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REYNOLD VOIT is
first assistant to the City Clerk of Toledo, having been appointed
to that position in 1894. He is a native of England, his birth
having occurred in Birmingham, in March, 1852. When he was an
infant of six months, his parents, William and Fannie (Spindler)
Voit, brought him to the United States. They settled at
Cambridge, Mass., where the lad received a common-school education.
On embarking in the actual business of life Reynold
Voit entered the glass shops at Cambridge and learned glass
engraving and cutting. In June, 1872, he entered the employ of
the celebrated Libby Glass Company, and remained with that firm for
fifteen years. They regarded him as one of their valued and
faithful workers, and retained him in their employ, steadily
advancing his salary year by year. In 1887 he came to make his
permanent home in this city, and has since been one of its active
and progressive business men.
In 1877 Mr. Voit married Miss
Sophia Weisslinger, a native of Germany, but who at the
time of her marriage was living in Cambridge, Mass. Mr. and
Mrs. Voit have become the parents of four children, two
daughters and two sons: William and Frederick, at
home; and Lillian and Esther, both of whom are
deceased.
During the Chicago World’s Fair, in the year 1893,
Mr. Voit was employed by the Libby Glass Company as
manager of the Chicago branch. He was also present at the
Centennial Exposition in 1876, being employed by the Gittender
& Son Glass Company in a similar capacity. As a public
official he is faithful to the interests of his fellow citizens, and
is careful and painstaking in every detail of the duties devolving
upon his shoulders. Since becoming a voter he has deposited
his ballot in favor of the principles and nominees of the Republican
party.
Source:
Portrait & Biographical Record of City of Toledo and Lucas and Wood
Counties, Ohio. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1895 ~ Page 350 |
