• [excerpts] Ceilan Milo Spitzer was educated in the schools of Medina, O., whither his family had removed in 1851, and at Oberlin College. He entered upon his active business career in 1869 by purchasing a half interest in a drug store at Seville, O., which he sold out two years later, and with his father opened the Seville Exchange Bank under the style of C. M. Spitzer & Co., a banking house which obtained immediate standing and reputation in the financial world. In 1877 a branch bank was opened at Medina, O., and in 1878 the German-American Bank of Cleveland, O., was organized, the last enterprise growing in such immediate favor that Mr. Spitzer purchased the interest of Ludwig Wideman, who had become partner in 1878, and during the next two years conducted a general banking and investment business. In January, 1880, owing to financial depression, the bank failed and soon after settled with its creditors on a forty per cent. basis. Ten years later, however, quite without legal or moral necessity, Mr. Spitzer paid all the bank’s debts in full, an act which has deservedly given him a high reputation in the business world.2153, pp 376-7

• In January, 1900, Gov. George K. Nash appointed him quartermaster-general of Ohio, with rank of brigadier-general.2153, p 277

• Ceilan Milo Spitzer, co-founder of Spitzer, Rorick & Company, was a prominent merchant and banker who contributed to the material development of Northwest Ohio.
Spitzer & Company became a very successful business. They were the first company west of New York City to engage in the buying and selling of bonds. It was known as “the father of the municipal bond business in the middle west.”2154

• “he was a notter.”2150

• She [my mother] also said that Aunt Ada got Spitzer his job – he was Lillian's first husband - "the rotter"; she has a photo of him and he looks "like a weasle." Dad told her that Spitzer would send the Hay boys his worn out socks, and that Grandmother Hay (Alice Hay) would darn them and the boys would wear them.2080

• The weirdest thing that happened was on my first night out. Using the navigator system in my Prius, I searched for motels and up pops "C. Spitzer Bed and Breakfast" in Medina. Yes, yes! It was Ceilan Milo Spitzer's home. The proprietress put me in Lillian's room, but it was Lillian the trophy wife and not Lillie Hay, the first wife. The house was built in 1890, and must have been a real slap in the face of Lillie Hay, when she came home dragging her tail and two kids, to go live with Elizabeth Hay in Seville, just down the road. The house is an elaborate stick Victorian, and is known to be haunted (probably by Elizabeth and Lillie!) The owner knew nothing about the first wife and said she had done extensive research and never saw any mention of a first wife.2026

• 1870 Census: Fairfield, Lenawee, Michigan. Age 20, b NY. Chem. maker.2156
• 1880 Census: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Age 30, b NY. Bookkeeper. Parents b NY. Listed as Bufod M. Spitzer. Boarder in household of Clara A. Emmerson.2151
• 1900 Census: Toledo, Lucas, Ohio. Age 50, b Nov 1849, NY. Banker. Parents b NY. 5 servants in household.2157