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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	HORATIO S. YOUNG, for many years identified with the business interests of Toledo, was a native of Lucas county, having been born in the town of Maumee, Apr. 26, 1843.  His father, Samuel M. Young, was born in the State of New Hampshire, Dec. 29, 1806, and was educated in the schools of his native State, after which he came to Ohio and located at Maumee, where for a time he was employed as a teacher in the public schools.  Having studied law before he came west, he was quick to recognize the need of an attorney, so he wrote to his friend, Morrison R. Waite, and in 1839 they formed a partnership in Maumee, which lasted until Mr. Young retired from the practice, in1856.  In 1860 he removed to Toledo, where he was already engaged in banking, having, with others purchased the Bank of Toledo, the predecessor of the Toledo National Bank, with which he was connected until he retired from active business pursuits some time before his death.  He was also associated with Abner L. Backus in the elevator business; held stock in the rolling mills, and was interested in a number of enterprises.  He was an enthusiastic supporter of the principles and policies of first the Whig and later the Republican party, but was never an aspirant for public office, save that of county auditor, which office he filled from Sept. 14, 1835, to June 9, 1837, receiving for such service the sum of $361.63.  He and his wife were members of the Trinity Episcopal Church, in which he served for several years as vestryman.  His death occurred Jan. 1, 1897.  On June 6, 1841, Samuel M. Young married Miss Angeline L. Upton of Maumee, who was born July 17, 1823, and of this union were born the following children:  Horatio S., Timothy, Frank I., Helen e., and Morrison W.  Helen E. is the wife of Francis B. Swayne, of New York City; Morrison W. lives in Toledo, and the others are deceased.  Horatio S. Young was educated at Grosse Isle and Painesville, after which he attended college at Cleveland.  On May 2, 1864, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundredth and Thirtieth infantry, and was made sergeant of his company, serving with that rank until the regiment was mustered out, Sept. 22, 1864.  He had tried to enlist before the organization of the One Hundredth and Thirtieth, but was rejected because of his youth and because he could not gain the consent of his parents.  Upon completing his education he entered his father's bank as teller, which position he held for ten years, when he formed a partnership with his brother, Frank I., under the firm name of Young Bros., and began dealing in produce, with offices in the Produce Exchange Building.  This association lasted until the death of his brother, in 1888, when he took charge of the Toledo Rolling Mills and continued in that line of activity until about two years before his death, when he retired from active business.  His death occurred Oct. 17, 1894.  Mr. Young was a Republican in his political affiliations, but could never be persuaded to become a candidate for public preferment.  He was a member of Toledo Post, No. 107, Grand Army of the Republic, and the Maumee Valley Pioneer Association, and he and his wife belonged to the Trinity Episcopal Church.  On Dec. 15, 1869, Mr. Young was united in marriage with Miss Antoinette, daughter of Francis J. and Lurancy (Bartlett) King of Toledo.  Mrs. Young's parents were both born in the State of New York, the father at Sackett's Harbor, Jefferson county, Dec. 13, 1818, and the mother at Eaton, Madison county, June 8, 1823.  Francis J. King came west as a young man and found employment as a clerk in a dry goods store at Adrian, Mich.  By his willingness to learn and a close application to his duties he soon became a partner in the concern and continued in that business at Adrian until 1846, when he came to Toledo.  Here he became associated with Matthew Brown in a warehouse at the foot of Cherry street.  Later, Horace Walbridge came into the firm, which then took the name of Brown, Walbridge & King.  After a time, Mr. King disposed of his interests in this business and formed a partnership with his brother, remaining a member of the firm of King Brothers, until his death, July 19, 18992.  For twenty years prior to his death he was vice-president of the Second National Bank of Toledo.  He was a Republican in his political views, and shortly after removing to Toledo was elected on the ticket of that party to represent his ward in the city council.  He and his wife belonged to Trinity Episcopal Church and for several years he was one of the vestrymen of the same.  Lurancy Bartlett was a daughter of Perkins and Clarissa (Palmer) Bartlett, of Adrian, Mich., and her marriage to Francis J. King was solemnized in that city, June 26, 1844.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 474
	SAMUEL M. YOUNG, late of Toledo, a pioneer attorney and counsellor-at-law, for many years prominently identified with various banking interests, promoter of many extensive railroad projects, and a man of large affairs, was for sixty-one years an honored and influential citizen of Lucas county.  His career was crowned with eminent success and prestige; he was widely and favorably known throughout the commonwealth, and he enjoyed to the fullest extent the respect and esteem of his legal brethren, business associates, competitors, patrons, and all others with whom he came in contract, as an exceptionally capable, dignified and high-minded gentleman.  It was in Lebanon, Grafton county, New Hampshire, in 1806, that Mr. Young first beheld the light of day, and it was in that vicinity that he received a common-school education and grew to manhood.  In early youth, he determined upon the legal profession as his life vocation and, shortly after leaving school, began to read law in the office of John M. Pomeroy of Burlington, Vt.; and after admission to the bar came west, to Maumee, this county, where, in 1835, he established an office and embarked in the work of his profession.  His advent in Lucas county was made during the memorable controversy, familiarly termed the "Toledo War," but he was not an active participant therein, because he then lived in Maumee, which was outside the disputed territory.  Upon the organization of Lucas county, Mr. Young became its first auditor, in which capacity he served for two years.  In 1838, Morrison R. Waite, a graduate of Yale University, and later in his career one of Ohio's most eminent attorneys, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, located in Maumee and entered the office of Mr. Young,  where he read law for a year, after which he was admitted to the bar of Ohio and associated himself with Mr. Young under the firm title of Young & Waite, which rapidly attained to prominence and came to be recognized as one of the talented legal concerns of the county.  In 1850, an office was established in Toledo, of which Mr. Waite assumed charge, the subject of this memoir remaining in charge of the office of Maumee, where he resided until 1860, when he took up his residence in Toledo.  In 1852, he became a stockholder and director in the Cleveland & Toledo Railway Company, which road was then in the process of construction, and with which he was identified until it was merged with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway.  Later, Mr. Young acquired stock in the Columbus & Toledo Railroad Company, and also was elected to the board of directors, continuing his connections with the road until its consolidation with the Columbus & Hocking Valley railway, which was a part of the larger organization of the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railroad Company.  In 1856, the immediate subject of this sketch retired from the active practice of law and turned his attention to his financial interests, having, with others, during the preceding year, purchased the old Bank of Toledo, with which he was associated until 1865, when, under the national banking law, it was reorganized as the Toledo National Bank, with Mr. Young as president, in which capacity he continued under January, 1905.  In 1862, he associated himself with Abner L. Backus, under the firm name of Young & Backus, which concern erected the gigantic elevators on Water street, near Adams street, which were designed especially for the canal grain trade, then an important factor in Toledo commerce.  After having been associated with this concern for eighteen years, he withdrew, the firm becoming that of A. L. Backus & Sons.  Mr. Young was for several yeas proprietor of the toll bridge across the Maumee river at Maumee, which, in 1877, was purchased by Lucas and Wood counties.  In 1866, he became extensively interested in the Toledo Gas Light & Coke Company, assisting in the reorganization and extension of its business, and serving as president of some time.  In 1870, he organized the Toledo Hotel Company, which, two years later, erected the Boody House, and of which company he was president for several years, though he disposed of his interest therein some time prior to his death.  During the days of the old Whig party, when Henry Clay and Daniel Webster were its foremost advocates in the nation, Mr. Young was one of its most prominent supporters in this region, continuing such until the death of the organization, in the fifties.  Upon the birth of its successors, the Republican party, he espoused the cause and principles of the newer organization, of which he was a stanch advocate up to the time of his death.  He was for many years an active member of Trinity Episcopal Church of Toledo, and contributed liberally of his time and means to various religious and worthy charitable and philanthropic movements.  Few men have had a wider or more varied career than did Mr. Young, yet, in the various capacities in which his exceptionally industrious life placed him, he brought to the discharge of his duties executive ability of a high order, a conscientious and intelligent devotion to duty, and absolute honesty - essential attributes in the larger affairs of life.  On June 29, 1841, he led to the alter Miss Angeline L. Upton, a step-daughter of Dr. Horatio Conant, of Maumee, and of this happy union were born six children, namely:  Horatio S., Frank I., Elizabeth, and Timothy, all of whom are deceased, and Morrison Waite, now president of the Second National Bank of Toledo, and Mrs. F. B. Sayne, of New York city, the only surviving members of the family.  On New Year's Day, in the year 1897, Mr. Young received the Master's summons to the life eternal, thus closing an exceptionally eventful life of ninety-one years, and all felt that a leader whom it was thought could not be spared had been called home to his reward.  He left to posterity a clean record, as a lawyer, business man and citizen, which will long serve as an inspiration to others, and will remain a precious heritage to those he left behind.  He has gone out of life, but his memory will never pass from the respect and affection of those who love and revere greatness and goodness.  His widow, who was his faithful and affectionate helpmeet and companion throughout their wedded life of nearly threescore yeas, survived him five months, her death occurring on June 8, 1897.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 58
John Franklin Zahm	JOHN F. ZAHM, deceased, was one of the honored citizens and men of affairs of the city of Toledo, where he maintained his home for thirty-seven years, and where he continued in the active conduct of his large financial interests until a short time before his death, which occurred Dec. 27, 1907.  His career was characterized by signal integrity of purpose as well as by well directed industry, and he gained not only a position of independence, but was also a citizen well worthy of the unqualified esteem in which he was held.  He was a self-made man in the true sense of that phrase, and because of his unflagging energy, resourcefulness and fidelity to duty, rose from the humble position of messenger boy to the managing ownership of two of the most important business houses of Toledo - the J. F. Zahm Tobacco Company and J. F. Zahm & Co., grain dealers.  John Franklin Zahm was born in Laporte, Ind., Mar. 30, 1856, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Zahm, the father being a native of Germany and the mother was of English descent.  He first entered school in the place of his birth, but when he was nine years old his parents removed to Germany, and for two years he received instruction in the schools of his father's native land.  At the end of that period the family returned to America and established a residence at Tiffin, Ohio, where the son continued his studies for three years.  Another removal was then made, this time to the city of Toledo, and at the age of fourteen, J. Frank quit school to become a messenger boy for the Western Union Telegraph Company.  He remained thus employed for a period of one year and then engaged with the old grain firm of Williams & Hallaran, whose offices were located on Water street, in Toledo.  He mastered the various branches of the grain commission business and in 1879, at which time the accidental death of Elijah Williams occurred, he was taken in as a partner, the firm becoming R. Hallaran & Co.  This partnership continued until Jan. 1, 1886, when Mr. Zahm admitted to partnership with himself two trusted employes, Fred W. Jaeger and Fred Mayer, who, since the death of Mr. Zahm, have continued the business under the old name of J. F. Zahm & Co.  In connection with his grain business, for many years Mr. Zahm was a member of the Toledo Board of Trade, and at one time he was president of the Produce Exchange.  In 1893, he became financially interested in a tobacco manufacturing institution at Toledo, and four years later, in 1897, purchased the interests of the other members of the firm and organized the J. F. Zahm Tobacco Company.  This business became very profitable under his management, and in 1908, soon after the death of Mr. Zahm, was sold to the Pinkertons, and is now known as the Pinkerton Tobacco Factory, on Council street near Detroit avenue.  At one time Mr. Zahm was interested in the grain business in Detroit.  He was also largely interested in other concerns of lesser note.  In his religious views he subscribed to the creed of the Episcopal Church, in which faith he was reared, and his political ideas were those found in the platform expressions of the Republican party, although he was never active as a politician, his varied business interests demanding his entire attention.  He was an active member of the Country Club and also of the Toledo Club.  He was a patron of art and assisted numerous works of an educational and charitable nature.  For several years he traveled quite extensively, making a number of foreign trips, and his apartments in the Miltimore at the time of his death showed many rare and valuable souvenirs of his travels.  At the time of his death, the "Toledo Blade" said of him: "Few men in Toledo were so widely known or were held in higher esteem than Mr. Zahm.  He was kind, generous, and just to all, and his business associates, who knew him best, all speak in the highest terms of his life-work."  On account of impaired health, Mr. Zahm had not been very active in business for some time prior to his death, although he had by no means relaxed his vital interest in the management of his large interests or in the general affairs of his home city.  As a young man, Feb. 22, 1882, Mr. Zahm assumed connubial responsibilities, by his marriage to Miss Mary Edwards, of Toledo, who survives him.  Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 128

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