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TOLEDO
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LUCAS COUNTY, OHIO
1623 - 1923
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VOL. II
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ILLUSTRATED
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Chicago and Toledo
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1923
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ELDON HAAG YOUNG
Eldon Haag Young, who in the year 1919 opened a
law office in Toledo, where he has since engaged in general
practice, was born in Liberty Center, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1895,
and is a son of Ward W. and Adella ( Haag ) Young.
The father is a merchant, now retired from active business.
In his youthful days Eldon H. Young attended the
public schools of his native city, passing through
consecutive grades to the high school, and when he had
completed the course there he entered upon preparation for
the bar, becoming a student in the Hamilton College of Law
at Chicago, where he pursued the full course and was
admitted to practice in 1916. Taking his place at the
bar of that city, he remained in active practice there for
three years, or until 1919, when he came to Toledo, where he
has resided during the intervening period. His
attention is concentrated upon his professional interests
and duties and his practice is steadily growing in volume
and importance. He is very thorough and painstaking in
the preparation of his cases and clear and concise in his
presentation of a cause before the court.
On the 2d of April, 1918, Mr. Young enlisted for
service in the World war, becoming a yeoman in the navy.
He was on duty for ten months in the naval department at
Washington, D. C., and was mustered out in January, 1919.
About two and a half years later, or on the 29th of June,
1921, he wedded Blanche Stacy and they have many warm
friends in the city where they now reside. While Mr.
Young has only passed the twenty-seventh milestone on
life's journey, he has made substantial progress in his
chosen life work and the profession regards him as a valued
asset among its younger representatives in Toledo.
Source: Toledo and Lucas
County, Ohio 1623-1923 - Vol. II - Publ. 1923 - Page 311 |
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MORRIS W. YOUNG
Morrison W. Young, a financier and
representative business man whose ability has brought him to
the presidency of the Second National Bank and to the active
control of important commercial and manufacturing
enterprises, is classed with those men who are directing the
destinies of Toledo and who in recent years have been the
builders and promoters of her greatness. Mr. Young
was born in Maumee, Ohio, in September, 1860, his parents
being Samuel M. and Angeline L. (Upton) Young, long
identified with the interests of northwestern Ohio.
The father was born at Lebanon, Grafton county, New
Hampshire, in 1806, and after attending the public schools
entered upon preparation for law practice and was admitted
to the bar. He became a resident of Maumee, Lucas
county, in 1835 and there entered upon the practice of law.
When Lucas county was organized he was elected its first
auditor, serving for two years. For a considerable
period he was the senior partner in the firm of Young
& Waite, the junior partner being Morrison R.
Waite, who for a year was a student in the law office of
Mr. Young before entering into partnership relations
and who subsequently became chief justice of the United
States supreme court. In 1855 the firm established an
office in Toledo but in the following year Mr.
Young retired from active practice, having previously
become a prominent factor in the Cleveland & Toledo Railroad
Company and afterward with the Columbus & Toledo Railway
Company. He entered banking circles in 1855, when with
others he purchased the old Bank of Toledo, to the
management of which he gave much of his attention. In
1865 this was reorganized as the Toledo National Bank and
Mr. Young was chosen the first president,
remaining in that office until January, 1890. In 1862,
as senior partner in the firm of Young & Backus,
he erected the giant elevators on Water street near Adams
street and for eighteen years was closely associated with
the grain and elevator trade in this city. In fact
many of the most important business enterprises of the
nineteenth century owe their existence and successful
management to him. He also exerted a wide influence
over political thought and action and as well in connection
with the religious development of the city, being an active
member of the Trinity Episcopal church. He died January 1,
1897. A contemporary biographer has written of him: "The
late Mr. Young was not only distinguished by
the possession of singular faculties as an executive and
business genius, but had qualities of leadership among men,
a devotion to duty, a fidelity to high ideals, and
conscientious performance of every obligation imposed upon
him. By sixty-one years of residence he was easily one
of Lucase county's most distinguished citizens.
However, his name and the recognition paid to his abilities
were not confined to his home county. He was well
known in financial and political circles all over Ohio and
even in the larger centers of the nation. Along with
the dignity that goes with large practical achievements he
possessed that dignity that comes from character and true
gentlehood."
Morrison Waite Young, reared in Toledo, attended
the public schools until 1876 and then pursued a preparatory
course in the Hopkins grammar school at New Haven,
Connecticut, whereby he became qualified to enter Yale in
the fall of 1879. He was there graduated with the
class of 1883 and following his return home he initiated his
business career through connection with the Clover Leaf and
the Wheeling & Lake Erie railroads. After two years he
turned his attention to the hardwood lumber business and
also supplied ties to the Pennsylvania and Lake Shore
railroads, building up a business of large and substantial
proportions in that connection, with which he was associated
until 1890. Following his father's demise he took over
the management of the Young estate, involving
large and important property and commercial interests and he
also became president of the Blade Printing & Paper Company,
the interest of which had engaged his father's attention for
many years. For an extended period Mr. Young
has also figured in financial circles as an officer and
director of the Second National Bank and the recognition of
his keen sagacity, sound judgment and progressive business
methods led to his election to the presidency of that
institution on Jan. 14, 1908, as the successor to the late
Edwin Jackson. In this position he is at
the head of an institution which for fifty-nine years has
been a factor in Toledo's development, growth and progress.
His entire course has proven him a worthy successor of his
father. He has developed his powers in accordance with
the demands and opportunities of the time, showing a marked
mastery of business situations and a wise use of the
opportunities which have come to him. He is president
and one of the organizers of the Summit Trust Company, and a
director and organizer of The Toledo Plate & Window Glass
Company. He is also a director of the Northwestern
Elevator & Mill Company and was formerly a director and the
vice president of the Toledo Gas Light & Coke Company.
He is actuated by a determined purpose that reaches its
objective, for in his vocabulary there is no such word as
fail.
Mr. Young is also well known in social circles,
having membership in the Toledo Club, of which he has served
as president; in the Toledo Commerce Club and in the Toledo
Country Club. While the advantages of his youth were liberal
he has directed his efforts in fields where individual merit
and ability are the only factors that count in the
attainment of results and today he is recognized as one of
the distinguished business men and financiers of Toledo.
Source: Toledo and Lucas
County, Ohio 1623-1923 - Vol. II - Publ. 1923 - Page 125 |
Walter J. Young |
WALTER JAMES
YOUNG
Walter James Young, manager of the Toledo office
of Henry L. Doherty & Company, investment security
house, was born May 23, 1890, in the city which is still his
home. He is a son of George Robert Young, who
for many years engaged in merchandising but is now connected
with the Toledo Edison Company. He married Matilda
Ann Foley and their family included Walter James
Young, who in the acquirement of his education has
attended the public and high schools of Toledo and the Ohio
State University, thus receiving thorough training which has
well qualified him for life's practical and responsible
duties. In 1912 he became associated with the Toledo
Railways & Light Company, which was afterward reorganized
under the name of the Toledo Edison Company. At a subsequent
period Mr. Young became associated with Henry L.
Doherty & Company, as manager of the Toledo office, of
the securities department. He continued with the
Doherty Company until July, 1917, when he enlisted for
service in the World war. In September, 1918, he was
detailed for special duty under Provost Marshal General
Crowder and so continued to serve until December of that
year. Following his discharge he returned to Toledo
and again became identified with the Doherty
interests at the Toledo office, so that he is now well known
in financial circles of this city.
On the 11th of April, 1918, Mr. Young was
married to Miss Janet Elizabeth Williams and
they have one daughter, Joan Elizabeth, born
May 16, 1921. Mr. Young is a member of
the Toledo Club, the Inverness Club and Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity at Ohio State University. At all times he
is appreciative of the social amenities of life, greatly
enjoying companionship with his many friends. He is
also a member of the Chamber of Commerce and is in thorough
sympathy with the purposes of that organization to upbuild
the city, to advance and extend its business relations and
to uphold all those interests and activities which are the
expression of civic virtue and of civic pride.
Source: Toledo and Lucas
County, Ohio 1623-1923 - Vol. II - Publ. 1923 - Page 660 |
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