BIOGRAPHIES
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Portrait & Biographical Record
of
City of Toledo and Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company
1895
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JOHN PARKER
is a leading Justice of the Peace in Toledo, having been first
elected to this position in1891, for a three-years term, and when
that period had expired was reelected for another term of similar
length. He is a stalwart Republican and has many warm friends
in political circles. Formerly he made a good record as
Constable, serving continuously in that responsible place for seven
years under Daniel O'Shea, J. S. Balloux and J. W. Enright.
John Parker was born forty miles west of Buffalo,
N. Y., over the Canadian boundary, the date of the event being Oct.
4, 1836. His parents were Allen and Abbie (Swick) Parker,
natives of Canada and New Jersey, respectively. Allen
Parker left his early home and became a permanent resident of
Canada, where he followed agricultural pursuits until his death,
which occurred in 1892, at the age of eighty-three years. His
wife was born in 1810 and died in 1891. They had a large
family, numbering eleven children, six sons and five daughters, all
of whom, with the exception of two daughters are living.
The boyhood days of John Parker were passed on
his father's Canadian farm, and his education was such as was
afforded by the schools of the district. In 1865 he emigrated
to Ottawa County, Ohio, and for nearly eight years devoted his whole
energies to carpenter work. In 1873 he moved to Toledo and
follows for a time his trade as a carpenter and joiner. While
thus employed he was first elected to public office, and has so
faithfully served his fellow-citizens that they have called upon him
time and again to act as their representative.
When in his twenty-second year, Mr. Parker
married Miss Harriet Fralick, of Canada, who died in 1892,
leaving four children: Asa S.; Peter; Mary J., wife of
William Mattison, of Toledo; and William B. The
lady who now bears the name of Mrs. John Parker was a Miss
Mary Bach, of this city. By her marriage she has become
the mother of one son, Frank J. The family residence is
at No. 637 John Street.
Fraternally, Mr. Parkeris a member of Toledo
Lodge No. 144, F. & A. M. His paternal grandfather, Levi Parker
was born in New Jersey, and the grandmother, whose girlhood name was
Mary Allen, was a daughter of one Captain Allen, who
served in the War of the Revolution under General
Washington.`
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of City of
Toledo and Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio. Chicago: Chapman
Publishing Company, 1895 ~ Page 344 |
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DAVID H. PERRIN, a
hardware merchant, and one of the influential residents of Maumee,
was brought by his parents to this place in 1837, and with the
exception of the time spent in the Union service during the late
Civil War, his residence here has been continuous for the past
fifty-eight years, and his history has been interwoven with that of
the progress and development of Maumee.
Mr. Perrin was born Sept. 10, 1836, in Nova
Scotia, being the youngest of eight children born to David and
Elizabeth (Perrin) Perrin. The former, also a native of
Nova Scotia, was a ship carpenter by trade. In 1837 he
emigrated to this point, and continued to work as a carpenter until
his death, which occurred in 1869, when he was in his
seventy-seventh year. His wife, also a native of Nova Scotia,
departed this life in Maumee, when she had reached her fiftieth
year. They were among the early and respected settlers of this
region.
The boyhood of David H. Perrin passed pleasantly
and uneventfully under his parents’ roof, and his education was
obtained in the public schools up to his sixteenth year. He
then went to Indiana, where he worked for an iron company for three
years. Later he learned the carpenter’s trade, and was
employed at that business and in executing work on contracts until
1888. He then started a new venture, and has since conducted a
hardware business, in which he has met with fair success.
In April, 1861, Mr. Perrin enlisted in Company
F, Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, for three months. Entering the
ranks as a private, he was promoted to the post of Sergeant thirteen
days later, and served in that capacity until his term of enlistment
had expired. In May, 1864,he again enlisted, this time being
assigned to Company E, One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio Infantry, and
after thirty days’ service as a private soldier he was promoted to
the rank of Sergeant. On being honorably discharged in Toledo,
in September, 1864, he at once returned home. He now belongs
to C. B. Mitchell Post No. 84, of this city, and to Ft. Meigs
Council No. 74, N. U. In the Masonic society he holds
membership with Northern Light Lodge No. 40, F. & A. M., there being
only three older lodges than this in the state. Though not a
politician, he is a true-blue Republican, and takes an active
interest in everything relating to the good of his party.
Aug. 28, 1861, Mr. Perrin married Miss
Mary E. Deshanaway, of Maumee, and three sons have graced their
union. William Wallace, the eldest, and Henry N.
are well known business men of this city; and Charles L., the
youngest, is a clerk in his father’s store. The family are
members of the Presbyterian Church, and have hosts of sincere
friends in this community.
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of City of
Toledo and Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio. Chicago: Chapman
Publishing Company, 1895 ~ Page 472 |
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HENRY PHILIPPS, one of the worthy German-American
citizens of Toledo, is President of the Henry Philipps Seed
and Implement Company, which commands a trade of immense
proportions. He is a leading Republican in politics, and for
two years was a member of the City Council. He embarked in his
present enterprise in 1880, at No. 150 St. Clair Street, and when he
found that his increasing trade would necessitate larger quarters he
removed to his present location, Nos. 115 and 117 St. Clair Street.
Here he has a building 40x120 feet, three stories and basement in
height. His sales extend to man}' states in the Northwest, and
to all the Central States, including West Virginia.
The parents of Henry Philipps were
Christian and Margaret (Rake) Philipps, who lived and
died in Germany. Our subject, who is the youngest of seven children,
was born in Brunswick, May 3, 1828. In the schools of his native
land he obtained a good knowledge of the English and French
language, as well as of his mother tongue. In March, 1849, he
embarked in the sailing-vessel “Meta,” and at the end of forty-two
days arrived in New York City, from where he proceeded by rail to
Buffalo, where he took a steamship bound for Toledo.
The first year after reaching this locality, Mr.
Philipps engaged in farming, after which he became a clerk in
a general store, and in 1852 embarked in business on his own
account, selling farm implements, seeds, etc. Three years
later he entered into partnership with Albert Heufer,
under the firm name of the Henry Philipps Company, and
this connection was inexistence for four years. A hardware
stock, including a wholesale and retail cutlery department, was
added in 1854, and in 1859 Mr. Philipps bought out his
partner’s interest. About 1870 he divided his business into special
departments, having his hardware branch on Summit Street, and the
seed and implement store on St. Clair Street. The latter he
sold out in the spring of 1872, but continued his hardware business
for three years. In 1880 he re-embarked in the seed and
implement business, and has been very successful. For some
years he was a stock- holder in the Northern National Bank. He
was intrumental in having St. Clair Street leveled, and was
the first man to build a good business block and engage in business
on that street, and it was owing to his erecting his building there
that the Boody House, the opera house and the express building were
erected. From 1862 to 1875 he built a business block on Summit
Street, also a block on Superior Street, and about twelve
residences. In conjunction with two other parties, he also
built the Adams Street Railway and operated it about five years,
when he disposed of it. In 1863 he purchased twenty-five acres
of land, which he later platted, and which is known as the Columbia
Heights Addition to Toledo. Here may be found many of the best
residences and homes of her people. At the time Mr.
Philipps purchased this land, it was swampy and overgrown with
timber and brush. In order to make it habitable, he had made, at his
own expense, a large ditch, which improved the land to such an
extent that building was soon commenced. In many other ways he
has done as much as, and probably more than, any other man now
living toward the development and upbuilding of the city of Toledo.
October 7, 1858, Mr. Philipps married Emma,
daughter of Jacob Seeger, of Baltimore. Thirteen
children have been born to our subject and wife, namely: Henry
J., Paul A., William T., Louisa E., Herman and
Caroline (twins), Charles J. S., Albert, Frederick, and
Ferdinand, Christian, Edward and Emma, who have been
summoned to the silent land. Mr. Philipps and
his wife are members of the Lutheran Church.
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of City of
Toledo and Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio. Chicago: Chapman
Publishing Company, 1895 ~ Page 335
* Note: It appears that 115-117 St. Clair Street has been torn
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JOEL POTTER is the proprietor of the
East Side Mills in Toledo, which manufacture a fine grade of rye and
buckwheat flour by the burr and roller system. The mill is
50x80 feet in dimensions and three stories and basement in height,
and is equipped with the latest and most modern machinery used in
the trade. The engine is one of eighty-horse power, and the
mill has a capacity of some twenty-five barrels of four per day, and
twenty tons of feed. an active adherent of the Democratic
party, Mr. Potter was a member of the Police Board
for four years, and was also a member of the Common Council four
years - two years on the Board of Aldermen and two years on the
Council Board.
The father of our
subject, Erastus B. Potter, whose birth occurred in
New York State, was a dealer in and manufacturer of lumber.
His father, John Potter, likewise of the Empire
State, was of English descent. Erastus B. Potter
married Elizabeth, daughter of Selah Root,
and to them were born five children, three sons and two daughters.
Joel Potter was born in Essex County, N. Y.,
in 1838, and passed his early years uneventfully under his father's
roof. His elementary education was obtained in the schools of
the neighborhood, and was supplemented by a course of training at
the Fairfax (Vt.) Academy, after which he went to Ft. Edward, N. Y.,
and attended the well known institute of that place. For
several years after leaving school he engaged in farming during the
summers, and in the winter time was employed at lumbering.
In the year 1875 Mr. Potter came to Toledo to look
after the Ward estate, and in the settlement of the
business connected therewith found his time occupied for the next
three years. In 1879 he started in the milling business on a
small scale, and it was not until 1891 that he moved into his
present large and modern quarters. He is now a Director in the
East Side Bank Company.
In 1862
Mr. Potter married Miss Julia Fowler, of
Essex County, N. Y., and a daughter of James Fowler.
Three children came to grace their union. The elder,
James, died in February, 1893; the second, Jennie,
wife of W. G. Weldon, of Toledo, died in February,
1893; and the youngest, Jay C., is his father's
assistant in the milling business, having been a member of the
company for the past four years.
Source: Portrait &
Biographical Record of City of Toledo and Lucas and Wood Counties,
Ohio. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1895 ~ Page 237
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JOHN A. PRINTUP is engaged in
agricultural pursuits on section 8, Sylvania Township, Lucas County.
His father was one of the pioneers of this section, having preceded
his family hither in 1834. He bought eighty acres of the farm
now owned by our subject, and then returned for his wife and
children, who reached their new home in the wilderness in 1835.
The father bore the Christian name of Andrew, and
by birth was an Empire State man. His wife, who was a
Miss Angelina Emmons before her marriage, was likewise a
native of New York. For a number of years Andrew
Printup was a merchant and Justice of the Peace in this
vicinity. In politics he was a Democrat, and was appointed
Postmaster of Sylvania under Buchanan's administration. He was
a member of the Masonic order, and was a faithful worker in the
Methodist Episcopal Church. In April, 1870, he was called to
his final rest, at the close of a useful and well spent life.
Andrew Printup lost his first wife in 1846, and
subsequently he married Sarah Guinn, who died in 1846. Three
years later Mr. Printup wedded Emeline Page.
By his first marriage he had nine children. Nancy
M., the eldest of these, born May 17, 1826, married
Darius Mills, and died May 18, 1882; Alida,
Mrs. Freeman, born Apr. 9, 1828, died Apr.
7, 1889, in Toledo; Cornelia, born July 27, 1830,
died Jan. 30, 1849; Joseph A., born Nov. 30, 1832,
is a retired farmer of Adrian, Mich.; our subject is the next in
order of birth; Catherine A., born June 25, 1837, is the wife of
Joseph Skeldon, of Toledo; Joshua E.,
born Apr. 30, 1840, died Oct. 15, 1858; Lavina,
born Apr. 9, 1843, died Aug. 23, 1853; and Penelope A.,
born May 27, 1846, died in infancy. Of the two children born
to the second marriage, Everett, born Sept. 12,
1847, died Jan. 5, 1849; and Thomas A., born Aug.
6, 1849, died in September following. Of the third marriage,
Caroline, born July 22, 1850, died Aug. 5, of the
same year; and Alice, born Sept. 21, 1851, also
died in infancy.
At the time of his
demise, Andrew Printup owned two hundred and
forty-six acres, eighty-six acres of which are now owned by
John A. Printup, our subject. Apr. 12, 1858, the
latter chose as a future companion in life Miss Caroline
Cassady, daughter of Asa and Sarah (Bliss) Cassady,
natives of New York and Massachusetts, respectively. At an
early day they moved to Michigan, where they reared a family of six
children, and resided until summoned to their final rest.
Their eldest son, Corydon, who died in August,
1893, served for three years in the late war. He was six
months a prisoner in Macon, Ga., and received a bullet-wound, from
the effects of which he suffered until his death.
Hiram, the second son, is a farmer in Michigan; and
Harvey, who participated in the last engagements of the
war, is now living in Kansas. Eveline married
Henry Moore, a Union soldier, who lost his life
while in a sailboat on Calumet Lake, near Chicago, Ill., he being at
the time in the employ of the Pullman Palace Car Company.
To Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Printup were born seven
children. John A. Jr., born Apr. 16, 1859,
was a man of superior education, and at the time of his death, which
occurred Dec. 7, 1893, he was Principal of the Hartonville (Wis.)
schools. A wife and three children survive him. Lillian
Latrop, of Swanton, Ohio; Eva A., born September 21, 1862,
married Alva A. Lathrop, a farmer of Berkey, this county;
Emmons, born June 10, 1864, is engaged with the Appleton
Publishing Company, of Chicago, as salesman; Carrie La
Verne, born Apr. 14, 1866, is the wife of Howard
Clark, a farmer of Richfield Township, this county;
Daisy Imogene, born July 27, 1871, died Mar. 28, 1889; and
Hayes, born June 11, 1876, died Aug. 26, 1877.
For several years, Mr. Printup has been township
Trustee and Assessor, and was also School Director for some time.
In politics he is a Republican, and in religious belief is a
Congregationalist. From the effects of rheumatism, which he
suffered from in boyhood, he has always been a cripple, but in spite
of this misfortune has been very active, and has accomplished a
great deal.
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of City of
Toledo and Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio. Chicago: Chapman
Publishing Company, 1895 ~ Page 268 |
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