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On the 31st of October, 1883, occurred the mar- riage of Mr. McMaken and Miss Georgie, daughter of Charles M. Dorr, ex-Mayor of the city of To- ledo, and one of the pioneers and prominent men of the place. In his political preferences Mr. Mc- Maken is a firm champion of the principles advo- cated by the Republican party, and is one of the leaders of that organization in the city. Socially he is a member of Sanford L. Collins Lodge No. 396, F. & A. M., and is also identified with the chapter, council and commandery, and has attained to the Thirty-second Degree in Masonry. He is also connected with the Order of Elks. For the past sixteen years he has held a commission as Captain of the Toledo Cadets of the Ohio National Guards. As a citizen, he takes a great interest in everything pertaining to the progress of Toledo, and every measure calculated to promote the pros- perity of the people receives his hearty and enthu- siastie support.
R OBERT RAITZ is engaged in the plumb- ing, steam and gas fitting business at No. 633 St. Clair Street, Toledo, where he has a large establishment, equipped with a complete line of supplies, including everything pertaining to the business. He is the leading plumber of the
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city, and is thoroughly informed concerning every detail connected with the business. Among others engaged in the occupation he occupies an influen- tial place, and at the present time is filling the po- sition of President of the Master Plumbers' Asso- eiation of the State of Ohio, to which he was elect- ed in 1893, at the time of the convention of that organization in Toledo.
In Messin, Switzerland, the subject of this Do- tice was born March 18, 1846. In 1853 he was brought to America by his parents, Benjamin and Anna (Mosher) Raitz, the family arriving in New York in March of that year. They went at once to Rochester, N. Y., where, however, they spent but a short time. The following year (1854), they came to Toledo, where the father engaged in the butchering business for a few months. While yet in the prime of life, at the age of forty-two years, he passed from earth, in 1855. His widow survived for more than twenty years afterward, her death occurring in 1876.
The next to the eldest among four children, the subject of this sketch has spent his life, with the exception of the first eight years, in the city where he still resides. Here he attended the common schools, laying the foundation for the knowledge he afterward acquired in practical business affairs. In 1861, under H. J. Williams, he began to learn the plumber's trade, and followed that business, working for other people until, in 1880, he opened a shop upon his own responsibility, and has since conducted an extensive business as a plumber and steam and gas fitter. During the busy season he gives employment to forty-five or fifty men, and even during the dull months usually has twelve men under him. For about twelve years he was associated with John P. Lawrence, the firm title be- ing Raitz & Lawrence, but subsequently he bought out his partner's interest.
The first marriage of Mr. Raitz occurred in 1871, at which time he was united with Miss Annie, daughter of Frederick Houk, of Edgerton, Ohio. This lady died in 1880, leaving a daughter, Jessie L., who is the wife of John Scheuerman. The lady who now presides over the home of Mr. Raitz, at No. 2450 Cherry Street, is Theresa, a sister of his first wife, and a lady whose amiable disposition
has won for her the esteem of a large circle of friends. She is the mother of one child, a daugh- ter, May A.
A Republican in his political views, Mr. Raitz has been active in publie matters, and is one of the leaders of his political organization. For four years he represented the Seventh Ward in the City Council, having been elected to that position upon the Republican ticket. Socially he is a member of Maumee Valley Lodge No. 515, I. O. O. F., and for the past twenty years has been a member of the encampment.
To have the esteem of others, and especially of one's most intimate acquaintances, is worth much, and to gain it is a worthy ambition for any man. It may with truth be said that Mr. Raitz has at- tained this desideratum, as he is well spoken of by all who know him, and is a man who has gained a high place in the regard of his acquaintances.
AMES G. KANEY. A good citizen is ready to serve his country both in peace and war, and he does it alike whether upon the battle- field or in pursuing his usual occupation, and by a life of integrity and industry, helping to build up the social and industrial interests of the city in which he lives. A life thus spent is of benefit to all, and creates a sentiment in behalf of both upright living and patriotie devotion. Among the citizens of Toledo none are more high- ly respected for the record they have made both, in peace and war, than the subject of the accom- panying notice, who is filling the responsible posi- tion of First Assistant City Civil Engineer.
The family of whichi Mr. Kaney is a member consisted of twelve children who attained years of maturity, he being the fifth of the number. Their parents were Seraphen and Hannah (Jackson) Kaney, the former of whom was a salt manufact- urer in Pennsylvania. It was during the resi- dence of the family in Tarentum, Pa., that James
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G. was born, August 1, 1843. His father, realizing the benefit of a good education, was desirous that he should have every possible advantage in order to prepare for the active duties of life. At thic completion of his public-school studies, and a short attendance at a private school, he took a commer- cial course in Pittsburg.
When less than twenty years of age, inspired with the ardor of youth to a patriotic devotion to the Union, Mr. Kaney enlisted with Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-third Pennsylvania In- fantry, Col. J. B. Clark commanding the regiment. lle was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, Fifth Army Corps. Among the engagements in which he participated were those of Fredericks- burg, Chancellorsville, Antietam and Gettysburg, and he also took part in many minor battles where the danger was equally great, though the results were not so important. At the battle of Antietam lic was severely wounded by a gun-shot in the knee.
Upon being honorably discharged from the army, Mr. Kaney returned home, and as soon as restored to health, proceeded to Michigan, stop- ping in Port Huron, which was then in the midst of its great oil excitement. However, he did not tarry there long, but in 1867 came to Toledo and engaged in the hotel business. In 1878 he was appointed assistant engineer of the Maumee & Toledo (now the Clover Leaf) Railroad, and re- mained with that company for three years. In 1881 he resigned in order to accept the position of clnef engineer of the Wheeling & Lake Erie, also of the Belt Railroad. He continued to serve in that capacity, his work giving the utmost satisfac- tion to his superior officers, until 1888, when lie transferred his interests to the Tiffin & Fremont Railroad, of which he became chief engineer. In 1892 he accepted the position of assistant engineer of the city of Toledo, which he has since held. In the occupation to which he has devoted all his active life, he is an expert, and his opinion is de- ferred to in all matters relating to engineering.
The marriage of Mr. Kaney with Miss Ella F. Ketcham was celebrated in 1869. The lady is the daughter of Cornelius Ketcham, of Norwalk, Ohio. As might be expected, Mr. Kaney is interested in
Grand Army affairs. He belongs to Forsyth Post No. 15, in the affairs of which he takes an interest. Through his industry and executive ability he has become the owner of valuable property, including his residence at No. 225 Nineteenth Street.
P AUL RAYMOND. A man who has the well-being of his community at heart, whether it be in a humble or prominent way, always commands the respect of the people with whom he is brought in contact. Doubtless there are few of the citizens of Toledo who have taken a greater pride in its development than has Mr. Raymond, and though he has attained an age beyond the usual limit of business activity, be still conducts a real-estate business and aids in promot- ing the progress of the place. Through his suc- cessful ventures lie has become more than ordi- narily prosperous, and has gained a place among the wealthy citizens of his city.
October 18, 1810, was the natal day of Mr. Ray- mond, and Swanzey, Cheshire County, N. HI., the place of his birth. He is a son of Dr. Paul and Sarah ( Walker) Raymond, natives of Massachu- setts. His father, who engaged in the practice of medicine in New Hampshire, died when our sub- ject was only three years old. The latter continued to reside with his mother in Swanzey until he was five years old, when they went to Vermont, and the days of his boyhood and youth were passed in the Green Mountain State, where he attended the com- mon schools. At the age of seventeen years he left the farm and became a clerk in a country store, where he worked for some timc, economically saving his earnings.
Resolving to seck a home in the new and fertile
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West, Mr. Raymond went to Michigan in 1834, and stopped for some months in Detroit. From there he went to Adrian, in the same state, where he engaged in the wholesale and retail drug busi- ness for about ten years, after which he embarked in farm pursuits in Lenawee County, where he re- mained for abont fifteen years. In 1866 he came to Toledo and opened a hardware store, and also engaged in the real-estate business, but after about four years sold out the hardware business and gave most of his attention to his real-estate affairs. Hle owns about two hundred acres of valuable land, most of it near the corporate limits of the city, and has platted what is known as Raymond's Ad- dition, from which a number of lots have been sold. He is also the owner of real estate in Jack- son, Mich.
The lady who became the wife of Mr. Raymond January 27, 1844, was Miss Harriet, daughter of Dr. Southworth, of Allen Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Raymond was born April 22, 1824. The children born to herself and husband are: Erwin P., who is engaged in the practice of law at Toledo, occupy- ing an office at No. 18 Law Building; Louise and Anna, who are at home; Josephine, who is the wife of Dr. Louis W. Heydrich, of this city; and An- drew, also a resident of Toledo. The family resi- dence is situated at No. 204 West Lafayette Street.
Throughout his long and useful life Mr. Ray- mond has maintained the principles of integrity and honor that were characteristic of him in his earlier years. Realizing that it is not only the amount that is earned, but also that which is spent, that determines whether or not a man will achieve success, he made it a rule in youth to save all that was possible out of his salary. He was thus enabled to embark in business for himself, when he followed the same habits of economy and prudence that had hitherto been among his chief characteristics. Ilis frugality brought the desired result, and now in his declining years he is able to surround his fam- ily with all the luxuries that wealth can secure. In a pleasant home, beyond the reach of want, he is passing the twilight years of his life, fortified against adversity and surrounded by all the com !- forts he secured during the active business period of his life. He has always been intelligently in-
terested in public questions, and gives his support to the principles outlined in the platform of the Democratic party. .
P ROF. HARRY C. ADAMS, a well known and successful educator, is Principal of the Central High School of Toledo. He has held his present responsible position since 1886, during which time he has greatly systematized and perfected the course of study and instruction in the high school.
Professor Adams is a native of Huron County, Ohio, his birth having occurred December 24, 1860. Ilis parents were Lyman and Samantha ( Wortman) Adams, the former a native of New York State, while the latter was born in Ohio. Lyman Adams was of English descent, and was the son of Elijah Adams, who removed from Massachusetts to Ver- mont, and later became a resident of New York State.
H. C. Adams is one of five children, his two brothers and two sisters being as follows: Albert M., Charles J., Carrie and Jennie. He received a good common-school education and prepared for college at Monroeville, Ohio. Later he entered the Ohio University at Athens, from which he graduated in the Class of '81. He then began his career as a teacher at Monroeville, where he had charge of the grammar school. Afterwards he was promoted to the principalship of the high school at Napoleon, Ohio. Coming to Toledo in 1883, lie took a similar postat the Webster Grammar School. Under his direction pupils do thorough and first- class work, a fact which is recognized by many of the leading colleges of the state and country. The enrolled attendance of the pupils at the Central High School is over five hundred, and the Princi- pal is assisted by twelve teachers.
Professor Adams is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library, and is connected with several of its committees. He is also a prom-
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inent and active member of the Round Table Club, and is a personal friend of the great historian and leeturer, John Fiske, whom he was influential in getting to deliver a number of his popular leetures before the Toledo publie in 1892-93.
In December, 1883, Professor Adams married Miss Addie MeWilliams, a talented and aeeom- plished young lady of Napoleon, this state, and a daughter of Charles MeWilliams, an old resident of that place. A son and daughter have been born to our subjeet and wife, and are ealled, respective- ly, Robert L. and Laura. The home of the Adams family is at No. 2258 Parkwood Avenue. In ques- tions of political moment Mr. Adams is always to be found on the side of the Republican party. In March, 1895, he was admitted to the Bar, and will shortly enter actively into the practice of the le- gal profession, a step which will eause regret to the many friends of education in this vicinity.
H ENRY PHILIPPS, one of the worthy Ger- man-American citizens of Toledo, is Pres- ident of the Henry Philipps Seed and Implement Company, which commands a trade of immense proportions. He is a leading Republican in polities, and for two years was a member of the City Council. He embarked in his present enter- prise in 1880, at No. 150 St. Clair Street, and when he found that his increasing trade would necessitate larger quarters he removed to his pres- ent location, Nos. 115 and 117 St. Clair Street. Here he has a building 40x120 feet, three stories and basement in height. His sales extend to many states in the Northwest, and to all the Central States, ineluding West Virginia.
The parents of Henry Philipps werc Christian and Margaret (Rake) Philipps, who lived and died in Germany. Our subject, who is the youngest of seven children, was born in Brunswick, May 3, 1828. In the schools of his native land he ob- tained a good knowledge of the English and
French language, as well as of his mother tongue. In March, 1849, he embarked in the sailing-vessel "Meta," and at the end of forty-two days arrived in New York City, from where he proceeded by rail to Buffalo, where he took a steamship bound for Toledo.
The first year after reaching this loeality, Mr. Philipps engaged in farming, after which he be- came a clerk in a general store, and in 1852 em- barked in business on his own aeeount, selling farm implements, seeds, ete. Three years later he entered into partnership with Albert Heufer, under the firm name of the Henry Philipps Company, and this connection was in existence for four years. A hardware stock, including a wholesale and retail eutlery department, was added in 1854, and in 1859 Mr. Philipps bought ont his partner's interest. About 1870 he divided his business into special departments, having his hardware branch on Sum- mit Street, and the seed and implement store on St. Clair Street. The latter he sold out in the spring of 1872, but continued his hardware busi- ness for three years. In 1880 he re-embarked in the seed and implement business, and has been very sueeessful. For some years he was a stock- holder in the Northern National Bank. He was intrumental in having St. Clair Street leveled, and was the first man to build a good business bloek and engage in business on that street, and it was owing to his erecting his building there that the Boody House, the opera house and the express building were erected. From 1862 to 1875 he built a business bloek on Summit Street, also a block on Superior Street, and about twelve resi- dences. In conjunction with two other parties, he also built the Adams Street Railway and operated it about five years, when he disposed of it. In 1863 he purchased twenty-five aeres of land, which he later platted, and which is known as the Colum- bia Heights Addition to Toledo. Here may be found many of the best residenees and homes of her people. At the time Mr. Philipps purchased this land, it was swampy and overgrown with tim- ber and brush. In order to make it habitable, he had made, at his own expense, a large ditch, which improved the land to such an extent that building was soon commenced. In many other ways he
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has done as much as, and probably more than, any other man"now living toward the development and upbuilding of the city of Toledo.
October 7, 1858, Mr. Philipps married Emma, daughter of Jacob Seeger, of Baltimore. Thirteen childreu have been born to our subject and wife, namely: Henry J., Paul A., William T., Louisa E., Herman and Caroline (twins), Charles J. S., Al- bert, Frederick, and Ferdinand, Christian, Edward and Emma, who have been summoned to the silent land. Mr. Philipps and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church .;
J OHN AMES, who until January, 1895, was Secretary and manager of the Ames- Bonner Company, of Toledo, is a son of John Amcs, Sr., a native of the Empire State, who passed the greater part of his active business carcer at Lansiugburg, N. Y., where he engaged in the manufacture of brushes. He died in 1892, at the good old age of seventy-two. He was of Eng- lish and Irish descent, and was a son of Richard Ames, who was a native of New England and the first brush-maker in the United States. About 1840 Jolin Ames, Sr., married Miss Harriet Sonn, who was also born in New York, and was of French and German extraction.
Born in the same state as were his parents, our subject first saw the light of day in Rensselaer County, April 18, 1845. His youth was passed in Lansingburg, where he received the advantages of a common-school education. He pursucd his higher studies at the academy of Troy, N. Y., there fiu- ishing his education. He thien entered his father's office ard assisted in the factory, becoming thor- oughly acquainted with all departments of the business. In 1879 Mr. Ames came to Toledo and for three years was connected with the firm of A. L. Sonn & Co., at the end of which time lic retired from the business. In 1882 he became a partner
in the Amcs-Bonner Company, and started in ear- nest to build up a trade in brushes. Success crowned his efforts, and the firin soon became known as a reliable and substantial one. Hc severed bis con- nectiou as Secretary and manager of the concern in January, 1895, however, and has not yet entered upon any other business veuture.
Mr. Ames has been twice married, his first union having been celebrated in 1866 with Rebecca How- litt, of Lansingburg, N. Y., who died in 1878. They became the parents of one son, Charles H., who died at the age of six weeks. The lady who now bears the name of our subject was formerly Miss Florence Irvine, one of Toledo's accomplished daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Ames have one child, Edna Florence.
Mr. Ames justly deserves the success which he has achieved, for he has worked his own way up- ward to a position of prosperity through years of unremitting effort. He takes commendable inter- est in local affairs and whatever teuds to elevate and advance his fellows. Politically lie is a Re- publican, and he and his wife are members of the First Congregational Church of Toledo.
OHN R. BOICE, a progressive business man of Toledo, has been engaged in brick manu- facturing here for many years. On the 1st of January, 1880, he embarked in the manu- facture of brick, and in 1893 removed his yards to his present location, and now enjoys about the most extensive trade in his branch of business in this section of the state.
Mr. Boice, whose birth occurred October 15, 1855, in Toledo, is a son of Reed V. aud Lois A. (Smith) Boice. They were natives of Tioga County, N. Y., and Erie County, Ohio, respective- ly, and became residents of this city about 1850, where they have since resided. Their family com- prised four children, all of whom are living.
The boyhood and youth of John R. Boice were
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passed under his parents' roof, and his education was obtained in the public schools of this city. October 31, 1883, he was united in marriage with Miss Cora E. Schroeder, who was born in Genoa, Ottawa County, Ohio, being a daughter of William H. and Emma (Cole) Schroeder. The father was born in Germany, and died in Toledo, at the age of thirty-four years. His wife, who was born in Genoa, Ohio, died in that village when only twenty years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Jolin R. Boice have been born two children: Emily L., a bright lit- tle girl of ten years, and Reed V., a sturdy little lad of eight years.
In 1892 Mr. Boice became a member of the To- ledo Club, in which he is prominently known. He is also a Mason, belonging to Sanford L. Collins Lodge No. 396, F. & A. M. His first Presidential ballot was deposited in favor of Rutherford B. Hayes, since which time he has been unswerving in his allegiance to the Republican party. He possesses good business and executive ability and superintends the work of his factory in every de- partment. In company with his estimable wife, he holds membership in Trinity Episcopal Church.
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J OHN DILLON has been established in busi- ness in Toledo since 1881, at which time he came here to take charge of the O'Neill es- tate. In 1883 the St. Clair Street Flour- mills were erected on land belonging to the estate, and our subject has had charge of the plant ever since. He is a practical and thorough business man, and, as the principal occupation of his life has been milling, he is well posted in this branch. In politics he is a Democrat, and while living in Fayetteville was elected Sheriff by a large major- ity, and at the end of a two-years term was re-elect- ed. He also served as a member of the Village Council several terms most acceptably.
In 1850 a number of families from the same neighborhood in County Wexford, Ireland, de- parted for America and landed in New Orleans.
Not liking the climate there, they continued their journey to Cincinnati and thence to Brown Coun- ty, Ohio, where they made permanent settlements. Of the party was John Dillon, whose name heads this article, his mother, step-father and several half-brothers and sisters. His own father, James Dillon, died when he was quite young. The birthi of John Dillon occurred March 7, 1824, in Coun- ty Wexford, Ireland, an'd he was therefore a young man of twenty-six years when he landed in Ohio. Soon after his arrival he secured a position in the flouring-mills of James F. Thompson, and remained for thirteen years at White Oak Mills. During this time he became thoroughly familiar with the business, and had extended his acquaintance throughout the surrounding county. He now opened a mill of his own, and operated the same for two years, when he sold out, but continued as manager of the plant for three years longer. Aft- er nearly two decades spent in this one establish- nient as employe and proprietor, he determined to go into another venture, and, buying the Ameri- can Hotel at Georgetown, carried it on successful- ly for about two years.
Ultimately Mr. Dillon returned to his old occu- pation, and, having sold his hotel, built the Fay- etteville Flouring-mills, operated by steam and sit- uated near the center of the town of Fayetteville, Brown County, this state. During the four years of his residence in that place he became well known in all parts of the county, and when his name was placed on the ticket for the position of Sheriff, he received a flattering majority. While filling that position his mills were destroyed by fire, but he soon rebuilt them on the same foundations and continued to run them until 1877, when he sold his interest in them. He then removed to Cin- cinnati, constructed new mills, and became senior member of the firm of Dillon, Gorman & Co. About two years later, the deatlı of Mr. Dickey, one of the partners, caused the connection to be dissolved, and the mills were sold to Peables, Folds & Co., Mr. Dillon being retained as manager. On the death of his brother-in-law, James O'Neill, he removed to this city, as we have previously mentioned.
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