BIOGRAPHIES

† Source:
A. History of Northwestern Ohio
A Narrative of Its Historical Progress and Development
from the First European Exploration of the Maumee and
Sandusky Valleys and the Adjacent Shores of
Lake Erie, down to the Present Time
by Nevin O. Winter, Litt. D.
Assisted by a Board of Advisory and Contributing Editors
Illustrated
Vol. II
Published by
The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago and New York
1917

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	ANDREW JAMES CHERRY.  Now living quietly retired at his home in Sylvania, Andrew James Cherry has been a resident of that community of Lucas County the greater part of his life, and in addition to those business activities which have enabled him to provide for his family and his own declining years he has rendered some effective public service to the community.      He was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Mar. 18, 1852.  His father, William Cherry, was a native of Pennsylvania, moved from that state to Milan, Ohio, and afterward to Kalamazoo, Michigan.  Andrew J. Cherry was two years old when his mother died, and the father then took the children back to Milan and placed them in the home of his parents.  In 1861William Cherry enlisted in Company K of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He was in active service with that regiment until he was captured in 1863, and thereafter endured more than a year and a half of the hardships and tortures of a Southern prison.  He was in prison at Richmond three months, at Andersonville two months, and in Libby prison four months.  He was finally exchanged in 1864 and left the army broken in health.  In the meantime, his mother had taken his children to a home in Sylvania, that being in Apr., 1862, and after his discharge from the army, William Cherry moved to Sylvania and lived there until his death in 1899.  His mother, the grandmother of Andrew J. Cherry, died at Sylvania in 1885.  Andrew J. Cherry had a brother, Alexander, who died in Kalamazoo at the age of eight years, and another brother, George, now lives in Toledo.      Reared from the age of ten years at Sylvania, Andrew J. Cherry received a fair education when a boy, and early learned the cooper's trade.  In following that trade he has necessarily moved from place to place, until in 1890 he went to Toledo, where he had his home for nine years.  In 1899 he retired to a farm near Sylvania, was an active farmer for some years, but since 1907 has lived retired in Sylvania.      On Mar. 18, 1877, at Sylvania Mr. Cherry married Elizabeth Polley.  Her father, John Polley, came from England prior to the Civil war.  Mr. and Mrs. Cherry have had nine children and they now take much pride and comfort in the presence of these children and they now take much pride and comfort in the presence of these children and their grandchildren.  The seven living children are:  Mary Ellen, who married Henry Schmidt and lives at Ottawa Lake in Monroe County, Michigan, their family consisting of two boys and one girl; John, who lives at Sylvania, married Jessie Fuhrer and has one daughter; Florence is now Mrs. Charles Garner of Sylvania and has two daughters; Claude married Ethel Swier and has one son; Blanche is Mrs. Frank Fallas of Sylvania and is the mother of two daughters and one son; Ida is Mrs. Herman Lang, her husband being a farmer four miles west of Sylvania, and their family comprises two daughters and one son; Earl lives at Sylvania and married Esther Kutzli.      As to politics Mr. Cherry maintains an independent attitude.  Four four years he served on the town council of Sylvania and was elected for another term, but had to resign on account of business compelling him to move out of town.  Since 1874 he has been a member of the Masonic Order and is affiliated with Sylvania Lodge. † Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II _ 1917 - Page 1322
Sam Cohn	SAM COHN   † Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II _ 1917 - Page 995
	ABNER B. COLE.  On Nov. 17, 1898, death brought to a close a career which was conspicuous in many ways, not least in the thirty odd years of business activity, as a result of which Toledo still has one of its strongest and most prosperous business firms, the extensive cartage and storage firm of A. B. Cole Sons Company at 1425-1427 Broadway.  Of New England ancestry and heritage, the late Abner B. Cole well exemplified the sturdy virtues long associated with typical New Englanders.  He was born at historic Plymouth, Massachusetts, Apr. 25, 1831, and was in his sixty-eighth year when he died.  At an early age he went with his parents to Livermore, Maine, in which state he grew to manhood and kept his home until 1855.  For several years he was in the employ of the Taunton, New Bedford & Boston Railroad, much of the time as a conductor.      It was largely the sturdy sons of New England who laid the foundation for the splendid civilization in the northwest part of the United States.  In 1860, three years after his marriage to Miss Julia P. Macomber of Taunton, Massachusetts, Abner B. Cole took his family to the pioneer state of Minnesota, locating at St. Francis.  In proportion to its population and age no state in the Union did a larger part during the Civil war than Minnesota.  Mr. Cole had hardly become established in the new state when he enlisted in 1861 in the Second Minnesota Battery under Captain William A. Hotchkiss.  This battery was sent South and participated in the siege of Corinth, Mississippi, was in the campaign against Bragg in Kentucky and Tennessee, received great praise for its excellent work at the battle of Perryville, was also distinguished in the battle of Stone's River, and was in the Tullahoma Campaign.  At Chickamauga the services of this battery were particularly important, since for "three successive times it prevented the enemy from forming."  The battery was engaged at Missionary Ridge, was with Sherman in the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, and then returned with the army commanded by General George H. Thomas to Tennessee after the fall of Atlanta and rendered valiant service in the battles of Franklin and Nashville. It was not until Aug., 1865, that the members of this gallant command received their honorable discharge and were mustered out at Port Snelling, Minnesota. Mr. Cole had a record of twenty-two battles.      Soon after being discharged from the army Mr. Cole left Minnesota and removed with his family to Toledo, Ohio, where he was a resident for more than thirty years.  In that time he founded and successfully conducted the business now operated by his sons under the name A. B. Cole Sons Company, one of the largest concerns of the kind in Toledo, maintaining a large organization and equipment for trucking, moving and storage.  The late A. B. Cole was the soul and genius of this business enterprise.      For many years after locating in Toledo he took a very active part in republican politics, though later he was willing to surrender the active responsibilities to younger men, but never relaxed a keen interest in questions of public policies.  His first presidential ballot was given to Fremont, the first standard bearer of the republican party in 1856, and he also voted for Lincoln in 1860.  Thus he was affiliated with the republican organization from the beginning until his death.  He was also an active member of Volunteer Post G. A. R. at Toledo, and belonged to Rubicon Lodge, F. & A. M. It was the severe exposure of his army life that undermined his health and shortened his years.  The late Mr. Cole was distinguished for moral courage, high ideals, a tender disposition and the strictest integrity, and all these qualities brought him numerous friends by whom he was held in admiration until the end.      In 1858 Mr. Cole married Miss Julia P. Macomber, who was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, Aug. 22, 1839.  After she came to Toledo at the close of the Civil war she became identified in many ways with the social and philanthropic life of the city.  She was long a director in the Toledo Humane Society, and she also identified herself with the early organizations for the promotion of temperance, and in every possible way sought to promote reforms along that line.  She is also remembered for the prominent part she took in the woman's suffrage movement, and at the time of her death she was treasurer of the Toledo Woman's Suffrage Association.  To her suffrage meant duty more than a privilege, and she exemplified her ideas particularly in her relation to the public schools, and sought in every way possible to advance and improve the schools of her home ward.  She was also county appointee on the visiting committee of the Miami Children 's Home, and in every way was one of Toledo's foremost women.  She died at her home in the city Sept. 8, 1908.      Of the children of the late Abner B. Cole and wife three, two sons and one daughter, are still living.  William E. is the oldest and is active head of the A. B. Cole Sons Company and well known in Toledo business circles.  Charles Walter Cole is cashier of the Second National Bank of Toledo, one of the largest banking institutions in Northwestern Ohio.  The daughter is Mrs. Robert J. Mcintosh, of Toledo. † Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II _ 1917 - Page 1001 SHARON WICK'S NOTE:  See the A. B. Cole building as it stands today in 2018 - CLICK HERE ALSO:  In the Directories:  - - 1869 City Directory of Toledo, Ohio listed as:           Cole, Abner B., c Broadway and R. R. av.  - - 1872 City Directory of Toledo, Ohio listed under Grocery and Provision Store:           Cole, Abner B., s. corner of Broadway and Railroad av.  (Railroad av appears to be gone)  - - 1876 City Directory of Toledo, Ohio listed under Groceries & Provisions:           Cole, Abner B., 542 Broadway  - (It appears that it was torn down so that Route 75 freeway could be built where the store was)  - - 1878 City Directory of Toledo, Ohio listed as:           Cole, Abner B., 642 Broadway  - - 1881 City Directory of Toledo, Ohio listed as           Cole, Abner B., Wood Yard, Knower e of Broadway  - - 1883 City Directory of Toledo, Ohio listed as:           Cole, Abner B., Flour and Food, Coal and Wood cor Broadway and Knower, res. 563 Broadway  (563 Broadway now is where Route 75 freeway is and has been torn down)  - - 1886 City Directory of Toledo, Ohio:           Cole, Abner B. flour  1425 Broadway, res. 1419 same                     (1419 Broadway is now gone)  - - 1896 City Directory of Toledo, Ohio           Cole, Abner B. Trucking and Moving, Storage of Household Goods, Etc., 1425 Broadway,  res. 1419 same;  Phone 1110, Harrison 1043.  It appears that his place of residence is gone now.(2018) Abner B. Cole was born Apr. 25, 1832 and died Dec. 17, 1898 and is buried in Woodlawn Cem., Toledo, Lucas Co., OH in Section 39 Lot 167, grave 4 along with his wife, Julia P. (Macomber) Cole who was born Aug. 22, 1839 and died Sep. 8, 1908  -  Info can be found at www.findagrave.com
	URIAH A. COOKE, M. D.  It is as a capable physician and surgeon that Dr. Uriah A. Cooke has his useful and influential part in the community around Sylvania.  He has been in practice about twenty years in Sylvania, and his ability is regarded as second to none, and aside from the service he has rendered through his profession he has also been active in local affairs.      Born Jan. 3, 1870, near Metamora, in Lucas County, Ohio, Dr. Cooke is a son of Thomas and Eleanor Cooke, both of whom are still living on the old farm near Metamora, which they have occupied for a great many years.  The father is now eighty-eight years of age and his mother eighty-three.  Thomas Cooke was a native of Ireland, came to this county at the age of twenty-eight, and first lived on the old homestead farm.      Reared on the farm, Doctor Cooke found his early training in the country schools and spent one year in the high school at Sylvania.  The first opportunity for a useful work in life was presented him through the channel of teaching, and he taught in various schools for five years.  He then entered the Valparaiso University, from which he was graduated in the scientific department in 1893.  He continued his medical studies there, but completed his professional education at Toledo, where he was graduated Apr. 14, 1897.  In the same week that he received his diploma he moved to Sylvania and opened an office which he has now conducted continuously for almost twenty years.  He is a general practitioner, and experience added to his natural qualifications has brought him a most reputable position in the profession.       Politically he is a republican, as his father was before him.  For fourteen years he served on the school board of Sylvania and then was secretary of the board for two years.  His activity in a public way has largely gone out to support and encourage public education, and it was largely through his efforts that the high school at Sylvania was raised from a second to a first grade school.  Fraternally he is affiliated with the Sylvania Lodge of Masons, with Fort Meigs Chapter Royal Arch Masons at Toledo, and with the Protected Home Circle.  At Sylvania he was married Sept. 22, 1897, soon after beginning practice to Miss Ethel M. Kimball.  They are the parents of one daughter, Elizabeth, who is now attending high school. † Source: History of Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II _ 1917 - Page 1321

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