BIOGRAPHIES

 Source:
Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo
Harvey Scribner, Editor in Chief
Illustrated
Volumes I & II
Publ. Madison, Wisc. by Western Historical Association
1910
 

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JAMES E. RUNDELL, a member of the old established adn well known firm of W. A. Rundell & Co., grain dealers, with offices at 33 Produce Exchange, was born at Oswego, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1865.  His father, William A. Rundell, was born at Fulton, N. Y., June 23, 1831; followed the grain and milling business at Oswego, N. Y., for over thirty years; came to Toledo in the spring of 1877 and founded the firm of W. A. Randell & Co., and died in Toledo, Jan. 2, 1894, his wife having died Mar. 18, 1880.  The story of William A. Rundell's life can probably be best told in a few words by quoting the market report of the Produce Exchange for Jan. 3, 1894;  "This Exchange is again called upon to announce the death of one of its members, William A. Rundell who died at his residence in this city yesterday.  Mr. Rundell was born at Fulton, N. Y., in 1831.  A large portion of this business life was passed at Oswego, N. Y., in flour manufacturing and the grain commission business, where the management of leading and highly respectable firms reflected the highest credit union his character as a capable and honest merchant.  In may, 1877, he removed to Toledo and became a member of the Toledo Produce Exchange and engaged in the grain commerce of our city.  In his intercourse with his fellow members and the citizens of Toledo, no one has been more conspicuous than our deceased friend, for uprightness and fairness in dealings, or in contributing of his time and thought for the interest of our Exchange.  Mr. Rundell was a courtly and genial gentleman of unspotted character, and of moral endowments of a high order.  All who knew him well were sincerely attached to him.  Our friend had been in broken and gradually failing health for months, and with patience, Christian hope and courage, had steadily faced the approach of the great conqueror of all men."  James E. Rundell came with his parents to Toledo when he was but twelve years of age, and he received the greater part of his education in the Toledo schools.  His brother, Frederick W. who was born at Oswego, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1861, graduated at the Toledo high school with the class of 1880, and the two brothers are now associated in the business their father established in 1877, retaining the old firm name of W. A. Rundell & Co.  They both belong to the Produce Exchange, of which James E. Rundell was president in 1901.  Politically, Mr. Rundell is a Republican, though he is not an active politician.  He belongs to the Toledo Club and the Country Club, in both of which he is deservedly popular.  On Apr. 28, 1892, Mr. Rundell and Miss May Coghlin were united in marriage, and they have one son, Edward C., born July 19, 1895.  Mrs. Rundell is a daughter of the late Dennis Coghlin, who for many years was a prominent figure in Toledo business circles.  Mr. Rundell resides at the corner of Jefferson and Sixteenth streets, and his office is at 33 Produce Exchange.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 342

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