PETER UNSINGER, president of the Unsinger Razor Blade Company, manufacturers of the Globe Safety Razor. with plant on Bidwell Avenue, Fremont, is a representative business man of this city.  He was born near Heidelburg, in the town of Waldorf, Germany, May 8, 1855, and is a son of John Jacob Unsinger, who still survives and resides in Germany, having reached the advanced age of eighty-nine years.
     The father of Mr. Unsinger was a watchmaker by trade but the son was not inclined to that business, and he learned the machinist trade before he left his native land.  This was when he was eighteen years old, in 1873, and between then and 1877, when he settled first at Fremont, he worked as a machinist over a large part of the United States.  For three years after reaching this city he was employed in the old Harvester works and for seven succeeding years was a traveling salesman for the house of D. June & Co., during three years of this time having his headquarters at Waco, Texas.  He returned then to Fremont and established a small machine shop and conducted it for several years and then sold out and went to Washington State.  There he too up land and for three years followed farming but there were three years followed farming but there were few advantages in that section then for him family, and this caused him to again return to Fremont, where in 1905, he entered into his present business of manufacturing.  In October, 1908, excellent quarters were secured and the enterprise is one of the most flourishing in its line in the city.  Employment is afforded to from thirty-five to forty skilled workmen.  The officers of the company are:  Peter Unsinger, president and general manager; Philip Unsinger, a son, vice president; and M. F. Engler, secretary.
     Mr. Unsinger was married at Fremont, in 1880, to Miss Emma Engler, a daughter of August Engler, and they have three children: Harold, who is a student in Heidelberg University at Tiffin, Ohio; Philip, who is associated with his father in business, married Ethel Hunt and has two children - Winnie and Richard; and Fannie.  He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Ft. Stephenson Lodge, at Fremont.
Source:  Twentieth Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - by Basil Meek, Fremont, Ohio - Publ. Richmond - Arnold Publ. Co., Chicago -  1909 - Page 437

WILLIAM URSCHEL, a man of large and varied business interests, is president and superintendent of the Woodville Lime and Cement Company, which is located about one-fourth of a mile north of Woodville, and has one of the largest plants in this part of Sandusky County.  He was born in Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio, in 1876, and is a son of John Mary (Csenkle) Urschel.
     JOHN URSCHEL was born and reared in the vicinity of Canton, Ohio, and for some years was engaged in farming in Stark County, Ohio.  In 1904 he became identified with the lime and cement business, but is now living in retirement at Woodville.  He is a stock-holder and director of the company of which his son is president.  He and his wife became the parents of three children, Daniel, who lives in Kansas; Jacob J., who is manager of the Woodville Lime and Cement Company, and  William.
     William Urschel was reared on a farm and attended the public schools near Canton, Ohio.  He followed farming operations until 1904, when the Woodville Lime and Cement Company was incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000 and the following officers; William Urschel, president; D. H. Bittinger, vice-president and secretary; and Jacob J. Urschel, manager and treasurer.  The company owns about twenty acres of lime rock and has a daily capacity of 140 tons.  It is the largest daily capacity of 140 tons.  It is the larges concern in Woodville, giving employment to a force of ninety men.  The subject of this sketch is also a stockholder of  the Urschel-Bates Bag Valve Company and a director and stockholder, plants being located at Toledo.  He is a stock-holder of the Woodville Savings Bank Company.
     Mr. Urschel was united in marriage with Miss Lizie Gerber of Canton, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Lucille, aged four years.  In politics he is a Democrat.  HE is a member of the Order of Elks at Fremont.  He and his wife are members of the United Brethren Church.
Source:  Twentieth Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - by Basil Meek, Fremont, Ohio - Publ. Richmond - Arnold Publ. Co., Chicago -  1909 - Page 437