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two marriages Mr. Hubbard had the following chil- dren: George, Mahala, Eli, William, Norman, Let- tice, George, Sarah Jane, Melvina, Elmina, Flora, James and Mary. Of these, Lettice died in infancy; Elmina, who was the twin of Melvina, also died in infancy; James died young; and Mary died sud- denly April 1, 1895.
On starting out in life Mr. Hubbard was assisted by his father, who gave liim the use of one lun- dred and sixty acres of land. However, the son subsequently paid his father for this privilege, for he has always been very independent in spirit, and has preferred to make his own way in the world. During his long life in this neighborhood he has witnessed vast changes in the country and the customs of its people. He well remembers when the village of Sylvania was started in 1832, and about that time he built a cabin and sawmill for David White, who was one of the principal found- ers of the place and who remained here until his death. In politics Mr. Hubbard has been a Repub- lican since the formation of the party. He holds membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is beloved and respected by all who know him.
T HADDEUS F. RANDOLPH is President of "The Ransom & Randolph Company," wholesale and retail dealers in dental and surgical instruments, barber supplies and furni- ture.
This company was incorporated in July, 1892. They are located at No. 513 Jefferson Street, To- ledo, Ohio, occupying the entire space of their three-story building, 20x110 feet.
They have four traveling salesmen, whose route extends over the states of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, as well as western New York and westeru Pennsylvania. Thesc salesmen deal not only with local tradesmen, but with professional men direct.
The company transact a large business annually,
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giving employment to many men. They are for- tunate in having competent assistants, whose re- liability and fitness for the position are unques- tioned.
The company also publish "The Ohio Dental Journal." It has a large circulation, and stands unrivaled as a magazine of dental surgery and lit- erature.
Thaddeus F. Randolph was born in the village of Warwick, Orange County, N. Y., December 23, 1833. His parents were Reuben F. and Julia Bell Randolph, the former a native of New Jersey, the latter of Connecticut. They were the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters, all of whom are still living.
The subject of this sketch is the third in order of birth in his family. Until his ninth year he lived in his native county. From thence he re- moved with his parents to Chautauqua County, N. Y., where his education was principally received, and completed at Meadville, Pa.
The first active business to which Mr. Randolph gave his attention was that of a clerk in a coun- try store. Here he developed commercial tenden- cies, and after his marriage, in 1855, he entered into partnership with his father-in-law, Joseph Hoyt, in Panama, N. Y., where for eighteen years they successfully conducted a large business in general merchandise.
In 1876 Mr. Randolph came to Toledo and as- sociated himself with Jolin R. B. Ransom, con- stituting the firm of "Ransom & Randolph," wholesale and retail dealers in dental and surgical instruments and barber supplies. This business venture proved profitable and the relation with Mr. Ransom harmonious. It was continued with- out change until the incorporation of "The Ran- som & Randolph Company," in 1892.
The family life of Mr. Randolph has been most fortunate. The wife of his youth is still spared to him, and in the education of his son and two daughters he has taken great pleasure. Their marked literary ability and accomplishments pre- dict for them a brilliant future that will fully re- pay his devotion to their intellectual advancement.
Mr. Randolph is a member of the Central Con- gregational Church, in which he holds the office of
Senior Deacon. Politically he is a stanch advo- cate of Prohibition principles. Of unsullied repu- tation, lie stands among business men second to none for integrity and honor. His word is con- sidered as good as liis bond. In fact, throughout his entire life, in business, social and family rela- tions, he has ever been most true.
DWARD E. DWIGHT, President of the Michigan Lake Ice Company, with offices in the Kaufman Building, No. 327 Superior Street, Toledo, was born in Woodstock, Ill., No- vember 10, 1851, being the son of Josiah, Jr., and Amanda L. (Griffing) Dwight, natives, respect- ively, of Northampton, Mass., and New York City. The family of which he is a member consisted of seven children, two of whom died in infancy, and the others are as follows: Charles S., who is in the employ of Marshall Field & Co., of Chicago; Julia, who is unmarried and lives in Berkshire, Tioga County, Mass .; William Harris, a retired business man whose home is now in Pasadena, Cal .; Edward E., of this sketch; and Josialı, a manufacturer and successful business man of Cincinnati.
The first ancestor of our subject in this country was John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass., who came from Dedliam, England, in the latter part of 1634, bringing with him his wife, Hannah ( whose family name is unknown), his daughter Hannah, and his two sons, John and Timothy.
Capt. Timothy Dwight, son of John, born in Eng- land in 1629, died January 31, 1717, aged eighty- eight years. He was Captain of a fort during the Indian Wars. He married for his second wife, Jan- ary 6, 1665, Anna Flint, a daughter of Rev. Henry Flint, of Braintree (now Quincy), Mass. She was born September 11, 1643, and died January 29, 1686, aged forty-two years.
Capt. Henry Dwight, of Hatfield, Mass., son of
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Capt. Timothy Dwight and Anna Flint, was born December 19, 1676, and died March 26, 1732, at the age of fifty-five years. Hc served as Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Hampshire County, Mass., from 1727 to 1731. August 27, 1702, he married Lydia Hawley, who was born July 7, 1680, and who was a daughter of Capt. Joseph Hawley, of Northampton, Mass., and Lydia Marshall. She died April 27, 1748, when sixty-eight years of age.
Col. Josiahı Dwight, of Springfield, Mass., son of Capt. Henry Dwight and Lydia Hawley, was born October 23, 1715, and died September 28, 1768, aged fifty-three years. He served as Lieutenant- Colonel of Militia, and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hampshire County, Mass., from 1750 to 1768. He married for his second wife, October 17, 1757, Elizabeth Buckminster, who was born in 1731 in Brookfield, Mass. She passed away March 10, 1798, aged sixty-seven years.
Hon. Josialı Dwight, of Stockbridge, Mass., son of Col. Josiah Dwight and Elizabeth Buckminster, was born September 17, 1767, and died March 9, 1820, aged fifty-three years. He was Clerk of the Court of Hampshire County, Mass., some years, and was afterward State Treasurer of Massachu- sctts. He married for his second wife, March 1, 1798, Rhoda Edwards. She was born at Stock- bridge, Mass., May 7, 1778, and was a daughter of Timothy Edwards and Rhoda Ogden, the latter a daughter of Robert Ogden, of Elizabethtown, N. J. Mrs. Rhoda Dwight died at Northampton, Mass., November 13, 1864, aged eighty-six years. Tim- othy Edwards was a son of Jonathan Edwards and Sarah Pierrepont, and was born July 25, 1738.
Josiah Dwight, Jr., son of Hon. Josiah Dwight and Rhoda Edwards, was born June 29, 1815, at Northampton, Mass., but lived for many years in Woodstock, Ill. He died December 30, 1878, at the age of sixty-three years. For some years he was Clerk of the Circuit Court, and ex-officio Re- corder of Deeds of McHenry County. In Novem- ber, 1839, he married Amanda Leonard Griffing, who was born September 20, 1817, and died April 29, 1894. She was a daughter of Henry Griffing and Anna Leonard, of Guilford, Conn., and Stock- bridge, Mass., respectively.
Edward Edwards Dwight, as above stated, is the
son of Josialı Dwight, Jr., and Amauda Leonard Griffing, and was born November 10, 1851, at Woodstock, Ill. He entered the railroad service August 1, 1875, as clerk in the General Superin- tendent's office of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad at Cincinnati, Ohio. September 1, 1880, he was appointed Superintendent of the Dayton & Michigan Division of the same road, with headquarters at Toledo, Ohio, and became Super- intendent of the Western Division of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad at Chicago, Ill., in August, 1882. In April, 1883, he became General Manager of the Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad, and was appointed Receiver of the same railroad in August, 1883. In December of that year he resigned the position and engaged in the coal and ice trade at Tolcdo.
On the 18th of January, 1881, Mr. Dwight was united in marriage with Ella Mitchell, a daughter of Jethro Mitchell, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Politi- cally he is an ally of the Republican party, and believes the principles of that organization the best for our country.
M AXIM BENORE, one of the progressive and well-to-do agriculturists of Washing- ton Township, Lucas County, is one of this township's native sons, and he has literally grown up with the country, with whose welfare and progress his own has been indissolubly inter- woven. Beginning at the bottom round of the ladder which leads to success, he perseveringly worked his way upward from poverty to affluence, and is entitled to great credit for his perseverance and ambition. He now owns six hundred and twenty-eight acres of well improved and valuable land, about two hundred acres of which are in his homestead, while the remainder lies in Erie Town- ship, Monroe County, Mich.
Louis Benore, the father of our subject, was born in Detroit about 1808, and his wife, Eliza-
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beth, who before lier marriage was a Miss Moriso, was born at Ft. Wayne, Ind., in 1810. Thir- teen children were the result of their union, but only four of the number are now living: Mary A., Isaac, Ellen and our subject. The others were Louis, Alexander, Abel, Henry, Elizabeth, Adeline, Ellen and Jolin.
Louis Benore, on arriving at manhood, moved to Monroe County, Mich., and about 1822 took up one hundred and sixty acres of Government land on sections 1 and 2, Washington Township, this eounty, paying $1.25 per acre. His first eighty aeres were paid for with the proceeds of muskrat skins that he had trapped in this vicinity. Put- ting up a log cabin of one room, he fitted it out with furniture of his own making. He cleared the land of the heavy timber with which it was cov- ered, and kept adding to his original possessions, until at the time of his deathi he owned five hun- dred acres, some of which was in Michigan. He was a very enterprising man, and helped not only to lay out the roads, but to organize the first school in this district, giving the land for the pur- pose. All of the work of the farm was then donc with ox-teams, and when he came to this section there was only one store in Toledo. He was a member of the Catholic Church, in the faith of which he died in 1858, and his remains were in- terred in the Catholic Cemetery of Toledo. His good wife, who died in 1887, held the same relig- ious faith.
Maxim Benore was born July 5, 1837, and was reared in this township. He remained with his mother until his marriage, which occurred Novein- ber 17, 1863, to Miss Polly, daughter of Alexis and Victoria (Reau) Cousino. The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Benore: George N., born October 20, 1864; Albert J., November 28, 1865; Victoria E., October 27, 1867; Jessie M., November 18, 1869; Frederick L., November 6, 1871, and who died September 12, 1872; Rudolph born October 23, 1874; Jasper M., December 18, 1876; Addia G., July 19, 1878; Lucy R., July 20, 1880; Charles T., August 1, 1882; and Clarence L., May 13, 1884. Mrs. Benore was born in Monroe County, Mich. They have a beautiful home and
are provided with many of the luxuries as well as the comforts of life.
Politically Mr. Benore is a Republican, but has never been induced to hold office, with the excep- tion of that of School Director. In 1864 he en- listed as a private in Company I, One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio Infantry, and was mustered into the service of Johnson's Island. From there he was sent to Washington, and thence to Painted Rocks, on the James River, where he was detailed on garrison duty and helped to put up the breast- works. When his term of enlistment had expired, he was duly mustered out and returned home. He and his family are members of the Catholic Church.
H ARVEY KELLOGG, an old and respected farmer of Adams Township, Lucas County, was a school teacher of this township in the early days, and conducted classes for twelve terms, part of the time in an old log-cabin school- house. Nearly six deeades ago he bought at sec- ond hand the farm where he yet resides. This was a tract of one hundred and sixty acres, located on scctions 1 and 2, and, with the exception of a small log cabin and four acres which had been cleared, there were no improvements on the farm. Through the owner's toil and industry all this has been changed, and one would not easily recognize in his thrifty and well kept homestead the one of former years.
Mr. Kellogg is a New England man, his birth having occurred in Litchfield County, Conn., Jan- uary 19, 1813. His parents, Joseph and Martha (Beebe) Kellogg, were also natives of Connecticut, and were of Scotch deseent. The former, who was a farmer by occupation, died in his native state February 6, 1859. His birth had occurred Sep- tember 17, 1778, on a farm which his grandfather had owned. His son Harvey was also born on this
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farm, and was there reared to manhood, as were his four brothers and one sister: Joseph E., Isaac, Charles and Martha.
In 1835 Harvey Kellogg married Betsey, dauglı- ter of Whiting and Clarissa (Beldin) Kellogg, and to the young couple were born five children, the eldest of whom, Joseph, married Sarah Norton, and has a son and two daughters, namely: Clara E., Annie and Gaylord. The others are: Joseph; Charles, deceased; Isaae, a farmer in Michigan; and Asahiel, also deceased.
The winter that Harvey Kellogg was eighteen years of age he taught his first term of school, and in the spring of 1837 started for the West by the canal and Lakes. He landed at Maumee, where he lived for a short time, but on the 9th of June of the same year embarked in agricultural pursuits in this township. Before it was organized he was Justice of the Peace for fifteen years in Springfield, and in Adams Township after it was organized. He also held several school offiees. In early man- hood he was a Whig, later became a Republican, and is now a Prohibitionist. Religiously he and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He well remembers when there were only a few buildings in Toledo, and when the Indians had not all left for western reservations. His homestead now comprises one hundred and four aeres, formerly covered with thiek forests, which were eleared away by means of ox-teams and the unresting axe in the hands of the sturdy old pio- neer who is now passing his declining days in com- fort and peace.
M ICHAEL J. MALONE, who is one of the most prominent and successful business men of Toledo, and has been for some time officiating in the capacity of Vice-President of the Buckeye Paint and Varnish Company, is a native of this eity, and having spent his entire life within its limits, has become well known among
its citizens. In everything pertaining to the ad- vaneement of its material interests, he maintains that elose and thoughtful insight which has long made him prominent in its eivie affairs.
The Malone family originated in Ireland, where the father of our subjeet was born and reared. The latter, emigrating to America, became one of the early settlers of Toledo, with the progress of which he was closely identified until his death. He engaged in the business of a contractor and builder, and under his supervision were erected many of the principal blocks and private resi- dences of the place, some of which still stand as monuments to his skill and artistic ability. His demise was a loss to the Catholic Church, with whieli he was actively connected, and also to the publie in general, to whose welfare he was ever devoted.
In this city Michael J. Malone received a good education in the parochial schools, and on com- pleting his studies he began to learn the carpen- ter's trade with Edward Miller, a leading contrae- tor and builder of Toledo. With that gentleman he later carried on his chosen occupation, the two superintending the ereetion of the Boody House, the principal hotel of this city; also the Produce Exchange, one of the finest office buildings of the place. In 1887 Mr. Miller died, and subsequently our subjeet, associated with his father, continued the business, eondueting the same upon an exten- sive seale, and building many substantial struet- ures, among which was the Northwest Asylum of Toledo, erected at a cost of $1,000,000. They also built the court house at Bryan, Ohio, at a cost of $170,000, and the court house at Albion, Ind., which cost $130,000. Several church edifices in St. Paul, Minn., were erected under their supervi- sion, as well as a large number of business blocks, stores and houses in Toledo. At present our sub- ject and his brother, William F., have the contract for the building of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, one of the finest edifices in the state.
As the result of the skillful and capable way in which he has superintended his business affairs, Mr. Malone has gained a reputation as an intelli- gent, efficient workman, and in addition he has also gained the possession of a valuable property,
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all of which has been accumulated through his efforts. As above stated, he is Vice-President of the Buckeye Paint and Varnish Company, and be- sides this he is also serving as Treasurer of the Kobler Brink Company, being one of the principal stockholders in the latter enterprise.
The marriage of Mr. Malone, which took place in 1876, united him with Miss Mary A., daughter of John Mulhaney. They are the parents of three sons and two daughters. The residence is a cozy and comfortable abode, pleasantly located at No. 2238 Ashland Avenue. They are regular atten- dants at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, to the support of which Mr. Malone is a generous contributor.
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M ILTON ZIMMERMAN owns and operates a valuable farm on section 27, Center Township, Wood County, to which he moved in 1892. For about fifteen years he worked at his trade, that of carpentering, but at the end of that time settled on a farm lying on section 22, this township, and in addition to carrying on ag- ricultural pursuits, ran a sawmill for four or five years. He is one of the native sons of this coun- ty, having been born on section 13, Webster Town- ship, May 25, 1842.
The parents of our subject were William and Isabella (Householder) Zimmerman. The former was a son of William Zimmerman, Sr., and was born in Virginia in 1796. He was reared on a farm and learned the willwright's trade. About 1805 the family removed to Columbiana County, Ohio, making the journey by ox-teams. At Steu- ben ville young William grew to manhood and was married. In 1834 he emigrated to Wood County by team and settled in Webster Township, where he took up one hundred and sixty acres of Gov- ernment land, covered with heavy timber. In the early days he was a Township Trustee, and helped
to organize Webster Township and to build the first schoolhouse in section 12. He died April 6, 1883, and was interred in Scoteh Ridge Cemetery. He was a member of the United Brethren Church, and for many years was a Republican. His father enlisted in the War of 1812, and died while in the service. Mrs. Isabella Zimmerman died in 1888, in her eighty-third year.
In a family of fourteen children, eleven sons and three daughters, Milton Zimmerman is the eighth in order of birth. The others are as fol- lows: Edwin, John, Lewis, Eliza, Daniel, Mary, George, Isaac, William, Isabella, James, Harvey and Edward. Edwin, Lewis, George, John, Mary, and Eliza are deceased.
Milton Zimmerman's boyhood was passed in Webster Township, and to his father he gave his assistance on the homestead until he was twenty years of age. July 24, 1862, hie enlisted in Com- pany A, One Hundredth Ohio Infantry, and was mustered into service at Toledo as a private. His first actual engagement was near Mt. Sterling, in Tennessee, after which he took part in the siege of Knoxville, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Lost Moun- tain and Kenesaw Mountain. He went all through the siege of Atlanta, after which he was trans- ferred to the command of General Thomas. Then followed the engagements at Columbia (Tenn.), Franklin and the two-days battle of Nashville. After being placed in the Army of the East he fought in the battles of Goldsboro and Raleigh, besides many minor engagements. From June, 1863, until the close of the war he was a drum- mer-boy. His honorable discharge is dated June 20, 1865.
The schools which our subject attended in his ear- ly years were built of logs, and the nearest one was a mile and a-half from his home. When fourteen years of age he attended the select school at Mill Grove, and managed to obtain a fair, practical education. In 1879 he was elected Assessor of Personal Effects in Center Township, and served acceptably for three years. He was also Real Es- tate Assessor for the years 1880 and 1890. In 1885 he was elected Justice of the Peace, a posi- tion he held for nine years. In 1892 he was made Infirmary Director, serving as such three years.
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He is a member of the Grand Army of the Re- publie, and is a Knight of Pythias. In religious faith he is identified with the United Brethren Church.
Deeember 30, 1866, Mr. Zimmerman and Ella M. Drumheller were united in marriage. The lady was born in Sandusky County, September 9, 1845, and is the daughter of George and Christina (Roth) Drumheller. Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman have had born to thiem six children, five sons and a daughter, as follows: Ellis, George W., Harley B., James W., Frank B. and Mabel I).
HOMAS C. PURNEY. There is always considerable interest attached to the ca- reers of those who have led sea-faring lives and wliose experiences upon the high seas have been perilous and thrilling. It is on this account, as well as from the fact that he is one of Toledo's most honored residents, that we take pleasure in presenting to our readers a sketch of the life and works of Commodore Purney, who became a sailor at the early age of thirteen, aud for many years thereafter sailed upon the seas and lakes.
The family of which Commodore Purney is a member has been noted for longevity and for the rugged honesty and undaunted courage of its rep- resentatives. His paternal grandfather, John Pur- ney, was born in England, aud married a lady whose native place was Scotland. In an early day he emigrated to Nova Scotia, where he followed the trades of tanner and shoemaker. He and his wife attained very advanced years, passing away when about one hundred years of age. The ma- ternal grandparents, Giles and Jemima Ellen wood, were natives respectively of Newfoundland aud Maine, and both died in Nova Scotia, he at the age of eighty-two, and she when seventy-eight. During the Revolutionary War he was stationed
at Ft. Yarmouth. Surviving to an advanced age, he often delighted his grandchildren with tales of perils and adventure, and recounted to them the incidents with which he was himself intimately connected. By trade he was a carpenter, aud this occupation he followed throughout his active life. He was a man of noble character, superior intelli- genee and wise judgment, one who prided himself upon the spotless honor of his family and their valor upon the field of battle.
When our subject was seven years old, his fa- ther, Thomas C. Purney, who was mate on a vessel, died and was buried at sea. The widowed mother, Mary J. Ellenwood, also a native of Nova Scotia, was left with four children dependent upon her. She afterward married again, and died in Colorado City, Colo., at the age of seventy-two years. Our subject was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, No- vember 7, 1835, and spent his childhood years with his mother. He had no opportunities for gaining an education, for he was early obliged to become self-supporting, but through travel hie gained in the school of experience an education whichi no school can give. Close observation and thoughtful reading have added to his stock of knowledge, and he is now well posted upon cur- rent topies, national and local.
Shipping as a common sailor at the age of thir- teen, our subject spent eight years upon the high seas. At the age of twenty-one he went to Can- ada, where he spent a few months during the wiu- ter season. In the spring he went to Detroit and secured employment as a sailor on the Lakes. Upon abandoning that occupation, he began to work in a brewery in Detroit, receiving $6 per week in compensation for his services. The year 1861 wit- nessed his arrival in Toledo, where he took charge of the Finley Brewery, his service in that capacity being so efficient as to secure the unqualified ap- probation of his employers. He remained with that company until March, 1892, but from that time to October, 1894, he was not actively con- neeted with any enterprise. At the latter date, however, he embarked in the business in which he has since engaged.
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