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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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ALBERT E. MACOMBER, an
extensive dealer in real estate in Toledo and vicinity, is one of
her prominent and enterprising business men. He has been
connected with numerous industries, and has used both his means and
influence in the promotion of everything tending to benefit this
community. He has platted many additions to the city, both on
the west and on the east sides, and has been very successful from a
financial point of view in these and other ventures. He was
largely interested in the establishment of the Toledo Savings Bank
and Trust Company, and served on its Board of Directors for many
years. By profession he is a lawyer, but his extensive
real-estate business has in later years almost entirely engrossed
his attention.
The birth of our subject
occurred in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. His father,
John H., was a native of the Bay State. The
Macombers are of Scotch descent, and have long been
established in the United States, members of the family having been
large proprietors in the Plymouth Colony as early as 1640. The
wife of John H. was before her marriage
Prudence C., daughter of Abraham Pierce.
The Pierces were also a family of early proprietors
in the same colony. Albert E. is the eldest
of two children, his sister being the wife of Abner B. Cole,
of this city.
The school days of
Mr. Macomber were largely passed in the town of his birth,
where he attended the high school after completing his elementary
studies. In 1858 he went to Michigan, and for two years
attended the State Agricultural College. Later he was enrolled
as a student in the law department of the Michigan State University
of Ann Arbor, from which he graduated in 1862. Two years later
he came to Toledo and opened an office, subsequently associating
with himself E. D. Moore, and afterward S.
J. McDonnell, under the firm name of Macomber,
Moore & McDonnell. The latter partnership continued
in effect until 1882, since which time Mr. Macomber
has conducted his business under the name of A.
E. Macomber & Co., his son, Irving E.,
being now associated with him in business.
Mr. Macomber is interested in a number of
manufacturing establishments, and is the proprietor of the
Auburndale Brick Works. He was among the early owners of the
Monroe Street Railway and of the Lagrange Street Railway, both of
which systems have been absorbed by the Consolidated Company.
He was one of the group of enterprising gentlemen who laid out and
established the beautiful Woodlawn Cemetery, and he has been on its
Board of Directors since its orgnaization.
In the discharge of his public duties Mr. Macomber
has devoted a generous amount of time. He has served in the
City Council as a member of the Board of Aldermen. He was for
ten years a member of the Work House Board, and is now a member of
the Toledo University Trustees. This department maintains the
Manual Training School in connection with the City High School.
To the development of this admirable school Mr.
Macomber has devoted much time and enthusiasm.
In his political convictions he is a
Republican. In 1871 Mr. Macomber married
Sarah S., daughter of Dr. Samuel T. S.
Smith, of New York City. Two sons were born to this
worthy couple. The elder, Irving E., is a
graduate of Cornell University; and Franklin S. has
not yet completed his education. The family are members of the
Unitarian Church, in which Mr. Macomber served for
many years as a trustee. His residence is at No. 1517 Monroe
Street, where all the surroundings bespeak a cultured and refined
taste.
Source: Portrait & Biological History of Lucas Co., Ohio
- 1895 ~ Page 236 |
| JAMES MADISON |
| BENJAMIN MALLETT |
| FRANK B. MALLETT |
| MICHAEL J. MALONE |
ADAM MARTIN
Source:
Portrait & Biological History of Lucas Co., Ohio - 1895 ~ Page 260 |
| JOHN M. MAYER |
| JOHN P. MCAFEE |
| TIMOTHY P. MCCARTHY |
| WILLIALM V. MCMAKEN |
| CHARLES W. MERCEREAU |
| IRWIN I. MILLARD |
| REUBEN B. MITCHELL |
| JAMES MONROE |
| LINDLEY W. MORRIS |
| RICHARD MOTT |
| FELIX S. MOTULEWSKI |
| ALEXANDER MUELLER |
| JAMES MUIR |
| CLAYTON L. MURPHY |
| MALCOLM H. MURRAY |
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