
The business of farming nowadays is so highly
specialized and so much of a profession that it is not
strange to find a man engaged in it who might otherwise
have found success in vocations that formerly
represented more of the character and intellect of the
nation. A man of this type is Herman J. Hahn,
of Henry County.
Mr. Hahn is not only a very progressive and
successful farmer, but has also shown unusual inventive
ability. He has a genius for mechanics,
particularly applied mechanics, and his name is quite
well known in Northwest Ohio now as the inventor of a
combined corn cutter, husker and silo filler. This
is a very intricate piece of machinery, but has been
used with great satisfaction. It is drawn about
over the fields by horse power, but the machinery itself
is operated by a gasoline engine. The machine can
cut, husk and bind the fodder at the rate of five acres
per day, even where the corn is very heavy. The
cost of the operation is less than 50 cents an acre,
while it usually costs $8.00 per acre to husk the corn
by hand. The machine drops the corn in two bushel
piles, and it can be so adjusted as to cut the stalks
into small pieces and save and bind the tops for "top
fodder," leaving the residue on the ground to be plowed
under. The machine can also be adjusted for use as
a fodder binder and is particularly adopted to the
filling of silos.
Mr. Hahn has his home on section 4 of Napoleon
Township. He represents some of the fine old
Hanovarian German stock in Henry County. His
grandparents spent all their lives on a farm in Germany
and were members of the Lutheran Church. His
parents were Herman and Margaretha (Mahnke) Hahn,
both natives of Hanover. While they still lived in
Hanover two children were born, Anna and
Elizabeth In 1868 the little family set out on
a vessel bound from Bremen to New York city and from
there came directly West to join themselves with many
other people from Hanover in Henry County. The
father located in Napoleon Township, and bought forty
acres of wild land in section 4. He subsequently
bought another thirty acres, and setting himself
earnestly to the task of developing and clearing this
tract he lived to see it converted into a smiling and
prosperous farm. That farm is now owned by his
son, Herman. The father erected the large
barn, 40 by 60 feet, which still stands there, and also
gave the farm its fine home, a ten room residence fitted
up with all the modern conveniences. The soil is a
rich black loam, and is capable of growing practically
every crop put into it. For years the farm has
been noted for its good stock and its thrifty management
in every detail.
Herman Hahn, Sr., died
here Apr. 4, 1912, at the age of eighty years and six
months. His widow passed away in January, 1916,
aged eight-five years. Both were prominent early
members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, and he was twice
an official in that society. Politically he was a
democrat. Of the children, Anna is the wife
of Henry Bostleman a farmer in Adams Township of
Defiance County, who had three children by a former
wife, and they have two sons and two daughters.
Elizabeth is still unmarried and lives on Washington
Street in the City of Napoleon. Mary is a
wife of John C. Rohrs, a prominent Henry County
family elsewhere referred to. Henry is a
farmer in Napoleon township and by his marriage to
Anna Quill has several children. Emma
now deceased, married William Dahnbostle, who
with their six children lives in Adams Township of
Defiance County.
Herman J. Hahn, the youngest of the family, was
born on the old homestead that he now owns on Apr . 16,
1874. While he grew up he not only gained
familiarity with the various tasks of farming, but also
attended the public schools. Farming has been his
real vocation in the world, and after the death of his
father he acquired the old homestead in 1912.
In 1906 he married Catherine Haase, who was born
in Napoleon Township Dec. 8, 1881, and was reared and
educated there. Her parents, George and Julia (Plassman)
Haase, were born in Germany and came with their
respective parents to this country. The
grandparents on both sides died in Henry County.
George Haase and wife were married here, but
later separated, and Mrs. Hahn's mother is still
living in Napoleon. Mrs. Hahn was next to
the youngest in a family of seven children, the others
being Henrietta, Amelia, Julia, Henry, George, Jr.,
and William. All of them are married
and all have children and all live in Henry County.
Mr. and Mrs. Hahn are the parents of two
children: Margaret, born May 4, 1910; and
Hermenia, born Feb. 26, 1914. Mr. and
Mrs. Hahn are members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church,
of which he is one of the officials, and politically he
is a democrat.
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 774 |
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JAMES W. HANNA
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 1261 |
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SIMON HARMON
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. III - Publ.
1917 - Page 1454 |
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WILLIAM M. HARMON
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 917 |
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EUGENE B. HARRISON, M.D.
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 1204 |
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LEVI HARTMAN
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 1211 |
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SAMUEL R. HASHBARGER
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 1195 |
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CHARLES E. HATCHER.
As superintendent of the Henry County Infirmary,
Charles E. Hatcher is rendering a public service
second to none in the county in the way of benefits to
those dependent upon state charity. He has all the
qualifications for such a post of responsibility.
He was a practical farmer before he took charge of the
infirmary in 1911, and his experience in that line and
his good business judgment have enabled him to give a
good administration to the large farm maintained by the
county. Both he and his wife are kindly people who
consider it a privilege as well as a duty to do all they
can for lightening the burdens of those entrusted to
their care.
The institution has about thirty inmates throughout the
year, and there is a large building with forty-rooms for
the housing of these unfortunate people. Besides a
substantial set of farm buildings, the farm itself
comprises 236 acres of land, and it is all improved and
under cultivation except four acres of native timber.
Mr. Hatcher during the past five years has
always maintained a high standard in the administration
of this department of the county government.
His entire life has been spent in Henry County, and he
was born in Richfield Township July 12, 1874. He
was reared in the country, received a public school
education and proved himself very capable as an
independent farmer until he was called to his present
post.
His father, William Hatcher, is an
honored veteran of the great struggle for the integrity
of the Union. He was born in Logan County, Ohio,
in 1844, was reared in this state, and in the latter
part of 1863 enlisted in the
Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being mustered in
at Columbus. For over two years he was a private
in the ranks and acquitted himself creditably in every
duty he was called upon to discharge. While he
escaped wounds, he suffered so much from exposure and
hardship
that he lost his hair and beard. After the war he
was married in Logan County to Maria Argo,
and some years later he moved to Henry County.
There in 1881 his wife, and the mother of Charles E.,
died before her fortieth year. She died at the
birth of her seventh child, and nearly all these
children were reared and are still living.
William Hatcher married for his second wife
Adaline Roberts and they now live retired at Weston
in Wood County, and this marriage has also produced
seven children. William Hatcher has
for many years been an active worker in the ranks of the
prohibition cause, and he and his wife are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In Wood County, Ohio, Charles E. Hatcher married
Bertha Brown, who was born in Henry County
in 1880, was reared and educated in this county, and is
a daughter of Isaac N. Brown, who was also a
veteran of the Civil war and died in Henry County.
His widow, now past sixty-five, lives at Weston, Mr.
and Mrs. Hatcher are the parents of four children:
Elzina, who has finished the course of the high
school at Napoleon and is still at home; Oscar,
aged fourteen and attending the public schools;
Gladys, eleven years of age and in the grade
schools; and Burdette, who was born Jan. 3, 1916.
Mr. and Mrs. Hatcher are active members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and he has had his membership
in the church at Weston for the past twenty years.
Politically he is an independent democrat and he is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at
Weston, Ohio.
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. III - Publ.
1917 - Page 1515 |
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WILLIAM F. HATCHER.
Obstacles stop some men in their careers; to others they
add only as a stimulus and incentive to real
achievement. The gold of human character becomes
refined only as a result of action, experience and a
constant overcoming of difficulties.
The truth of this finds an excellent illustration in
the career of William F. Hatcher, proprietor of
the sunrise Farm in Damascus Township of Henry County.
When he was fourteen years of age he was orphaned by the
death of both his parents. Thus since early years,
when most boys are in school, he had an intimate
fellowship with toil. Some years later he married.
His wife brought to him inspiration and encouragement as
well as practical assistance, and together they have
shared the burdens as well as the joys of existence.
They were married at the age of twenty-two. Both
were working out for others at the time, and the fund
with which they began housekeeping was only $90.
Their capacity for hard work seemed to be almost
unlimited, and a worthy ambition directed all their
efforts.
They purchased a farm of forty acres in Section 16,
Richfield Township, which was wild, uncultivated land.
Besides clearing this property, they also took a lease
on eighty acres in the same township. A few years
of completely wild land in Paulding County, Ohio.
With a right good will they set themselves to the task
of improving and making a home. While they lived
there the land was completely transformed. Fifteen
miles of drain tile were laid, the fields were fenced,
substantial farm buildings erected, and when Mr. and
Mrs. Hatcher were thirty-eight years of age they
could look with satisfaction upon the accomplishment of
a worthy task and could see their farm cleared and
cultivated and entirely paid for. But Mr.
Hatcher sold this farm, and they lived in West
Mansfield until 1914, when they came back to Henry
County and bought the Sunrise Farm in Damascus Township.
It is a fine farm and a beautiful country home. It
is located in Section 23. They enjoy the comforts
of a modern twelve-room house, which, with its white
paint and green blinds, makes a very attractive picture
by the roadside. The conveniences and comforts
inside are matched by the efficiency and system that
prevail in the business side of the farm. The
entire eighty acres are well improved with the exception
of four acres in a timber lot. Mr. Hatcher
grows good stock and is one of the very successful men
of Henry County. His contribution to the progress
of Northwest Ohio is an important one, since during this
career he has cleared up more than 300 acres of woodland
in Paulding and Henry counties.
William F. Hatcher was born in West Mansfield,
Ohio, Nov. 21, 1865. He first came to Henry County
in 1889, and seven years later went to Paulding County
and cleared up the 170 acres as already noted.
After selling his farm he lived at West Mansfield for
twelve years, and three years ago came again to Henry
County.
For the past seven years Mr. Hatcher has been
interested as a stockholder in the Van Cleve Clay
Company, manufacturers of tile. This company makes
all grades of drain tile. This company makes all
grades of drain tile, from four inches to thirty inches
in diameter.
Mr. Hatcher comes of an old Virginia family.
Hatcher's Run, where one of the battles of the
Civil war was fought in Virginia, was the old family
seat. Mr. Hatcher's parents were William
and Margaret (Clemens) Hatcher, both of whom were
natives of Ohio. They were married near West
Liberty, in Logan County, and there started out as
farmers. William Hatcher enlisted for
service in the Union army during the Civil War, and
suffered such disabilities while in the army that they
eventually caused his death in 1870. He had been
born in Logan County in 1837, and was a son of
William Hatcher, Sr., who died of the cholera
epidemic in Illinois in 1849. His widow
subsequently married a Mr. Davis, and they
located near Defiance, Ohio, where she died when past
ninety, and Mr. Davis also died there.
William Hatcher, Jr., started out as a tenant
farmer, but subsequently bought a place near West
Mansfield, and there his death occurred. His wife
also died at the early age of forty-five, and thus when
he was fourteen William F. Hatcher was left an
orphan, and has been compelled to make his own way ever
since.
In Logan County William F. Hatcher married
Miss Luella Watson. She was born in that
county in 1863, a daughter of William and Matilda
(Marmon) Watson. Her parents were also natives
of Logan County, and spent their lives there both of
them being of old Virginia stock, as were the Hatchers.
Mr. and Mrs. Hatcher are the parents of three
bright and promising daughters: Esther, who
has completed her high school course and lives at home;
Cinda L., who is attending the high school at
McClure; and Ruth, who is in the first year of
the high school. The family are members of the
United Brethren Church, and in politics Mr. Hatcher
is a democrat.
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 933 |
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WILLIAM H. HATCHER.
For the past fifteen years a retired resident of Weston,
William H. Hatcher demonstrated during the active
years of his career the fact that a man can overcome the
handicaps of early limitations, and there are few
residents of the county who deserve more credit for what
they have done in lifting themselves from the
surroundings of responsible and cheerless youth.
When he returned from valiant service as a soldier of
the Union during the Civil war he struck out boldly for
himself in an unimproved section of Henry County, and in
the years that followed worked so industriously and
managed his affairs so well that he became the possessor
of several handsome and valuable properties, and as a
result his evening of life is being passed amid comforts
that his childhood never dreamed of.
Mr. Hatcher was born February 13, 1844,
in Logan County, Ohio, and was there reared. His
people were honest, but very poor, and as the lad's
services were constantly needed at home his educational
training was slighted, and in fact he attended school
only twenty days of his life. Living in the
backwoods, he knew little beyond the drudgery of the
home farm, an unproductive tract of land operated in a
primitive way with crude implements, but when the news
of the Civil war reached his community he was anxious to
serve his country and in 1862 presented himself for
service, but was declined owing to lack of height and
weight. He persevered in his attempt, however, and
in February, 1864, was accepted as a member of Company
C, Forty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and
continued to serve until receiving his honorable
discharge at Columbus, Ohio, having been mustered out of
the service at Galveston, Texas, Nov. 4, 1865. He was
through the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta and in
the siege of the latter city, under General Sherman,
whose forces went on "to the sea," but Mr.
Hatcher's regiment, under General Thomas,
went back to Nashville in pursuit of Hood.
At the battle of Resaca Mr. Hatcher was
wounded in the leg by a splinter in an explosion in
which ninety Union soldiers lost their lives, but he
returned to his home safely in spite of the fact that he
had been confined to a hospital by sickness for a few
weeks. With an excellent record for faithful
discharge of duty and gallantry in action Mr.
Hatcher returned to his old home. He had,
however, during his term of service seen enough of the
world to be self-reliant and to know that the Logan
County community of his boyhood held out no
opportunities to him, and he therefore went into the
woods of Henry County, securing a tract of forty acres
of land on Beaver Creek in 1869, where the first
settlers located because it was about the only part of
the county not inundated. His land, which he
secured for a first payment of $100 and a like amount
per year for eight years, was in Richfield Township,
across which no road had yet been built, and his first
home was a small log cabin, erected by a previous owner.
Subsequently, by the hardest kind of work, he succeeded
in clearing and draining a farm of ninety-three acres,
and later bought another farm of ninety-seven acres,
located on section 13, the greater part of which he
himself cleared. He still owns these properties,
which now have the best of improvements and substantial
modem buildings. His capacity for industry and
business wrought great changes upon these farms, which
today stand as models of what may be accomplished by a
man who is bound to win out in the calling he is called
upon to pursue.
Mr. Hatcher was married first in Logan County,
Ohio, to Maria Elzina Argo, who was
born, reared and educated in that county, and who died
on the Henry County farm May 20, 1880, aged thirty-seven
years. She was the mother of the following
children: Ella B. Hopkins, of Custer, Ohio; her
twin, Albert Gallatin, a farmer who died in May
1901, leaving a widow and two children, Nellie
and Ralph; Clara J., the wife of
Sherman Logan, of Fremont, and the mother of two
children. Hazel and Agnes; Emma,
who married James Nicholas, a drayman of Custer,
and has three sons, Guy, George and
Walter; Charles E., superintendent of the
Henry County Infirmary, who is married and has four
children, Elzina, Oscar, Gladys and Burdette;
Effie, of Fremont, who is the widow of Herbert
Spangler and has two children, Marie and
Virgil; and Olive, the wife of Frank
Linedecker, of Custer.
Mr. Hatcher was married second, in Henry
County, to Adeline Roberts, who came from
Logan County when only nine years old, her father,
Thomas Roberts, being the only teacher Mr.
Hatcher ever had. To this union there were
born the following children: William T., who is
superintendent of schools of Napoleon, Henry County,
married and has two children, Ruth and Mildred;
May U., who is the wife of Harry Barnes,
of Metamora, Ohio, and has one daughter, Chloetta;
John E., former superintendent of schools of
Hamler and Florida, Ohio, and now postmaster of the
former place, married Rilla McFadden, and
has three children, Lucile, Norma and
Iva J.; Verna B., who is the wife of
Charles Fahrer, of Custer and has three
children, Harold, Clara and Richard;
Burton C., a railroad man of South Dakota, who is
married and has a son, John H.; Katharine,
who is the wife of Ross Hoskinson,
telegraph operator at Deshler, and has a son, David;
Martha, who was educated in the Weston High
School and resides with her parents; and James P.,
who is a volunteer member of Company H, Second Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, soon to be called into service for
participation in the great European war. He is a
graduate of Weston High School.
The family for many years have belonged to the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Hatcher
assisted in the building of the Laramore Church in
Richfield Township, of which he was a steward and
trustee from its organization until he came to Weston.
He has served as trustee of Richfield Township for six
years and held other offices, and in principle is a
pioneer prohibitionist. Remembering the trials of
his early life, he is kindly disposed and generous
toward those less fortunate than himself, and is
accounted an honorable and high-minded as well as a
public-spirited citizen.
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. III - Publ.
1917 - Page 2198 |
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THOMAS B. HAYES
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 1148 |
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DANIEL A. HECKLER
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 1182 |
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WILLIAM HEITMAN
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. III - Publ.
1917 - Page 1513 |
S. M. Heller
S. M. Heller Memorial Hospital |
HON.
SAMUEL M. HELLER. Success in business
and public spirit have gone hand in hand in the career
of Samuel m. Heller, one of the very prominent
and old time citizens in Northwest Ohio. He is
living retired at Napoleon, where he prosecuted his
activities in a business way for about half a century.
In many ways he is a remarkable man. He has now
reached the venerable age of eighty-four and on May 13,
1916, he and his faithful wife celebrated their sixtieth
wedding anniversary. His business career began as
a boy about the year 1849 as manager of his father's
general store at McComb in Hancock County, Ohio.
His father also conducted a similar store at Van Buren,
and the son managed that for a time.
In 1860 he came from Van Buren to Napoleon, and for
many years was the leading dry goods merchant in Henry
County. In 1862 he established his store on Perry
Street next to what is now the First National Bank
Building and in the heart of the business center.
He purchased the land and put up a large three-store
brick building and basement, and that building is still
standing as a venerable landmark of the city, and is
still conducted as a dry goods emporium. This was
the first brick business block in the city, built on a
ground foundation 26 by 100 feet. It is
interesting to recall the fact that Mr. Heller
mixed every pound of mortar that seals the bricks
together. The building was completed for occupancy
in 1864, and in the meantime he had carried on his store
at the corner of Washington and Perry streets. In
the new block he continued business successfully until
owing to failing health due to confinement he sold out
in 1888 to his nephews, the Shoemaker Brothers,
one of whom, Frank, is still in the business.
In 1887 with Frederick Aller, Mr. Heller
established the greatest industry Napoleon has ever had,
the great Heller-Aller Windmill and Pump and Tank
factory. They manufacture the Baker pattern of
windmills, but invented and manufactured their own
double-acting pump, and this was the chief factor in the
success of this widely known concern. The partners
worked hard and Mr. Heller traveled early and
late all over Indiana, Michigan and Southern Canada to
introduce his goods.
Doubtless the chief element of success in Mr. Heller's
career was his indomitable industry and his courage in
the face of obstacles. He knew no such thing as
failure and at one time it is said that his concern went
in debt to the extent of $18,000 and with rather gloomy
prospects ahead. It only served to redouble his
determination and pushing on he was finally able to
relieve the firm of its obligations, and in a few years
divided profits of over $40,000. Some years ago
Mr. Heller sold his half interest for $100,000, and
has since lived retired.
While in no sense a practical politician, Mr. Heller
has given his time and energies and interest in
unqualified measure to the welfare of his home locality.
In 1865 he was elected by the democratic party as a
member of the State Legislature and served two terms
with much credit. However, he would never accept
any city or county office. He has a Masonic
record, being past priest of the chapter at Napoleon, a
member of Defiance Commandery of the Knights Templar and
belongs to the Consistory of the Scottish Rite in the
Valley of Toledo, and Zenobia Temple of the Mystic
Shrine at Toledo.
Samuel M. Heller was born in Jeromeville, Wayne
County, Ohio, Apr. 4, 1832, and was reared and received
his early education in Hancock County, where he began
his business career in the store of his father.
It was in Hancock County fifty-eight years ago Mr.
Heller married Anna L. Showman, and since
then they have traveled life's highway together and
their lives have shed happiness upon many by the
wayside. Mr. Heller was born in Ohio Feb.
21, 1841, and grew up and received her schooling at Van
Buren in Hancock County. Their first child,
Charles M., died at the age of sixteen months, while
the first daughter was Lillie B. A second
daughter, Ella May died in her seventeenth year
while a student in Vassar College. Margaret L.
died four years after her marriage to Henry C.
Vortieve who was editor of the German Express at
Toledo. Lillie Belle is the wife of
Judge Julian Howard Tyler of Toledo, a prominent
attorney. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler had one child
that died in infancy. Thus Mr. and Mrs. Heller
have no grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Heller
are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he
served on the official board for a number of years and
politically he is a democrat.
His home is one of the conspicuous landmarks in the
residential district, a beautiful place at the corner of
Clinton and Scott streets, surrounded by ample grounds,
the lot on which the building sands being 133 by 165
feet. This home was erected in 1869, and by the
terms of his will the home will go to the City of
Napoleon to be used as a free public hospital and to be
known as the Samuel M. Heller Memorial Hospital.
The announcement of this splendid gift to Napoleon
attracted much attention over Henry County and it is
appropriate that a part of one of the articles which
appeared in one of Napoleon's leading newspaper at the
time should be quoted. The Napoleon Northwest News
in February, 1916, said:
"By will our fellow townsman, Hon. S. M. Heller,
has bequeathed outright to Napoleon the old Heller
homestead property on the southeast corner of
Clinton and Scott streets for hospital purposes, the
only requirement being that the property is to be
forever used for hospital purposes and is to be kept in
proper repair and under the supervision of the lawful
authorities and to be known as the S. M. Heller
Memorial Hospital.
"This is a noble and commendable deed of our fellow
citizen, and it will be a fitting memorial for posterity
to the memory of Mr. Heller, who has always stood
in the for-ranks of those who had the welfare and good
of the community at heart and hwo invariably backed up
his belief and deeds with an open pocketbook.
"For years it has been the intention of Mr. Heller to
give this property to Napoleon as a memorial, to be sued
in some public way. Some years ago, when the
necessity of a public library was evident to many of our
citizens and the question was first agitated, Mr.
Heller provided in his will a clause bequeathing his
homestead property to the corporation for library
purposes, but the fact was not made public. So
when Mr. Andrew Carnegie offered a library
building to Napoleon and the proposition was accepted by
our citizens, Mr. Heller's wish was forestalled
and it was then that he commenced to look around and see
to what other use the property could be put for the
benefit of the community in general. At that time
there was more or less agitation of the matter of the
necessity of a public hospital, and he at once resolved
to change his will and provide that his homestead be
devoted to the hospital purposes, and he immediately had
the change made in his will, though the fact was not
made public.
"But now that the question of a hospital has been and
is being seriously considered by the corporation
authorities and by the county commissioners as well,
Mr. Heller has made his wishes and intent known, so
that these authorities may govern themselves
accordingly.
"Mr. Heller fully understands the great need of
a public hospital in his home town, as he has had some
experience and can speak from personal knowledge on the
good work that is done humanity through the hospital
properly conducted, as he was one of the trustees of the
Toledo State Hospital for eleven years.
"The property thus bequeathed is centrally located,
composed of a substantial brick house, with three floors
and basement equipped with necessary outbuildings of
brick and with modern heat, light and water connections
throughout, all surrounded by beautiful grounds, an
ideal spot for a public institution of the nature
proposed. At a low estimate the property so
bequeathed is valued at about fifteen thousand dollars,
but costing much more than that, as Mr. Heller in
making his improvements always kept the property up to
date and of the very best materials.
"The gift is a befitting close to a long, useful and
strenuous life, which has been drawn out far beyond the
allotted time of man."
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 710 |
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ROBERT D. HENDERSON
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. III - Publ.
1917 - Page 2223 |
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THE HENKEL COMPANY (Schaaf, P. E.)
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 876 |
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ANDREW HOFFMAN
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 947 |
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CHARLES P. HOFFMAN
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 845 |
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DIETRICH HOGREFE
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 870 |
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JOHN HUDDLE
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 1141 |
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CARL D. HUNER
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 781 |
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FRED HUNER
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 922 |
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HENRY HUNER
Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
1917 - Page 887 |
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