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look after the Ward estate, and in the settlement of the business connected therewith found his time occupied for the next three years. In 1879 he started in the milling business on a small scale, and it was not until 1891 that he moved into his present large and modern quarters. He is now a Director in the East Side Bank Company.
In 1862 Mr. Potter married Miss Julia Fowler, of Essex County, N. Y., and a daughter of James Fowler. Three children came to grace their union. The elder, James, died in February, 1893; the sec- ond, Jennie, wife of W. G. Weldon, of Toledo, died in February, 1893; and the youngest, Jay C., is his father's assistant in the milling business, having been a member of the company for the past four years.
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A RTHUR C. ROLL, M. D., one of the na- tive sons of the Buckeye State, is a leading young medical practitioner of Toledo, who bids fair to soon acquire more than a local 'reputation. He is a graduate of the Pulte Medi- cal College of Cincinnati, where he completed the course and received his degree March 12, 1889, the same spring opening an office for general family practice in this place. He belongs to the Ohio State Homeopathy Society, and to the Northwest- ern Ohio Homeopathic Association. His services are employed as medical examiner for the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Des Moines, Iowa, the Scottish Rites, Knights Templar and Master Masons' Aid Association; and he is also a member of the medical staff of the Toledo Hospital.
John W. Roll, the father of the Doctor, was born in Butler County, Ohio, and was a manufacturer of iron machinery and farm implements. His father was Dr. Silas Roll, who was of Holland descent. Members of the family came from Holland to set- tle in the United States as early as 1650, and many of the descendants have been noted in the affairs of this country. Jolin W. Roll, on arriving at
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mature years, married Martha J. Carr, who was born in Ohio. They became the parents of two children, Arthur and Martha. The latter married H. D. Brosier, and resides in Butler County, Ohio.
Dr. A. C. Roll was born near Hamilton, Butler County, this state, March 2, 1868, and was given a good common-school education, after which he pursued his higher studies in the Miami University at Oxford, Ohio. His first steps in the direction of his future career were taken under the instruc- tion of Dr. James H. Roll, of Hamilton, and later he studied with Dr. William Z. Kumber, also of Hamilton. Then, as before mentioned, he entered the medical college at Cincinnati, from which he was duly graduated.
The pleasant home of Dr. Roll is at No. 1027 Erie Street. It is presided over with grace and womanly courtesy by his cultured wife, who was formerly Miss Marilla Elliott, of Hamilton, this state. Their marriage was celebrated December 20, 1892, and they are the parents of one daugli- ter, Bernice Lucile. Mrs. Roll is a daughter of James M. Elliott, a well known and prominent cit- izen of Hamilton. Fraternally our subject be- longs to the Royal Arcanum and to the Sons of Veterans.
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HESTER H. HARROUN, D. D. S., M. D. Among the professional men of Toledo, none stands higher than Chester H. Har- roun. He is one of the leading dentists of the city, and has resided here since 1853, being widely and favorably known throughout the city and sur- rounding country. The Doctor is a native of the Empire State, having been born in Genesee Coun- ty, in 1829, and is a son of David, Jr., and Clar- issa (Dodge) Harroun. The father, a native of Herkimer County, N. Y. and a farmer by occupa- tion, afterward removed to Genesec County, N. Y., where he met and married his wife. He came with his family to Lucas County, Ohio, in 1835, and lo-
cated on a farm near Toledo, where he spent the remainder of his days, departing this life at the age of sixty-nine ycars. His wife survived him many years, having reached the venerable age of eighty-four years before crossing over to the beau- tiful shore beyond.
The ancestors of Dr. Harroun were Scotch-Irish, and came to America in a very early day, settling in Massachusetts. There were three brothers on the paternal side, and during the Revolutionary War they distinguished themselves as brave men and expert Indian fighters. David Harroun, the grandfather of our subject, had numberless ad ven- tures and hairbreadth escapes, and used to relate many anecdotes to amusc the children which were interesting to both young and old.
The home of our subject was in New York until he was five years of age. At this time his parents removed to Ohio, and located in this county. He attended the public schools in his boyhood, and later entered Sylvania Academy, at Sylvania, Ohio, where he finished his education. After leaving the schoolroom he entered the office of Dr. F. E. Bailey, a prominent physician of Sylvania, and began reading medicine with him. He remained under the Doctor's instruction for two years, and by that time, having mastered the art of dentistry, he opened an office in Sylvania, where he practiced his profession for one year, and then removed to Toledo, where he has since remained.
Being comparatively a young man on first com- ing to this place, the Doctor's professional carecr has grown with the city, and his practice has in- creased with his years. After forty years of faith- ful work in one place, he stands at the bead of his profession, and is one of the most prominent den- tists in northwestern Ohio. His career has been an enviable one; his practice is large and lucrative, extending over a vast area of territory; and he has the well deserved confidence and esteem of the pcople.
Dr. Harroun was united in marriage, in 1854, with Miss Emily J., a daughter of Aaron and Em- ira (Dow) Cadwell, of New York. Two children have blessed this union: David. A., a dentist in this city; and Robert E., now a member of the fire department. Mrs. Harroun is a lady of culture
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and refinement, and the family occupies a high po- sition in the social circles of Toledo. Their at- tractive residence is located at No. 829 Superior Street, and is the home of hospitality, where their many friends are always welcome.
Professionally the Doctor is identified with a number of societies, being a member of the Amer- ican Dental Association, the Ohio State Dental So- ciety and the Michigan State Dental Society. Po- litically he is a stanch Republican, taking an active interest in all political questions, and in all local enterprises pertaining to the improvement of the community in which he lives.
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HARLES MYERS has been a life-long resi- dent of Freedom Township, Wood County, and is the proprietor of a desirable home- stead of seventy-two acres on section 31. He was only nineteen years of age when he offered his services for the defense of the Union, and from that time until the close of the war he was always found at the post of duty and in the front of bat- tle. Altogether he served three years and ten months, and was only absent from the ranks once, when he was detained at the hospital on account of a wound. He participated in twenty-one hard- fought and well known battles, and was stationed in several of the Southern States. He is now a member of Benedict Post No. 26, G. A. R., of Pem- berville.
Charles Myers is a son of Joseph and Frances (Smith) Myers. His eldest brother, George, was killed May 31, 1864, in the battle of Pumpkin Vine Creek, during the war. He was a member of Com- pany K, Twenty-first Ohio Infantry. His next younger brother, John, born in 1841, was killed in the battle of Stone River; and the youngest, Fran- cis C., born November 9, 1846, died while young. The eldest sister; Maria, now deceased, was the wife of James H. Forrest, and had four children.
Anna married J. H. Forrest, a farmer of this town- ship. Louise, born October 12, 1844, is the wife of Frank Addleman, a farmer of Huron County, Ohio. The father of these children was a shoe- maker in his early days in Massachusetts. Later he went to Huron County, Ohio, where he bought one hundred and sixty acres of Government land, but in the '30s he came to this county and here passed the remainder of his life. He was buried in Fish Cemetery, and by his side reposes his faith- ful wife, who survived him ten years.
Our subject was born September 21, 1842, and received but limited school advantages in his boy- hood. He helped to construct the roads of this vicinity in his early manhood, and in other ways was identified with the upbuilding of the commu- nity. Many a time in the early days did he make the long journey to Maumee or Perrysburg to have corn or wheat ground, and the usual experiences of pioneer life fell to his share. In 1861 be en- listed at Findlay, Ohio, in Company K, Twenty- first Ohio Regiment, under Captain Canfield and Colonel Norden. After drilling for ten days at Columbus, he was sent to Kentucky, and there took part in a small engagement. The winter was passed in eamp at Bacon Creek, and in the spring he went to Nashville, where for six weeks he was on guard duty. Then, in the vicinity of Huntsville, Ala., he was present at several skirmishes, afterward be- ing on guard duty for three months, and finally being returned to Nashville. He was a participant in the siege of Atlanta, and for three months could hear the bullets flying day and night. After the capture of Atlanta the company started to Chatta- nooga, and were in the two-days battle of Chicka- mauga. January 1, 1864, Mr. Myers was granted a thirty-days furlough and returned home. On rejoining his regiment he participated in the bat- tle of Resaca, and in that of Pumpkin Vine Creek, where his eldest brother was killed. At the battle of Stone River he was wounded, but after being confined in the hospital for several days he returned to the front. His honorable discharge from the service was granted liim at Louisville, Ky., in July, 1865.
February 18, 1869, occurred the marriage of our subject and Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and
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Jeanette (Fenton) Stewart, natives of Scotland. Their other children were Jolin, a gardener living near Cleveland; James, who married Sarah Heck- man, and has eleven children; Robert W., who died in the army; Charles, who married Lillie Hill and is a carpenter; Fenton, whose death occurred at the age of twenty-six years; Joseph, a gardener of Pemberville, Ohio; Benjamin, who was drowned near San Francisco; Margaret, wife of Martin O'Conner, an oil speculator of this county; Mary, who married Lemuel Lockhart, who was killed in 1893 in an oil explosion; Frankie, who died in 1865; Lewis, a farmer of Fulton County; and Will- iam, who is unmarried and a resident of Indiana.
Five children came to grace the union of Mr. and Mrs. Myers, the two cldest of whom died in infancy. Lela M., born October 24, 1874, is at- tending school at Lansing, Mich .; Florence Glenn, born June 15, 1880, is at home; and Vergie, born July 8, 1882, died when only eight months old.
In 1883 Mr. Myers went to Kansas with the in- tention of locating in that state, but remained only three weeks, and returned well satisfied to pass the remainder of his life on his old bomestcad. Hc has cleared a good many acres of land, and has long been one of the progressive farmers of this community. Religiously he is a Presbyterian, and helped to establish the church at Rochester, Ohio. He is known far and uear as a man of uprightness and integrity, and as such commands the respect of all.
H ENRY JAMES BOOTH, General Freight Agent of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Rail- way, was born in Marietta, Ohio, October 3, 1843. He received in boyhood a public-school education, graduating from the high school in 1860, and afterward for a few months taught in Belpre Township, Washington County. In March, 1862, he went to Oskaloosa, Iowa, and entered the store of Loring & Bro. as elerk, remaining in the
employ of that firm and D. W. Loring for seven years.
At the expiration of that period Mr. Booth re- turned to Ohio, aud in August, 1869, secured a po- sition as bookkeeper for Messrs. Warner, McArthur & Co., who were building the Marietta & Pittsburg Railroad. Upon the opening of that road he was appointed General Accountant, and subsequently became Auditor of the Marictta, Pittsburg & Cleveland Railroad, remaining in that capacity until November, 1875. In March, 1880, he was employed as Chief Clerk in the general freight and ticket office of the Cleveland & Marietta Rail- road, and on the 1st of January, 1882, he was ap- pointed General Freight and Ticket Agent of the same company.
The connection of Mr. Booth with the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad dates from October, 1882, when he was appointed its General Agent, retain- ing a similar position with the Cleveland & Ma- rietta Road. Junc 1, 1883. he removed to Toledo and accepted the position of Assistant General Freight Agent of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Rail- road. His appointment to his present position, that of General Freight Agent of the Wheeliug & Lake Erie Railroad, was received February 3, 1892, and in this responsible place he has since served with ability and efficiency.
March 22, 1865, Mr. Booth married Eliza G. Fletcher, who was born in April, 1845, and is the daughter of David and Caroline (Jack) Fletcher, natives of Westmoreland County, Pa., but after- ward residents of Oskaloosa, Iowa, for many years prior to their death. The eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Booth is Walter F., who was born in Oska- loosa, Iowa, October 30, 1867, and is now Auditor of the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw Railroad. Charles L. is Teller of the Citizens' National Bank of Marietta, Ohio. William L. has been cinployed for a time as clerk in a railway office in Toledo. Mabel V., Clarence M. and Harold E. are with their parents. Though not an active politician, Mr. Booth has always been a stanch Republican and never fails to discharge the duties of citizen- ship. He has hosts of sincere friends, who hold him in high regard for his sterling qualities.
James M. Booth, father of our subject, was born
RUBELLUS J. SIMON, M. D.
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in Manchester, England, April 12, 1788, and came to America in 1802, remaining in New York until 1810. He then removed to Marietta, where he made his permanent home. His death occurred at Marietta, Ohio, in January, 1866. His second wife, the mother of our subject, was known by the maiden name of Mary Loring Beehe. She was born in Washington County, Ohio, in November, 1817, and died at Marietta in January, 1894. Her parents, Dr. and Mary (Loring) Beebe, were of New England birth and were among the early set- tlers of Ohio.
R UBELLUS J. SIMON, M. D., the leading and scholarly physician of Pemberville, was born on a farm in Bloom Township, Wood County, Ohio, August 9, 1846, being the next to the eldest son of Levi Simon, who was noted throughout the section in which he resided for his unusual attainments as a mathematician. His father, whose birth occurred January 21, 1817, in Boardman, Mahoning (then Trumbull) County, Ohio, was the fourth child and second son of Jacob Simon, the latter in turn heing the fifth son in a family of fifteen children, all hut one of whom at- tained to mature years. Two brothers, Andrew and George, were ministers of the Lutheran Church.
Born in Washington County, Pa., in 1783, Jacob Simon was a weaver by trade, hut devoted consid- erable attention to the profession of a teacher, and was a man of broad views and liberal education. He served in the War of 1812. As early as 1800 he came to Ohio and settled in Boardman Town- ship, Trumbull County, where he taught the first school in his locality. Among the pioneers of the county he was looked up to as a leader, and was a man of noble character, but somewhat visionary and not a good financier. On the place in Board- man Township where he first settled he died in 1856.
The father of Jacob was Michael Simon, who was born in the Colony of Maryland, February 22, 1741, and was a man of fair cducation and consid- erable prominenec in his locality, being especially
noted for his devotion to the Lutheran faith. In 1802 he came to Ohio with a number of relatives, and here remained until his death, in 1839, at the advanced age of ninety-eight years, at which time he had four hundred and sixty-four direct de- scendants. During the Indian wars his property was destroyed and the family were obliged to flee for their lives. One son, Andrew, then a child of seven years, was taken prisoner by the Indians and scalped hy his savage captors. However, he sur- vived and finally became a favorite among the redmen, whose confidence he gained to an unusual degree, so that they allowed him many liberties not accorded other prisoners. In this way he was permitted to wander from the camp, and at an op- portune moment he made his escape, returning to his friends, who had supposed him to he dead. While he attained eighty years of age, he never had a scalp, and the top of his head never healed.
The father of Michael and the first of the fam- ily to locate in America was Johann Adam Simon, a native of Zweibrucken, Switzerland, who was a descendant of a royal family, but, as far as can be learned, was somewhat wild, and ran away from home in boyhood. Coming to America, he located near Baltimore about 1735. With him he brought papers proving his descent from royalty and his right to an immense estate, but his house and all its contents were burned by the Indians, and he was never able to prove his identity. He attained the venerable age of ninety-scven.
The mother of Levi Simon was Elizabeth Stem- ple, a native of Virginia, horn about 1789, and a member of one of the prominent mountaineer families. She was a daughter of David Stemple, and a descendant of French ancestry. One of her brothers, Jacob, was a soldier in the War of 1812. She was a woman of good education and an excel- lent business manager, far more so than her hus- band. Her death occurred at eighty-five years.
In the log cabin schoolhouse common to that day, Levi Simon gained the rudiments of his edu- cation. Though his advantages were few, he was an apt scholar and a natural mathematician, and became widely known for his superior attainments. Though now past seventy-eight years of age, he can solve almost any problem in mathematics and
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has successfully explained problems that have puzzled learned professors of the science. In early life he was a teacher, in which vocation he was re- - markably successful.
In 1844 Levi Simon married Mary Ann Pfister, a native of Youngstown, Ohio, born October 18, 1822. She was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hewett) Pfister, and a granddaughter of Rev. Henry Hewett, a native of Pennsylvania, whose ancestors fled from France during the revolution in that country. He was a prominent Lutheran minister, and on coming to Trumbull County or- ganized the first German Lutheran Church in the state of Ohio. Mrs. Mary Ann Simon was a woman of good education, a teacher for some years, and a very devoted Christian. She had a brother, John, who was a physician. Her death occurred February 15, 1889.
On the farm where he now lives, and which ad- joins the village of Bloomdale, Levi Simon located in 1846. He aided in building the first Lutheran Church in that locality, also the first Methodist Episcopal Church. At various times he has been chosen to hold positions of prominence in his township. Possessing a robust constitution, the vigor of which has not been undermined by the use of tobacco or intoxicants, he has never been sick in his life, and even in old age enjoys excel- lent health. His eldest brother, David, was for fourteen years Auditor of Mahoning County, and was an influential local politician. Gideon, Stilling and Jesse were prosperous farmers. Jacob, a son of Stilling, has been a teacher for fifteen years. Hiram, another son, is editor of the Toledo Sunday Journal; and Charles is manager of the Bloomdale Mills.
The subject of this sketch was one of ten chil- dren. His eldest brother, Myconius, who is un- married, was for many years a teacher, and now resides with his father at Bloomdale; for ten years he was one of the chief clerks of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Youngstown, Ohio. Damietta was married, and left three children at her death. Jerusha died at the age of eighteen years. Mrs. Belenia Deal, who was a school teacher, left five children at her death. Montebello was in early life a teacher, and is now a stockman of Bloomdale.
Metaline died when five years old, Phoebe when eighteen, and Poliander at eight. Elma O. is the wife of Jacob Fisher, who is in the livery business at Helena, Mont.
The boyhood years of our subject were spent on his father's farm. His early education was ob- tained uuder the direction of his parents, both of whom had been teachers and were well fitted to train him for a life of usefulness and honor. At sixteen he entered the Poland Union Seminary, becoming a student in that institution the same year that Governor Mckinley completed his stud- ies there. After nine months in the seminary, he received a teacher's certificate and entered that profession, teaching the Macky School, in Bloom Township. For several terms he taught there and in other districts, then entered the Findlay High School, where he conducted his studies for eight months. Later he taught in the grammar school in the same institution for three terms, after which he entered Oberlin College, expecting to fit himself more thoroughly for the profession of a teacher.
Two years were spent in study in Oberlin Col- lege, but meantime liis ambition changed. Notic- ing that most of those who devoted their lives to teaching remained poor, and having a desire to gain possession of some of this world's goods by honest exertion, he determined to abandon the profession upon which he had entered. However, he taught a few terms afterward, and in that way gained the means with which to proseeute his inedi- cal studies. Under Dr. S. B. Emerson, of Eagleville, he began to read medicine, then took a course of lectures at the Eclectic Medical College of Cincin- nati, after which he continued to study and prac- tice with Dr. Emerson for a year and a-half. Later lie took another course of lectures at the same col- lege, graduating May 13, 1873. In August of the same year he opened an office at Pemberville and commenced the practice of liis chosen profession.
March 4, 1874, Dr. Simon married Miss Mary A., daughter of Henry Mohr, of Eagleville. At that time he was in debt $600, but success came to him quickly, and at the end of a year he was out of debt and owned a house and lot. From that time to this he has had a large practice and has acquired a splendid competence. In addition to professional
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duties he has done an extensive business in fire insurance, and is medical examiner of two of the leading life-insurance companies of the United States-the New York Life and the Mutual Life of New York. He is the owner of one hundred and eighty acres of fine land in the oil regions, which alone represent a small fortune. His home is a beautiful one, and he also owns other property.
Formerly Dr. Simon was identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, but there being no church of that deuomination in Pemberville at the time he settled here, he became interested in the Presbyterian faith, assisted in the organization of the church here, and was for eight years its only Elder. He has served in thic office of Elder up to the present time and has always been one of the most active workers, not only in the church, but also in the Sunday-school, of which he was for- merly Superintendent. For six years he has been a member of the Board of Education, during which time the new school building was erected. Dur- ing his service of four years as a member of the City Council the new city hall was built. In fact, he has been one of the most influential residents of the place, and has been prominent in social, professional and business circles. He is a great lover of fine horses and is proud of having a team that will not "take dust" from any other team in Wood County.
Dr. and Mrs. Simon have had four children, but two died in infancy, and one, Ina, wlicn three months old. The only one living is Nina O., a bright and attractive child of two years. In poli- tics the Doctor is a strong Republican, which is also the political faith of ninety-five per cent. of the entire Simon family, now numbering seveu or eight hundred members.
OEL W. KELSEY was born in the state of Maine, on the 17th of December, 1819. His father, Joseph Kelsey, and mother, Lucy (Luf- kin) Kelsey, were natives of Massachusetts. Joel came to Toledo in July, 1845. He married
Mary Jane Ryder in August, 1849, and they had a family of four boys, Joseph R., Edward W., Harry M. and John M. Mrs. Kelsey died on the 15th of September, 1891.
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