BIOGRAPHIES

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Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio
Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago & New York
1920
Transcribed by Sharon Wick

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	WALTER WILLIAM CADDELL.  Owing to his long and active connection with the amusement interests of Wauseon, the name of Walter W. Caddell needs no formal introduction to the readers of this work.  In a straightforward manner he has sought to perform the duties of a progressive citizen of the community, and while advancing his own interests he has also in a very definite way contributed to the entertainment of the people in a wholesome and satisfactory manner, which has one for him the commendation of the people generally.  Personally he is public-spirited and enterprising, and gives his support to every movement looking to the advancement of the best interests of the locality in which he lives.      Walter W. Gaddell, owner of the popular Princess Theater at Wauseon, was born in Buffalo, New York, on Mar. 8, 1890, and is the son of W. W., Sr., and Ella (Franke) Caddell.  On the paternal side he is descended from sterling old Scotch stock, his grandfather having immigrated to America, settling in Toronto, Canada, where he followed the business of contracting.  He was married there and became the father of thirteen children, of which number the subject's father was one of the youngest.  The latter was reared to manhood in Toronto, but subsequently moved to Buffalo, New York, where he became engaged in the lithographing business. In 1892 he returned to Toronto, where he spent the remainder of his days, having become superintendent of the McDonald Lithographing Company's plant and holding that position at the time of his death, which occurred in 1900.  His widow is now making her home in Buffalo.      The subject of this sketch received his education in the public schools of Buffalo and Toronto.  When fifteen years of age he gained wide reputation as a boy soprano singer in the great spectacle, "The Life of Christ," which was shown during the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, and he was afterward the leading boy soprano in St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Cathedral at Buffalo for two years.  During the following year he was employed as a singer of illustrated songs in Buffalo, after which he was connected for a time with various theaters in that city.  He then produced a comedy sketch, "I Remember You," which he showed throughout New York state for seven months.  He then was employed as a baritone singer at the opening of the Academy Theatre in Buffalo, following which he joined the staff of the Princess Theater at Detroit, Michigan.  Later he went on the road in a black-face act, showing at various points over the country for four months, following which he organized the Lancaster & Small Comedy Company.  With this company he came to Wauseon, and was so well pleased with this place that he decided to locate here and has made this his home ever since.  He entered into a partnership with Harry Sinerick and they bought the Princess Theater, which they operated together for one year, at the end of which time, in 1913,  Mr. Caddell bought his partner's interest and since that time has been the sole owner of the house.  The theater, which has a seating capacity of 2,350, is one of the most popular amusement houses in this section of the state and draws its patronage from a radius of fifteen miles.  It is now devoted exclusively to the silent drama, Mr. Caddell making it a point to exhibit none but the best films, and owing to this fact and the courteous treatment accorded the patrons of the theater it has become the favorite playhouse of the best people of the community.      On Oct. 19, 1916, Mr. Caddell was married Margaret Payne, the daughter of Charles Payne, of Buffalo, New York, and they have one child, Walter William, Jr., born on Sept. 23, 1917.  In his political views Mr. Caddell is independent, fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, while his religious affiliation is with the Congregational Church.  In all his relations with the community Mr. Caddell has been actuated by the highest motives, and his efforts to provide the cleanest and most wholesome amusement and entertainment has been duly appreciated.  Genial and unassuming, he has earned and enjoys the respect and good will of all who know him. Source: Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio - by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago & New York - 1920 - Page 294
W. L. Campbell	WILLIAM L. CAMPBELL Source: Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio - by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago & New York - 1920 - Page 305
	GEORGE J. COLLINS has had a notable record as a merchant at Wauseon, where he has been located in one establishment for over a quarter of a century and having during that time provided the city and al large part of the surrounding country with staple and high class groceries.      Mr. Collins, who is thoroughly to be congratulated for the services of his sons in the World war, was born at Bellevue, in Huron county, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1859, a son of James H. and Sophia (Slade) Collins.  He is of English ancestry.  His parents came to Wauseon when he was a child, and he grew up there and attended public schools to the age of seventeen.  For a time he worked with his father as a painting contractor, and spent four years in the carpenter's trade at Wauseon.  He was then employed for two yeas by the Toledo Pin Company, at Toledo.  On returning to Wauseon he embarked his his modest capital in the grocery business in 1892, and has never changed his original location in the past twenty-eight years.      Mr. Collins is a republican, attends the Congregational Church and is a man whose public spirit can be depended upon always.  In 1886 he married Mary L. Lord, daughter of George and Minerva (Pritchard) Lord, of Wauseon.  They have three children: Jay Lord, born in 1888, now now Akron Lawyer; Frank H., born in 1892, connected with the Duquesne Carnegie Steel Company; and Harold George, born in1895.  The oldest son left his professional business in December, 1917, to enlist in the Three Hundred and Twentieth Aerial Squadron.  He was at Kelly Field, at Newport News, thence went overseas to Andover, England, and had intensive training with the British Royal Flying Squadron.  He was mustered out with the rank of sergeant Dec. 22, 1819, at Camp Sherman, Ohio.  Harold Collins enlisted Sept. 18, 1917, at Camp Sherman, where he spent nine months as corporal and company clerk.  He went to France by way of England and was there six months.  He had the honor of serving as one of President Wilson's Guard in Paris for seven weeks.  He was returned to America and mustered out at Camp Sherman Apr. 14, 1919, after spending eight months overseas. ‡ Source: Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago & New York - 1920 - Page 13
	CHARLES W. COX.  It was in 1902 that Charles W. Cox of Royalton became a resident of Fulton county.  He was born Mar. 18, 1855, in Wood county, Ohio.  His father, Joseph Cox, was a Virginian, while his mother, James R. (Underwood) Cox, was an Ohio woman.  They always lived in Wood county.  Their children are: Noah, Wesley, Benjamin, Joseph and Thomas - all soldiers in the Civil war; Esther, Deborah Ann and Samantha, deceased; John of Wood county, Charles W., who relates the family history, Manson, of Wood county; and Elizabeth, deceased.      When Charles W. Cox was twenty-one years old he began doing for himself, and worked by the month for two years, when he began farming, ditching and teaming - always working for himself.  On Dec. 24, 1882, he married Ana E. Harriman, a daughter of Jonathan A. and Anna (Wickham) Harriman, of Wood county.  The father was from Maine and the mother from Finley, Ohio.  They first lived in Webster township, Wood county, on a farm.  In 1896 they sold it and moved to Paulding county.  Six years later they located in Royalton.      When Mr. Cox came to Fulton county he bought an improved farm of eighty acres and later he added twenty acres, and aside from sixteen acres of timber and pasture land it is all under cultivation.  The children are: Charles Perry; Floyd, of Lenawee county, Michigan; Ross, of Lansing, Michigan; Edith; Beulah, wife of Ray Cook, of Westover, Maryland; Elizabeth, who died in infancy; Huldah; Esther, wife of Herman Woodring, of Amboy; Bernice; and Joseph, who died at the age of one year.      Mr. Cox casts his ballot with the republicans.  He is a member of Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 622 of Lyons, and has filled all of the chairs.      While he came to Fulton county in the modern era of the twentieth century, Charles W. Cox has made his industry count in the program of good farms, progressive agriculture and all the things that lend attractiveness to country life in this rich section of Ohio.  Here and elsewhere he has done his work well, and as a man of industry and thorough integrity of character deserves all the good things said of him by his friends and neighbors. ‡ Source: Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio - Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago & New York - 1920 - Page 71

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