BIOGRAPHIES
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City of Toledo and Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company
1895
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JAMES
CARL, a well known farmer of Sylvania Township, Lucas County,
is of German extraction on the paternal side. For several
years he has made his home on section 11, where he owns a well
improved place of fifty acres. He is a native of New Jersey,
having been born in Morris County, July 14, 1824. His parents,
William and Betsey (King) Carl died when he was only a child,
and he was brought up by his grandfather King. His
father followed farming during his lifetime and was an industrious,
honest and respected man. His wife was of Scotch descent.
James Carl received only a limited education,
and when twenty years of age began working in an iron foundry,
receiving $1 per day for four years. At the end of that
time he moved to New York State, and for the next four years worked
as a farm hand. About 1850 he emigrated to Madison, Mich., and
after remaining in that locality for a year, settled in Fairfield,
where he was interested in farming for some two years. About
1850 he purchased eighty acres of land near Chesterfield, Ohio, and
cleared and improved the place. Eight years later he returned
to Michigan, where he purchased land and lived for sixteen years.
He then, in 1882, sold a part of this property and traded the
remainder for his present homestead, on which he has resided ever
since.
Before leaving his native state, Mr. Carl was
married, Dec. 5, 1845, to Sarah A., daughter of
Jacob and Hannah (Willis) Winget. The other children of
the latter are Manning of New Jersey; William, who was
living in Rockaway, N. J., when last heard from: and Edward,
Caleb, Charles and Caroline.
To Mr. and Mrs. Carl have been born nine
children, as follows: George W., born Aug. 6, 1848, and
now a resident of this county; Charles A., who was born Nov.
1, 1850, and is a blacksmith of Sylvania; Marven, born Nov.
2, 1852, now living in Toledo; Milton, who was born Oct. 7,
1854, and is engaged in farming in Michigan; Ella, born Feb.
5, 1856, the wife of Horace DeLong, of Greenville, Mich.;
Estella, whose birth occurred Mar. 5, 1858, and who died Feb. 1,
1875; Bennett J., a ranchman in Idaho, who was born July 24,
1861; Esther M., born May 11, 1866, and who died June 22,
1893, while attending the World's Fair in Chicago; and Edith L.,
born Aug. 3, 1868, and now the wife of Jason Wilson, of
Detroit, Mich. Mrs. James Carl was born Feb. 8, 1827.
She is a member of the Baptist Church, while her husband is
identified with the Methodist Episcopal denomination. Several
of the children are also church members.
The two eldest brothers of our subject, John and
Adam, are residents of New Jersey. His youngest brother,
David, died in infancy; and his only sister, Mary, who
married Wesley Denson, is also deceased. On several
occasions Mr. Carl has served as School Director of his home
district, and in many ways has shown his interest in educational
matters. It has been one of his main aims in life to fit his
children for the battles before them by equipping them well in this
direction.
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of City of Toledo and
Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company,
1895 ~ Page 280 |
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DR.
W. C. CHAPMAN was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 15, 1840.
He was graduated from the Miami Medical College of that city in the
spring of 1873. He immediately came to Toledo, where he has
since been in the practice of his profession.
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of City of Toledo and
Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company,
1895 ~ Page 277 |
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ASHTON H. COLDHAM,
a rising young attorney-at-law of Toledo, has his office at No. 6
Drummond Block. He is one of the native sons of this city, his
birth having occurred within its limits, Mar. 9, 1862, and his
entire life history has been interwoven with that of Toledo.
He is Secretary of the Toledo Bar Association, and has been actively
engaged in practice here for the past eleven years with a great deal
of success.
The father of A. H.
Coldham, Dr. James Coldham, was one of the foremost
physicians and surgeons of teh city, and was a pioneer, as he
located here in 1844. He conducted a large and successful
practice until shortly before his death, which occurred in 1892.
He was much beloved and esteemed by all who had the pleasure of his
acquaintance, and his death was felt to be a public loss. His
wife, who bore the name of Anna Williams before her
marriage, by her union became the mother of five children, two sons
and three daughters. The other son, Dr. W. W. Coldham, is
represented elsewhere in this volume.
Ashton H. Coldham is the second in order of birth
in his parents' family. He obtained a good public-school
education, and supplemented his elementary knowledge by a course of
training at the Upper Canada College of Toronto, from which
celebrated institution he graduated in 1881. Subsequently he
went to New York City, where he took up legal studies, and after
passing a severe examination was admitted to the Bar, before the
Supreme Court at Rochester, in 1884. Returning then to his
native city, he further pursued his legal studies and acquitted
himself with honor at the examinations he sustained before the
Supreme Court of Ohio, which convened at Columbus, and which
formally pronounced him a member of the Ohio Bar.
June 3, 1891, Ashton H. Coldham and Miss
Daisy B. Brainard were married at the home of the bride's
parents in this city. Her father is W. S. Brainard,
one of the most prominent business men of Ohio, and a well known and
respected citizen. Mrs. Coldham enjoyed good
educational advantages, and is a most charming and agreeable lady.
The residence of our esteemed subject and wife is at No. 1932
Vermont Avenue, where their surroundings bespeak their literary and
cultivated taste. In politics Mr. Coldham is
identified with the Democratic party.
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of City of Toledo and
Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company,
1895 ~ Page 234 |
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ABRAM
W. COLTON
is the President and General Manager of the Lake Erie Transportation
Company of Toledo. This well known and important concern was
organized in 1890, and is one of the flourishing enterprises of this
city. Mr. Colton was one of its original promoters, and
to his good management much of its success is attributable.
A native of Ohio, Mr. Colton was born in Erie
County, in November, 1833, his parents being Carlos and Sophia H.
(Brigham) Colton. He is the youngest of three children,
and passed his early years in Monroe, Mich. His first
independent business venture was in 1847, when he became a clerk in
a store. In 1849 he came to this city, and soon afterward
entered the employ of the Michigan Southern Railroad Company, with
which he remained for three years, in different branches of the
service. He then accepted a position as clerk of a
transportation company, and then for several years following was
employed by the Wabash Railroad. In 1874 he became manager of
a steamboat company which owned vessels plying between Toledo and
Buffalo. The Lake Erie Transportation Company, which he helped
to organize, does an extensive and paying business, and affords
merchants along the line direct and rapid service.
In Apr., 1870, Mr. Colton married Miss
Catherine Van Horne, of Jersey City. She was born in
Jersey City, and was a daughter of John I. Van Horne.
Two children, daughters, have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs.
Colton, and are named, respectively, Cornelia K.
and Olive A. The family residence is at No. 451 West
Woodruff Avenue, where a gracious hospitality is always extended to
their many friends.
The father of A. W. Colton came to this city in
1849, and for a time was connected with a fire and fire-marine
insurance business. He died in 1884, in his eight-fourth year.
One of his sons, Hamilton, was a soldier in the late war, and
a member of the Eighty-fourth Ohio Infantry. Another son,
Alpheus F., is a resident of Toledo. Anna, the only
daughter, became the wife of H. Daughaday, now of St. Louis,
Mo. In politics Carlos Colton was identified with the
Republican party, as is also his son, whose name leads this sketch.
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of City of Toledo and
Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company,
1895 ~ Page
348 |
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FRANK CONVERSE, one
of the enterprising agriculturists of Lucas County, has been engaged
in the cultivation of the old homestead on section 4, Providence
Township, for almost a quarter of a century. The farm, which
comprises one hundred and sixty acres, was formerly the property of
his father, and was partially cleared by that worthy old settler.
Many improvements have been placed thereon of late years, thus
greatly increasing its market value.
The father of the gentlemen whose name heads this
article, William W. Converse, was born Oct. 14, 1822, in New
York, and his early life was devoted to carpentering and
ship-building in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, to Cordelia
Litzfield, who was born Apr. 17, 1824. Feb. 22, 1876,
Mr. Converse settled in this county, buying one hundred and
fifty-three acres, the place now owned by his son Frank.
He engaged in its operation and management until his death, which
occurred Apr. 26, 1879. His good wife survived him until June
16, 1894.
In a family of six children, who grew to mature years,
Frank Converse is the eldest. Corintha, the next
younger, born Sept. 23, 1845, married Joseph S. Coombs.
Edison, born Apr. 23, 1874, is engaged in farming in Paulding
County, Ohio. Henry was born Aug. 18, 1852, and is a
resident of Wellington, Ohio. Harley, born in Illinois,
Jan. 17, 1855, is a resident of Whitehouse, Ohio; and George,
whose birth also occurred in the Prairie State, June 15, 1862, makes
his home in Victor, Colo.
Frank Converse is a native of Wellington, Ohio,
his birth having occurred Aug. 18, 1843. His boyhood was
passed on a farm until he was in his twelfth year, when he moved
with the family to Bureau Co., Ill. At the end of nine years
they returned to their former home in Wellington, and in 1871
Frank came to make a permanent home in this township.
July 3, 1872, Mr. Converse and Ina I. Coombs
were married in Michigan. The lady was born in Grand Rapids,
Ohio, Oct. 2, 1855, and is a daughter of Joseph and Sidney
(Adams) Coombs, natives of New Hampshire and Pennsylvania,
respectively. Mrs. Coombs died Jan. 4, 1877, in
Whitehouse, but the father is still living, his home being in
Toledo. Their other children were as follows: Edison
A., born Mar. 7, 1850; Emma L., May 5, 1853; Charles
A., Sept. 24, 1857; William H., Sept. 30, 1860; Joseph
A., Feb. 5, 1863; John F., July 10, 1866; Albert,
July 4, 1870; and Myrtle, June 4, 1873. The eldest,
Emma, is deceased. The three eldest sons are residents of
Chicago, in which city Albert also makes his home, and
John lives in Toledo. Myrtle is the wife of
Clarence Clyne of Miamisburg.
To Mr. and Mrs. Converse have been born the
following children: Harley C., born Dec. 27, 1876;
Emily, Nov. 18, 1879; Edith, Apr. 3, 1881; Linnie L.,
Feb. 21, 1883 Ina C. Mar. 7, 1885; Frank J., Apr. 13,
1887; George H., July 23, 1889; and Cora, July 11,
1892. The only death in the family was that of little Emily,
who lived but ten days, her death occurring Nov. 28,1879.
In his home district Mr. Converse is respected
by his friends and neighbors, as he is always interested in whatever
tends towards the good of the community. He uses his right of
franchise in favor of Republican principles and nominees, and has
never been an office-seeker, the only public position in which he
has ever served having been that of School Director.
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of City of Toledo and
Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company,
1895 ~ Page 427 |
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PHILIP
COOPER, who was a very successful and progressive
agriculturist of Sylvania Township, Lucas County, owns sixty acres
of land on section 17 and forty acres on section 18,and has made
good improvements on both places. He is one of the native sons
of this township, the date of his birth being Oct. 3, 1827.
Remington Cooper, the father of Philip,
was a native of Rhode Island, and a carpenter by trade. He
emigrated to the Buckeye State about 1832, and took up a tract of
eighty acres of Government land in this county. This section
of the country was then a wilderness and gave little promise of what
the future had in store for it. Mr. Cooper built the
house in which his son is now living, the structure being completed
about 1856. After a busy and useful life he was summoned to
the home beyond, in July, 1862. His wife, before her marriage
Miss Anna Fogle, was a native of Toronto, Canada, and died in
1880.
Philip Cooper is one of ten children, and the
fifth in order of birth. His eldest brother, William,
who was a resident of Sylvania, was a carpenter by trade, and died
in 1848. Another brother, Horace, was killed in the
battle of Murfreesboro, during the late Civil War. The sisters
are as follows: Elizabeth Huntley, living in Ford
County, Ill., Julia, who married Isaac Rogers, a
farmer of Michigan, and died in 1852; Laura Kimble, ho lives
on a farm in Ford County, Illinois.; Mrs. Phoebe Camiska, who
died in the state of California; Miss Polly Parker, now
deceased, formerly of Adrian, Mich.; Harriet, who is now
living with our subject; and Almira, Mrs. Wallace Musreau,
who died in 1865.
Apr. 27, 1858, Philip Cooper married Sarah
Hendrickson, who was born Aug. 10, 1839, near Sylvania.
Her parents were John L. and Adeline (Cummings) Hendrickson,
early settlers in this vicinity. The only son born to Mr.
and Mrs. Cooper was Albert, whose birth occurred Jan.
8, 1859, and who died in infancy. Their only daughter, Ida,
born July 8, 1862, is the wife of Francis Kimble, a farmer of
this township.
During the war Mr. Cooper was a member of the
Sylvania Guards, and as such was ready to go to the front of any
time required, but was not called into action. For about
fifteen years he has been a member of the Masonic fraternity, and
politically he uses his ballot in favor of the Republican party.
By his neighbors he is highly esteemed as a man of honor and strict
integrity in all his dealings.
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of City of Toledo and
Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company,
1895 ~ Page 513 |
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SYLVESTER K. COOPER is engaged
in general farming and stock-raising on section 7, Sylvania
Township, Lucas County. The homestead is fertile and well
cultivated, being kept up in a thrifty and progressive manner by the owner. He
is a son of Gardner Cooper, who was born Dec. 1, 1800, in the
Empire State, and in 1832 moved to Ohio, settling on land in this
township. There were then no roads in this vicinity, and the
pioneers lived in a primitive fashion, enduring many hardships.
Before leaving his native state Mr. Cooper, Sr.,
married Sallie Blaine, who was born Mar. 18, 1801,
and who bore him seven children. Sallie F., the eldest, born Sept. 21, 1823, married Alexander Fox, and died
Apr. 11, 1848, leaving two children. Nathaniel, born Aug.
8, 1825, is now a resident of Sylvania. Eliza A., born
Dec. 27, 1827, died Jan. 21, 1847. Sylvester K. is the
next in the family. Mary and Martha, twins, were born
Aug. 3, 1833, and
the former died Sept. 13, 1855. Gardner W., the youngest, born
Jan. 25, 1835, is now managing the old home farm. The father of
these children departed this life Oct. 29, 1859, and his wife
survived him little more than a year, dying Nov. 9, 1860.
The birth of Sylvester K. Cooper occurred April 22, 1830, in
Syracuse, N. Y. He was brought to the Buckeye State by his
parents while he was very young, and was reared to manhood in this
township. His educational advantages were extremely limited,
for the schools of that day were few and poorly conducted. On
New Year’s Day, 1863, Mr. Cooper married Fannie,
daughter of Thomas and Grace Brimacombe, who were natives of
England, and had come to the United States about 1844, settling on a
farm in Sylvania Township. The father was called to his final
rest February 14, 1871. To Mr. and Mrs. Cooper were
born two children: Gardner R., September 25, 1863; and
John K., March 4, 1865. These young men are now well-to-do
and enterprising citizens of Cabery, Ill. In politics Mr.
Cooper is a supporter of the Republican party.
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of City of Toledo and
Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company,
1895 ~ Page 166 |
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