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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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AMMI FROST MITCHELL of Toledo
has long been prominent in banking circles in Northwest Ohio.
He is a son of the late Reuben B. Mitchell, whose career has
been noted on other pages, and is now president of the bank founded
by his father at Maumee. the Union Deposit Bank. At Toledo
Mr. Mitchell is one of the vice presidents of the Northern
National Bank an institution that was founded about the close of the
Civil war and has had more than half a century of prosperous service
to its credit. It is one of the largest banks of Northwest
Ohio, having capital and surplus of more than $1,500,000 and total
resources of over $9,000,000.
Born in the family home at Maumee Mar. 13, 1869,
Ammi Frost Mitchell attended the public schools of Maumee and
Toledo, and spent one year in the St. Johnsbury Academy at St.
Johnsbury, Vermont. His business experience began before he left
school. As clerk in a book store he worked before and after
school hours and on Saturdays in vacations, and in that way
contributed some of the money to meet his expenses for several
years.
His apprenticeship in his chosen profession was served
in his father's bank at Maumee. In 1887 he left the Maumee
bank to take his place in the Merchants and Clerks Savings Bank in
Toledo. After working there about six months he went to the
Northern National Bank as corresponding clerk. From time to
time he was promoted to heavier responsibilities, and successively
held the positions of paying teller, receiving teller, assistant
cashier, cashier, and is now one of the vice presidents of that
institution as well as president of the Union Deposit Bank of Maumee
and a director in both banks. Native ability and close
application to his work have been the keynotes of his success.
While known as a conservative banker, he is also a man of most
affable and courteous manner and has a host of friends in Northwest
Ohio. Besides the two banks mentioned he is interested in
several small country banks.
Fraternally Mr. Mitchell is a member of the
Northern Light Lodge of Masons at Maumee. This is one of the
oldest Masonic lodges in the state, and his grandfather was also a
member in the same fraternity. He has also attained thirty-two
degrees in the Scottish Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine.
His church is the First Unitarian at Toledo. In November,
1896, Mr. Mitchell married Florence Au of Mansfield,
Ohio, a daughter of John Au. Mrs. Mitchell was
born at Mansfield, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1872, lived there until she
was eighteen, and came to Toledo as the bride of Mr. Mitchell.
She died at the family home in Toledo June 26, 1913. She was a
member of the First Unitarian Church and was buried in the Woodlawn
Cemetery in Toledo. Surviving her are four children: Frost
Alysworth Mitchell, Ellen Mitchell, Eunice Mitchell and
Marian Mitchell.
† Source: History of
Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II _ 1917 - Page 963 |
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REUBEN B. MITCHELL.
Widely known in Northwest Ohio as a banker, manufacturer, business
man and citizen, Reuben B. Mitchell was one of the
conspicuous men of Lucas County for upwards for forty years.
He was born at Winfield, Maine, Feb. 25, 1830, and died
in Maumee May 10, 1897. His parents were Edward and Mary
(Chandler) Mitchell, both representing old New England stock.
His early boyhood was spent in one district, where he attended the
public schools. At the age of thirteen he came with his
parents to Ohio in 1843. His father, Edward Mitchell,
located at Maumee, and became a manufacturer. At the age of
seventeen Reuben B. Mitchell entered business with his father
and from that time forward until the close of his life was actively
and successfully engaged in the many enterprises which he himself
established and which sought his judgment and direction.
As a banker he established and was proprietor of the Union Deposit
Bank of Maumee, of which his son Ammi F. Mitchell is now
president. For over a quarter of a century Mr.
Mitchell was head of this well known Lucas County institution.
A special distinction that attaches to his name is that
he was responsible for the establishment of the first foundry in
Northwest Ohio. He was also associated with the late T. S.
Merrell in the agricultural implement business, and was also
well known in grain circles in Toledo. For many years he was a
member of the Produce Exchange of Toledo, served one term as its
president and also belonged to the Toledo Board of Trade.
Every day for over twenty years Reuben Mitchell was in
Toledo as a factor in its business and was as greatly interested in
that city as in his home town of Maumee.
The honor and integrity of his character should be
remembered as well as his successful performance of business duties.
He was faithful to every engagement, was a most genial gentleman,
and earned the respect and admiration of his many associates,
including the most prominent men of Toledo during the last half of
the last century.
In 1861 Reuben B. Mitchell married Miss Ellen
A. Frost of Maumee. Her father, Elijah B. Frost,
was one of the pioneer merchants of Maumee, selling goods there when
Maumee was more of a metropolis than Toledo was. The
present home of the Union Deposit Bank marks the spot formerly
occupied by the old Frost store. Mr. Frost
was also one of the early sheriffs of Lucas County. Mrs.
Mitchell, who died at her home at the Belvidere in Toledo
January 14, 1898, at the age of sixty-seven, had spent her life in
Lucas County and during the last ten years before her death had
lived the greater part of the time in Toledo in order to be near her
children. Of her father's family she was the last survivor but
one, Mrs. Fanny F. Holmes of Toledo. Mrs.
Mitchell endeared herself to her family and a host of friends by
her simple affectionate character, her kindly nature and generous
heart, and made her life a benefaction to all who came within the
circle of her influence. Both she and her husband now rest in
the Riverside Cemetery at Maumee. She was the mother of seven
children, and the four now surviving are: Ammi F., vice
president of the Northern National Bank of Toledo and president of
the Union Deposit Bank of Maumee, and mentioned on other pages;
Truman H. and Edward M., both of Toledo; and Mrs. H.
S. Woodbury of Toledo.
† Source: History of
Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II _ 1917 - Page 962 |
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