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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Frank M. Sala	HON. FRANK M. SALA  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 154
	HARVEY SCHRIBNER inherited a logical turn of mind from his father, the distinguished lawyer and judge - Hon. Charles H. Scribner, now deceased.  It was in his father's office that Harvey Scribner studied and afterward practiced law in Toledo, the firm after his accession bearing the title of Scribner, Hurd & Scribner.  In 1871, Harvey Scribner was admitted to the partnership of this great firm, the illustrious Hon. Frank Hurd being a member and remaining as such until 1894, when the partnership was dissolved.  Some years prior to this, Judge Charles H. Scribner was elected to the Circuit bench and retired from the firm.  Harvey Scribner, after the demise of his father and the Hon. Frank Hurd, became a member of the law firm of Scribner, Wait & Wachenheimer.  Mr. Wacheheimer recently withdrew, Lieut. Henry DeH. Wait remaining with Mr. Scribner.  Their specialty in railroad cases.  Mr. Scribner has been peculiarly successful in securing damages for his clients who were injured by railways.  Associated with Frank H. Hurd, he recovered a verdict of $30,000 in the famous Shannon case against the Hocking Valley railroad; also a verdict of $20,000, and was sustained in the Supreme Court, for Edward Topliff, who was injured in the Lake Shore railway collision at Vermillion.  Mrs. Eliza L. Topliff, whose husband was killed in the terrible railroad disaster at Kipton, got a judgment of $10,000, the full limit, against this company through Mr. Scribner's efforts.  He was also counsel for a large number of the Toledo tunnel catastrophe cases brought before the courts, and collected by suits and settlements some $60,000 from the Lake Shore Railway Company.  He caused to be broken the will of Charles B. Roff, which had been drawn up by the late Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite, and released a fund of $100,000 from a trust and secured it to the widow.  Latterly, Mr. Scribner has take to literature, and, though he is extremely modest about this attainment, he wields a clever pen in the telling of stories.  His experience in the law has been valuable to him and will no doubt furnish excellent material for numerous short stories in the future.  Mr. Scribner was born at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Mar. 19, 1850.  He was graduated from the schools of his native town and was but nineteen years of age when he located in Toledo, with his parents.  Charles H. and Mary E. (Morehouse) Scribner.  There were ten children born to Judge and Mrs. Scribner.  Those living are: Harvey, Rolin H., Mrs. Charles Gates and Mrs. Charles Cone, of New York; Edward M. Scribner, of Bridgeport, Conn.; and Charles E. Scribner, of Chicago.  Judge Charles H. Scribner died in 1897; his wife survives him.  Harvey Scribner married Jennie B. Bullard, Sept. 23, 1880.  His wife had two children - Daisy and Fred - by a previous marriage.  No attorney in Toledo is better liked than is Mr. Scribner.  He is a thorough gentleman, of fine sensibilities, generous and public-spirited to a degree.  He is one of the trustees of the Public Library, and is secretary of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. - [The foregoing sketch is taken from "Men of Toledo and Northwestern Ohio." - Publishers]  General Isaac R. Sherwood  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 17
	JESSUP WAKEMAN SCOTT was a leading man among the pioneers of Lucas county, and he attained to such prominence that it is fitting that extended mention be made of him in a work intended to record and preserve the names and deeds of those who have achieved distinction in the years that have elapsed since the Maumee Valley passed through the transition epoch of red-man to pale-face domination.  He was born at Ridgefield, Conn., Feb. 25, 1799, and died in Toledo, Jan. 22, 1874.  His ancestors were of the old New Haven Colony stock.  The literary bent of his mind was developed at an early age, he having with the advantages of the district schools of that date qualified himself at the early age of sixteen years to become a school teacher, commencing to Connecticut, and pursuing the profession in New Jersey, Georgia, and South Carolina, and meeting with success.  At the age of eighteen he studied medicine, and a few years subsequently changed that profession for the law, and was admitted to the bars of Georgia and South Carolina in 1822.  Although devoting several years to the practice, it seems never to have proved fully adapted to his peculiar tastes and habits, and he soon turned his attention to the more congenial pursuits of literature.  While in the practice of the law he was a partner of Chief Justice O'Neal, subsequently a very prominent jurist of South Carolina.  He was at one time a teacher in the State Female College at Columbia, S. C.  The political questions peculiar to that State becoming exciting and the lines between the State's Rights and National parties sharply drawn, Mr. Scott, as a Northern man and an Anti-Nullifier, soon found himself unpleasantly situated, and in 1830 he came North.  Having in May, 1824, married Miss Susan Wakeman, daughter of Jessup Wakeman of Southport, Conn., he determined to removed to Ohio, and in the spring of 1831, with his wife and three sons - William H., Frank J., and Maurice A. - he came to Florence, Huron county, where his father-in-law owned a large tract of unimproved land.  Here he divided his time between farm labor and the conduct of a monthly periodical entitled the "Ohio and Michigan Register and Emigrant's Guide," printed at Norwalk, and devoted, as the title indicates, to intelligence desirable with those seeking information of the Western county.  As early as 1828, and while yet in South Carolina, Mr. Scott's attention had been specially called by themap to the remarkable natural advantages of the vicinity of the head of Lake Erie as furnishing a future city of great importance, and in July of that year he addressed to Gen. John E. Hunt, then postmaster at Maumee City and later a resident of Toledo, a letter in which he said:  "I wish to obtain all the information in my power respecting your section of country, with the view of making it my future residence."  The result of his inquiries was such that after remaining about one year at Florence he visited Maumee City, in 1832, and made a purchase of seventy acres of wild land, now in the center of Toledo and embracing the present location of the court house, making a payment of $300.  He subsequently unsuccessfully tried to sell this tract at twelve dollars per acre, and got lost in the woods in showing the land to his brother, J. Austin Scott who thought the price too high.  In 1833 Mr. Scott removed his family to Perrysburg, where he resumed the practice of the law, and was chosen prosecuting attorney.  In 1834, still bent on literary pursuits, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Henry Darling he started the first newspaper on the Maumee river, naming it the "Miami of the Lake," that being the legal appellation of hte river.  The tide of speculation was then rising in this region, and Mr. Scott invested freely in lands, which largely appreciated in value, and he soon found himself a man of great wealth; but the collapse of 1837 destroyed the bright vision of riches so exciting to his imagination and left him with hundreds of others in great embarrassment.  About this time he wrote a series of articles on "Internal Trade," in which he advanced the theory that somewhere in the Valley of the Mississippi, or about the Great Lakes was to be the future" to Bridgeport, Conn., but, upon the crash of 1837, he returned to Maumee City, which was his residence for about seven years.  It was in 1844 that Mr. Scott first made Toledo his place of residence, and, once more turning to the press, he became the editor and co-proprietor of the "Blade," which he conducted for several years.  In 1856, he removed to Castleton, on the Hudson, a short distance below Albany, and there he devoted himself largely to literary pursuits, and wrote for different publications, chiefly on subjects of trade and population.  After spending several years at Castleton, he returned to Toledo, which place was thereafter his residence.  In 1868, he prepared with great care and published a pamphlet setting forth his theory of the "Future Great City of the World," in which he claimed and sought to show that Toledo had the location most likely to become such metropolis.  In October, 1872, sensible of the near approach of the end of life and anxious to give effect of his deep interest in the welfare of his follow citizens and their posterity, Mr. Scott devised and executed a scheme for the endowment of an institution of learning to be known as the "Toledo University of Arts and Trades."  For this purpose he prepared a deed of trust for 160 acres of land, located near the city, to be platted and leased on favorable terms, the proceeds to be used for the benefit of the institution named, under certain limitations.  He did not live to participate in the inauguration or the management of the enterprise, but his name is remembered with gratitude for his thoughtful consideration for the generations to come after him.  He was the originator of the idea of manual training schools in this country, as at that time most of the expert labor came from Europe.  As a husband and parent he endeared himself to him family by ties of unusual tenderness and strength, as a citizen he was a model of propriety, and in precept and practice he was the supporter of public and private virtue.  His venerable partner in the struggles of his early manhood and middle life and the joys and peace of maturer years survived him more than eight years and died at her residence in Toledo, Apr. 20, 1882.  Mrs. Susan (Wakeman) Scott was born in Southport, Conn., Mar. 7, 1797, and was the eldest of eight children of Jessup Wakeman and Esther Dimon.  Her father gave her a thorough education, taking her in his own carriage, in 1809, from the home in Southport, Conn., to Bethlehem, in Pennsylvania, to place her in its noted Moravian school, where she became an accomplished musician.  On May 4, 1824, she was married to Jessup W. Scott.  For the succeeding six years they made their home in South Carolina and Georgia, and the subsequent removals of the family already have been noted.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 23
	MAURICE A SCOTT, deceased, was at the time of his death one of the oldest residents of Toledo, and in the business affairs of life he was considered a leader who had won his way to the top by sheer force of intelligence application and shrewdness.  He was born in Ridgefield, Conn., in 1830, and was the son of Jessup W. and Susan (Wakeman) Scott, who are given the appropriate mention on another page of this volume.  He came with his parents to the Maumee Valley, in 1833, and lived in Toledo the greater part of his life.  In 1870, he moved to Castleton on the Hudson, but took up his residence in Toledo again in 1888, when he built a handsome residence on Monroe street.  While his father was editor and part owner of the "Toledo Blade," in 1845-6, Mr. Scott learned the printer's trade.  In 1849, he acquired the art of telegraphing and for several years, from 1850, had charge of the telegraph office in this city.  In 1859, in connection with his brother - Frank J. Scott - and William H. Raymond, he ran the Toledo Mills, which had been built by the last named gentleman, the location being at the corner of Jackson and Summit streets.  The same year, Maurice A. and Frank J. Scott purchased the greater part of their father's interest in Toledo and Lucas county property and went into the real estate business.  In 1865, the partnership was dissolved, Maurice A. remaining in the business, and he built many business blocks flats, and residences.  He dedicated several parks to the city.  Mr. Scott was married, in 1855, to Mary J. Tallant of Concord, N. H., and of this union one child, Mrs. E. D. Libbey, was born.  Mrs. Scott died in Castleton, N. Y., in 1858, and, in 1861, Mr. Scott again married.  His second wife was Mary B. Messinger, of Boston, and there were two children:  Mrs. William H. Chapin, of Springfield, Mass.; and Mrs. H. A. Ten Eyck, who died in Albany, N. Y., in 1896.  Mr. Scott's social life was somewhat peculiar.  While in business he was from the first remarkable for extreme caution, and as he grew older for extreme shrewdness in his judgment of what would be surely remunerative, in his social relations he was in early life noted for wit and a singularly piquant faculty of repartee.  At social gatherings, if there were those with him who could stir him to the exercise of that talent he was often most brilliant.  Mr. Scott was a millionaire and owned more frontage of desirable downtown property than any other individual in Toledo.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 28
	WILLIAM HENRY SCOTT, deceased, was at the time of his death one of the oldest and most influential of Toledo's pioneer citizens, and in his demise the community lost a citizen who was a blessing in his spirit of loyalty to public interests and in his generosity to public objects - one whose leadership in good works was an inspiration to all and an occasion of progress in all helpful institutions.  He was identified with nearly every bit of progress made by the city from the time that he was old enough to think for himself, and many of the institutions in which Toledo takes pride are directly due to his agitation and intelligent influence.  Mr. Scott was born in Columbia, S. C., in 1825, son of Jessup W. and Susan (Wakeman) Scott.  The parents are give extended mention on another page of this volume, to which the reader is referred for the ancestral record of the family.  William H. Scott came with his parents to the Maumee Valley in 1833, and lived in the city of Toledo during the greater portion of his life, his residence being at Adrian, Mich., for a few years.  In early manhood he engaged in the handling of real estate as a business, with which line of endeavor he was ever after identified, but he steadfastly pursued intellectual and literary studies during his entire life, and the result of his constant research and observation was of great value to the city in which he made his home.  When Toledo emerged from its primitive condition and took to drainage, paving, and the creation of parks and fine buildings, he entered into the spirit of each improvement and with wise suggestions aided in the beautifying of the now handsome municipality.  He devoted considerable effort to creating an adequate system of parks, and, while all of his suggestions were not carried out, many of his ideas were adopted by the city.  One of his pet fancies was the establishment of a boulevard along the line of the old canal bed through the city, and another was the extension of the court-house square to Orange street, thus transforming "Smoky Hollow," through the forbidding part of the city, into a thing of beauty that could have no rival.  He served well and faithfully upon may public boards, and to him is due the establishment of the magnificent free library structure at the corner of Madison and Ontario streets.  The bill creating the public library institution was drawn by Mr. Scott in 1873, and was introduced in the State legislature by T. P. Brown.  With but one exception, this was the first free public library established in the West.  For twenty years Mr. Scott served on the library board, the greater part of this time as its president, and when he resigned the position he left a valuable collection of books, well housed in a beautiful building.  He resigned with considerable regret from an institution, the growth and perfection of which had been one of the objects of his fondest public desires.  He was a zealous worker for education generally, and in the Manual Training School, conceived by his father, Jessup W. Scott, he had another object for his generous labor.  After the death of the father, the tree sons - William H., Frank J., and Maurice A. - gave $60,000 in city property to be devoted to the building and equipment of the Manual Training School building.  And it was largely through the efforts of William H. Scott, that this property was sold and the building erected and property equipped.  He was president of the board that had this matter in charge for many years, and he was actively interested in the progress of the school and its pupils until the time of his death.  He was identified with several other educational institutions.  During Governor Young's administration he served as trustee of the Ohio State University at Columbus, for seven years he was one of the board of directors of the Wesleyan College, and while a resident of Adrian, Mich., he served as a director of the schools of that city.  In 1876-9, he was vice-president of the Toledo Women's Suffrage Association.  In addition to his activities in these institutions of a public nature, privately he was a director in a number of corporations and banks, and he was instrumental in the organization of the early street railway lines.  But in the last three years of his life he paid little attention to active business affairs, his health failing to such a degree that he found it impossible to spend much of his time in his office.  He died at his residence, 2505 Monroe street, in Toledo, Mar. 5, 1901.  In 1851, Mr. Scott was married to Miss Mary A. Winans, of Adrian, Mich., and of this union there was born four children - Mrs. Frances E. Waters, of Baltimore, Md.; Susan W., Jane, and Edward Jessup.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 27
See Portrait in 1917 History of Northwestern Ohio herein.	JAMES SECOR, deceased, was born in the town of Goshen, Orange county, New York, Dec. 11, 1834, and he died in Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 9, 1901.  He was a son of Benjamin and Sarah (Ketcham) Secor, and was one of a family of twelve children, of whom there are now but two living - Mrs. Edward Bissell of Toledo, and Mrs. Samuel Kinney, of Adrian, Mich.  The first American ancestor of the Secor family emigrated from France at the time of the persecution of the Huguenots and settled in New Rochelle, N. Y., and the Ketchams were an old New England family.  Benjamin Secor, the father of James, was a farmer by occupation, and in 1844 moved from the State of New York to Lenawee county, Michigan, where he continued to follow agricultural pursuits.  James Secor received a common school education, such as was afforded by the pioneer surroundings of his youth, and he remained with his father on the farm until he had reached the age of twenty years.  Then, in 1854, he came to Toledo, where an elder brother, Joseph, was a member of the firm of Secor, Berdan & Company, jobbers of groceries, and with that firm James Secor accepted a clerkship.  The house of Secor, Berdan& Company was established in 1836 by the late V. H. Ketcham.  In 1854 Mr. Ketcham retired, Mr. Berdan purchasing his interest, and a new firm was formed under the name of Secor, Berdan & Company, George Secor a former employe, being admitted as a partner.  He retired in 1856, and Joseph K. Secor and Mr. Berdan continued the business under the old firm name.  After accepting a clerk ship with his firm, James Secor adapted himself to his work and showed good business instinct, which was soon appreciated, and in 1858 he was admitted to partnership in the firm and made general manager.  At the same time, Maro Wheeler and John B. Ketcham, both of whom were former salesmen with the old firm, were also admitted as partners.  James Secor occupied the position of manager of the vast interests of the concern for a period of thirty years, retiring in 1888, an under his guidance the firm assumed a leading position in Ohio and the neighboring states, growing to be one of the largest institutions of its kind in the Middle West.  Originally, the firm had dealt in dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, nails and glass, all in a jobbing way, designed to fill the orders of country stores, at the same time conducting a country shipping trade.  In the winter of 1860, the dry goods line was dropped and the business was made an exclusive grocery house, largely increasing the business.  Up to this time the sales of the house had scarcely exceeded $250,000, but in 1860 they showed an increase of 100 per cent.  In January, 1865, John B. Ketcham retired from the firm and the same year John Berdan, at one time cashier in the First National Bank, was admitted to partnership.  In this same year, Joseph K. Secor also retired, the firm name remaining unchanged, and with the development of the surrounding country the business showed a rapid increase.  After retiring from the firm, in 1888, James Secor turned his attention to banking and assisted in the organization of the Union Savings Bank and the Union Safe Deposit and Trust Company, becoming president of both of these institutions.  He was also one of the incorporators of the Merchant's & Clerk's Savings Bank, and was connected with that institution for several years.  He helped incorporate and was connected with the Woolson Spice Company, one of the largest manufacturing concerns of its kind in the country, and he was president of that company at the time of his death.  He was one of the incorporators and a director of the Maumee Rolling Mills Company, which was purchased by the Republic Iron & Steel Company, and he was also interested in a number of other of Toledo's leading industries.  He was the first man to offer his signature to the charter of the Security Trust Company, and he was made chairman of its trust committee, requesting that his son, Jay K., be elected director in his stead.  Besides being president of the Union Savings Bank, the Union Safe Deposit & Trust Company, and the Woolson Spice Company, Mr. Secor was vice-president and a director of the Northern National Bank.  He also had a large number of private interests.  Mr. Secor never held public office, although he was offered nominations that would have been tantamount to election, but he always declined to be more than a silent worker in the ranks of the Republican party, of which he was a consistent supporter.  Socially, he was a member of the Toledo Club, the Country Club, and the middle Bass Club, and his religious faith was expressed by membership in the First Congregational Church, in which he was a member of the advisory board for a number of years.  He was a member of the advisory board for a number of years.  He was active in charities, but with the true charitable spirit actuating him he was careful to keep from public observation and comment his benefactions.  In January 1867, Mr. Secor was married to Miss Charlotte A. Steele, daughter of Hon. Dennison Steele, of Toledo, and to this union there were born four children, only one of whom is living, viz., Jay K. Secor, who is given a more extended mention on another page.  In concluding this brief memoir of a highly respected and useful citizen, it is fitting to say that there were few men more widely known or more highly esteemed in Northwestern Ohio than James Secor.  He was a cool, conservative business man, one who earned his success by his own efforts, and his record in the community and his influence were such that he was asked to aid in the organization of nearly every important financial or business venture that was started in Toledo during the days of his activity.  He did much for the city in which he lived and invested his money in many ways to the furtherance of the material wealth and prosperity of the community.  Death came to him without warning.  With some friends, he had gone down to the marsh on a little shooting expedition, and in the time was apparently enjoying a fair measure of health, complaining only of a slight cold.  He hunted until 4 o'clock in the afternoon and then returned to the Erie Club house.  He was in the sitting room, chatting with members of the club, when it was observed that he was breathing heavily.  At first it was thought he had fallen asleep, but it was soon discovered that he was ill.  His son, Jay, was notified by telephone, and in company with Dr. O. C. Rees he hastened to his father's side.  The physician found that Mr. Secor was suffering from a stroke of paralysis, and all efforts to revive him were futile.  He was removed to his residence at midnight, and an hour later he passed away, without having regained consciousness.  The sad news of his death came as a district shock to the business community, in which he had long wielded a tremendous influence; to the church people of Toledo, who always found him a faithful ally, and to the charitable institutions, to which he was a liberal contributor.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 103
	JAY K. SECOR is a worthy scion of a family that has been identified with the financial affairs of the city of Toledo for many years, and by his own activities he is well sustaining the reputation established by his forebears.  He was born in Toledo, Ohio, Apr. 28, 1872, and is the son and only surviving child of the late James Secor and Charlotte A. (Steele) Secor.  The father is given a more extended mention on another page of this volume, and the widowed mother resides at the Secor residence, 2035  Collingwood avenue.   Jay K. Secor received his preliminary education in the schools of Toledo, and later he attended school two years at Andover, Mass.  Since first launching out upon his independent career he has been engaged in the banking business, being first connected with the Northern National Bank for a period of seven years.  He was then in the oil business for about eighteen months, but for the past ten years has been associated with James Brown Bell, under the firm name of Secor & Bell, in the banking and brokerage business, and located in the arcade of the Gardner Building.  He is prominently connected with various business enterprises of the city, among which may be mentioned the following:  President of Commonwealth Building Company, president of the Citizens' Ice Company, president of the Naval Stores Company, president and director of the Toledo-Massillon Bridge Company, director of W. L. Milner Company, the largest department store in Toledo; director of the Toledo Steamship Company; director of the Whitney & Currier Company (pianos), Currier Hall; director of the Toledo Home Telephone Company; director of the Toledo Railways & Light Company, and vice president of the Northern National 'bank.  Politically, he gives allegiance to the Republican party, and socially he has membership in the Toledo Club, the Country Club, the Lake Erie Shooting Club, and the Castalia fishing Club.  Mr. Secor very appropriately celebrated his twenty-sixth birthday, Apr. 28, 1898, by being united in marriage to Miss Mary Young Barnes, a native of Colorado and the daughter of C. W. Barnes, of that state.  To this happy union there have been born three children - James Jay, George Barnes, and Virginia - and the family resides at the Secor residence, 2035 Collingwood avenue.  Among the public enterprises in which the subject of this review has been prominent in promoting is the new Hotel Secor, Toledo's $1,000000 fireproof hostelry.  This is one of the finest hotels in this part of the country, fully equipped in every respect, with a beautiful ball room, convention hall, committee rooms, banquet rooms, and private dining rooms for any number of people.  The hotel is conducted and managed by the Wallick Brothers, and it was named in honor of Jay K. Secor, who is president of the company that erected it.  The hotel is located at the corner of Jefferson avenue and Superior street, and was opened to the public Aug. 1, 1908.  The interior is handsomely decorated, and not the least among the object of interest are beautifully painted portraits of the late James Secor and Joseph Secor.  These paintings are the work of William Funke, the famous artist, whose pictures have been on view of the Toledo Museum of Art, and they were hung by Henry Reinhart, who came from New York to personally superintend the work.  The painting of James Secor was presented by Mrs. James Secor and Jay K. Secor, and that of Joseph Secor was presented by Mrs. Joseph Secor and Arthur Secor.  It is eminently fitting that the portraits of the two men who were most actively successful in building up the fortunes of the family should hang in the beautiful hostelry that bears the family name.  For many years the name of Secor has been identified with the city's best life, social, literary and philanthropic, as well as commercial.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 522
Joseph K. Secor	JOSEPH K. SECOR, the subject of this memoir, was a native of Orange county. New York, but in 1840 he came to Toledo and entered the employ of the late Valentine H. Ketcham, in the grocery business.  Being young and active, willing to work and quick to learn, conscientious in the discharge of his duties and always strictly honest and reliable, it was but natural that he should make rapid progress.  After a while he became a partner of Mr. Ketcham, under the firm name of Ketcham & Secor, and this association lasted until 1850, when Peter F. Berdan succeeded Mr. Ketcham, the firm then taking the name of Secor, Berdan and George Secor.  Prior to this time the firm of Ketcham & Secor became interested in banking, and as a private banking house became widely and favorably known as one of the most substantial and conservative financial institutions in Northwestern Ohio.  In 1863 Joseph K. Secor was one of the most substantial and conservative financial institutions in Northern Ohio.  In 1863 Joseph K. Secor was one of the organizers of the First National Bank, of which he was made vice-president and director.  The First National Bank succeeded the private bank of Ketcham & Secor.  Mr. Secor.  Mr. Secor remaining in touch with the affairs of the institution until Jan. 1, 1890, when he retired from the active pursuits of life, after a successful business career of fifty years in Toledo, and he passed his remaining days looking after his investments and in the enjoyment of home and friends.  His death occurred Apr. 16, 1892, when he was about seventy years of age.  In addition to his mercantile and banking interests,  he was at one time connected with the Second National Bank, served on the city council in 1873, was one of the advisory board of the Toledo Industrial School, and had other important investments to engage his attention.  Joseph K. Secor is remembered in Toledo as one of the bulwarks of finance, an able and sturdy bank official, and a thoroughly honest man - one whose judgment and opinions were often sought in important matters, hangs in the Hotel Secor, alongside an oil painting of his brother, James, and the pictures are frequently pointed out to guests as the portraits of two of Toledo's representative and best known pioneers.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 456 NOTE:  The 1886 City Directory of Toledo, OH list his residence at W
	GENERAL ISAAC R. SHERWOOD, the distinguished and popular Congressman from the Ninth Ohio district, has been a citizen of Ohio for the past fifty-three years and an honored resident of Toledo the greater part of the time since 1865.  And now at a ripe age, the record of his public services show a life devoted to public interests and the welfare of the people.  It is the record of a printer, a journalist, a soldier, a statesman and jurist, and a public-spirited, progressive citizen - in short, a man of wholesome moral influence in his community, a good neighbor and friend in social life.  General Sherwood was born in Stanford, Dutchess county, New York, Aug. 13, 1835.  His father, Aaron Sherwood was a descendant of Dr. Thomas Sherwood, who sailed from Ipswich, England, in 1634, and settled at Fairfield, Conn.  His mother, Maria Yeomans was of Scottish descent, born in New York City.  His grandfathers, Isaac Sherwood and Peter Yeomans, and his great-grandfather, Samuel Sherwood, were Revolutionary soldiers.  General Sherwood began his education at a country school, and in 1852 entered the Hudson River Institute, at Claverick, N. Y.  In 1854 he entered Antioch College, of which the celebrated Horace Mann was president, and which was a leading educational institution of Ohio in that day, and in 1856 he matriculated at the Ohio Law College, in Poland, Ohio.  In 1857 he purchased the "Williams County Gazette," at Bryan, Ohio, and there began a career which stands out in conspicuous grandeur with a record of duties faithfully performed.  Although young in years, his ability was such as to win immediate recognition, and three years after locating in his new home, in 1860, eh was chosen by the voters to fill the important position of probate judge of Williams county.  Assuming the duties of the office in February, 1861, he had been the incumbent a scarce two mouths when Fort Sumter was fired upon.  On April 16, the day following Lincoln's call for volunteers, a large and enthusiastic war meeting was held at Bryan, and Judge Sherwood was the first to offer his services to the government as a soldier.  He enlisted as a private in the Fourteenth Ohio infantry, Col. James B. Steedman commanding, and he served in the ranks with the advanced guard in the West Virginia mountains and in the first battles of the war - Philippi, Laurel Mountain and Carrick's Ford.  His three months' term of enlistment in the Fourteenth having expired, he assisted in recruiting the One Hundred and Eleven Ohio infantry and was mustered in with his regiment at Toledo and made adjutant, Sept. 11, 1862.  He was promoted major upon recommendation of all the officers of his regiment, Feb. 14, 1863.  On Feb. 2, 1864, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and on Sept. 8, 1864, was brevetted colonel.  Owing to detail or sickness of ranking officers he commanded the regiment throughout its entire field service, beginning with the John Morgan campaign in Kentucky, in 1863, to the muster out, in July, 1865, the service embracing over forty battles and engagements.  In the East Tennessee campaign, at the battle of Campbell's Station, he lost the hearing of his right ear from the concussion of a shell.  He commanded his regiment in all the battles of the Atlanta campaign, and after the battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., upon recommendation of the officers of his brigade and division, he was made brevet brigadier-general by President Lincoln, Feb. 16, 1865, for long and faithful service and conspicuous gallantry at the battles of Resaca, Franklin, and Nashville.  This action of President Lincoln was prompted by a very lucid paper, prepared at Nashville, four days after the battle of Franklin, by the officers and soldiers of the regiment, and addressed to the President.  The paper read as follows:  "Lieutenant-Colonel Sherwood has proved himself one of the most gallant, daring and efficient officers of the army.  It has been the good fortune of the regiment to be led by him in every engagement in which we have participated since we entered the field, and the cool, determined bravery displayed by him on every occasion, particularly that on the bloody field of Resaca and the terrible struggle at Franklin, is an example worthy the emulation of all true soldiers."  This testimonial was signed by every officers of his gallant regiment, and also by the line officers of the brigade.  After the close of the war General Sherwood returned to his Ohio home and again engaged in the newspaper business.  He continued the publication of hte "Press" at Bryan, for a year was editor of the Toledo "Commercial," and later was editorial writer on the Cleveland "Leader."  In 1868 he was editorial writer on the Cleveland "Leader."  In 1868 he was elected secretary of state of Ohio and re-elected in 1870, serving four years in that position.  During this time he organized the bureau of statistics for Ohio, a department which has proved of great value to the State.  In 1872 he was elected to the Forty-third congress from the Sixth congressional district of Ohio, but owing to his divergent views upon the financial question he has denied a renomination by the Republican party, of which he was at that time a member.  In 1875 he purchased the Toledo "Journal" and for nine years officiated as its editor.  In 1878 he was elected probate judge of Lucas county on the National or Greenback ticket, and was re-elected, in 1881, as a Democrat and Independent, serving in all six years.  After retiring from this office he devoted his attention to newspaper work, being engaged for some time on the "News-Democrat" at Canton, Ohio.  Always interested in public affairs, he has ever been found voicing his convictions upon political questions, and long has he been considered a leader among the progressive Democrats of the Buckeye State.  In 1906 he accepted the nomination for Congress in the Ninth Ohio (Toledo) district, and after a vigorous campaign was triumphantly elected, although the district in 1904 had given Roosevelt a majority of 19,936.  In 1908 he was re-elected to Congress by a largely increased majority, and his record as a member of the national legislative body has been one of honorable distinction.  Aside from his other duties, for many years he has been a continuous contributor of political and historic articles to newspapers and magazines, and an illustrated poem, entitled the "Army Gray Back." was published in book form and ran through three editions.  On Sept. 1, 1859, General Sherwood was married to Miss Katherine Margaret Brownlee, daughter of Judge James and Rebecca (Mullen) Brownlee, of Poland, Ohio.  Mrs. Sherwood has been the editorial associate of her husband for many years, edited the woman's department of the "National Tribune" from 1883 to 1898, has been an organizer of the Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, and she is active in women's clubs and the Daughters of the American Revolution.  She is an author of considerable note, among her productions being "Camp Fire and Memorial Poems," and "Dreams of the Ages, a Poem of Columbia, 1893."  The Toledo resident of Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood is at 2123 Ashland avenue.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 18
	MARSHALL SHEPPEY - The firm of Berdan & Company, established in Toledo, in 1836, and in increasingly successful operation ever since, is now composed of three members - Sinclair Berdan, S. C. Walbridge and Marshall Sheppey - all representatives of the Berdan family.  This great wholesale grocery house had its origin in the building that once stood at the head of Perry street, on St. Clair, and has passed through successive stages of development until it now occupies the mammoth Empire Building, which covers one entire square, rises to a height of four stories, and has a total floor space of 200,000 feet.  Of this vast enterprise, with a list of ten thousand customers, in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan, Marshall Sheppey is the excutive head, having occupied that position since 1897.  He was a man of broad business experience before he became associated with the House of Berdan, and his business sagacity and judgment have been of the greatest value to the company.  The great wholesale plant, with its perfect equipment and facilities for handling an enormous trade, was designed and built under the personal supervision of Mr. Sheppey, to whom are due some of its best an most characteristic features.  Every detail of the arrangement of the vast shipping department wa sworked over and revised until it embodied the highest efficiency possible to attain.  The packing of food materials takes place in well-ventilated, light, sunny rooms, with concrete and tile floors, tables of porcelain and glass, etc.; the processes are carried on by means of the most complete modern machinery, which eliminates contract of materials with the hands of the operatives; the latter are required to observe strict sanitary regulations, and every precaution possible is taken to guard the public health by offering to customers a pure and clean line of foodstuffs.  Marshall Sheppey is a native of Ogdensburg, N. Y., son of Alonzo N. and Mary J. (Benedict) Sheppey.  Mr. Sheppey received his early education in Wilmington, Del., and at the age of sixteen years left school and entered the employ of a mercantile house.  He held a position in the Commercial National Bank, of Cleveland, six years, and was associated with the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co., of Ishpeming, Mich., one year, previous to his residence in Toledo.  He is a member of the discount committee of the Board of Directors of the Northern National Bank of Toledo, and has been vice-president of the Sinking Fund Commission of the city.  Prominent in various public organizations, Mr. Shippey particularly cherishes his veteran membership in the First Cleveland Troop; he belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, the Toledo Club, the Middle Bass Club, the Country Club and the Toledo Yacht Club.  In 1893 Mr. Sheppey was married to Miss Cousie B. Berdan, only daughter of the late John Berdan, of Toledo, a prominent and influential citizen.  Mr. and Mrs. Sheppey have a beautiful residence at *641 West Woodruff avenue, furnished according to the dictates of cultured taste and and refinement.  Personally, Mr. Sheppey is dignified and affable, ever ready with the courteous greeting of a true gentleman, to a friend or stranger.  He has displayed managerial abilities of a high order and has so conducted the affairs of which he has had charge as to merit the confidence and esteem of all interested; his name is a synonym for business integrity.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 100 *Note:  It appears that 641 West Woodruff Avenue is not there
	WILLIAM H. SIMMONS, deceased, founder, and for many years president and treasurer of the Simmons Boot & Shoe Company, of Toledo, was given birth, July 12, 1837, at Toronto, Canada.  Upon becoming an orphan at the youthful age of fourteen he left the old homestead in his native town and started forth to make his own way in the world.  After passing two years at Syracuse, N. Y., he went to Adrian, Mich., where for several years he was clerk in a hardware store, and though he received but fifty dollars, maintenance included, as compensation for his first year's labor, at this early day he displayed that frugality and foresight which characterized his later years, by saving every penny of his hard earned salary.  At the outbreak of the Civil war, Mr. Simmons entered the commissary department of the Federal forces, at Chicago, and later returned to Adrian, where, three separate times, he presented himself for service in the union army, only to be rejected because of his poor physical condition.  He came to Toledo in 1865, and launched forth in the leather industry with a young man named Orlando C. Smith, under the firm title of Smith & Simmons, in a small building on Summit street, near Monroe.  In 1879, George H. Peabody, at that time a capitalist at Boston, Mass., was admitted to membership in the firm, which became Smith, Simmons & Peabody, and the scope of the business was at that time so enlarged as to include the manufacture and jobbing of boots and shoes.  The concern was incorporated, in the year 1894, under the title of Simmons Boot & Shoe Company, and from that time until his demise, in 1906, the subject of this review was president and treasurer of the company.  For twenty-three years the headquarters of this concern has been at *122-124 Huron street, and the business has been developed so rapidly that it is today one of the largest boot and shoe establishments in the State.  Mr. Simmons was ever closely identified with the commercial development of Toledo, ever having at heart the material progress and welfare of his beloved city.  For many years he was closely identified with the affairs of Trinity Episcopal Church, serving as warden for several years, and he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Northern National Bank.  On Sept. 7, 1865, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Elizabeth Young, of Adrian, Mich., to whom was born one son, Francis William, who is now president of the Simmons Boot & Shoe Company, and resides with his mother in their beautiful home, at *2115 Collingwood avenue, Toledo.  After having been in New York, where he contracted a severe cold, which later developed into pneumonia, the father passed away at his home, Apr. 3, 1906, leaving behind him the record of a usefully and profitably lived career, to which his family and relatives may well point with pride and admiration, and which should prove a source of inspiration to all becoming familiar with it, especially the penniless youth starting forth in the great battle of life, without the assistance of either gold or family influence.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 158 Note:  This building is no longer there. Note:  It appears the home is no longer there.
	BARTON SMITH,  senior member of the well known law firm of Smith & Baker, was born on his father's farm, at Channahon, near Joliet, Will county, Illinois, June 2, 1852.  His father was a native of Tennessee, but left that State in early manhood and, after spending some years in Indiana, settled on the farm at Channahon, in 1835.  He was a progressive and public spirited farmer and stock dealer, and died at Channahon, in 1894.  The mother, who is a native of Indiana, is still living there, and is the oldest resident of Will county, coming there in 1832.  Barton Smith is the eldest in a family of ten children, seven of whom are still living.  In 1872, he graduated in the literary course at the University of Michigan, and, after spending a year in the stock business with his father, returned to Ann Arbor and entered the Law Department of the university, where he graduated, in 1875.   Immediately after receiving his degree, he came to Toledo, where he formed a partnership with Mr. Geddes, which association lasted until July, 1881, when the partnership between himself and Mr. Geddes was dissolved and he became a member of the firm of Baker, Smith & Baker, composed of William Baker, Barton Smith and Rufus H. Baker, a son of the senior partner.  This relation was continued until the death of William Baker, in November, 1894, since which time the two surviving partners have continued the business, under the firm name of Smith & Baker.  This is the oldest law firm in the city of Toledo, having been in existence since July, 1881.  The offices of the firm are located in the Smith & Baker Building, at the corner of Adams and Superior streets. Mr. Smith has made a profound study of real-estate law, and for several years confined his practice to that branch of legal work, though in course of time his business was enlarged, to include a large corporation practice.  For a long time he was the attorney for the street railway company, electric light company and other large corporate concerns, though the most important of these engagements was that connected with the street railway interests.  At the time the firm of Baker, Smith & Baker was organized, in 1881, the street railways of Toledo were operated by several small companies, independent of each other, Mr. Smith being the counsel for one of these companies.  After protracted litigation, a consolidation of the several independent companies was effected and the street railroads passed into the hands of a single, powerful and well equipped organization, with great advantage to the people of Toledo and to the municipality.  This was largely the result of Mr. Smith's thorough knowledge of the law and his diplomacy in bringing about the consolidation.  Concerning this event, a former judge of the Ohio Supreme Court says: "The old firm of Baker, Smith & Baker handled immense interests for corporations, including the business and, after spending a year in the stock business with his father, returned to Ann Arbor and entered the Law Department of the university, where he graduated, in 1875.  Immediately after receiving his degree, he came to Toledo, where he formed a partnership with Mr. Geddes, which association lasted until July, 1881, when the partnership between himself and Mr. Geddes was dissolved and he became a member of the firm of Baker, Smith & Baker, composed of William Baker, Barton Smith and Rufus H. Baker, a son of the senior partner.  This relation was continued until the death of William Baker, in November, 1894, since which time the two surviving partners have continued the business, under the firm name of Smith & Baker.  This is the oldest law firm in the city of Toledo, having been in existence since July, 1881.  The city of Toledo, having been in existence since July, 1881.  The offices of the firm are located in the Smith & Baker Building, at the corner of Adams and Superior streets.  Mr. Smith has made a profound study of real estate law, and for several years confined his practice to that branch of legal work, though in course of time his business was enlarged, to include a large corporation practice.  For a long time he was the attorney for the street railway company, electric light company and other large corporate concerns, though the most important of these engagements was that connected with the street railway interests.  At the time railways of Toledo were operated by several small companies, but independent of  each other, Mr. Smith being th ecounsel for one of those companies.  After protracted litigation, a consolidation of the several independent companies was effected and the street railroads passed into the hands of a single, powerful and well equipped organization, with great advantage to the people of Toledo and to the municipality.  This was largely the result of Mr. Smith's thorough knowledge of the law and his diplomacy in bringing about the consolidation.  Concerning this event, a former judge of the Ohio Supreme Court says:  "The old firm of Baker, Smith & Baker handled immense interests for corporations, including the business of the Connecticut Mutual Insurance Company.  When the street railroad litigation of this city commenced, Barton Smith was acting for the company.  This was kind of red-letter litigation for the whole State was eminently qualified to handle these large, important and involved interests.  He possesses the clearest and most analytical mind of any man of his age that I have met.  He is great in the solutionof intricate legal questions, involving philosophical study.  He has a peculiarly logical mind, and is a great student of the authorities.  He is very popular and successful.  He is an intense man, earnest, self-sacrificing in his duties; thorough, working out every detail and examining every authority, even at the sacrifice of his health.  He is very strong before a jury, a fascinating speaker - logical, clear, pointed and impressive; always courteous toward opposing counsel.  He is a man of spotless character.  I know no man who is his superior in personal integrity, and none who has a higher sense of professional honor."  Mr. Smith takes a commendable interest in public affairs, though he has never held public office, except one term as a member of the Board of Education, a position which his interest in popular education compelled him to accept.  He has been active in his support of the Democratic party and was a delegate to the national convention, at Chicago, in 1896, at which time, being opposed to bimetallism, he found himself in the minority, though this did not shake his faith in true Democratic principles.  He is one of the most prominent members of Grand Commandery of the Knights Templars of Ohio, and he is a Thirty-third degree member of the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite.  He became an honorary member of the Supreme council, Sept. 20, 1887, and was crowned an active member, Sept. 20, 1894.  In 1907, he was one of the three American delegates to represent the Supreme Council in the conference at Brussels; has held the highest offices in the Ohio Grand Lodge and the Grand Commandery, Knights Templars, of the State, and, May 22, 1909, was appointed, and in September, 1909, was elected to the office of Puissant Lieutenant Grand Commander, the second highest office in the Scottish Rite in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States.  At the fifty-second semi-annual reunion of Scottish Rite Masons, in Toledo, in January, 1909, Illustrious Joseph M. Spencer, commander-in-chief of the Toledo Consistory, on behalf of the members of the Consistory, presented Mr. Smith a handsome sterling silver tea set, as a token of regard for one "renowned above all others in our order for distinguished services."  On Christmas Day, 1877, Mr. Smith married Miss May Searles, of Kendall county, Illinois, and of this union have been born two children - Clifford Charles and Mildred.  The son graduated at the Toledo High School, with the class of 1897, and the following year entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor.  On June 6, 1899, near the close of his freshman year, he spent the day at Detroit in company with another Ann Arbor man - Donald Bowden, of Kalamazoo - and, among other points of interest, they visited Belle Isle.  They were late in getting to the landing, as the steamer Garland cast off her moorings, and jumped, in order to get aboard.  Mr. Bowden succeeded in reaching the steamer, but Mr. Smith fell short and landed in the water.  He was evidently injured in some way, for, notwithstanding that he was a superb swimmer, he sank to rise no more.  His body was not recovered until the following morning.  Thus perished one of the best known young men of Toledo, cut off in the flower of his youth, at the age of twenty years, and his tragic death was deeply mourned by a large circle of friends.  The daughter, Miss Mildred Smith, is a graduate of Miss Smead's Seminary, of Toledo, and has spent considerable time abroad, particularly in Switzerland.  She is at home with her parents and is one of hte most highly accomplished young ladies of Toledo.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 208
	WARREN LEE SMITH, judge of the Toledo City Court, was born at Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, Nov. 21, 1869, a son of Nathan Waite and Rebecca (Rouch) Smith, both natives of that county, where their parents settled upon coming form Pennsylvania, at an early date.  The family is of German descent, and was founded in America by a German army officer, Captain Schmidt, who left his native land on account of a duel, in which he participated.  Nathan W. Smith was one of the men who crossed the plains in 1849, during the excitement that followed the discovery of gold in "California, but, in 1853, he returned to Ohio and settled down to the life of a farmer, which he found to yield more certain returns than prospecting for gold.  AT the time of his death in 1906, he owned a fine farm of 265 acres, in Wayne county.  His widow is still living and makes her home with her children.  Nathan W. and Rebecca Smith became the parents of nine children, all of whom are living, to wit, Ira B., of Midland, Mich.; Mrs. Emma Wild, of Wayne county, Ohio; Mrs. Mary Lienhard, of Bellevue, Ohio; Ambrose M. of Goldfield, Nev.; Elmore R. of Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Elva Priest, of Wayne county, Ohio; Warren Lee, the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Luella Presler of Wayne county, Ohio, and James L., who resides in Texas.  All were born and educated in Wayne county.  Warren Lee Smith attended the common schools in his boyhood, then a preparatory school, and in 1893 he was graduated at the University of Wooster, with the degrees of A. B. and A. M., his diploma bearing the inscription, "Magna cum lauda" (with high honors).  At the time he was a student in the institution, it was the custom to give prize scholarships, and one of these was woman by Young Smith, for the highest class standing in Latin and Mathematics, for two years in succession.  He was then for four yes the principal of a district high school, in Butler county, Ohio, during which time he devoted his spare hours to the study of law.  In 1897 he entered the Law department of the Ohio State University, where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1899.  In the fall of that year he located at Toledo and began the practice of his chosen profession, alone at first, but after a few months he formed a partnership with J. G. Austin, under the firm name of Smith & Austin, which association lasted until March, 1906, when it was dissolved by mutual consent.  Mr. Smith resuming practice along again.  In the fall of 1907 he was elected judge of the city court and justice of the peace for the city of Toledo and Port Lawrence township, taking the office in January, 1908.  In addition to his official duties, Judge Smith is a member of the well-known law firm of Smith, Myers & Canfield, whose offices are located at 425-426 Ohio Building.  In national matters, Judge Smith is a Republican, but on all questions relating to local matters on an independent ticket.  He is a member of the Yondota Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Toledo, and of Oak Council, of the National Union.  He is a member of the Second Congregational Church.  On July 11, 1894, Judge Smith married Miss Ella V. Smith, of Wooster, Ohio, but who was no relation prior to marriage.  She is a native of Indiana, but her parents died while she was quite young and she was reared at Mansfield, Ohio.  Judge Smith formed her acquaintance while attending the university at Wooster.  They have no children, and reside in a comfortable home at *806 Greenwood avenue.  Judge Smith is justly proud of the record he made as a student.  In addition to the winning of the scholarship already mentioned, he was the salutatory orator at the commencement, an honor coveted by every genuine college man.  He was also a member of the college baseball team, which goes to prove that a student can excel in scholarship and athletics at the same time, notwithstanding many hold to the opinion that this can not be done successfully.  In his private practice and the discharge of his official duties, his conduct is marked by the same persistence and diligence that characterized him as an energetic and painstaking student, during his college days.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 127 * Note:  806 Greenwood Avenue home is no longer there.
	WILLIAM W. SMITH, president and treasurer of the well-known J. W. Greene Company, of Toledo, wholesale and retail dealers in pianos, piano players, and pipe organs, with place of business at 801-805 Jefferson avenue, first beheld the light of day in Fremont, Sandusky county, Ohio, Apr. 6, 1872.  He is a son of William J. and Laura (Greene) Smith, the latter a sister of J. W. Greene, late of Toledo, founder and, until his death, president of the above concern, which bears his name.  Mr. Smith's father, William J. Smith was, during the greater part of his active career, prominently identified with the agricultural industry, though during the last seventeen years of his life he lived practically retired, near Fremont, Ohio, enjoying the fruits of his long and exceedingly industrious activities.  He was summoned to his reward, in 1904, and his wife having preceded him in death eighteen years, having departed this life in 1886.  To the parents were born seven children, of whom four survive- two daughters and two sons - Mrs. Charles Jackson and Mrs. Marshall Keenan of Millersville, Sandusky county, Ohio; Charles E. Smith, of Ovid, Clinton county, Michigan, and William W., of this review - all of whom were born and educated in Fremont.  After leaving school, William W. Smith was for several years engaged in teaching school, and for a year was in the oil business.  He then took up his residence in Toledo and, June 19, 1896, entered the J. W. Greene music house as a salesman, working for several years in this capacity, both in the house and on the road, after which he became employed in the office of the concern.  In 1899, when a stock company was formed.  Mr. Smith until shortly after the death of Mr. Greene, which occurred Aug. 12, 1908, when he was elected as his uncle's successor as president of the company, though he also continued as treasurer, which positions he still occupies.  In the matter of politics, Mr. Smith is a stanch supporter of the Republican party and its principles, in national affairs, though reserving the privilege of exercising his right of suffrage without any regard to partisanship in municipal and other local elections; and, though never aspiring to the honors and emoluments of public office, he has encouraged by his influence and financial support various undertakings for the upbuilding of the community at large, and for the furtherance of its commercial, industrial and social life.  Toledo has no greater admirer, and none give aid to her worthy interests more cheerfully, and he is a firm believer in her resources and promises for future development and prosperity.  As a citizen, he has the unqualified confidence and esteem of all who know him, and as a business man he is widely recognized as one of the most progressive and successful in the city.  He holds membership of Charles Summer Lodge, Knights of Pythias; and St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mr. Smith was happily married, Nov. 12, 1896, to Miss Hattie Havens, who was born and educated in Fremont, Ohio, and is a daughter of Birchard and Catherine (Overmyer) Havens.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith have no children and reside in a cozy home, at *1933 Linwood avenue.  (sketch of the J. W. Greene Company is to be found in the first volume of this work.)  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 216 * Note:  1933 Linwood avenue home is no longer there.
Frank R. Stall	FRANK R. STAHL  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 217
	WILLIAM H. STANDART is numbered among the substantial business men of the city of Toledo, where he has resided since first entering upon his independent career.  He was born at Attica, Ind., Oct. 23, 1850, the son of William E. and Alice L. (Jackson) Standart.  The father, who is now deceased, was for a number of years a merchant in Attica, Ind., and later he was engaged in the same line of endeavor at Cleveland, Ohio, and still later at Toledo.  He was one of the valiant sons who responded to the call for troops in the dark days of the Civil war first entering the three-months' service and then organizing Standart's battery, at Cleveland, Ohio, becoming captain and chief of artillery in Palmer's division and served until the last year of the war.  William H. Standart received his preliminary education in the public schools of the city of Cleveland, and later he spent one year as a student in the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor.  But the early evinced a desire for a business career, and, in 1866, when scarcely sixteen years of age, he became engaged as an employe in the hardware store of Hamilton & Company, Toledo.  In 1878 he engaged with the Bostwick-Braun Company, and remained as an employe of that concern until 1887, when he became a partner in the business.  He remained so connected until 1904, when he sold his interest and severed his connection with the Bostwick-Braun Company, and, in 1906, he formed the Standart-Simmons Hardware Company, which ranks as one of the leading business institutions of Toledo.  He has never entered public life, in the way of aspiring to public office, but has devoted his entire attention to business pursuits, and the success which has crowned his efforts is a fine commentary upon the wisdom of his choice.  He takes a live interest, however, in affairs of a public nature, one of the objects of his solicitude being the Toledo Newsboys' Association, of which he fills the position of trustee.  Mr. Standart has been a member of the Masonic order since 1873, and socially he is identified with the Toledo Club and the Country Club.  On Sept. 26, 1888, Mr. Standart was married to Miss Sarah M. Wheeler, of Toledo, a member of the family that built the Wheeler Opera House.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 79
	WALTON E. STONE, of Toledo, manager, secretary and treasurer of the Churchill Grain & Seed Company, was born in Sylvania, Lucas county, Ohio, Apr. 30, 1871, a son of Lyman Bruce and Isabell (Southard) Stone.  His father, also a native of Sylvania, and a farmer by occupation, served in the Civil war, as a member of Company K, Twenty-fifth Ohio infantry, and died June 21, 1908.  The mother was born in West Toledo and now makes her home with her son, Walton E., of this review.  There were eight children in the family, of whom seven are now living - Mrs. W. H. Southard, of West Toledo; Mrs. C. K. Southard, of Toledo; James Leroy Stone, of Salt Lake City; Mrs. William Martin, of New York City; Mrs. R. L. Burge, of Toledo; Henry Bruce Stone, of the same place, and Walton E., of this sketch.  All were born and educated in Sylvania with the exception of James, who acquired his educational training at Oberlin, Ohio.  Lillian (Mrs. Martin) graduated at the Sylvania High School with honors.  Walton E. commenced his business career by entering the employ of the Churchill Grain & Seed Company, Sept. 3, 1890, at Toledo, starting in at the bottom and, through diligence and enterprise, working his way to his present responsible positions with this concern, which is affiliated with the Buffalo Corn and the Toledo Produce Exchanges.  In politics, Mr. Stone is a Republican when national issues are at stake, though he is an independent voter in local politics.  Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Sanford L. Collins Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons, and has recently been elevated to the degree of Knight Templar.  On Aug. 15, 1896, he was united in marriage to Miss Addie Hoag, of Toledo, who passed away, Feb. 14, 1903, the mother of three children - Wade Walton, Ashton Phillips and Isabell - all of whom were born in Toledo, where they are now attending the public schools.  He married Susan M. Fallon, of Toledo, June 6, 1905, and Mr. and Mrs. Stone are now residing at 2626 Fulton street. **  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 218 ** Building still standing but in really rough shape.

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