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close them. To this lenity many a now prosperous citizen
of the Fifth ward can bear witness. In the six years during
which he held the office of Collector of Canal Tolls he had
handled nearly half a million dollars of State funds, and in
less than a week after resigning the position to his successor
his accounts were settled without a deficit of a single penny.
Having always entertained conservative views upon the
slavery question, when, in I855, the Whig party embraced
an anti-slavery platform, with Salmon P. Chase as one
of its leaders, he united with the Democratic party, to
which he has since adhered; although whenever he has
been a candidate for any municipal office he has com-i
mandedl a majority of the suffiages of the Republican, Democratic and Prohibitionist parties, all seeming to forget political doctrines and sympathies, and to take into account his
efficiency and fitness for the position. In I858 he was appointed Deputy Collector of Customs, a position which he
held until the close of the administration of President
Buchanian. Since that date he has held no remunerative
office, although connected for the past six years with the
municipal government. He has been engaged in various
industrial pursuits, including farming, the dairy business, tobacco culture, real estate dealer, and merchandise; at
present he carries on a retail boot and shoe store, also
merchant tailoring, ready-made clothing and furnishing
goods. Whenever he returned from his temporary removal
beyond the city limits for the purpose of farming, he
was unanimously elected to the Council or Alderimanic
Board, and is now the presiding officer of the latter. In
I872, when the present system of water works was inaugurated, he, being in favor of the direct supply system, met
with most determined opposition from the advocates of the
stand-pipe scheme, a portion of the local press became
bitterly opposed to him, and accused him of being engaged
in a " ring" for personal purposes. He demanded an investigation, and the one who had been his chief accuser
acknowledged that he had been mistaken. Though unisuccessful in relieving the city from a useless expenditure, as,
hle believed, of half a million of dollars, his constituents returned him to the Council by a handsome majority of the
votes of all parties. He has been repeatedly urged to become a candidate for offices of more distinction, but he has
preferred to devote his time and energies to the development and progress of the city, where he has resided for forty
years. Although somewhat enfeebled with the effects of
the malaria-which was one of the greatest obstacles the city
had to contend with in its infancy-he hears his age remarkably well, and is very active in the prosecution of both
public and private l)usiness, and from present indications
can still reasonably hope for years of future usefulness.
Hte was married in I841 to. ILucy Keeler, daughter of one
of the pioneers of Toledo. She died childless after a brief
union of one year. Ten years sulisequently he was united
in marriage to Rosa L. Rlinge, who had acquired some
local reputation as a journalist, which has been subsequently
ORIMORE, ANDREW J., M. D., was born, Oc tober 24th, I824, in Wooster, Ohio. He is the
son of James and Martha Lorimore, both natives
of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. His fa ther, who was of Irish descent, was borni in the
last year of the Revolution. His mother, who is
of Scotch ancestry, is now living in her eighty-fifth year.
His father and uncle, Samuel Lorimore, were in the war
of I8l2, and were with General Harrison in all his campaigns. Dr. Lorimore was educated at Vermillion, Indiana. He began the practice of medicine in Monticello,
Indiana, in October of I853. After residing in Indiana for
nine years, he located at Bryan, Williams county, Ohio,
where he remained for nine years more, at the end of which
time he settled permanently in Toledo. He has wron success by deserving it. After twenty-six years of active life,
Dr. Lor-imove confines himself mostly to office practice,
which is sufficiently taxing. He has not taken an active
part in party politics, but is a close observer of the progress
of events. He has married three times. His first wife was
Sarah, daughter of Hugh McKibbl)en, of Ashland, Ohio; his
second, Anna M., daughter of Samuel Stern; and his
present wife, a daughter of William Morris, of Stark county,
Ohio.
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increased by years of editorial contribution to the Tole(lo
Coiiimercial, the Tole(lo Blade, and several local monthlies.
By tbi.-; union he has two surviving children, a son and a
daughter.
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EECHER, LUCAS S., Lawyer, was born in New
Haven county, Connecticut, March 31st,., I798 I-le is the son of Lines and Orpha Beecher. With
them be went to Madison county at the age of five
years, remaining there until iSi6, ",beii the family
moved to Genesee county. When Lucas was
about fourteen years of age, a hire d man, Ni,ith,",bom be,",as
working, let an axe fall on his foot, wounding him so seriouslv that his left leg had to be amputated. His early
education was a matter of special solicitude with his parents,
whogavebimalltheadvantageswithinreacb. Intliewinter
of 1815-i6 be taught school, and in the spying of the latter
year attended the academy at West Blooilifield, New York,.
for one year. In iSiS be returned to Madison county and
read law with Hopkins & Peecber, of Canaseraga, New York.
He was admitted to the bar in I826. He began the pr,,ictice of his profession the same year in Williamsport, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, where be remained until
October, 1828, during,i,hich time be married Jane W.
Turl<, daughter of John and Mary Turk. In 1828 be
moved to Sandusl<y, Erie county, Ohio, foi-iiiing a law partnership with Hon. Eleutberos Cooke, since deceased. Ile
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