History of the city of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, Part 108

Author: Waggoner, Clark, 1820-1903
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: New York and Toledo : Munsell & Company
Number of Pages: 1408

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Dr. Frederick Hohly was born in Neustadt, Wuertemberg, November 27, 1831. He studied medicine in Germany for four years, and came to this country in 1856, locating in Toledo. He shortly afterward removed to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan ; also, for a short time, was in Wisconsin and Minnesota. In 1860 he returned to Toledo. where he remained prac- ticing his profession until his death, which oc- curred October 16, 1884. In 1863, Dr. Ilohly enlisted in the Army as Surgeon of the Twelfth Missouri Cavalry, and was subsequently trans- ferred to the Thirty-Seventh Ohio Veterans, and served with them as Surgeon until mus- tered out in the Summer of 1865, when he re- sumed his profession in Toledo. In Septem- ber. 1866, he married Pauline Kirschmaier, who, with four children-two boys and two girls-survive him. Dr. Holly served two terms (four years) as Coroner of Lucas County, which office he filled with credit. In all his relations with his fellows, he was greatly be- loved as a brother and friend.

Dr. Gustave Fenner von Fenneberg was born at Cassel, on Jannary 29, 1823. He was the son of a German nobleman, an officer in the Hessian Army. Dr. von Fenneberg studied at the University of Marburg, first as a pharmacist, and after having received his diploma as such he journeyed through Italy and Switzerland, returned to the University and studied medi- cine. After graduating he emigrated to the United States in 1853, landing in New York in September of that year. For a year he prac- ticed medicine in Cincinnati, when he came to Toledo, where he located permanently. For a time he practiced alone, but afterward with Dr. Valentine Braun. His office was on Sum- mit Street, near Perry. In 1869 he formed a partnership with Mr. Max Witzigarenter in the drug business, locating on the corner of Huron and Washington Streets. Two years later the Doctor purchased the whole business and re- mained sole proprietor until his death. At no

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time did he relinquish the practice of medicine, but carried the two professions together. In 1862 he was married with Emily, the youngest daughter of Rev. Karl Markscheffel. Shortly after his marriage he was seriously injured by a runaway horse, the injury being a double fracture of the leg which crippled him for life. In the spring of 1883 he suffered from a stroke of paralysis from which he never fully recov- ered. From this time until his death, he was frequently attacked with pneumonia, which, accompanied by grave complications, led to his death, June 17, 1887.

Dr. Thomas Waddel was born in Seneca, Canada West, October 13, 1843. His parents were natives of Ireland. His preparatory education was obtained in the Common Schools of Canada. In 1865 he went to Buffalo and began the study of medicine. His first course of lectures was taken during 1866-67, when bis health failing, he was obliged to discon- tinue his studies for a time. In 1870 he atten- ded lectures in the Medical Department of the University of Wooster, Cleveland, Ohio, and on graduating in 1871, was elected valedic- torian of his class. He entered upon the prac- tice of his profession in Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio, and in December, 1873, moved to Toledo, where he remained until hisdeath, which occurred March 9, 1879, after a sickness of 48 hours. As a physician he was successful ; as a gentleman, he was cultured and refined ; and as a student none excelled him. His powers of memory were wonderful, and he could not only remember the names of the anthors of various medical articles, but the page and title of the work wherein a subject had been presented. As a writer, he excelled, articles from his pen having been widely circulated and received with much favor.

WILLIAM W. JONES, Physician and Sur- geon, was born in Smyrna, Chenango County, New York, September 28, 1819. He is a son of Marquis Jones, whose father was Colonel Israel Jones, of Barkhamsted, Connecticut, a soldier of the Revolutionary Army, and a member of the Connecticut Legislature. His paternal ancestors came to that State very soon after the arrival of the Mayflower, having settled there in 1643. The mother of Dr. Jones (Elizabeth Merrill) was born in New Hart- ford, Connecticut, where her father was a prominent citizen. Her husband died in 1827, aged 47; she surviving him until her 85th year. William W.'s education was limited. He was in a District School until his 10th year, when he went to a private Academy for three years, and then to an Academy at Salem, New York, where he completed his studies. When about 13 years of age he entered a printing office at Forestville, Chautauqua County, New York, which establishment closing, he went to

Buffalo. Here he was employed on a literary publication for a time, when he obtained work on the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, remaining there until his removal to Dresden, Muskin- gum County, Ohio, in 1836, where a brother was engaged in the manufacture of flour and the sale of merchandise, with whom he took an interest as partner. While peenniary returns were satisfactory, he ere long realized that such business was not adapted to his taste and modes of thought. Acting upon such view, he determined upon professional life, and in 1844 began the study of medicine, his preceptor being Dr. W. W. Rickey, of Dresden, who was prominent in the profession, having been the President of the Ohio State Medical Society. For some time Dr. Jones was a student of Dr. Frank H. Hamilton, then Professor of Surgery in the University of Buffalo, where he was graduated during the winter of 1848-49. The young graduate at once came to Toledo, then a Town of 2,000 inhabitants, and entered upon the practice of his life-calling amidst strangers. For 38 years has this now been pursued, with a success which tully meets his early hopes. For- tuitous circumstances materially favored his ad- vent and early practice here, whereby he was advanced to a flattering position in his profes- sion. His attention was directed to both medi- cine and surgery, in both of which he was suc- cessful. The first case of lithotomy success- fully performed in this section was by him, which was followed by many like operations. Similar success has attended his treatment of nearly every kind of surgical cases. He has been for many years a member of the Ohio State Medical Society, of which he was the President in 1875, and also a member of the American Medical Association ; an ex-Presi- dent of the Alumni Association of the Univer- sity of Buffalo ; a member of the Detroit Acad- emy of Medicine, and of the Detroit Medical Society ; an honorary member of the Michigan State Medical Society ; a member of the De- troit Library Association; the oldest living member of the Lucas County Medical Society, organized in 1851; a member of the North- western Ohio Medical Society, of the Southern Michigan Medical Society, and of the Northern Indiana Medical Society; and corresponding member of several Scientific Societies. He is Consulting Surgeon of St. Vincent Hospital, Toledo. Since 1840 Dr. Jones has been a mem- ber of the Masonic Order, the office of High Priest being the highest official position held by him in the same. From his arrival in Toledo he has taken a deep interest and active part in all affairs in which his fellow-citizens were concerned, contributing, in such ways as occasions might furnish, to their welfare and prosperity. In 1857 he was chosen a member of the City Common Council, of which he was elected President. He has served for three terms or six years as Mayor of Toledo, having

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been elected to that office in 1871, 1873, and 1877. For many years he has served as a member of the Toledo Board of Health. In large measure, the material improvement of the sanitary condition of the City has been due to his influence and suggestions, both as a sanitarian and a public officer, in which connec- tion may be mentioned the superior system of sewerage. the admirable water supply, the plan for collection of vital statistics adopted in 1857. and the compilation of the present Sani- tary Code. Like service was rendered by him in connection with the State Sanitary Code. Few writers wield a more trenchant or facile pen, which has done good service in advancing the sanitary and material interests of the City. The following paragraph from one of the City papers of last year, is taken as a sample of his modest way of stating Toledo's past and present sanitary condition :

The writer of this has lived to see this City emerge, during the last 40 years, from the most sickly to the most healthy in the country, and much of this im- provement is due to the intelligent appreciation of its desirability on the part of our people, and their readi- ness to co-operate in its accomplishment. In addition to the labors of the citizen and sanitarian, Toledo has been found to possess the most healthfut climate of any City East or West, the daily range of the ther- mometer rarely exceeding 20 degrees in the 24 hours. Situated upon the lowest depression of the line be- tween the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the mouth of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and tempered by the waters of that great inland sea. Lake Erie, the heat of Summer or the cold of Winter is not so great as is found in any part of the country East or West, North or South of us. That silent witness, the Signal Ser- vice, has been telling us this simple truth for years, and yet but few realize how important a factor this has been in connection with the other efforts made by man in making Toledo by far the healthiest City on the continent.

Dr. Jones' political views from the first at- tached him to the Democratic party, with which he has always acted. On different occasions his name has been mentioned for nomination tor prominent official positions; but he has always declined every call that was likely to draw him from the pursuit of his pro- tession, the chief ambition of his life. He was married February 15, 1851, with Miss Ade- line Knaggs, a daughter of John Knaggs, an early pioneer of Lucas County, who was born in Detroit, and whose father was United States Indian Agent at that point during the War of 1812-15; he having been among those made prisoners by the British forces at the surrender of Detroit and General Hull's Army, in 1812. Few families were equally prominent with that of Mrs. Jones, in the earlier history of the Maumee Valley. Five children have been born to Doctor and Mrs. Jones-three sons and two daughters.

SYMMES HENRY BERGEN, M. D., was born near Princeton, New Jersey, July 15, 1826. His parents were Christopher and Mary (Disbrow) Bergen ; his ancestors being among the earliest settlers of New York, Hans Hansen Bergen, a ship carpenter of Bergen, Norway, having arrived in this country and settled at New Amsterdam (New York) in 1633. coming in the same vessel with Wouter Van Twiller, the second Director-General of that Province. In 1639, he was married with Sarah Jansen de Rapalje, born in 1625, being the first white child of European parentage born in the Colony of New Netherlands. The family occu- pied a prominent place in the early history of New York and New Jersey. Christopher was a Captain in the War of 1812-15, and died in 1844, aged 60 years. His father was a Soldier of the Revolution, and was a Slaveholder when Slavery existed in New Jersey. Symmes's mother was a native of New Jersey and died in 1846, aged 60 years. Her father was a promi- nent man of Cranberry, in that State, and was largely interested in an early Stage-line be- tween New York and Philadelphia. Symmes was limited in means for education to those furnished by the Common Schools of the local- ity. When 13 years old he was sent to a pri- vate School at Freehold, where he remained until prepared for the senior year at College, and in 1844 began the study of medicine with a brother, and in 1846 matriculated at Berk- shire Medical College, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The next year he entered the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons of New York City. Here he remained but six months, when, at the earn- est solicitation of Dr. Alonzo Clark, he went to Woodstock, Vermont, and received the position of Demonstrator of Anatomy in the Vermont Medical College, from which College he received his diploma in 1848. His practice of medicine was begun in North Bay, Oneida County, New York, at which place he remained seven years. He came to Toledo in 1855, when he was in- duced by Eastern friends to make his home there. He was a successful and honored Physi- cian, and always commanded an extensive and lucrative practice. Ife was devoted to his pro- fession, and even when suffering from physical ailments, would continue to answer the calls of the suffering. During his long career of use- fulness in Toledo, he filled many positions of public trust. During the War he was Coroner of the County four years. Was a member of the Board of Education for several terms, and one of the most active and energetic members of the Board of Health. As a member of the City, District and State Medical Societies, he always did his share toward making the meet- ings of these bodies interesting and profitable. He was a member of the State Medical Asso-

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ciations of New York, Massachusetts and Ver- mont. llis devotion to the welfare of the Protestant Orphans' Home, now on Lagrange Street, is entitled to special mention. From the date of the organization of that valuable institution, which took place at his house, until his death, his unremitting and gratuitous efforts were employed in its behalt-professionally and in such other ways as occasions permitted. He was Physician to the County Infirmary for 10 years,and for several years Consulting Physician for St. Vincent Hospital, Toledo. He was a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity for years. Uniting with the First Congregational Church soon after arriving at Toledo, he retained such relation to the time of his death. Ile was for some years United States Pension Examiner at Toledo, and a member of the Pension Board, of which he was the Treasurer. In politics he was originally a Whig, becoming a Republican on the organization of that party. For some time before his death his health became im- paired, and he was obliged reluctantly to relin- quish his practice, that he might endeavor to regain his strength.' In this he was not suc- cessful, as he returned to his home from a lengthened sojourn East among his relatives, only to pass away to his eternal rest from his Toledo home. Dr. Bergen and Miss Mary S. Lalor, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Lalor, of Trenton, New Jersey, were mar- ried November 28, 1860. Mrs. Bergen now resides at Toledo.

WILLIAM C. CHAPMAN, M. D., was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 15, 1840. His father, Dr. W. B. Chapman, was a physician, and his mother, Margaret Crossman, a daugh- ter of a leading member of the Society of Friends in that City. The son's early educa- tional advantages consisted of the Public Schools. Subsequently he attended an academ- ical course in the private School of Charles E. Matthews. At the age of 18 years, he directed his attention to pharmacy, under the instruc- tion of his father, a leading pharmacist of Cin- cinnati. In 1861. he entered upon the study of medicine as a profession, taking a partial course of lectures in the Medical College of Ohio, and pursuing his studies under the pre- ceptorship of Drs. Wm. Clendenin and Wm. H. Mussey. His course of study was for a time interrupted by reason of business connections ; but was resumed in 1871, and in the Spring of 1873, he was graduated from the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati. Having re- ceived his diploma, Dr. Chapman directed his steps toward Toledo, as the locality for enter- ing upon his chosen life-work, which since that time has been his home. From his intro- duction there, his success has been marked, his practice being of steady and healthful growth, and among classes of citizens whose confidence is strong testimony to the true merits of the

practitioner. Connecting himself with West- minster Presbyterian Church, Dr. Chapman was subsequently chosen as one of the Ruling Elders of the same and has been re-elected. IIe was a member of the Toledo Board of Health for several years, and in other chan- nels has taken an active interest in the welfare of his fellow-citizens. On the 3d of September, 1863, Dr. Chapman was married to Miss Har- riet Mitchell, danghter of Mr. Jethro Mitchell, of Cincinnati, senior partner of the Lumber firm of Mitchell & Rowland, Toledo. Five sons have been born to them, each of whom is now living.

SAMUEL WOLCOTT SKINNER, Physician and Surgeon, of Toledo, was born at New Brit- ain, Connecticut, June 19, 1820. The genealogy of his family can be traced back for hundreds of years, representing on both sides a line of English ancestors prominent in both hemi- spheres, and who were among the very earliest settlers in New England. Ilis father, Newton Skinner, was born at East Granby, Connecti- eut, October 10, 1782 ; a graduate of Yale Col- lege ; and almost at the beginning of a brilliant and useful career as a Congregational minister, died at the comparatively early age of 43 years. His mother's maiden name was Ursula Wolcott. was born at East Windsor, Connecticut, No- vember 17, 1788, and died June 1, 1869. She was a descendant of a family many of whom were distinguished in the political history of New England. The founders of the American branch of the Wolcott family settled at Windsor as early as 1632. Shortly after his father's death the mother of the subject of this, with her three children, removed to Weatherfield. Connecticut, but soon after to Hartford. It was at the latter place the early education of young Skinner was commenced, and for a num- ber of years following he attended the Gram- mar School of that City. The family finally moved to East Windsor, where his preparatory studies were continued until 1837, when for one year following he attended School at Gorham, Maine; after which he returned to Yale Col- lege, whence he was graduated in 1842. After graduation, he commenced the study of medi- cine in the office of Dr. Elijah Reed, of East Windsor. At the same time he attended l'e- tures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. He received the degree M. D. at New Haven, in 1846, and soon after commenced practice at Windsor Loek, Con- nectient, and there established for himself the reputation of a competent and successful prac- titioner. Here he continued until the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion. The prin- ciples involved in that struggle appealed to his patriotism, and in May, 1861, he left his prae- tice and entered the service as Surgeon of the Fourth Regiment of Connecticut Infantry, which soon was reorganized as the First Con-

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nectient Heavy Artillery. He served with this Regiment until it was mustered out, September 25, 1865, a considerable portion of which time he served as Surgeon in-Chief on General De Russey's Staff. During this period he was stationed near Washington, D. C., South of the Potomac River. So well did he perform his luties, that when the Regiment was mustered ont, he received a Brevet commission as Lien- tenant-Colonel for efficient and meritorions service. In January, 1866, Dr. Skinner re- moved with his family to Toledo, where he has since been engaged in a general medical prac- tice, and where he has justly gained a high reputation for professional attainments, and as a public spirited citizen. For several years he served as Health Officer of the City, and for many years he has been a Consulting Surgeon of St. Vincent Hospital. He is a member of the State Medical Society and of the Toledo Medical Association. Dr. Skinner was formerly a Whig in politics, but since 1856 he has been a staunch Republican. While taking a warm interest in all that pertains to good government in City, State and Nation, he has never been a secker after political preferment. Of a retiring disposition, Dr. Skinner has never striven to gain public notoriety. He is a man of culture, and well advised on the advance of medical practice for the last half century. Of kindly sympathies, be is esteemed in the community in which he resides, not less for his unostenta- tious character, than for his professional stand- ing. Dr. Skinner was married September 16, 1846, with Doriannie Fuller, of Hampton, Con- necticut, a lineal descendant of Dr. Samuel Fuller, known to history as the " Beloved Phy- sician of the Mayflower." Four children have been born to them, all of whom are now living, and in order of births are as follows: Helen, born September 21, 1847, now widow of Chas. M. Dimmick; Alice, born February 24, 1849, the wife of Judge John H. Doyle, of Toledo ; Edward B., born February 24, 1852, Book- keeper for Maclaren & Sprague; and Samuel W. Jr., born October 8, 1861, Book-keeper for Milburn Wagon Works.

CALVIN HAMILTON REED, M. D., is a son of George and Martha (Morgan) Reed, and was born near Milford Center, in Union County, Ohio, November 20, 1840, on a farm where his grandfather settled in 1800, as one of the ear- liest pioneers of that section. Young Reed knew from actual toil the hard work of a far mer's boy. Until his I8th year, his education was limited to the country District School ; but he evinced a taste for literary pursuits, and under these unfavorable advantages made rapid progress in his studies. His parents being unable to keep him in School, he was compelled to begin teaching to provide the necessary money for obtaining an education. From the age of 18 until his 20th year, he taught School

during the Winter months and worked on the farm during the Summer. In 1860, with the money his own exertions had gained, he entered the Marysville Academy. While there he responded to President Lincoln for troops in 1863, and enlisted for three months, serving as Corporal in Company E, Eighty-Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Most of the time he was stationed at Clarksburg, West Virginia. He remained with the Regiment until the expir- ation of its period of enlistment. After his return he entered the Ohio Wesleyan Univer- sity at Delaware, where, by teaching a part of the time, he succeeded at the end of four years in finishing his literary education. During the Summer of 1865 he taught School at Milford Centre, and in the fall began the study of med- icine in the office of Dr. John W. Hamilton, Professor of Surgery in Starling Medical Col- lege at Columbus. Here he attended three courses of lectures at the Starling Medical Col- lege, from which he was graduated in 1868. He then came to Toledo, where, for 19 years, he has been engaged in an active and growing practice. Dr. Reed is identified with the various Societies pertaining to his profession, being a member of the Toledo, the State and the Northwestern Ohio Medical Associa- tions. He was one of the organizers of the To- ledo School of Medicine, in 1878, in which he lectured on obstetrics from that time until the reorganization of the School as the Northwes- tern Ohio Medical College, when he was elected to the chair of Professor of Obstetrics, a posi- tion he still holds. While he has devoted his time to the demands of a general practice, he has made the branch of obstetrics a special feature, to which he has given much time and attention. The doctor has occasionally contrib- uted to medical literature. Among other papers is a report in the American Practitioner, of 1876, of a case of connate gangrene, contradict- ing the accepted theories in relation to this dis- ease, and which so far as known, is the only well authenticated case on record. In 1878 he con- tributed an article to the State Medical Society on " Quinine, a prophylactic in Scarlet Fever," published in the proceedings of the society, a subject which has since attracted the atten- tion of the profession. Outside his professional duties, he has also given much attention to the educational affairs of the City, hav- ing served for several terms as a member of the Board of Education. In 1883 he declined a nomination, but in 1885 was again elected. The large majorities received by him whenever a candidate is the best testimonial of his popu- larity and the strongest endorsement of the manner in which he discharged his duties. He is a member of the order of United Workmen, the Knights of Pythias and the Masonic Order. In the Knights of Pythias he is Past Chancel- lor, also a member of the Grand Lodge. At its organization he was elected Surgeon of the

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Sixteenth Division of the Uniformed Rank, and in the State organization was elected Regimen- tal Surgeon, and with rank of Major of the Second Regiment ; and in the reorganization of that body was chosen to the same position in the Sixth Regiment, a position he still re- tains. Dr. Reed was married June 9, 1869, with Emma B. Smythe, of Columbus, Ohio, a daugh- ter of Henry P. Smythe. Five children have been born to them-Morgan Smythe, February 20, 1872 ; Harris Hamilton, November 31, 1873, died August 14, 1879; Chase Campbell, Feb- ruary 6, 1875 ; Carl Kirkley, July 15, 1876, died October 24, 1882; and Linnel Leckey, August 17, 1877. A member of the Third Presbyterian Church, he has taken an active interest in matters relating to Church work, and for a number of years has been one of its Trustees. In Toledo, where for so many years he has been in constant practice, his so- cial nature as well as professional skill have given him the respect and esteem of a wide circle of friends.

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History of the city of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, Part 108

Author: Waggoner, Clark, 1820-1903 Publication date: 1888 Publisher: New York and Toledo : Munsell & Company Number of Pages: 1408

Author: Waggoner, Clark, 1820-1903
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: New York and Toledo : Munsell & Company
Number of Pages: 1408