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* Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of
City of Toledo and Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1895
† Source: History of Northwestern
Ohio - Vol. II _ 1917 As
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| JAMES H. CAMPBELL |
| SILAS S. CANFIELD |
| JAMES CARL |
| SPENCER D. CARR |
| MONTGOMERY A. CARSNER |
| JOSIAH CHAMBERS |
| W. C. CHAPMAN |
†ANDREW JAMES CHERRY.
Now living quietly retired at his home in Sylvania, Andrew James
Cherry has been a resident of that community of Lucas County the
greater part of his life, and in addition to those business
activities which have enabled him to provide for his family and his
own declining years he has rendered some effective public service to
the community.
He was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 18, 1852.
His father, William Cherry, was a native of Pennsylvania,
moved from that state to Milan, Ohio, and afterward to Kalamazoo,
Michigan. Andrew J. Cherry was two years old when his
mother died, and the father then took the children back to Milan and
placed them in the home of his parents. In 1861William
Cherry enlisted in Company K of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. He was in active service with that regiment until he
was captured in 1863, and thereafter endured more than a year and a
half of the hardships and tortures of a Southern prison. He
was in prison at Richmond three months, at Andersonville two months,
and in Libby prison four months. He was finally exchanged in
1864 and left the army broken in health. In the meantime, his
mother had taken his children to a home in Sylvania, that being in
April, 1862, and after his discharge from the army, William
Cherry moved to Sylvania and lived there until his death in
1899. His mother, the grandmother of Andrew J. Cherry,
died at Sylvania in 1885. Andrew J. Cherry had a
brother, Alexander, who died in Kalamazoo at the age of eight
years, and another brother, George, now lives in Toledo.
Reared from the age of ten years at Sylvania, Andrew
J. Cherry received a fair education when a boy, and early
learned the cooper's trade. In following that trade he has
necessarily moved from place to place, until in 1890 he went to
Toledo, where he had his home for nine years. In 1899 he
retired to a farm near Sylvania, was an active farmer for some
years, but since 1907 has lived retired in Sylvania.
On March 18, 1877, at Sylvania Mr. Cherry
married Elizabeth Polley. Her father, John Polley,
came from England prior to the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs.
Cherry have had nine children and they now take much pride and
comfort in the presence of these children and they now take much
pride and comfort in the presence of these children and their
grandchildren. The seven living children are: Mary
Ellen, who married Henry Schmidt and lives at Ottawa Lake
in Monroe County, Michigan, their family consisting of two boys and
one girl; John, who lives at Sylvania, married Jessie
Fuhrer and has one daughter; Florence is now Mrs.
Charles Garner of Sylvania and has two daughters; Claude
married Ethel Swier and has one son; Blanche is
Mrs. Frank Fallas of Sylvania and is the mother of two daughters
and one son; Ida is Mrs. Herman Lang, her husband
being a farmer four miles west of Sylvania, and their family
comprises two daughters and one son; Earl lives at Sylvania
and married Esther Kutzli.
As to politics Mr. Cherry maintains an
independent attitude. Four four years he served on the town
council of Sylvania and was elected for another term, but had to
resign on account of business compelling him to move out of town.
Since 1874 he has been a member of the Masonic Order and is
affiliated with Sylvania Lodge. |
| S. GROVER CLEVELAND |
ASHTON H. COLDHAM, a rising
young attorney-at-law of Toledo, has his office at No. 6 Drummond
Block. He is one of the native sons of this city, his birth
having occurred within its limits, Mar. 9, 1862, and his entire life
history has been interwoven with that of Toledo. He is
Secretary of the Toledo Bar Association, and has been actively
engaged in practice here for the past eleven years with a great deal
of success.
The father of A. H.
Coldham, Dr. James Coldham, was one of the foremost
physicians and surgeons of teh city, and was a pioneer, as he
located here in 1844. He conducted a large and successful
practice until shortly before his death, which occurred in 1892.
He was much beloved and esteemed by all who had the pleasure of his
acquaintance, and his death was felt to be a public loss. His
wife, who bore the name of Anna Williams before her
marriage, by her union became the mother of five children, two sons
and three daughters. The other son, Dr. W. W. Coldham, is
represented elsewhere in this volume.
Ashton H. Coldham is the second in order of birth
in his parents' family. He obtained a good public-school
education, and supplemented his elementary knowledge by a course of
training at the Upper Canada College of Toronto, from which
celebrated institution he graduated in 1881. Subsequently he
went to New York City, where he took up legal studies, and after
passing a severe examination was admitted to the Bar, before the
Supreme Court at Rochester, in 1884. Returning then to his
native city, he further pursued his legal studies and acquitted
himself with honor at the examinations he sustained before the
Supreme Court of Ohio, which convened at Columbus, and which
formally pronounced him a member of the Ohio Bar.
June 3, 1891, Ashton H. Coldham and Miss
Daisy B. Brainard were married at the home of the bride's
parents in this city. Her father is W. S. Brainard,
one of the most prominent business men of Ohio, and a well known and
respected citizen. Mrs. Coldham enjoyed good
educational advantages, and is a most charming and agreeable lady.
The residence of our esteemed subject and wife is at No. 1932
Vermont Avenue, where their surroundings bespeak their literary and
cultivated taste. In politics Mr. Coldham is
identified with the Democratic party.
~ Page 234 - Portrait &
Biological History of Lucas Co., Ohio - 1895 |
| WILLIAM W. COLDHAM |
| JASPER P. COLLINS |
| SANFORD L. COLLINS |
| ABRAM W. COLTON |
| BEEBE COMSTOCK |
| LEVI S. COMSTOCK |
FRANK CONVERSE, one
of the enterprising agriculturists of Lucas County, has been engaged
in the cultivation of the old homestead on section 4, Providence
Township, for almost a quarter of a century. The farm, which
comprises one hundred and sixty acres, was formerly the property of
his father, and was partially cleared by that worthy old settler.
Many improvements have been placed thereon of late years, thus
greatly increasing its market value.
The father of the gentlemen whose name heads this
article, William W. Converse, was born Oct. 14, 1822, in New
York, and his early life was devoted to carpentering and
ship-building in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, to Cordelia
Litzfield, who was born Apr. 17, 1824. Feb. 22, 1876,
Mr. Converse settled in this county, buying one hundred and
fifty-three acres, the place now owned by his son Frank.
He engaged in its operation and management until his death, which
occurred Apr. 26, 1879. His good wife survived him until June
16, 1894.
In a family of six children, who grew to mature years,
Frank Converse is the eldest. Corintha, the next
younger, born Sept. 23, 1845, married Joseph S. Coombs.
Edison, born Apr. 23, 1874, is engaged in farming in Paulding
County, Ohio. Henry was born Aug. 18, 1852, and is a
resident of Wellington, Ohio. Harley, born in Illinois,
Jan. 17, 1855, is a resident of Whitehouse, Ohio; and George,
whose birth also occurred in the Prairie State, June 15, 1862, makes
his home in Victor, Colo.
Frank Converse is a native of Wellington, Ohio,
his birth having occurred Aug. 18, 1843. His boyhood was
passed on a farm until he was in his twelfth year, when he moved
with the family to Bureau Co., Ill. At the end of nine years
they returned to their former home in Wellington, and in 1871
Frank came to make a permanent home in this township.
July 3, 1872, Mr. Converse and Ina I. Coombs
were married in Michigan. The lady was born in Grand Rapids,
Ohio, Oct. 2, 1855, and is a daughter of Joseph and Sidney
(Adams) Coombs, natives of New Hampshire and Pennsylvania,
respectively. Mrs. Coombs died Jan. 4, 1877, in
Whitehouse, but the father is still living, his home being in
Toledo. Their other children were as follows: Edison
A., born Mar. 7, 1850; Emma L., May 5, 1853; Charles
A., Sept. 24, 1857; William H., Sept. 30, 1860; Joseph
A., Feb. 5, 1863; John F., July 10, 1866; Albert,
July 4, 1870; and Myrtle, June 4, 1873. The eldest,
Emma, is deceased. The three eldest sons are residents of
Chicago, in which city Albert also makes his home, and
John lives in Toledo. Myrtle is the wife of
Clarence Clyne of Miamisburg.
To Mr. and Mrs. Converse have been born the
following children: Harley C., born Dec. 27, 1876;
Emily, Nov. 18, 1879; Edith, Apr. 3, 1881; Linnie L.,
Feb. 21, 1883 Ina C. Mar. 7, 1885; Frank J., Apr. 13,
1887; George H., July 23, 1889; and Cora, July 11,
1892. The only death in the family was that of little Emily,
who lived but ten days, her death occurring Nov. 28,1879.
In his home district Mr. Converse is respected
by his friends and neighbors, as he is always interested in whatever
tends towards the good of the community. He uses his right of
franchise in favor of Republican principles and nominees, and has
never been an office-seeker, the only public position in which he
has ever served having been that of School Director.
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of
City of Toledo and Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1895 ~ Page 427 |
| DANIEL F. COOK |
| THOMAS R. COOK |
URIAH
A. COOKE, M. D. It is as a capable physician and
surgeon that Dr. Uriah A. Cooke has his useful and
influential part in the community around Sylvania. He has been
in practice about twenty years in Sylvania, and his ability is
regarded as second to none, and aside from the service he has
rendered through his profession he has also been active in local
affairs.
Born January 3, 1870, near Metamora, in Lucas County,
Ohio, Dr. Cooke is a son of Thomas and Eleanor Cooke,
both of whom are still living on the old farm near Metamora, which
they have occupied for a great many years. The father is now
eighty-eight years of age and his mother eighty-three.
Thomas Cooke was a native of Ireland, came to this county at the
age of twenty-eight, and first lived on the old homestead farm.
Reared on the farm, Doctor Cooke found his early
training in the country schools and spent one year in the high
school at Sylvania. The first opportunity for a useful work in
life was presented him through the channel of teaching, and he
taught in various schools for five years. He then entered the
Valparaiso University, from which he was graduated in the scientific
department in 1893. He continued his medical studies there,
but completed his professional education at Toledo, where he was
graduated April 14, 1897. In the same week that he received
his diploma he moved to Sylvania and opened an office which he has
now conducted continuously for almost twenty years. He is a
general practitioner, and experience added to his natural
qualifications has brought him a most reputable position in the
profession.
Politically he is a republican, as his father was
before him. For fourteen years he served on the school board
of Sylvania and then was secretary of the board for two years.
His activity in a public way has largely gone out to support and
encourage public education, and it was largely through his efforts
that the high school at Sylvania was raised from a second to a first
grade school. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Sylvania
Lodge of Masons, with Fort Meigs Chapter Royal Arch Masons at
Toledo, and with the Protected Home Circle. At Sylvania he was
married September 22, 1897, soon after beginning practice to Miss
Ethel M. Kimball. They are the parents of one daughter,
Elizabeth, who is now attending high school. |
| MICHAEL J. COONEY |
†PHILIP COOPER, who was a very successful and progressive
agriculturist of Sylvania Township, Lucas County, owns sixty acres
of land on section 17 and forty acres on section 18,and has made
good improvements on both places. He is one of the native sons
of this township, the date of his birth being October 3, 1827.
Remington Cooper, the father of Philip,
was a native of Rhode Island, and a carpenter by trade. He
emigrated to the Buckeye State about 1832, and took up a tract of
eighty acres of Government land in this county. This section
of the country was then a wilderness and gave little promise of what
the future had in store for it. Mr. Cooper built the
house in which his son is now living, the structure being completed
about 1856. AFter a busy and useful life he was summoned to
the home beyond, in July, 1862. His wife, before her marriage
Miss Anna Fogle, was a native of Toronto, Canada, and died in
1880.
Philip Cooper is one of ten children, and the
fifth in order of birth. His eldest brother, William,
who was a resident of Sylvania, was a carpenter by trade, and died
in 1848. Another brother, Horace, was killed in the
battle of Murfreesboro, during the late Civil War. The sisters
are as follows: Elizabeth Huntley, living in Ford
County, Ill., Julia, who married Isaac Rogers, a
farmer of Michigan, and died in 1852; Laura Kimble, ho lives
on a farm in Ford County, Illinois.; Mrs. Phoebe Camiska, who
died in the state of California; Miss Polly Parker, now
deceased, formerly of Adrian, Mich.; Harriet, who is now
living with our subject; and Almira, Mrs. Wallace Musreau,
who died in 1865.
April 27, 1858, Philip Cooper married Sarah
Hendrickson, who was born August 10, 1839, near Sylvania.
Her parents were John L. and Adeline (Cummings) Hendrickson,
early settlers in this vicinity. The only son born to Mr.
and Mrs. Cooper was Albert, whose birth occurred January
8, 1859, and who died in infancy. Their only daughter, Ida,
born July 8, 1862, is the wife of Francis Kimble, a farmer of
this township.
During the war Mr. Cooper was a member of the
Sylvania Guards, and as such was ready to go to the front of any
time required, but was not called into action. For about
fifteen years he has been a member of the Masonic fraternity, and
politically he uses his ballot in favor of the Republican party.
By his neighbors he is highly esteemed as a man of honor and strict
integrity in all his dealings. |
| SYLVESTER K. COOPER |
| PETER CRANKER |
| CHARLES F. CURTIS |
| CORNELIUS S. CURTIS |
| HENRY H. CUSHING |
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