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HISTORY of CITY OF TOLEDO and LUCAS COUNTY, OHIO
Illustrated
Clark Waggoner, Editor
Publ. New York & Toledo:
Munsell & Company, Publishers
1888
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GARRETT W. HAGENBERG
Source:
Story of City of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, Illustrated - Clark
Waggoner, Editor - Publ. New York & Toledo: Munsell & Company,
Publishers - 1888 - Page 773 |
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ISRAEL
HALL, although no longer a resident of Ohio, was prominently
identified with the early growth of Toledo, in which City he resided
for many years. He was born in Vermont, of Quaker parentage.
In 1844 he was married with Olivia, daughter of Hon. Otis
Bigelow, of Baldwinsville, New York. Mr. Hall
became a resident of Syracuse immediately after his marriage, and
engaged in the Hardware and Iron business there. Having
purchased considerable property in Toledo which he found in
impracticable to dispose of, he became a resident of that City in
1857,and for many years was known as one of Ohio's leading
Nurserymen. His Broadway property, then known as the "Hickory
Grove Nurseries," has now become an important Railroad center.
Subsequently, he platted and sold the Camp Ground property, now
called Cottage Park. He also platted and sold the farm
adjoining the present site of the Milburn Wagon Works. He was
one of the original owners of the Boody House, Toledo.
Although now 74 years of age, he has recently completed the block
known as the Toledo Law Building, for which he was his own
architect, and which, for convenience, is unsurpassed in the City.
In 1870 he removed, for educational purposes, to Ann Arbor,
Michigan, where he now resides, although retaining property
interests in Toledo.
Source:
Story of City of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, Illustrated - Clark
Waggoner, Editor - Publ. New York & Toledo: Munsell & Company,
Publishers - 1888 - Page 712 |
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TIMOTHY P. HART was
born at Alexander, Genesee County, New York, Jan. 20, 1820. He
is a son of Cyrus and Elizabeth (Harter) Hart. His
father was a miller and a man of moderate means; but through hard
labor and strict economy, he was enabled to rear seven children to
respectability and usefulness. Until his 15th year, the son
assisted his father in the mill, meantime, for portions of the year,
attending the District School. In 1835, he determined to set
out on life's voyage, and secured the position of Driver on the Erie
Canal, which he followed for five years. In 1840, he was
appointed Agent for the Albany and Buffalo Towing Company at
Lockport, having charge of Canal Drivers. Two years later he
was stationed at Newville, Oneida County. In 1844 he entered
the employ of A. R. Cobb & Co., at Mohawk, Herkimer County,
where he remained for 10 years. Upon the organization of the
United States Express Company, in 1854, he entered its employ as
Messenger on the Rock Island Railroad, and in 1855 was sent to
Toledo. There he became Transfer Agent for the Company, which
position he held until June 1883, a period of 28 years. Such
has been the success of his service, that he was then retired by the
Company from active labors, on a life-salary, in recognition of his
long and faithful discharge of duty. Some years since, Mr.
Hart was chiefly instrumental in ferreting out and defeating an
attempted robbery of an Express Messenger of a large amount of
money, in doing which he displayed special sagacity and fidelity.
The discovery of the plot and arrest of the would-be robbers were
made quite prominent at the time. During the long period
of Mr. Hart's connection with the Express Company at Toledo,
that species of transportation passed through many and important
changes. His chief hold upon his employer consisted of his
known integrity and industry, and his conscientious adherence to
convictions as to duty; which qualities were no less effective in
commanding the confidence of all with whom he came in contact.
Politically, he has always been a Democrat, his action in that
connection being limited to the exercise of the right of the ballot,
he being content to live in the quiet enjoyment of a law abiding and
law-sustaining citizen. He was married June 4, 1845, with
Harriet Minerva Vurch, who died Dec. 2, 1876.
Source:
Story of City of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, Illustrated - Clark
Waggoner, Editor - Publ. New York & Toledo: Munsell & Company,
Publishers - 1888 - Page 830 |
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GEORGE RANDOLPH HAYNES
Source: City of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio -
Illustrated - Clark Waggoner, Editor - Publ. New York &
Toledo: Munsell & Company, Publishers 1888 - Page 531 |
J. W. Hiett |
JOHN W. HIETT was born in the
Shenandoah Valley (Jefferson County) Virginia, Nov. 11, 1824.
He is a son of George and Lydia Hiett. His parents were
Quakers, as were their forefathers, who came from England about 170
years ago, and settled in the Shenandoah Valley. From early
days they were actively identified with every cause having in view
the promotion of sound morals, justice and good government.
They were among the organizers of the first Anti-Whiskey and
Anti-Slavery Societies in Virginia, and served their day in support
of those great reforms, when that required a degree of courage for
which there is now comparatively little demand. When the son
was yet a child, the family removed to Ohio, and settled near
Tiffin, Seneca County, and he passed the earlier years of his life
amid dense forests. His educational privileges, in common with
most children of pioneers, were very limited. When he was 15
years old, the family returned to their former home in Virginia,
where School advantages were better. He attended and was
graduated at Jefferson Academy, and chose teaching for his vocation.
In 1847 he opened the second Free School of that State.
Returning to Ohio in 1851, he spent some time at Oberlin College,
when he was appointed Superintendent of Public Schools at that
place. He was subsequently a Student and a Teacher in the
Normal Department of the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, and
afterwards was for 10 years a Trustee of that institution. He
was also Superintendent of the Public Schools at Delaware. IN
1860, assisted by Mrs. Hiett, as Preceptress, he opened the
Elm Grove Normal School at Maumee, which after one year was changed
to Central Ohio Conference Seminary. His health failing in
1864 he came to Toledo, and became one of the proprietors of the
Toledo Commercial. Since that time he has been a
resident of Toledo, engaged in general business, devoting most of
his time to dealing in real estate. He has been actively
identified with nearly every movement having for its object the
building up of the City, serving for some time as Secretary of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Exchange. His active connection
with the general interests of Toledo, has enabled him to be
specially useful in gathering and arranging facts and statistics
bearing upon the advantages and growth of the City. Mr.
Hiett from early years has been a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in which he has been both active and prominent, as
indicated by his relations to the Educational work of that
denomination. In Toledo, and as a member of St. Paul's Church,
he has been specially identified with Bible instruction. In
1872 he was a Delegate to the first General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, held at Brooklyn, New York, to which
laymen were admitted in such capacity; and in 1876 was again a
member of that body at its meeting in Baltimore. In 1861 he
received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Baldwin
University, at Berea, Ohio. Mr. Hiett was married Aug.
3, 1858, with Miss Mary E. Beecham, daughter of
Joseph Beecham, of Plymouth, Ohio. Four children
have been born to them - Ella F., Irving B., Oliver N., and
Russell M. Hiett. Mr. Hiett's father died at
Fremont, in the 83d year of his age. His mother is living with
her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Kenyon, in the suburbs of Toledo, in
the 90th year of her age.
Source: City of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio -
Illustrated - Clark Waggoner, Editor - Publ. New York &
Toledo: Munsell & Company, Publishers 1888 - Page 509 |
J. W. Wilson |
JAMES WILSON HONE
Source: City of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio -
Illustrated - Clark Waggoner, Editor - Publ. New York &
Toledo: Munsell & Company, Publishers 1888 - Page 510 |
D. W. H. Howard |
DRESDEN W. H. HOWARD was born
in Yates County, New York, Nov. 3, 1817. He was a son of
Edward, his grandfather being Thomas Howard. May
22, 1821, the grandfather, with his sons Edward, Robert A.
and Richard, their wives and two children (Dresden and
a cousin named Sidney), and a daughter of Sidney H. Nelson,
left their pleasant homes on the banks of Seneca Lake, near Geneva,
for the West. The grandfather rode on horseback, the families
and small supplies of clothing and household goods being loaded into
two two-horse covered wagons. In due time, over roads almost
impassable, the party reached the then Village of Buffalo.
Here, the grandfather, with the women and children, embarked on
board a 30 ton Schooner (name not remembered), commanded by
Captain Anson Reed, for a long and perilous voyage to Fort
Meigs, 14 miles above the mouth of the Maumee River. This
destination was reached at dusk, June 17th, after a trip of 26 days,
where they were cordially welcomed by the few white settlers at
"Orleans," the little hamlet under the Fort. Dresden's
recollection of the scene that met his view on entering the mouth of
the River, about 10 o'clock a.m., is yet very clear to him.
The dark color of the water of the River was in strong contrast with
that of the clear water of the Lake. The scene of chief
interest as they slowly passed up the stream, consisted of the white
tents of Indians camped on the West bank, from the house of Major
Stickney (near Bush Street), to the mouth of Swan Creek - the
Indians being there on business with Major Stickney, then
Indian Agent for the Government. They were actively engaged in
racing and other sports peculiar to Indians; but upon discovering
the little Vessel, they gave one wild (to the passengers unearthly)
yell, and ran down the bank, to get as near as possible to the
craft. While the boy was deeply interested in the scene, the
women were crouched in deadly fear on the deck at such first view of
the locality which was to be their home. The Vessel made slow
progress up the River, with nothing to be seen but the primeval
forest which lined its banks, and a deer and her fawn which had
sought protection in the water from swarms of musquitos, or
from some hungry wolf. In due time, the end of the journey was
reached. The teams were many days behind the arrival of the
Vessel, they having in bad roads - especially through the "Black
Swamp" - more to overcome than the calms and adverse winds of the
Lake. The real destination of the party was Tecumseh,
or An-au-ba (now known as Ann Arbor), Michigan; but the
persuasions of the Hollisters, Spaffords, "Forsythes, General
Hunt and other residents induced them to stop, when they soon
were quartered in little cabins of bark-covered walls. Some
cleared land was rented, and a small crop of corn, potatoes,
pumpkins, squashes, etc., soon planted. With "dog-days" came
ague and fever, attended by want and privation known to none but the
pioneer. Several times the entire family was prostrated, with
no one able to attend upon the sick. The frosts of October
were patiently awaited as the only source of relief to the
sufferers; which season was made the more grateful for the abundant
supplies of fish and corn-"pone," which it brought. The
grand-father had little means with which to start in the new home.
He first entered 160 acres of Government lands, where now is the
Village of Woodville, Sandusky County; but the Black Swamp proved
too much for him, and he abandoned his purchase, subsequently
selling it to Amos E. Wood, the founder of Woodville.
In 1822, lands were purchased at Grand Rapids, Wood County, when
cabins were built for Edward, Robert A. and Richard Howard;
and in the Spring of 1823 they cut a road from the Indian Mission,
eight miles below, through a dense wilderness to the Grad Rapids of
the Maumee, and founded a settlement immediately opposite the Ottawa
Indian Village of Kin-jo-i-no and Reservation of 12 miles square, at
the head of the Rapids.
All of the families, with the grandfather, lived upon
their original purchases cleared away the forests, and made for
themselves comfortable homes (save Robert A., who sold his
place in 1836, and moved to what is now Fulton Country, where he
died), and in due time were "gathered to their fathers," their
bodies resting on the banks of the Maumee, within hearing of the
never-ceasing murmur of the Rapids.
Edward Howard (the father of Dresden),
was a Soldier in the War of 1812-15, as was Thomas in the
Revolutionary War. The former was at the battles of Lundy's
Lane and Fort Erie. He was never robust after the War, and
died in 1841. The mother (Nancy Haight Howard) survived
him until 1881, dying at the age of 84 years, and being buried
beside her husband. The children were Dresden; one
brother, James Monroe, born in Yates County, New York; and
one sister (Anjinette), born in Wood County. James
died in 1841; and the sister is the wife of Hon. George Laskey,
of Toledo. Coming here in childhood, with Indian boys for
playmates, Dresden learned the languages of the several
tribes in the Valley, and became more or less attached to Indian
life. His inclinations early turned toward Indian trade and
the hunter's life. The fur trade with the tribes was then a
lucrative business, and his readiness with their dialects made his
services in demand by traders, who paid well for them. With
others, he was employed by Government Agents in collecting the
wandering hands for removal to their new homes beyond the
Mississippi in 1832, and again in 1838. In 1832 he aided the
removal, when they were transported across the country by wagons and
on the backs of their ponies. For a boy, the trip was
attractive. Scarcely any settlement was passed for the whole
distance. The Indians were located on the banks of the Osage
River (now in Kansas), where is the Town of Ottawa, named for the
tribe. In 1840, Mr. Howard was employed by W. G.
and Geo. W. Ewing, fur traders at Fort Wayne, Indiana, to
take a stock of Indian goods up the Missouri River, and open trade
with the Omahas, Missouries, lower Sioux, Pottawatomies and other
tribes inhabiting the Valley and tributaries of that stream.
His father and brother dying in 1841, made it necessary for him to
return and care for an invalid mother and his sister, and accept the
more quiet life of farming and civilization, for which his previous
experience had done little toward fitting him. His school days
(from seven to 10 years) were entirely spent at the "Old Indian
Mission," 10 miles above Fort Meigs, in a School of 100 Indian
children - he being the only White pupil, save a few Indian and
French half-breed boys and girls. That School was organized by
the Home Missionary Society of New England, and was closed upon the
remove of the Indians in 1838.
The tribes inhabiting the Valley of the Maumee, and
also that of the Wabash and their tributaries, at the time of Mr.
Howard's earliest recollections (and for many years before),
were the Ottawas, Pottawatomies, Miamis, We-aws, Piankishaws,
Shawnees and Delawares, with a few of the Ochibewas and Muncies.
The principal Chiefs of the Ottawas were Na-wash, O-to-saw, Char-lo,
Oe-que-nox-ie, Kin-jo-a-no, Ot-to-kee, Wa-se-on, Wa-se-on-i-quet,
and others. Of the Pottawatomies, were Waw-bon-see, Bawbecce,
Me-te-ah, Win-a-meg; of the Miamis, La Fotain and Richard-ville,
with many others, whose names are not recalled; of Shawnees, were
Joseph and William Parks, whose Reservation was a
Wa-pa-kon-neta. The Walkers (half breeds) were
principal men among the Wyandotts at Upper Sandusky. Turkey
Foot (Mis-sis-sa-inzit), was a noted Ottawa Chief, as was O-to-saw.
Little Turtle (Mis-she-kecnee) perhaps was the most noted, as he was
the most intelligent Chief of the Miamis, whom Mr. Howard
thinks, lies buried near Fort Wayne, Indiana. Turkey Foot was
buried near the rock form which he haranged his Braves when he fell,
pierced with a bullet from one of Wayne's Soldiers, Aug. 20, 1794.
Mr. Howard's memory is stored with facts and associations
connected with the aboriginal tribes with whom he was so long
intimate. When asked by the former Governor Noyes, of
Ohio, why he always spoke with such special kindness of the Indians,
he replied, "They have always, in childhood and in manhood , treated
me with kindness, and I could not be ungrateful for their uniform
generosity. Treat an Indian justly, and you will secure his
friendship for life. Treat him illy, and you have his enmity
for life." Mr. Howard's present residence is on the
site of the old Indian Village of Winameg, Fulton County, where the
former residents so long enjoyed savage life, and where so many of
them found their last resting place, which is now carefully
protected. The Red Man has taken his last drink form the
shaded spring at the foot of the hill, his last look upon the
landscape so long his pride, and now sleeps nearer the setting Sun.
In the Spring of 1827-28, Mr. Howard - then a boy of 10 years
- first visited that locality, and there ate his first bowl of
hominy and roast of venison, and took his first drink from the pure
waters of the spring. The Indians had just returned from their
Winter hunting grounds in the pine and sugar maple forest of the
then wild Territory, now the fertile and rich State of Michigan,
where they had enjoyed a successful hunt; bringing in a bountiful
supply of Maple sugar (of which they were fond). They were
having their annual dance or worship of the Great Sprit (Chi
Manitoo), returning thanks for success in the hunt, and asking for a
prosperous season to come. For the Summer, the women were to
plant and hoe, while the men beside lounging about, were to look for
an occasional deer. Corn, beans and pumpkins are still planted
there; but not by the faithful, patient squaws of former days.
Mr. Howard, with all his early attachment for
the primitive ways of the Indians, has not been backward in
promoting the methods and means of Christian civilization. For
forty years past he has been identified, to greater or less extent
with the agricultural, the financial, the political, and the social
movements of the age, seeking faithfully to meet his full duty in
these several relations of life. In promoting the construction
of good roads, elevating the farming interests, and the
establishment of sound morals and general education, he has been
active. In 1870 he represented the Tenth District on the State
Board of Equalization. Elected to the State Senate in 1871
from the Thirty-Third District, he served in that body for two
years. In 1860 he was Presidential Elector, casting the vote
of the Fifth Congressional District for Abraham Lincoln.
Of all his record in connection with elections, that which gives him
his chief pride, was made in the fight for the exclusion of the sale
of intoxicating liquors at Wauseon, in April, 1887. He was
appointed by Governor Foraker, April 1, 1887, a Trustee of
the Toledo Asylum for the Insane, constructed for the State, near
Toledo. Mr. Howard was married in 1843 with Mary B.
Copeland. There were born to them two children -
Osceola E. M., Civil Engineer, of San Diego, California; and
M. Agnes, now residing with her parents at Wauseon, Ohio.
Source: City of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio -
Illustrated - Clark Waggoner, Editor - Publ. New York &
Toledo: Munsell & Company, Publishers 1888 - Page 690 |
John E. Hunt |
JOHN ELLIOTT HUNT
Source: City of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio -
Illustrated - Clark Waggoner, Editor - Publ. New York &
Toledo: Munsell & Company, Publishers 1888 - Page 701 |
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