950 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD and Maggie and Jerry Almatuna; also King Northlight, by Northlight, and Maud Northlight, by Northlight. Mr. Hansel also possesses two Morgan horses—Highland Boy and Highland Pearl, by Highland Boy; also some other stock, descendants of Bell Northlight. Our subject, Mr. Hansel, has served as school director for a number of years, but, with all his multitudinous duties, he still finds opportunities to keep in touch with the outer world by taking extensive trips through the west and south during his vacations—in 1881 taking a journey of 8,000 miles, visiting California; in 1882 he visited the northwest, and in 1883 spent some time in Florida, but has finally settled in his pleasant home in Uniontown, a genial, enterprising and respected citizen. CAPT. JAMES HORNER, of Garrettsville, Portage county, Ohio, and an ex-soldier of the Civil war, was born in Philadelphia, July 1, 1827, a son of Samuel and Jane Horner. He was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia and enlisted in the regular United States army in January, 1851, in company A, engineer corps, Capt. George B. McClellan, afterward served in the Civil war. Mr. Horner served five years as an artificer. He was stationed at West Point about one and a half years, and then was one of a detail of ten men from his company on the original survey of the Northern Pennsylvania railroad, crossed the continent on this survey, and passed the winter of 1853-4, at Olympia, on Puget Sound. He left Fort Snelling, north of St. Paul, Minn., and saw no more of civilization until the surveying party reentered Olympia, on Puget Sound. When crossing the plains, the company met with different wild tribes of Indians, including the Chippewas, Sioux, Blackfeet, Snakes, Spokanes, Flatheads and the Chinocks, but had on trouble. The plains were alive with game, and in one enormous herd Capt. Horner saw, on the prairies in western Minnesota, one estimated to contain at least 1,000,000 buffalo, elk, deer and antelope. It was one year from the time he left West Point, until he returned. The expedition was about three months in crossing the great plains and the Rocky mountains. Capt. Horner was mustered out and honorably discharged in 1856, and came to Ohio in the spring of that year and engaged in the shoe business at Cleveland, Mr. Horner married, in December, 1856, at Mesopotamia, Trumbull county, Ohio, Ella A. Moore, daughter of Watson W. Moore, from Connecticut. Capt. Horner then settled in Trumbull county, and enlisted in the Civil war, August 26, 1861, on the first call for three-year men, in company A, Forty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, to serve three years or during the war. He then, while in camp Wood, recruited company K, of the same regiment, and was commissioned first lieutenant of the company, October 29, 1861, and was promoted for meritorious and gallant conduct to be captain, February 8, 1862. He resigned March 1, 1864, having served about two years, seven months and three days. He was in the battles of Shiloh, Tenn., Stone River, Tenn., Woodberry, Tenn., Liberty Gap, Tenn., Chickamauga, Ga., and at Br0wn's Ferry, Orchard Knob, Tenn., Mission Ridge. Capt. Horner was always an active and efficient officer, and was not wounded nor in hospital nor.a prisoner. He was in all the battles, skirmishes, campaigns and marches in which his regiment was engaged and was always an active and gallant officer. Capt. Horner was in eight battles and many skirmishes. He lost his saber at the battle of Stone River, it being shot out of his hand. OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 951 Capt. Horner returned to Trumbull county and engaged at Mesoptomia in the shoe business. He went to Philadelphia in 1870, engaged in the carpet business, returned to Ohio in 1889 and settled in Garrettsville, Ohio, and is now retired. He is a member of G. A. R. post, No. 2, of Phildadelphia. Capt. Horner and wife are the parents of Lottie M., Nettie A. and Florence B. Samuel Horner, father of the captain, settled in Philadelphia, about 1825. He became a manufacturer of carpets, and was a well-to-do man. His first wife died in Philadelphia, and he then married Jane E. and their children were Catherine L., Samuel, Jr., and Robert. Samuel, Jr., was a private in the Civil war in a Pennsylvania regiment and served three years. His regiment was stationed at Long Bridge and Washington, during the war and Samuel, Jr., was one of the guards when J. Wilkes Booth crossed the bridge, on horseback, on his flight after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. WILLIAM H. LINTON, trustee and superintendent of the Ravenna water-works, was born in this city December 23, 1853, and is a son of Isaiah and Mary (Riley) Linton, natives of Pennsylvania, Quakers in religion, and parents of three children, two of whom are still living, viz: William H., the subject of this memoir, and Edith, the wife of Arthur D. Knapp. Mahlon Linton, the paternal grandfather of William H. Linton, was a descendant of the family of that name who came with William Penn to America in 1682 and settled in Bucks county, Penn. He settled in Washington county, in the same state, about 1800, and followed agricultural pursuits until his death, in the Quaker faith, after having reared the unusually large family of thirteen or fourteen children. John Riley, the maternal grandfather of subject, was a glassworker, reared a large family, and also ended his days in the Keystone state. Isaiah Linton was early taught civil engineering in his native state and in 1847 came to Ohio, making his home in Ravenna. He was chief engineer of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh for over forty years, was county surveyor two terms, and for a number of terms was resident engineer of the Ohio board of public works, and enjoyed a widespread reputation for his wonderful accuracy in the science which was his life-long pursuit. His death took place at the age of seventy-four, in 1891, and his memory is still kept green by his numerous friends. His widow is still a resident of Ravenna—a revered and honored lady. William H. Linton was principally educated in the public schools of Ravenna and graduated from the high school in 1872. He acquired the greater part of his knowledge as a civil engineer, his life profession, under the tuition of his accomplished father. He has held his present position of water-works trustee of Ravenna for over eleven years, and his profound knowledge of hydraulics is universally c0nceded to be a fixed fact. The marriage of William H. Linton took place October 3, 1883, to Miss Clara A. Knapp, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Carson) Knapp, who rank among the most respected residents of the city. One child has blessed this union, and is named Robert Isaiah. Mr. and Mrs. Linton are always welcomed in the social circles of Ravenna, with whom they are held in high esteem, as they are both of genial, pleasant disposition and very corteous, having kind words for all, regardless of rank or station. In politics Mr. Linton is a republican, but not a partisan in the office-seeking sense of the word, but is simply a republican from conscientious conviction that his party's principles 952 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD are better adapted than those of any other of the leading parties for the proper government of the country. ROBERT G. MARSHALL, who is just entering upon his career as a farmer and stockbreeder in Northampton township, Summit county, was born in Akron, December 12, 1868, a son of Thomas C. and Rachel (Fuller) Marshall, who are the parents of three children, viz: Inez, who was born July 20, 1866, and is now a teacher in the public schools of Akron; Robert G., whose name opens this paragraph; and Thomas J., who was born December 12, 1874, and who resides with his parents in Akron, the latter being of Pennsylvania origin. Thomas C. Marshall, the father of subject, was a wagonmaker by trade, but for the last twenty-seven years has been i n the employ of Altman, Miller & Co., manufacturers. In 1894 he purchased the farm of 216 acres on which subject now resides. He has made all the improvements on this place in the way of buildings, etc., so far made, and this farm will be one of the finest in the county when all the plans now under headway shall have been completed. The location is one of the most delightful to the eye in the township, overlooking, as it does, Cuyahoga Falls and Akron. Robert G. Marshall was educated in the public schools of Akron, and in 1886 entered the employ of Altman, Miller & Co., and remained with them until the spring of 1896. March 30, of the same year, he married Miss Jessie Smetts, daughter of George A. Smetts, also of Akron. The young couple immediately went to housekeeping on the beautiful farm mentioned above, where their prospect for a happy future is most flattering. Mr. Marshall is fond of good horses and his stable is well supplied with blooded stock, and this will receive his special care, as it is his intention to devote his time to graded live stock as well as to farming: Mr. Marshall is a prominent member of Atoclia lodge, No. 24, Knights of Pythias, and in politics is a republican. Mr. Marshall is of pleasing address and has many warm friends in Akron who esteem him most highly, and as he has always been an industrious and temperate young man, of broad intellect and comprehensive views, there can exist no doubt that he will make a success of life in his new field of industry. ISAAC MISHLER, a leading farmer of Suffield township, Portage county, was born in Springfield township, Summit county, Ohio, September 14, 1838, a son of Joseph and Magdalene (Garl) Mishler. Joseph Mishler was born in Lancaster county, Pa., November 11, 1811, and came to Ohio when a young man, settling in Summit county, where he bought land and engaged in farming. November 23, 1837, he married, in New Berlin, Stark county, Miss Garl, who was born in Stark county, May 4, 1817, a daughter of Reuben Garl, and to this union were born eleven children, six of whom are still living, viz: Isaac, our subject, the eldest; Jacob, born December 9, 1843; Benjamin, born August 27, 1845; Eliza, born June 15, 1850, and married to Conrad Brumbaugh; Catherine, born April 17, 1854, now the wife of J. B. Richard, and Joseph W., born July 27, 1857. The deceased children were David, who died July 18, 1840; Levi, who died March 20, 1841; Elizabeth, who was the wife of John May, died in May, 1896, at the age of fifty years; twin boys, who died at birth, in December, 1856. Both parents died in the faith of OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 953 the German Baptist church, of which they had been life-long members. Isaac Mishler passed his early life on his father's farm, receiving, meantime, a limited education in the common school. At the age of twenty-one he began learning the carpenter's trade, which he followed fourteen years, and in 1866 settled on his present farm in Suffield township, where he has ever since been prosperously engaged in cultivating his fields. The marriage of Mr. Mishler took place in November, 1859, to Miss Elizabeth Lutz, daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth (Mishler) Lutz, and to this union were born five children, viz: Maria, wife of Jeremiah Garl; Nancy, married to Henry Gaymeyer, and Aaron, living with his parents; Reuben, died when one year old, and Levi died October 7, 1870, at the age of seven months. Mrs. Mishler was born March 7, 1841, in Lancaster county, Pa., whence her parents came to Ohio in 1845, and settled in Portage county. They had born to them a family of twelve children, of whom four are now deceased, viz: Kate, Sarah, Margaret and George; the survivors are Henry, Susan (wife of Isaac Crouse); Ezra, Elizabeth, William, Maria (Mrs. Henry Woodring), Nancy (wife of Benjamin Radabaugh), and Joseph. The father of this family died in August, 1875, and the mother in June, 1885, the latter being aged seventy-nine years, and both were devout members of the German Baptist church. Mr. Mishler has served as school director twenty-three years. He and family are all members of the German Baptist church, and fully live up to its precepts. He has led a truly good and useful life, has always been industrious and intelligent in the management of his affairs, and as a result is in quite comfortable circumstances, enjoying the good will and esteem of all who know him. WALLACE SCOTT, a native of Northampton township, and a prosperous farmer, was born September 15, 1843, and is a son of Isaac and Fanny (Wallace) Scott, who were, as the name fully implies, of Scottish origin. Isaac Scott, father of subject, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, March 31, 1817, son of Banfield and Lydia (Norris) Scott, who were natives, respectively, of Massachusetts and Connecticut, and the parents of two children—Isaac and Sarah. Mrs. Lydia Scott was thrice married, her first husband having been Stephen Lamonyon, to whom she bore three children--Charles, Cornelius and Stephen; her second marriage was with Mr. Scott, with the result mentioned above, and after his death, in Medina county, Ohio, in 1832, she married Joseph Dean. by whom she became the mother of one child, James. The father of subject, at the age of fifteen years, commenced the battle of life on his own responsibility, and until twenty-two years old worked at different employments in Summit and neighboring counties. December 28, 1837, he married Miss Fanny Wallace, daughter of Henry and Clarissa (Strong) Wallace, and to this union were born three children, viz : Henry, December 28, 1840; Wallace, the subject of this notice, and Walter, January 23, 1852, but who died December 9, 1864. Henry, the eldest child, married Miss Ida Bishop, in 1861, and then enlisted in company H, Twenty-ninth Ohio volunteer infantry, but was honorably discharged in 1862, on account of poor health; the next year he re-enlisted and entered company H, One Hundred and Seventy-seventh volunteer infantry, as first corporal, was promoted to sergeant and served until the close of the war. Mrs. Isaac Scott was a native of Stowe township, Summit county, and was born April 14, 1822. Her grandfather, Theodore Strong, was a commander of a ves- 954 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD sel of war under Admiral David Porter, in the war of 1812-15. He knew little, indeed, of ease and comfort until within a few years of his death, in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which his wife was also a member. Wallace Scott, the subject, was united in marriage, March 3, 1867, with Miss Mary E. Best, who was born June 17, 1857, a daughter of John and Rebecca (Watson) Best; of the seven children born to this marriage two died in infancy; the survivors are Charles, who was born Angust 9, 1875; Fannie, August 20, 1877; Florence, January 2, 1880; Mollie Z., March 3, 1882, and Frank W., March 25, 1886. Mr. Scott purchased the farm of 100 acres on which he now resides, in 1867, and he also owns another tract of sixty-five acres in this township, and is recognized as an excellent farmer. Although his own education was acquired in the district schools, he believes in a higher class of education and has seen to it that his children have done and are doing better in this respect. His daughter, Fannie, is a graduate of the Cuyahoga Falls high school and is now teaching in school-district No. 3, Northampton township; Florence has also attended the high school at Cuyahoga Falls, and one term at Buchtel college. In politics Mr. Scott is a democrat, and has held several township offices, among them that of treasurer for eight years. He is an honorable gentleman in all respects, and he and family, who are nicely situated on the farm near Cuyahoga Falls, are held in high esteem by all who know them. OREMUS STANFORD, a retired farmer and one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Randolph, Portage county, Ohio, is a native of the Buckeye state, and was born in Marietta, August 25, 1814, a son of Oliver and Olin (Mason) Stanford, natives of Massachusetts, who settled in Ohio in 1812. Oliver Stanford was a carpenter by trade, but later became a farmer. To his marriage with Miss Olin, daughter of Andrew and Priscilla (Galop) Mason, were born nine children, three of whom are still living, viz: Oremus, the subject; Harry, of Nebraska, and Nesslie of Rootstown, Ohio; the deceased were William; Mary, who was the wife of William Lawrence; Orren, Leroy, Squire, and Jancley (wife of K. Redfield). The father of this family died in 1866, at the age of eighty years, two months, and seventeen days, and the mother at the age of eighty-four. Andrew Mason, the maternal grandfather of Oremus Stanford, was a farmer, and also for many years a manufacturer of brick. He reared a family of ten children, named as follows: Olin, Squire, Lauren, Orrison, Ruby, Polly, Adaus, Emeline, Noble and Orrin. Oremus Stanford received a good public-school education, and learned carpentry and joining under his father, with whom he remained until 1832, when he came to Randolph and followed his trade twenty-five years, and also worked as a millwright, constructing a large number of water-wheels. April 14, 1836, he married Miss Sallie Chendon, daughter of Almon and Gertrude Chendon, who early came from one of the eastern states and first located in Atwater, Ohio, but later came to Randolph, the father being a farmer; they reared eight children, of whom only one is now living—Susanna, Mary, wife of Dr. Garlie; the deceased were named Victor, Hiram, Almon, Sallie (Mrs. Stanford), John, Henry and Chancie. Mr. Chendon died at the age of sixty-six years. To Mr. and Mrs. Oremus Stanford were born two children--Frank, who resides in Brimfield township, Portage county, and Victor, who was killed in the army by the explo- OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 955 sion of a gun in 1864. Mrs. Stanford was called to her final home February 14, 1893, at the age of seventy-six years, a devout Christian, a loving mother, and a loyal and affectionate wife and helpmate for fifty-six years. Mr. Stanford has always been a strong temperance man, and in politics is a republican. He has served his fellow-citizens in several official capacities, among them that of township trustee for many years. He had been, up to the date of his retirement, an industrious and skillful mechanic and intelligent agriculturist, and is now enjoying in peace and comfort the fruits of his long and useful life, deservedly honored by all his neighbors, and by the community in general, as an upright man and a conscientious Christian. JAMES S. SWEENEY, M. D., who has been in active practice in Kent, Portage county, for more than a quarter of a century, was born in Geauga county, Ohio, August 14, 1831, a son of John and Dolly (Brown) Sweeney, natives, respectively, of Ireland and Vermont (or New Hampshire), but married in Trumbull county, Ohio. John Sweeney, father of subject, was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1793, and before he had reached his majority was impressed into the British army and sent with the troops to America to aid in crushing the dearly-bought liberties of the United States by invading the country from 1812 to 1815. He took part in the battle of Pittsburg, and when the British army went into winter quarters Mr. Sweeney quietly left the army and went to Detroit, where he worked as a laborer. In 1814 or 1815 he came to Ohio, stopped for a while in Cleveland, and then removed to Painesville, in Lake county, where he purchased land. He was then prepared to take a wife and was married, in Trumbull county, to Dolly Brown, a native of New England (either of Vermont or New Hampshire), who came to Ohio with her brother, Ephraim Brown, and settled in Trumbull county. On his marriage Mr. Sweeney removed to Middlefield, Geauga county, and purchased a farm, and here lost his wife in 1865, his own death following in 1874. To John Sweeney and wife were born three children, viz: Edward J., born July 4, 1824, was educated for a physician but later became an attorney, and died at Painesville at the age of sixty-three years; Thomas, born in September, 1820, was a physician, and died at Chardon at the age of about sixty years; James S., the youngest, is the subject of this memoir. James S. Sweeney was educated element arily in the district and select schools while being trained to the hard labor of his father's farm. When fully prepared, he read medicine with his eldest brother, Edward J., at Nelson, and then with a Dr. Coulter, continuing his studies from 1850 until 1854. He then entered up0n practice at Parkman, Geauga county, where he remained four years, and thence removed to Chardon, then to Stowe, in Summit county. In November, 1861, he enlisted in company A, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served until December, 1862, when he was honorably discharged on account of disability. On returning he suffered from ill health for two years and then resumed practice, finally settling in Kent, in 1871, where he has since built up one of the most respectable and lucrative lines of practice in the city. The marriage of Dr. Sweeney took place June 20, 1854, to Miss Addia Rockwell, a native of and residing in Rome, Ashtabula county, and a daughter of Joseph Rockwell. Three children have blessed this marriage, viz: Dolly, wife of Byron Longcoy, residing near Kent; Edward J., who died April 21, 1886, at 956 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD the age of twenty-two years, and Alice B., wife of C. W. Bales, of Marion county. In politics the doctor is a democrat, and has served one term as mayor of Kent, and several terms as a member of the city council and as a member of the school board, and has done much toward promoting the many improvements that were so much needed a few years since in the way of electric lights, sidewalks and water-works. Fraternally, he is a member of A. H. Day post, G. A. R., of which he is a past commander. The doctor is a whole-souled, genial gentleman, ever ready to aid a friend or to advance a public improvement, and the first $500 he ever made went to satisfy a security note. He is thorough in his profession and has maintained his office and residence in the same locality since 1871. He has been a soldier, as has been seen; his father was a soldier, and his grandfather lost all his property by confiscation for the patriotic part he took in the Irish " rebellion " of 1798. THOMAS J. WILLIAMS, the able superintendent for the Hudson Coal company, in Palmyra township, Portage county, Ohio, and an enterprising business man, was born in Pontrahydfenddigaid, shire of Cardigan, Wales, February 27, 1848. His father was a miner, and came to America about 1848, and for a short time lived in Pittsburg, Pa., but later settled in Youngstown, Ohio, where he had charge of a blast furnace the remainder of his life. Of his eighteen children, four still survive, viz. : David, Thomas J., Lizzie (wife of John P. Williams) and Griffith. In 1852, while temporarily living at Crab Creek, Ohio, Mr. Williams, in company with his brother, drove from Palmyra to Paris Center, and while they were crossing the Mahoning river, the water being high, they missed the road and were both drowned, together with both horses. The mother of subject still survives and resides in Deerfield, at the advanced age of seventy-five years, and in excellent health. Thomas J. Williams was but a trifle over a year old when brought to America by his parents, and was four months crossing the ocean. He received but little education in boyhood, as he was early set to work in the mines, and it is through his personal attention to his duties, perseverance and indomitable pluck, added to habits of the strictest integrity, that he has reached his present responsible position. After the death of his father, he lived with an aunt, Mrs. Davis, in Paris township, about six months, and then he, with a brother, went to Crab Creek, where he remained with his mother until twenty-two years old, being engaged, meanwhile, in different capacities, in the mines. November 22, 1868, Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Williams, daughter of Ebenezer and Everina (Howells) Williams, and this union has been blessed with seven children, viz: Lizzie, wife of William R. Williams; Everina, wife of William James; Catherine, wife of Rachers Lewis; Lavitta, wife of Henry Lewis; Thomas J., Jr. ; Myrtle, and Elmira, who died September 27, 1885, at the age of one year and eight months. Marriage seems to have energized Mr. Williams to greater exertion, as in 1872 he was promoted to be foreman of the Church Hill mine, in which he had been working, and held the position until 1885, when he went to Jackson county, Ohio, where he sank a coal-mine shaft, known as the Glenroy, which he worked one year, when he sold it to a syndicate and returned to Church Hill and opened a mine known as the Toddhouse, and remained one year. In 1887 he went to Center Point, Ind., opened a mine for Weaver, Todd & Co., stayed a year, and in 1888 returned to Church Hill, OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 957 and opened a mine for the Vienna Coal company, but a short time afterward was sent to Pennsylvania to open the Royal shaft for the same company. Six months later he returned to Church Hill, where he was superintendent of the Toddhouse until the spring of 1889, then came to Palmyra township, where he held the position of " boss " for the Hudson Coal cornpany until 1896. During this period of seven years, he sank a shaft for this company at Deerfield, which is now the best equipped in the district. In 1896 he was appointed superintendent of the Hudson Coal company, his present position, controlling mines No. I to 4, of which No. 3 was finished by Mr. Williams himself. The proudest event in the life of Mr. Williams was probably that which happened when he left Church Hill, when the employees, numbering about 600, presented him with a gold watch that cost $35, as a token of their esteem for him as their foreman. In politics Mr. Williams is a republican, and has served as township committeeman and school director, and also as a member of the executive board of Portage county. Fraternally he is a member of 'Western Star lodge, No. 21, F. & A. M., of Youngstown, of chapter No. 93, R. A. M., and St. John's commandery, No. 20, K. T. Mrs. Catherine Williams, wife of our subject, was born in Romney, Wales, December 10, 1849, and was brought to America by her parents when two years of age. Her father was a miner, and to his marriage with Miss Everina Howells were born three children, two of whom are still living, viz: Mr. Williams and Elizabeth, wife of Edward Miller; the deceased child, William, died in 1857, aged one year. The father of Mrs. Williams died August 16, 1868, aged forty-four years, and the mother May 8, 1857, aged thirty-four, and both members of the Welsh Methodist church. MRS. ELIZA BRADFORD (PRICE) WETMORE is a member of one of the most respected of the pioneer families of Cuyahoga Falls and one of the most venerable ladies living in the county. Henry Wetmore, her husband was the son of Judge William and Anna Wetmore. Judge Wetmore was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1771. His wife, who was Anna Ogden, was born January 10, 1775, in Connecticut. They both descended from good old Puritan colonial families, and were married November 28, 1795, at Hartford, Conn. Anna Ogden was the daughter of Jacob Ogden, a prominent merchant of Hartford. Judge Wetmore was engaged in business in early life in company with his father-in-law, as a contractor, and built the court house of Hartford. Judge Ogden later moved to New Haven, and moved to Ohio in 1805, as the agent of Judge Joshua Stowe, of Middletown,Conn., the judge being a large owner of land on the Western Reserve. William Wetmore first settled in in the woods three miles from Silver Lake, now in Summit county, being the original pioneer in that part of the township, and the country around Silver Lake being then peopled by the Indians. Here he built a log cabin and lived a short time, and then moved to Ravenna, Ohio, where he was one of the first settlers, and 'held the office of recorder. He resigned this office and settled on a large tract of land which he bought of Judge Stowe, at Silver Lake, the township being named Stowe after Judge Stowe. Judge Wetmore built a residence on the banks of the lake, which was then called Wetmore pond, and cleared up a large farm. At one time he established a store between the lake and Cuyahoga Falls, at what is now called the old village. His first wife, Anna Ogden, died, and on his return to Connecticut, to buy goods, he married at New 958 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD Haven, her sister, Jerusha Ogden (born at Hartford, Conn., in March, 1777), but no children were born to this marriage. Judge William Wetmore was one of the organizers of Summit county. He was long circuit judge from the county and filled the office until he resigned. He died October 9, 1827, aged fifty-six. He was a man of great force of character and noble presence. His nearest neighbor was at Hudson, Ohio, were he traded. He was very friendly with the Indians and accustomed to deal with them, treating them kindly at all times, and was always at peace with them. Henry Wetmore, son of above, and the husband of our subject, was born February 10, 1801, in Hartford, Conn., and was a child of four years when brought to Ohio by his parents. He was brought up in the pioneer wilderness and gained his education at Tallmadge, Ohio, where a minister from Connecticut had a celebrated school in those days. He early engaged in mercantile business with his father, and married Eliza Bradford Price, December 8, 1830, at Kent, then Franklin, Portage county, Ohio. This lady was born October 2, 1810, at Caldwell's Manor, near Lake Champlain, Vt., a daughter of John and Hulda (Stillwell) Price. John Price, her father, was the son of Dr. Price, a surgeon during the Revolutionary war in the British army, and a descendant from a family of English nobility--the family having a coat of arms. Dr. John Price married, in England, a Miss Mary Brownjohn, of New York city. Their children were John, William, George, Mary and Eliza. Dr. Price settled in New York city after the Revolutionary war, and his sons, William and John, bought property on lake Champlain at Caldwell's Manor. They built warehouses and stores at Plattsburg and Montreal, and did a large business during the war of 1812. John Price, the father of the subject, married Hulda Stillwell, and their children were Eliza Bradford, Mary (who died aged twenty-five years) and John (who died young). Mr. Price died while engaged in the mercantile business on lake Champlain. His wife soon sickened and died, and our subject, Eliza, was reared by her uncle, William, who moved with his family to Kent, Ohio, probably about 1815, when she was very young, as Mrs. Wet. more, born in 1810, can remember but one incident of the journey. Mrs. Wetmore was brought up among the .pioneers and received a limited education at Warren, Ohio. Her uncle was a merchant and miller at Kent and withal a prosperous farmer. He was killed by an accident in 1830. Mr. and Mrs. Wetmore, after marriage, settled in Cuyahoga Falls, where he and his brothers had built the first houses and where he engaged in the mercantile business and owned the first stone house in this place, and, in company with his brother, Ogden, Mr. Wetmore cut the first trees and marked out the town. They built the first bridge and dam and dug the first well, and built the first flouring-mill, paper-mill, saw-mill and grist-mill, and engaged in the manufacturing of tools, and did an extensive business. They were well known and energetic pioneers, and the real founders of the town. Mr. Wetmore always refused to hold office, although it was frequently offered him, but in politics was a whig and later a republican. He was a stanch temperance man, and, in company with Dr. Wilcox and E. N. Sill, organized the first temperance society in the state of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs Wetmore were both liberal in religious views and assisted to build, and aided with their means, all the different churches in Cuyahoga Falls, and assisted all other good causes. Mr. Wetmore lived to the great age of over ninety years and died January 10, 1892. He erected many OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 959 buildings, among them the old part of the present hotel, which he used as a store, and in the back part his brother lived with his family. He accumulated a handsome property, but was always a public-spirited and liberal man, and was much respected for his honorable character. The children that blessed his marriage were Henry W., born November 16, 1834, and George Prentiss, born September 19, 1836. George Prentiss Wetmore married Harriet Tanner Hanford, September I, 1862, and they had three sons-all now deceased--who were named William H., born June 7, 1863; Henry Price, born July 21, 1866, and George Sackett, born February I, 1868. Mrs. Eliza B. Wetmore is now a venerable lady of eighty-seven years of age, but retains her faculties wonderfully. She made a trip, for pleasure, to California in 1896, and traveled six months with friends, enjoying the trip remarkably. In 1897 she made a trip to Florida. Mrs. Wetmore's reminiscences of pioneer days are of great interest, running over the entire settlement of the country. The following genealogical record, found among Mr. Wetmore's private papers, in his own handwriting, is well worth the space it occupies in this volume: Thomas Wetmore, born in England, 1615, came to America in 1635, when twenty years old, married Sarah Willock in December, 1645. Their children were John, Elizabeth, Azariah, Beriah, Nathaniel, Joseph, Sarah and Judith. His wife died, and he married Mary Platt, and their children were Mehitable M., Seth, Katherine, Benjamin, Abigail and Hannah. Seth Wetmore, Sr., married Mary Wright, November 14, 1768. Births: Seth Wetmore, Jr., September 10, 1769; William, September 16, 1771; Hannah, May -, 1773; Samuel, October 5, 1775; Mary, September 14, 1777; Willard Wright, October 14, 1779; Titus, July 16, 1781; J______ , July 21, 1783; Lucy, April 6, 1786; Nathaniel, October 30, 1790. Seth Wetmore, Sr., married Lucy Scott, March 27, 1791. Children: Julia, born June 21, 1792; Harriet, born September 23, 1794. William Wetmore married Anna Ogden, November 28, 1795. Children: William, Jr., born September 5, 1796, and died June 12, 1852; Edwin, born September 25, 1798 ; _____ , December 25, 1782; Henry, born February 10, 1801 ; Clarissa, born March 18, 1804, died April 26, 1864; Jacob Ogden, born June 29, 1807; Harriet, born February 17, 1816. Deaths: Daughter, Harriet, September 16, 1823; mother, June 10, 1825; father, October 5, 1827; son, Ogden, June 8, 1841 ; son, William, June 12, 1852; daughter, Clarissa, May 9, 1864. Jerusha Ogden Wetmore, second wife and sister of first wife of William, died in August, 1854; son, Edward, December 25, 1872. NORMAN M. WEYRICK, a rising young attorney at law, is a native of Springfield township, Summit county, Ohio, but has his business office in room No. 4, Abbey block, No. 126 Main street, in the city of Akron. John W. Weyrick, father of Norman M., was also a native of Summit county, Ohio, and was a son of David Weyrick, who came from Pennsylvania, and was one of the earliest settlers of Springfield township, Summit county, Ohio. John W. was reared on his father's farm, married Miss Susannah Snyder, daughter of Joshua Snyder, and became the father of seven children, viz: William F., Milton B., Henry D., Ira S., Ellen E., Norman M. and Loverta M., now the wife of John Smith. The father, John W., became heir to the old homestead, was an excellent and prosperous farmer, served many years as township trustee, was greatly respected by his fellow-townsmen, and died July 4, 1891, a pious and consistent member of the Reformed church. 960 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD His widow still resides on the homestead, is also a member of the Reformed church, and is most highly esteemed by the entire community. Norman M. Weyrick was. born April 26, 1874, and was reared on the home farm, which he assisted in cultivating during the summer months. He was educated in the district school, which he attended during the winter months until eighteen years of age, and then taught school one term. In 1893, however, he had begun the study of law under the well-known lawyer, ex-Mayor Watters, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1895. He at once opened his office at the address mentioned in the opening paragraph of this article, and has already secured a very fair share of current patronage. He is still unmarried, and his leisure hours are passed on the old homestead, with his mother, in Springfield township. He is a member of the Reformed church, in politics is a democrat, and is highly respected for his individual merits, and there is beyond a doubt a bright career awaiting him in the near future. C. H. WHIPPLE, M. D., of Barberton, Norton township, Summit county, Ohio, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Mansfield, Tioga county, August 18, 1859. His great-great-grandfather, Benjamin Whipple was long a captain in the war for American independence, and a brother of Abraham Whipple, who was an admiral in the United States navy. Joseph Whipple, grandfather of the doctor, was born and reared, and farmed until his death, in Rutland county, Vt. , and was a strong abolitionist in his politics. Joseph Whipple, father of the subject, was born in the city of Fair Haven, Rutland county, Vt., August 22, 183, and always followed the vocation of farming. He married, in Pultney, Rutland county, June 7, 1839, Miss Eliza A. Culver, a native of Vermont, born December 19, 1815. Some considerable time after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Whipple removed to Earlsville, N. Y., and later to Mansfield, Pa. , where Mrs. Whipple ended her days February 1, 1885, and Mr. Whipple April 26, 1894. C. H. Whipple, the subject, passed his early days on his father's farm in the Keystone state, and was preliminarily educated in the district schools. He also attended the Pennsylvania state Normal school and prepared himself for teaching, a vocation he followed for nine successive winters—farming in the summers. During this period he industriously devoted himself to the study of medicine under proper preceptors, and in the fall of 1887 entered the Hahnernann (Homeopathic) college, Chicago, and immediately on graduating, eight years ago, chose his present field for practice, and that he has been successful is proven by his long stay. The doctor has for fourteen years been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in this he has filled the office of steward; in his politics he is a prohibitionist, and fraternally he is a member of Knights of Pythias lodge, No. 486, in which he has filled all the chairs. He is ex-examining physician of Ben Hur tribe, but his private practice now requires all his available time and attention. The doctor is an affable gentleman, and is as much respected for his genial and pleasant disposition as for his professional skill. Mrs. K. W. Cory, M. D., the accomplished lady physician of Barberton, Ohio, was born in Mansfield, Pa., November 9, 1849, and in June, 1868, graduated from the Mansfield Normal college. For the ten following years she was engaged in school-teaching—studying medicine the meanwhile. In 1880 she graduated from the Cleveland Homeopathic hospital and college and at once began practice in Painesville, Lake county, Ohio, meeting with OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 961 phenomenal success. In June, 1882, she was united in marriage with N. S. Cory, a mechanic of Barberton, Ohio, to whom she has borne one son—Jay W. In 1889, Dr. Cory located in Akron, where she controlled a liberal share of patronage until 1894, when she settled in Barberton, occupying the same office with her brother, Dr. C. H. Whipple. She has been physician to the Ben Hur tribe and I. P. A. , and the Ladies' Maccabees society, but her private practice now absorbs all her attention. She is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, a teacher in the Sunday-school, and has gained hosts of friends since she has taken up her residence in the city of Barberton. FRANK H. WHEELER, secretary of the Van Wart Liquor & Opium Cure company of Akron, Ohio, is a native of this city and was born March 2, 1860, and here his parents, Henry F. and Ella (McMasters) Wheeler, still maintain their residence. The son, Frank H., received his preliminary. education in the public schools of the city, and this education was supplemented by an attendance at Buchtel college until he had attained his eighteenth year, when he began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. Jacobs; being prepared for advanced instruction, he entered the Rush Medical college of Chicago, Ill., and attended the usual course of lectures. In 1884 he went to New York city, having accepted the position of secretary of the Fabric Fire Hose company, in which capacity he proved to be so usefully competent that he was retained until 1893, when, as more congenial to his medical education, he associated himself with the Van Wart company, of which further mention will be made, and in 1894, returned to Akron to assume the duties of his present responsible position. - 42 - Frank H. Wheeler was united in marriage, in January, 1890, with Miss Mary E. Draper, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and this happy union has been blessed by the birth of one child—Henry Stevens Wheeler. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler is at No. 114 South Summit street, where, the center of a coterie of genial friends and neighbors, they pass the too fleeting hours of leisure in tranquil happiness. The Van Wart Liquor & Opium Cure company was incorporated, under the state laws of Ohio, in 1894, with a capital stock of $200,000. It was formed, as its name implies, for the treatment of the victims of the too prodigal use of either alcoholic beverages or of opium in any form, and for the annihilation of the appetite for, and the toxical effects of, and indulgence in their too frequent use. The preparations used for this treatment are entirely harmless, and the desired result is reached within ten days, improvement taking place immediately after the first portion or dose, with no consequent evil effect, after full treatment. The remedy is pleasant to the taste, and can be partaken of by the patient either at his own home or at the office of the company, at No. 20 i k South High street, with no detention from business, nor any inconvenience whatever. The officers of the company are: W. C. Jacobs, M. D., president; B. F. Clark, vice-president; G. C. Berry, Jr., treasurer, and F. W. Wheeler, secretary. EDGAR WHITTELSEY, ex-county commissioner and one of the oldest and most experienced farmers of At, water township, Portage county, Ohio, his native place, was born March 9, 1828, and is the second of the five children born to Randolph S. and Clarissa (Mansfield) Whittelsey, and who were named, in order of birth, Pat- 962 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD rick, Edgar, Friend, Randall and Clara, the last named being the wife of Ambrose Goss. John H. Whittelsey, the paternal grandfather of Edgar, was a native of Wallingford, Conn., was of Scotch descent, and came to Ohio in 1807, settled in Atwater township, and developed a fine farm from the woods, afterward inherited by his only living son, John B. Whittelsey. Randolph S. Whittelsey and wife were also natives of Wallingford, Conn., the former born in September, 1799, and the latter in November, 1800. Randolph S. was but seven years of age when brought to Atwater township by his parents, was here reared to manhood, and was here married; he here reared his family, and died in 1870, a most honored gentleman. His wife was called away in 1875. Edgar Whittelsey received a common-school and academical education in Atwater, and after finishing his educantion engaged in farming, a vocation to which he had been well trained in his youthful days. November t0, 1852, he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Teel, who was born September 16, 1823, and this union has been blessed with two children, Lucy and Powell. He has continued his farming and stockraising until the present time, and has made a specialty of the live stock branch of his industry in partnership with his brother, Friend Whittelsey, for years, and together they do an immense business in this line; in conjunction with his son, Powell, he owns over 700 acres of land, which is devoted to grazing and agriculture. At the present time he is engaged in shipping large numbers of hogs to the stockyards at West Liberty, Pa., but at other times has frequently found a market for stock further to the east. In politics Mr. Whittelsey is a stanch republican, and has served two terms-1876 to 1882—as county commissioner, and has also served as township trustee and assessor. While not a member of any church or secret order, he is recognized as one of the most upright men of the township and is everywhere honored for his probity. He is a worthy representative of the early pioneers of the county, and maintains the fair fame of his ancestors without blot or blemish. WILLIAM L. WILCOX, one of the most prosperous farmers and respected citizens of Deerfield township, Portage county, Ohio, is a son of Alexander H. and Betsey (Diver) Wilcox, was born on his father's farm in Deerfield township March 20, 1845, and was here reared to manhood, receiving a good education in the district school in the meantime, and aiding in the cultivation of the home place until he reached his majority, when he engaged in agricultural pursuits on his own account. March 4, 1879, Mr, Wilcox was united in marriage with Miss Adelia Haines, daughter of Stacy and Rebecca (Armstrong) Haines, and the same year purchased his present farm in Deerfield township, where he has since made his home, and where have been born his three children—Earl M., Edna D. and Stacy H. Rebecca (Haines) Wilcox was born in Deerfield township, September 20, 1852. Her father, Stacy Haines, was a native of New Jersey, was born in 1808, and by trade was a shoemaker, but in his later years became a farmer. Her mother, Rebecca (Armstrong) Haines, was born July 31, 1815, in Goshen township, Mahoning county, Ohio, and bore her husband six children, of whom five are still living, viz : Albert, Eliza (wife of John Frank), Mary (Mrs. William Spires), Rebecca (Mrs. Wilcox) and Clark; the deceased child, Libbie, was thirty years of age at the time of her death, October 6, 1889. Stacy Haines died on his farm in Deerfield township July OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 963 31, 1876, a highly respected citizen, and his widow, at the age of eighty-two years, still resides on the homestead, in the enjoyment of excellent health, and venerated by all who know her. Alexander H. Wilcox, father of William L., was born in Saundersville, Mass., November 27, 1812, a son of William and Louisa (Gibbs) Wilcox, and in 1815 was brought to Ohio by his parents, who for a short time lived in Tallmadge township, Summit county, and then settled in Deerfield township, Portage county. There Alexander H. served an apprenticeship of four years at the carpenter's trade under Lyman P. Hanlin, and after engaging in business on his own account, erected some of the most substantial buildings in the township, including the First Methodist church, and also built the bridge across the Mahoning river south of Deerfield, which stood fifty years. He later engaged in farming, which he successfully conducted in conjunction with his business of contracting. His first marriage took place May 4, 1837, to Miss Betsey Diver, daughter of John and Catherine (Hartzell) Diver, to which union seven children were born, of whom the living are Henrietta (wife of John Hoffman), George, William L. and Charles E.; the deceased were Susan E., who died September 5, 1850, at the age of three years; Joseph, who died May 16, 1865, when twenty-two years old, and Julia, who died April 5, 1872, the wife of William Wilson. The mother of this family departed from earth August 6, 1850, aged thirty-five years, and Mr. Wilcox next married, May 15, 1851, Miss Adaline Barrick, who was born February 24, 1817, a daughter of William and Sarah Barrick, to which union have been born three children—E. B., J. B., and Sarah, who died November 3, 1861, at the age of ten years. Mr. Wilcox has always been a democrat in politics, and for a number of years served as school director and township supervisor; he also carried the mails between Deerfield and Enon Valley, a round distance of thirty-seven miles, making the trip twice a day. William Wilcox, grandfather of subject, was a native of Massachusetts, was a farmer nearly all his life, and to his marriage with Louisa Gibbs were born eleven children, of whom two survive—Alexander H. and Clarissa, wife of Elias Mowen. The deceased children of these eleven were named Julia, Harriet, Emma, Lucinda, Mary, Seneca, Lawrence, George and Newell. William Barrick, mentioned above, was a native of Maryland, and his wife, Sarah Romich, of Berks county, Pa. To their marriage were born seven children, viz: Adeline (Mrs. A. H. Wilcox), and John, who still survive, and Harriet, Elizabeth, Mary, William and Cornelius, all five deceased. George A. Wilcox, the eldest son of Alexander H. and Betsey (Diver) Wilcox, was born October 2, 1841, in a diminutive log cabin just northwest of Deerfield, and has been a farmer all his life. October 3, 1866, he married Miss Calista E. Kibler, daughter of George and Mary (Ruggles) Kibler, one of the oldest families in the township, the union resulting in the birth of six children, viz: Mary, wife of Arthur Jenkins; Lucy, wife of Charles E. Burkey; Grace G., Clayton G. and Bessie, all still living, and Bertha I., who died May 28, 1895, at the age of nineteen years, nine months and three days. In 1868 Mr. Wilcox settled on his present farm, a half mile west of his father's homestead, and until 1873 was engaged in the production of potash, etc., since which date he has devoted his time to general farming. Mr. Wilcox is very popular in the township and has filled the offices of school director and supervisor for several years. Calista E. Kibler, the lady who became the wife of George A. Wilcox, was born in 964 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD Palmyra township, Portage county, Ohio, January 7, 1845, her mother being a native of the same township and her father of the state of Virginia. To the marriage of George Kibler to Mary Ruggles, daughter of William and Malinda (Wilson) Ruggles, were born seven children, viz: Melissa, now Mrs. Lester Patterson; Calista E., the wife of George A. Wilcox; Maria, married to Charles Waller; Jesse C., Charles M., and Blanche May, the wife of Arthur Williams. George Kibler met with an accidental death July 31, 1889, being killed by a fall from a wagon, but his wife had passed away November II, 1888, at the age of sixty-nine years. The grandfather of Mrs. George A. Wilcox, Henry Kibler, a native of Virginia, was one of the earliest settlers of Palmyra township, was a farmer by occupation, but at one time owned the largest saw-mill in northeastern Ohio. ORLANDO WILCOX, one of the leading attorneys of Summit county and a respected citizen of Cuyahoga Falls, was born at Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, December 16, 1851, a son of Dr. Orlando and Lucy (Fletcher) Wilcox, who descended from Connecticut Puritans, of English stock, the name being originally spelled Wilcoxson. Lemuel Wilcox, grandfather of Orlando, was the son of Joseph. He was born in Connecticut, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. He settled in New York state, after his marriage to Rhoda North, about 1800. His children were Orlando, Alanson, Evelyn, Lemuel, Adelia, Mary and Sarah. Lemuel Wilcox moved, in 1830, and settled at Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, on a farm, although a stonemason by trade. He reached the venerable age of eighty-four years and died a knight templar Mason. Dr. Orlando Wilcox, father of our subject, was born February 22, 1802, at Broadalbin, in New York state. He received an excellent medical education in New York city, graduated about 1827; and settled for the practice at Cuyahoga Falls, about 1828. Dr. Wilcox married, in this place, Lucy Fletcher, March 26, 1829. She was born on Grand Island, lake Champlain, July 6, 1809, and saw, as a child, the naval battle on that lake. Her father moved to Burlington, Vt., and from there to Ohio, in 1817, and settled as a pioneer in the woods of Boston township, Summit county, but later moved to Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, where he died, aged about seventy years. Dr. Wilcox was one of the pioneer physicians, was a member of the early medical societies of Cuyahoga Falls, and well known throughout the surrounding country. He moved to Hinckley in 1831, where he practiced for many years. He died in Cuyahoga Falls, April 3, 1886. He was a strong advocate of temperance and as early as 1829, in connection with Henry Wetmore, of Cuyahoga Falls, organized the first temperance society in Ohio. His children were Nelson E., Rev. Alanson, Lester, Rebecca, Lucy and Orlando. Politically, he was a free-soiler, abolitionist and republican. Orlando Wilcox, subject of this sketch, received his education at Hinckley and Baldwin university, at Berea, Ohio, and read law at Cleveland, in the office of A. J. Marvin, a prominent attorney. He began the practice of his profession in 1884, and soon established a successful business. Mr. Wilcox married, October 7, 1874, Miss Zelia M. Severance, born at Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, a daughter of Asaph and Mary (Pierce) Severance, and to this union have been born two daughters—Lottie and Mabel. In politics Mr. Wilcox is a republican, and has held the office of city solicitor for ten years. He was a candidate for probate judge in 1896, OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 965 but was defeated for nomination by a small majority. He is a K. P., being a member of Pavonia lodge, No. 301, of Cuyahoga Falls, and also of the Ancient Essenic order. Mr. Wilcox and wife are members of the Disciples' church. FRANCIS ALBERT WILCOX, a leading business man of Akron, Ohio, was born in Richfield, Summit county, May 17, 1852, and is a son of Jeremiah C. and Julia A. (Wilder) Wilcox, the former of whom was a native of Connecticut and the latter of Vermont. Jeremiah C. Wilcox descended from an English family that settled in America in 1636, but for the purposes of this narrative it will be only necessary to state that he was well educated and came to Ohio in 1808, locating in Trumbull county, and there married a Miss Bushnell, who bore him five children, viz: Harriet, the deceased wife of Rev. Daniel Emmerson; Maria, deceased wife of the late Judge Robert Clark, of Sacramento, Cal. ; Jeremiah D., a retired merchant of Deadwood, S. D. ; Jerusha, wife of Gen. S. D. Sturgis, of Minneapolis, Minn., and Amelia, who died in early childhood. The mother of these children was called away in due course of time, and then Mr. Wilcox married Mrs. Pettee, formerly Miss Wilder, who became the mother of the subject. The father of Mr. Wilcox died in 1872, at the age of eighty-two years, but the mother still survives, and has now attained her eighty-second year. Francis A. Wilcox was educated in the common schools, then at the Richfield academy, and at the age of seventeen years began teaching school, by which effort he was able to pay his way through Oberlin college, from which he graduated in 1878. His scho0l work extended through. nineteen terms—the last three years of which were employed as superintendent of the Glenville schools. He had taken the opportunity, however. during the years he was employed as a teacher, to study law with T. E. Burton, of Cleveland, reading, under instruction, one year. In 1882 he located in Akron, bought a half-interest in the abstract business of W. W. Warner, and for two and a half years was associated with this gentleman in this specialty, then purchased his partner's interest, and for six months carried on the business on his own account. In 1885 he disposed of one-half of this business to Andrew H. Noah, and until January, 1896, it was carried on under the firm name of Wilcox & Noah, when C. I. Bruner was admitted and the name changed to Wilcox, Noah & Co., which has since done an abstract, insurance, real estate and general agency business, having in its supervision the affairs of the Akron Building & Loan association. Mr. Wilcox is, beside, treasurer of the Akron China company, is president of the Akron Electrical company, of which he was one of the organizers, and has been a director in the Akron Savings bank since its organization. His surplus capital is invested in the stock of various industrial concerns in the city, and he has done as much as any man of his age to advance the progress of Akron in its material, educational and moral prosperity, and is emphatically what is usually denominated a self-made man. In politics Mr. Wilcox is a republican and has served as a member of the city council in Akron, as well as in Glenville. Fraternally he is a Knight of Pythias and an Odd Fellow, in the latter order having filled the office of past grand and having represented it in the grand encampment, and is, beside, the organizer of the .lodge of Maccabees in Akron. Mr. Wilcox was united in marriage November 9, 1893, with Miss Della M. Doyle, daughter of W. B. Doyle, of Akron, and this 966 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD union has been blessed with one child, Doyle Wilcox, born May 7, 1895. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox have also taken to their hearts and home a little girl, who was left an orphan by the death of a brother of Mrs. Wilcox and whom they have adopted as their daughter, and who was born August 3, 1894, and is named Elizabeth Lulu Wilcox. Mr. Wilcox, with his family, resides at No. H0 Park place, where he and wife enjoy the company of a large circle of friends, to whom a generous hospitality is always extended. SOLOMON C. WILD, a thrifty young farmer of Northampton township, Summit county, was born in Uniontown, Stark county, Ohio, December 7, 1865, a son of Frederick and Susan (Brumbaugh) Wild, the former a native of Switzerland. Frederick Wild was born about 1839 and was the sixth child of Rudolph Wild, who died in his native land in 1844. Mrs. Wild came to America in 1854, landing in New York after a voyage of eighteen days, the quickest that had ever been made by a sailing vessel up to that date, and arrived at Uniontown, Ohio, on the first day of the following year. She brought with her the children she had borne to Rudolph Wild, who were named Jacob, Sophia, Samuel, Mary, Frana, Frederick, Rudolph and John. Of these, Frederick, father of our subject, worked as a day laborer for several years, and on reaching his majority married Miss Susan Brumbaugh, rented a farm in Lake township, Stark county, lived thereon seven years, and then purchased the farm of seventy-three acres on which his son, Solomon C., now resides. On this farm Mr. Wild made most of the improvements and placed it under good cultivation, and here passed the remainder of his life, dying June 19, 1892. His wife, Susan, was born in Stark county, Ohio, her parents having come from Pennsylvania. Her death took place September 10, 1886, leaving to mourn her loss her husband and three children—Clement, Solomon C. and Irene. Solomon C. Wild has added considerably to the improvement and cultivation of the old home farm and has made it both attractive and profitable, being an industrious as well as a well-trained agriculturist, and having had possession of the premises ever since the death of his father. November 9, 1886, Mr. Wild married Miss Fannie Galloway, daughter of Adam and Almira (Cochran) Galloway, of Stowe township, the union resulting in the birth of one son and one daughter—Harold C., April 2, 1890, and Susan Almira, January 5, 1897. Adam Galloway, father of Mrs. Wild, was a brave soldier throughout the late Civil war, having served as second lieutenant in the Sixth Ohio volunteer artillery, and as a citizen was one of the most respected residents of Stowe township. In politics Mr. Wild has always acted with the democratic party, and while he has been true in his allegiance to the same and active in promoting its welfare, has never yet sought preferment at his party's hands nor been desirous of holding public. office. He and wife active long been active and ardent members of the United Presbyterian church, at Metz, Ohio, and have lived consistently with its tenets and teachings. Both are likewise members of the Patrons of Husbandry order, and are socially classed among the most respectable in the society circles of Northampton township. ANDREW J. WILHELM, one of the best known attorneys at law in Akron, Ohio, has his office at No. 111 South Howard street and has been a resident of the city since 1882. His birth took OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 967 place in Canton, in Stark county, Ohio, November 19, 1863, and he is one of the three children born to Frederick and Matilda (Pontious) Wilhelm, the former of whom was born in Germany and the latter in Pennsylvania, of German extraction, and both are now deceased. Of the three children, Andrew J. is the only survivor. He was reared by his maternal grandparents, Samuel and Sarah Pontious, from his sixth until his fourteenth year, and he then began to take care of himself. He was educated in the district and graded schools, and at the age of sixteen years began teaching, and in this vocation was employed two terms in Stark county, six terms in one school in Portage county, and one term at another school in the same county, and two terms in Summit county, making a total of eleven terms. During vacations he was employed as a clerk and also as a carpenter. In 1881 he entered Union college and defrayed his expenses entirely from the funds he had previously earned as teacher, carpenter and clerk. In 1887 he began the study of law with Voris & Voris and was admitted to the bar March 6, 1890, and soon afterward formed a partnership with Samuel Rogers, under the firm-name of Rogers & Wilhelm, but six months later the firm dissolved, and since then Mr. Wilhelm has been in practice alone, and has attained a proud distinction as a general attorney. During the period of self-instruction Mr. Wilhelm was first strongly inclined toward the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was and is now a member, and passed a successful examination as a candidate for ordination, delivered many sermons, and acted as a " supply," but circumstances led to the practice of the law, and in a financial sense the change was a fortunate one, as his abundant success as an attorney has since proven. In politics Mr. Wilhelm is a member of the republican party, and as an attorney is equally popular with his fellow-practitioners as with the general public. He was married, May 30, 1888, to Miss Rose Anna Price, daughter of George Price, and this marriage has been blessed with three children—Earle P., Lillian A. (deceased) and Edith. WILLIAM L. WILLIAMS, the old-time blacksmith and wagonmaker of Palmyra, Portage county, Ohio, was born in Wales August 1, 1833, a son of William L. and Margaret (Jones) Williams, who came to America in 1839. William L. Williams, the father, was also a wagonmaker and blacksmith, and on coming to America settled in Palmyra, where he followed his trade as long as strength permitted. To his marriage with Miss Jones were born seven children, of whom three are still living, viz: Ann, Elizabeth and William L. The deceased were named Isaac, John, Henry and Martin, the last named of whom died in Washington, D. C., May 10, 1894, at the age of sixty-four years. The father passed away November 18, 1861, when fifty-six years old, and the mother October 17, 1887, at the age of eighty-three years—both devout members of the Methodist church. William L. Williams, in whose interest this biography is written, was but five years of age when brought to Palmyra, Ohio, here attended the district school and learned his trade under his father. When his father became invalided, he for some time managed the business, and in 1854 started a shop in Palmyra on his own account, and up to the present time has been very successful in this line, as well as in farming, which he carries on in conjunction with his trade. June 1, 1867, Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Maria M. Williams, daughter of William and Martha (Roberts) Williams, 968 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD and this marriage has resulted in the birth of two children, viz: Warren B., who married Miss Kate Lewis, daughter of David and Mary Lewis, and William, who is still unmarried. Mrs. Maria M. Williams was born in Palmyra township July 18, 1840, of Welsh parentage. Her father was a painter, and to his marriage with Martha Roberts, daughter of Thomas Roberts, were born seven children, two of whom are still living—T. R., whose biography appears on another page, and Mrs. William L. Williams. The deceased were named Ann, William, David, John and Martin—of whom the last named died in Minneapolis, Minn., December 10, 1891, at the age of sixty years. The parents of Mrs. William L. Williams settled in Palmyra township in 1832, and here the father died October 26, 1846, at the age of fifty-two years, and his widow died October 15, 1880, at the age of eighty, both in the faith of the Methodist church. William L. Williams has always been an industrious mechanic and farmer and has consequently won the respect of all who know him. He and family are members of the Methodist church, of which he has been a trustee for many years, and to the support of which he liberally contributes, and the teachings of which constitute his guide and monitor in his walk through the paths of life. THOMAS R. WILLIAMS, ex-sheriff of Portage county, and a greatly respected retired farmer of Palmyra township, was born in Wales, November 23, 1823, and was but eight years of age when brought to America by his parents, William and Martha Roberts) Williams, who settled in this township, in 1832. Thomas R. is the eldest born in a family of five children, of whom two only are still living—he and a sister, Maria, wife of William L. Williams, of Palmyra. The deceased were David, who was killed by falling from a barn when nine years old; William, who died when quite young, and John, who was drowned in California. The father of this family was a painter by trade, but on coming to Portage county also engaged in farming, and here died in 1850, at fifty years of age; his widow, however, reached the advanced age of eighty-four years. Thomas R. Williams was educated in the district school and assisted on the home farm until eighteen years of age and then served an apprenticeship of three years at painting and paperhanging with M. Carnahan, for whom he worked as a journeyman three years longer, and then bought him out and continued the business for six years on his own account, taking his stock to Ravenna. He then sold out to a Mr. Turby and returned to Palmyra and engaged in farming on the home place until 1858, when he was elected sheriff of Portage county on the republican ticket, and so well did he fill the duties of the office he was re-elected at the expiration of his term. At the conclusion of his second term he resumed farming, and in 1864 was elected coroner of Portage county for two years, and about 1868 was elected justice of the peace. Mr. Williams has also filled many township offices, such as constable, school director, etc., and in every position has given thorough satisfaction to his constituents and gained the approbation of the general public. Mr. Williams was united in marriage October 28, 1850, to Miss Mary E. Merwin, daughter of William M. and Phebe (Vaughn) Merwin, and this union has been blessed with seven children, four of whom are still living, viz: Martin R., who lives in Anderson, Ind., and is manager of the strawboard works; A. J., an employee of the Muncie Land company of Ohio; Arthur E., with the strawboard works in Anderson, and Herman M., with the OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 969 same company, with headquarters at Nobleville. The deceased children were: Nelson, who died at the age of twelve years; Alice, who died when eleven years old, and one child, who died in infancy. The mother of this family was called away July 27, 1896, at the age of fifty-five years, in the faith of the Methodist church, of which she had been .a devout and exemplary member for many years. Her parents were both natives of Ohio and had born to them four children, all now deceased, viz: Sarah, who died when small; Cordie; Abigail, wife of David Force, and Mrs. Williams. The father had been a very prominent man in his day, and for fifteen years was a justice of the peace, dying in office in 1851, at the age of fifty years. Fraternally, Mr. Williams has been a Freemason since 1861, and is now a member, in good standing, of Charity lodge, No. 530, of Palmyra. He has been all his life a man of enterprise and public spirit, and has done much toward the development of Palmyra township, and no man stands higher in the esteem of its residents than he. JULIUS T. WILLIAMS, a prosperous business man of Brimfield, Portage county, Ohio, is a native of the town, was born February 27, 1833, and is a son of the late James C. and Elizabeth (New-hour) Williams, pioneers of Portage county. James C. Williams, father of subject, was born in Meadville, Pa. ; Elizabeth Newhour was a native of Amsterdam, Holland, and when a child was brought to America by her parents. James C. was a farmer, early came to Portage county, Ohio, and to this union with Miss Newhour were born fourteen children, of whom four are still living, viz: Silas, James, Julius T., and Martha, wife of Samuel Fauser. The father died June 2, 1845, at the age of forty-eight years, a member of the Methodist church, but the mother survived until October 3, 1870, when she expired at the age of seventy-eight, in the same faith. Julius T. Williams passed his early boyhood on the home farm, receiving but a limited education, as he was but twelve years of age when he lost his father. At the age of sixteen he began learning the shoemaker's trade, which he continued to follow, in all, sixteen years, studying, in the meanwhile, and greatly adding to the meager education acquired in boyhood. On relinquishing shoemaking he embarked in the grocery business, which he has conducted with marked success ever since, handling, also, wool, clover and timothy seed. In 1887 he erected a large cheese factory in Brimfield, which is still under his sole management and ownership. In politics Mr. Williams has always been a democrat, and for four years filled the responsible office of township treasurer, and that of township trustee four years, and for twenty years was postmaster of Brimfield, retiring from the latter office in the spring of 1897. The marriage of Mr. Williams took place April 3, 1853, to Miss Sarah A. Moulton, daughter of Anson and Daphne Moulton, and to this union have been born five children, of whom three still survive, viz: Cora, a schoolteacher, and still unmarried; Millie, wife of Ralph Waldron, and Harry, who married Miss Nina Moulton. The deceased were. Clarence, who died November 3, 1856, at the age of eight months, and an infant, who died un-named. The father of Mrs. Williams was a native of Massachusetts and was a farmer; her mother was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. They were married in 1820, and had born to their union fourteen children. The father of Mrs. Williams, who had held various public offices, died at the age of seventy-six years, and his wife at the age of seventy-eight. Jeremiah 970 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD Moulton, paternal grandfather of Mrs. Williams, was of French descent, was a farmer and school-teacher, a justice of the peace and also a county judge, and died at the age of seventy-six years, a member of the Methodist church, in which faith his wife also died at about the same age. They reared a' family of ten children, all now deceased. Mr. Williams is emphatically a self-made man, and is highly esteemed in trade circles for his enterprise and integrity, and in social life he and family are among the most respected of the residents of Brimfield. ARVIN WILSON, one of the old soldiers of the Civil war, and a respected citizen of Hiram, Portage county, Ohio, was born February 19, 1817, at Tyringham, Mass., a son of Capt. Oliver and Patience (Thompson) Wilson. He received a common education and early began to work for himself, as he was but ten years old when his father died. He learned the forkmakers' trade, and afterward learned the trade of a blacksmith. He first married, in Massachusetts, May 28, 1840, in Sandersfield--Louisa B. Wolcott, who was born in Sandersfield, a daughter of Capt. Samuel and Rebecca (Markham) Wolcott. Mr. Wilson continued to live in Tyringham, where there were born two children to him, and then, in 1847, came to Ohio and settled in Shalersville, in Portage county, and worked at his trade of blacksmith until he moved to Freedom, Ohio---a short time before the breaking out the Civil war, and there enlisted, September 10, 1861, in Capt. A., J. Konkle's battery D, First Ohio light artillery, to serve three years, unless sooner discharged, and was honorably discharged at St. Louis, Mo., January 3, 1863, on account of disability. Shortly after his enlistment he was detailed as an artificer, or as one of the blacksmiths of his battery. He always marched with his battery and was on active duty until he was disabled by exposure and hardships in the mountains of Kentucky, where he took a severe cold, which finally caused valvular disease of the heart. He was in hospital at St. Louis, Mo., in 1862, from the middle of May until January 3 following, at which time he was discharged as not being fit for further duty. He returned to Freedom, Ohio, where he lived until he came to Hiram about December, 1863, and on partial recovery worked at his trade of a blacksmith, but for more than twenty years has been entirely disabled, and for some years he owned and lived on a small farm north of Hiram. The children by his first wife were Maria R., Alzadia L. and Mary S. Mrs. Wilson died at Shalersville and he next married, at Mantua Center, Lucella Reynolds, who was born in Mantua, April 5, 1835, a daughter of R0bert G. and Elizabeth (Stevenson) Reynolds. Robert G. Reynolds was born January 26, 1796, and his wife was born May 15, 1809. His children were Louisa, born August 27, 1824; Lucius, born February 3, 1826; Melissa, born February 3, 1828; Robert C., born July 25, 1829; Alvin V., born June 26, 1833; Orrin, born October 23, 1836; W. H. H., born July 15, 1840; Vincent, born December 19, 1841; Albert, born July 9, 1843; Walter, born March 15, 1845; Orville, born February 2, 1848; Emory, born July 25, 1851; Martha, born October 17, 1855, and two others. There were fifteen children, ten sons and five daughers, of whom all lived to maturity, and fourteen of them raised families. Of the Reynolds children five served as soldiers in the Civil war—Alvin, Vincent, W. H. H., Albert and Orville. Alvin served in an Illinois regiment; the remainder in Gen. Garfield's regiment, and all escaped without wounds, although in many battles. Mr. Reynolds was a whig in OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 971 politics and was a strong Union man. He was well educated for his day, and taught school in Auburn a number of years—also at Kingville and Mantua. He was a straightforward and respected man, and died at the age of seventy years. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have been settlers in Hiram since December, 1863. They were the parents of one daughter, Lora, who died at the age of eleven years. Mr. Wilson has always been known as a respected citizen and upright man, and he and wife are members of the Disciples' church. In politics he was first a democrat, but later became one of the original republicans, and was a justice of the peace two terms, and constable at Freedom. Mr. Wilson is now a venerable man, but retains his mental faculties unimpaired, and has an excellent memory. His father, Capt. Oliver Wilson, died aged about forty-five years. He was the son of Joseph Wilson, and was a lieutenant in the militia. Capt. Oliver Wilson was a captain in the old Massachusetts state militia. His wife, Patience Thompson, was a daughter of James Thompson, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was a boy about sixteen years old when he was on the campaign against Lord Cornwallis. Capt. Oliver was the father of Charles, Abaline, Jarvis, Arvin, William, Harriet and Lovell. Joseph Wilson, the grandfather of Arvin Wilson, was a farmer, and a strong member of the old republican party, and represented his town in the Massachusetts state legislature for several years. WARREN A. WILLMOT, junior partner in the firm of Miller & Willmot, proprietors of the Actual Business college of Akron, was born in Massillon, Ohio, June 12,. 1868.     His parents, Joseph and Lucinda Willmot, were respectively natives of Brussels, France, born. November 28, 1844, and Richville, Ohio, August 3, 1840. The paternal grandparents of Warren A.. Willmot, also natives of France, came to America in 1846, and settled in Massillon, Ohio, where the grandfather followed his trades of cooper and wagonmaker until his death, at the age of seventy-six years. Of the paternal great-grandparents of Mr. Willmot not much is remembered, but they were renowned for great physical strength, and the great-grandfather for longevity; he died at a great age, but his wife was killed in the bombardment of Luxembourg by being struck by a cannon-ball. The maternal great-grand-. parents were also noted for their longevity, the great-grandmother attaining an age of over t00 years. Grandmother Willmot, who bore the maiden name of Remy, was a native of France, was small of stature, but also noted for her great strength as well as longevity, as she lived to be eighty-one years of age. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Willmot were natives of Pennsylvania, came to Ohio early in the thirties, and settled at Richville, near Massillon, where Grandfather Wear followed his trade of weaver, but later moved to Canton, where he died at the advanced age of ninety-two years—his wife having died at the age of seventy-seven years. Warren A. Willmot began his school career at the early age of four. and one-half years in Canal Fulton, whither his parents had removed, and continued his studies until nineteen years old. He then learned telegraphy in the office of the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad company- at Easton, Ohio, and then for seven years was employed in the telegraph and accounting service of the following rail-. road companies: Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling; Cleveland, Canton & Southern; Cleveland 972 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD & Marietta; Cleveland, Akron & Columbus; Northern Pacific; Erie, and Baltimore & Ohio. December 27, 1894, Mr. Willmot relinquished the railroad service and took up the study of shorthand at the Akron school of Standard Phonography, which was then under the control of H. A. Miller, his present partner, and studied the art under the personal direction of that gedtleman until May, 1896, at which time he accepted a position with the N. C. Alten Hardware company, at Lorain, Ohio, which position he held three months. September 1, 1896, he associated himself with H. A. Miller in the ownership and management of the Actual Business college of Akron, under the firm name already mentioned, and of which further information may be gained from a preceding review of the life of Mr. Miller. CALVIN G. WILSON, traveling salesman for Voegle & Dinning, dealers in candies and cigars at Mansfield, Ohio, has been a resident of Akron since 1869, and has his residence at No. 418 West Center street, this city. He is a native of the Buckeye state, having been born at Wilson's Corners, Medina county, December 24, 1837, a son of John and Elizabeth Wilson, who were among the pioneers of the county named, where the father was first a farmer, but later engaged in the manufacture of matches, being one of the first to embark in that industry in that part of the country. At the age of fourteen years Calvin G. Wilson was withdrawn from the public schools of his district and sent on the road by his father with a wagon to sell cigars and matches, and thus initiated into his present employment. At the death of his father in 1861, an elder brother of the subject succeeded to the business, for whom our subject continued in the same capacity until August, 1864, when he shipped on board the gunboat Argosy, No. 27, of the Mississippi river squadron, and served seven months as captain of the hold, on the lower river. After being honorably discharged he returned to his native county and town and conducted a small grocery store for one year; then went to Seville, and thence came to Akron, and for nine years was employed as traveling salesman by Collett & Carr, candy manufacturers, and for the following four and a half years traveled for Clark & Co., Elyria, Ohio, also manufacturers of candy. In 1882 he formed his present business connection, and the statement that he has been phenomenally successful and faithful is substantiated by the fact that he has held this position for over fourteen years, traveling all over the territory of northeastern Ohio. Mr. Wilson was admitted as a member of Wadsworth lodge, No. 119, I. O. O. F., in 1866, and is at present a member of Akron lodge, No. 547; he is also a member of Akron encampment, No. 18, and a charter member of Akron canton, No. 2. He is likewise a member of the Cleveland Commercial Travelers' association, the Travelers' Preferred of Chicago, and of the United Travelers' council, No. 87, of Akron. Mr. Wilson was united in marriage June 12, 1859, with Miss Emily E. Houghton, daughter of Oliver Houghton, and this union has resulted in the birth of three children—Charles L., Carl A., (deceased) and Frank C. Frank C. Wilson, city clerk of Akron, and also clerk for the city commissioners, is the youngest child born to Calvin G. and Emily E. (Houghton) Wilson, who are spoken of in full above. He has been a resident of Akron since two years of age, having been brought to this city by his parents in 1869. His birth took place in River Styx, Medina county, Ohio, October 10, 1867. He was educated in the public schools of Akron, and at the age of OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 973 fifteen years entered the city engineer's department, where he was employed nine years. April 25, 1893, he was appointed commissioners' clerk, which position he has most ably filled until the present time, through annual re-appointments. April 20, 1896, he was elected city clerk by the republican party, of which he is a stanch adherent in principle and active in support, and has also served as secretary of the city board of elections. He is a member of McPherson lodge, K. of P., Akron lodge, I. O. O. F., and is active in all things pertaining to the welfare of the city and county, having for the past two years been treasurer of the Union Charity association. He was married October 4, 1893, to Miss Mabel E. McGhee, and has his happy home at No. 416 West Center street. JOSEPH K. WISE, a representative farmer of Randolph township, Portage county, Ohio, was born in Lorraine, France, March 19, 1819, a son of John and Eva Wise, but was brought to the United States when only five years of age, his parents coming here early in 1832, and being seventy-three days on the ocean. Their family consisted of six children, of whom three are still living, viz: Joseph K., John and Anthony; Catherine died at the age of twenty-six years, Eva at the age of thirty, and Theressa, who was married to Wendell Uhlem. The father died at the age of sixty-six and the mother at seventy years—all in the faith of the Catholic church. On coming to America the family lived one year in Canfield, Ohio, and then came to Randolph, Portage county, where they remained six years on a farm, when they sold the estate and moved to Knox county, where they lived four years, and then came back to Portage county. In 1841 the father bought the farm on which our subject now lives, and here passed the remainder of their days. Joseph K. Wise was reared to agricultural pursuits and was well trained in pioneer farming. He has been twice married—first, in January, 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Earhart, a daughter of Lawrence Earhart, but this lady was called away in 1858, at the age of thirty-nine years, leaving no issue. The second marriage of Mr. Wise took place May 2, 1859, to Miss Catherine Kline, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Knapp). Kline-, and this union has been blessed with ten children, born in the following order: Mary, who is the wife of George Becks, of Kent; Eva, wife of Philip Seigfried: Joseph, who married Ella Bixler; Clara, married to John Kauffman; Louisa, wife of Michael Hoover, of Akron; Emma, now Mrs. William Colton, of Rootstown; Frank, who married Emma Maxon; George, manager of a machine shop in Kent; Rosie and Laura, still under the parental roof. The mother of this family was called to her eternal home September 16, 1889, at the age of forty-eight years, dying a true Catholic. Her parents were natives of Germany, and came to the United States about 1831, settling in Randolph township, where the father engaged in farming until his demise, in 1888, at the age of eighty years, in the faith of the Catholic church, his remains being interred in Saint Joseph's cemetery, beside those of his wife, who had passed away in 1857. Of their seven children five survive, viz : Adam; John; Elizabeth, wife of Harvey Ward; Nancy, widow of William Neff, and Betsey, wife of Peter Kline. In politics Mr. Wise is independent, and votes for the man best fitted for the office. He has served as township supervisor and school director many years. He is a devout Catholic, being a member of Saint Joseph's congregation, and has been very liberal in his contributions to the church and in aid of all 974 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD its charities and good works. He is greatly respected for his many excellent traits of character, and well deserves the high esteem in which he is held by his neighbors, with whom he has passed so many years of his useful life. DR. JOSEPH WINGERTER, veterinary surgeon, No. 804 South Main street, Akron, Ohio, is a native of this city, was born February 6, 1864, and is a son of Lewis and Mary (Smith) Wingerter, the former of whom was born in Paris, France, and the latter in the province of Alsace-Lorraine, Germany. Lewis Wingerter, on reaching America with his wife and younger children, at once came to Akron and superintended the Wilcox pottery on Lock avenue until his removal to Coventry, Summit county, where he erected a: pottery of his own in 1840, and operated it until 1891, when he retired from business. In politics, as a democrat, he served as postmaster of Coventry seven or eight years, and also filled several township offices. Having lost his wife in the spring of 1893, he has since made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Lewis Yeck. To Lewis Wingerter and wife were born six children, in the following order : Lena, wife of Lewis Yeck, of Coventry; Lewis, who is a potter in Coventry; Philip, who resides at No. 35 Wooster avenue, Akron, and is comb inspector at the Goodrich rubber works; Leo, a potter, residing at No. 205 Wooster avenue, Akron; Augustus, a horse-trader, residing in Coventry, and Joseph, the subject of this biography. Joseph Wingerter was reared in Coventry, or Wingerger's Crossing, was educated in the common schools, and later entered the Ontario Veterinary college at Toronto, from which he graduated in 1894. On first quitting school, however, he became a- shipping clerk in the 0. B. Hardin & Co. pottery, and afterward was for eight years connected with a brother in the livery and saloon business, but his livery barns having been destroyed by fire, he entered the veterinary college mentioned aboVe, and since his graduation therefrom has been in Active practice in Akron. In connection with his veterinary practice he conducts an infirmary for the treatment of unsound, sick or injured animals, and has, beside, a well equipped livery stable, and in all these he is doiug a thriving business. Mr. Wingerter is a member of the Veterinary Medical Association of Toronto, Canada, and is considered, by his fellow-members, and the public in general, to be an able veterinary surgeon. He is careful, tender and humane in his treatment of the animals confided to his care, inflicting no unnecessary pain in his surgical operations. He is, like all his family, a devout member of the Catholic church, and as a citizen is respected by all who know him. He was united in marriage February 6, 1897, to Miss Clara A. Serfass, a native of Summit county, Ohio, and daughter of Peter and Ansennetta Serfass. CHARLES L. WILSON, the accommodating and popular proprietor of the livery, feed and sales stables at No. 717 South Main street, Akron, was born- June 24, 1860, at Wilson's corners, Medina county, Ohio, and is a son of Calvin G. Wilson, whose biography will be found above. He came to Akron in 1869, with the remainder of the family, as has already been mentioned in -the biography of his father; and here he was educated in the excellent public schools of the city: At the age of eighteen years he entered the employ of the city in its engineering department, in which he remained seven years, reaching the position of assistant OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 975 city engineer. His next position was with the Akron Knife works, in the shipping department of which he performed his responsible duties in a most satisfactory manner for five years. He then succeeded Mr. Buhrlee in the livery business on South Main street, and, in company with his brother, under the firm name of Wilson Bros., carried on a very satisfactory trade until the fall of 1895, when he assumed control in full of the establishment. In connection with his ordinary livery, feed and sales stables, he also does a great deal of coach work, but as a livery and sales stable his establishment has its broadest celebrity, inasmuch as it is one of the best ordered in the city. Politically, Mr. Wilson is a democrat, and in his fraternal relations is a member of Akron lodge, No. 547, I. O. O. F., with which he has been united for more than fifteen years. November 2. 1883, Mr. Wilson was married to Miss Clara Cahow, a daughter of Daniel Ca-how, of Akron, and this union has been blessed with six children, viz: Bessie, Josephine, Hazel, Mabel, Calvin G. and Catherine. The residence is at No. 563 Exchange street. JACOB E. WISE, a young and sucessful farmer, and a respected citizen of Green township, Summit county, Ohio, was born here March t0, 1868, on his present farm, which was entered by his grandfather. John Wise, father of Jacob E.. was born in Germany, June 16, 1809, and when a boy was brought to Ohio by his parents, who settled in Green township, Summit county, Ohio, where his father purchased the farm alluded to above. John here 'grew to manhood; and married Miss Catherine Semler, who was born in Germany, March 24, 1827, a daughter of Michael Semler, and to this union were born two children—Charles, who married Mary Stametz, and resides in Stark county, and Jacob E., whose name opens this biographical sketch. John Wise assisted in clearing up the original homestead, and on his father's death, succeeded to its possession. John prospered greatly in his management of the place, and became a highly respected citizen. He served as a member of the school-board, and was an active member of the Lutheran church, in the faith of which he died April 5, 1895. His widow is now seventy years of age, and makes her bathe with her son, Jacob E. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Wise were also natives of Germany, but early settlers of Ohio, Michael Semler being a stonemason. To his marriage were born six children, of whom five are still living; of these Mrs. Wise, mother of Jabob E., is the eldest; Frederick is the next in order of birth; Caroline is the wife of Jonathan Snyder, and Godfrey and John are the other two survivors; Jacob was the name of the deceased child. Mr. and Mrs. Semler died in the faith of the Methodist church, and had been among the steady-going and substantial residents of the township. Jacob E. Wise was reared a practical farmer, was educated in the common schools of his district, and has lived on the homestead all his life, with the exception of five years, when he was employed in the sewer-pipe works of his neighborhood. He was united in marriage, September 25, 1892, with Miss Elizabeth Sloat, daughter of Monroe and Mary Ann (Oberlin) Sloat, and this union has been blessed with two daughters, Vernie C. and Mary Irene. Mrs. Elizabeth Wise was born in Jackson township,. Stark county, Ohio, December 5, 1874, of which county her parents were also natives, the father having been born in Lake, and the mother in Jackson township; they now reside in Green township, Summit county, and of their children six are 976 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD still living, viz: Elizabeth (Mrs. Wise), Charles, Sarah, William, Mary and Bessie. Mr. Sloat has been a farmer from his youth upward, is a highly respected citizen and has served as school director for some years. Mr. and Mrs. Wise are consistent members of the Lutheran church, and have so lived as .to merit the respect of all who know them, and which is bestowed upon them in a very marked degree. HON. SIMON PERKINS WOLCOTT, of Kent, Portage county, was born in Summit county, Ohio, January 30, 1837, a son of Alfred and Mary Ann (Scovill) Wolcott, natives, respectively, of Ohio and New Haven, Conn., and paternally descends from Henry Wolcott, who came from England in 1633 and settled in New England. Alfred Wolcott, grandfather of subject, was the first of the family to settle permanently in Ohio, was a school-teacher and surveyor, and founded his home in Summit county. To the parents of our subject were born eleven children, five dying in infancy and Andrew Augustus in the army; four are still living: Simon P., the subject of this memoir; John M., a resident of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Anna Augusta, wife of Rev. Lemuel C. Bissell, a Presbyterian minister of Monroe, Mich. ; Alfred, an attorney of Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Fremont C., was a manufacturer in Canton, Ohio, and died in that city in the fall of 1895. Simon P. Wolcott, the subject proper of this memoir, received his elementary education in the country schools of Summit county, and at the age 'of fourteen years entered Hiram institute (now Hiram college), which he attended three winters. He then taught school a few terms, re-entered Hiram institute and was prepared for college, partly under the preceptorage of his former fellow-student, James A. Garfield—a life-long friend. He next en tered the Western Reserve college at Hudson, Summit county, from which he was graduated in 1862, and then. read law with Hon. H, B. Forrester, of Hudson, and later read with Judge N. D. Tibbals, of Akron, and in the latter city was admitted to the bar in 1864. He at once settled in Kent for the practice of his profession, and is now the oldest lawyer in the city, and for ten years was, and now is, the attorney for the Erie Railway company. A stanch republican in politics, Mr. Wolcott has risen to prominence in his party and state. His first public office was that of member of the school board of Kent, which he filled ten years; was also city solicitor of Kent two terms; was elected the second mayor of the city in 1866, and was re-elected, serving two terms, and has also served as a member of the committee of school examiners. In the fall of 1881 he was elected to the state senate, to represent the senatorial district comprising the counties of Portage, Summit, Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula, and so satisfactorily did he perform the arduous duties of this office, he was re-elected to succeed himself in the fall of 1883. During these two terms he served on the railroad committee, the judiciary committee, was chairman of the committee on soldiers and sailors' orphans' homes, and of the committee on the school for feeble-minded youths, at Columbus. As a member of the railroad committee one grand speech made his name famous throughout the state, and this was an argument before the committee of the whole senate in opposition to the Brigham bill (senate bill, No. 10) for the regulation of transportation rates by railways, and this was so fair and convincing that the railway companies printed and circulated 5,000 copies of the argument in pamphlet form. For six years Mr. Wolcott has also served as deputy state supervisor of elections of Ohio for Portage county, having been appointed to. the OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 977 office by the secretary of state. April 28, 1884, he was appointed by Gov. McKinley one of the board of managers of the reformatory at Mansfield, and under this administration there was erected one of the finest buildings of its kind in the country. Mr. Wolcott has also been appointed attorney for Ohio to represent the county of Portage and five or six adjoining counties, under Dr. B. F. McNeil, food commissioner of Ohio, in 1894, and still holds this office. Mr. Wolcott was happily married, July 17, 1866, to Miss Mary Helen Brewster, daughter of Anson A. and Sally P. (White) Brewster, the former a merchant of Hudson, Ohio, and a direct descendant of Elder Brewster, who came to America with the Puritans. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Wolcott has been blessed with three children, named as follows: Nellie B., who is a teacher in Kent; Jennie B., married to E. S. Parsons, of Kent, and Duncan B., who graduated from the Western Reserve college in June, 1896, was his class orator, and is now a law student. Mr. Wolcott has not only won the reputation of being one of the foremost lawyers and statesmen of the state of Ohio, but is recognized in his community as being one of the most energetic citizens of Kent, the prosperity of which city has always been one of his chief aims and the promotion of the material interests of which has been his constant study. LIEUT. FRANCIS H. WRIGHT, of Tallmadge, Ohio, one of the old sol- diers of the Civil war, a respected citizen and descendant of one of the best families and first pioneers, was born July 7, 1834, at Talmadge, a son of Francis H. and Eliza (Fenn) Wright. He received an academic education in the excellent academy at Tallmadge and was one winter at the agricult- - 43 - ural college in Cleveland, Ohio. He was reared to farming and enlisted in the Onio national guards in the winter of 1862-63 to serve five years, was elected first lieutenant and was called out with his company by Gov. Brough and mustered into the United States service May i 1, 1864, at Cleveland, as first lieutenant of company D, One Hundred and Sixty-fourth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, for too days. He served out his time and was honorably discharged at Camp Cleveland, Ohio, August 27, 1864, having served about four months. His service was at Arlington Heights, Va., opposite Washington, D. C., on guard duty. Mr. Wright was always an active and efficient officer and always on duty, and prompt and and cheerful in its discharge. He was not in hospital and was always well and hardy. After the war Mr. Wright returned to Tallmadge and has since been engaged on the farm. He married January 28, 1858, at Akron, Ohio, Harriet Eliza Killbourne, born January 29, 1838, in Akron, a daughter of Louis and Eliza (McCune) Killbourne, and to this union have been born four children, viz: Winnifred B., who died June to, 1882; Elberta C., Francis H. and Ida L. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Wright settled on their present homestead, and for the last six years has been engaged in dairy farming. He is a member of Buckley post, G. A. R., at Akron. In politics he is a republican and has served as a member of the board of education several terms. He was a member of the board when the present high school was organized and clerk of the board for some years. Mr. Wright is a well known and respected citizen and stands high for integrity of character. Elizur Wright, grandfather of subject, was born at Westfield, Litchfield county, Conn. He had a good education, probably acquired at Yale college. He married Rhoda Homer, in 978 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD Connecticut, for his first wife, and their children were Polly, Harriet, Amelia, Francis H. and Philo, all born in Connecticut. He married for his second wife, also in Connecticut, Clarissa Richards, and their children were Elizur, James R., Clarissa, Martha and Lucy. Two of these children were born in Tallmadge. Mr. Wright moved with his family to and settled in, Tallmadge, in 181o, on the ,farm where Daniel A. Upson now lives. He bought 3,000 acres of land and was one of the first teachers and founders of the Tallmadge academy, which he taught six years. His homestead consisted of 200 acres, on which he erected, in 183 or 1814, the present substantiel residence in which Mr. Upson now lives. Elizur Wright was one of the founders of the Congregational church at Tallmadge and was a deacon many years. Politically he was first a whig, and next an abolitionist. He was a man of sterling character and lived to be seventy-seven years old. Francis H. Wright, father of our subject, was born April 16, 1795, in Connecticut, and was a boy when he came to Ohio. He first married , in Tallmadge, Clarinda Fenn, and they had one child, Eliza. Mrs. Wright died, and Mr. Wright married Eliza Fenn, and their children were Clarinda, Harriet, Francis H. and Martha. Mr. Wright was a prominent pioneer and substantial farmer. He lived to the venerable age of ninety-three years and died in 1886. He was a man who was well known for his sturdy traits of character, and was respected by all. JOHN H. WUCHTER, of Norton township, Summit county, Ohio, was born on the farm he now owns and occupies, April 1, 186o, and which, with the exception of one year, has been his life-long residence. John Wuchter, grandfather of the subject, was a native of Pennsylvania, and was the first of the family to come to Ohio, settling in Summit county in the pioneer days. Eli Wuchter, son of John, and father of subject, was born in Lehigh county, Pa., January 12, 1827, and was but eight years of age when brought to Ohio by his parents, who settled on the farm now owned by John H., the subject of this memoir. Eli was educated in the log school-house of his district in Norton township, and in this township married Susan Betz, who was born August 19. 1833, a daughter of John and Rebecca (Byers) Betz, the former of whom was born. March 15, 1808, and died February 1, 1863, while his wife, who was born January 27, 1807, survived until December 17, 1887. Eli Wuchter, after residing on the farm in Norton township for fifty-one years, removed to Johnson's post-office, in 1887, where he died April 29, 1896, and where his widow still resides. Eli was a strong republican in politics, and, with his wife, a strong adherent .of the Lutheran church, in which he was an officer, and in which he was highly honored, as well as in the communities in which he had lived. John H. Wuchter received the usual common-school education, and clung affectionately to the home farm until 1883, which year he passed in South Dakota. After his return to his farm in Ohio he married, May 20, 1886, Miss Ida May Souers, a native of New Portage, Summit county, who was born November 8, 1865, and is a daughter of David and Catherine (Brown) Souers. The father, David Souers, was born in Summit county, Ohio, in November, 1839, and for twenty-four years was a blacksmith of New Portage; later he moved to the Reservoir in Franklin township, where he followed his trade eighteen years, and now owns a farm of seventy-seven acres, but makes his residence in Akron. He and OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 979 wife are parents of four children, viz: Ida M., Arthur C., Harvey and Albert R., who all attend the Disciples' church. In politics Mr. Souers is a republican. David Souers, grandfather of Mrs. Wuchter, was a native of Pennsylvania, and he and wife were early pioneers of Coventry township, Summit county, Ohio, where he died September 29, 1888, aged seventy-eight years, and where his widow died April 17, 1892, at the age of seventy-seven years, eight months and three days—both members of Grace Reformed church. The three children born to Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wuchter are named Charles H., Gertrude F. and Susie M. Mr. Wuchter is a strong republican in politics and is very influential with his party. During the late campaign he was called by wire to Chicago by Major Charles Dick, of Akron, and for twelve weeks his influence and advice were felt and heeded at republican headquarters in that city. In religion he is a Lutheran, while his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has a neat farm of fifty-five acres, and is highly respected as a citizen and gentleman. AUSTIN T. WOODS, M. D., of Loyal Oak, Norton township, Summit county, Ohio, was born in Union Town, Stark county, April 6, 1856, and is of English extraction, his paternal grandfather, John B. Woods, having come from England; he first located in Pennsylvania, whence he came to Ohio and made his home in Summit county and later in Stark. J. B. Woods, father of the doctor, was born in Springfield township, this county, December 17, 1823, and was two years of age when taken by his parents to' Union Town, Stark county, where he was reared on a farm, and later clerked in a store in Union Town. In 1860 he returned to Summit county and engaged in business at Akron, forging rapidly to the front as a business man and financier, realizing wealth and influence. He married Miss Susan Willis, who was born March 28, 1848, and who died June 26, 1897, the marriage resulting in the birth of the following children: Mrs. Emily J. Andrew, Perry, John B., Dr. Austin T., and Mary, the wife of John H. Hilbish. Mr. Woods died August 14, 1896, a member of the Universalist church, and honored by all who knew him. Dr. Austin T. Woods graduated from the Akron high school, and later graduated from the Akron Business college, and then entered Cleveland Medical college in the fall of 1876, from which he graduated in 1879, since which time he has been in active and lucrative practice in Loyal Oak. June 15, 1880, Dr. Woods was joined in wedlock to Miss Ella O. Harrier, who was born in Norton township, Summit county, a daughter of Daniel and Eliza (Santee) Harrier, and his only child, Lillie B., born November 25, 1882, is now attending Norton Centre high school. In politics the doctor is strongly republican, but his professional duties are too engrossing and extended to permit him to devote much time to political matters. He has been very successful and has won a high position as a physician and surgeon. JOHN VOSLER WYCKOFF, a substantial and well-known farmer of Bath township, Summit county, Ohio, was born in New Jersey, August 16; 1821, and is a son of Tunis and Ann (Vosler) Wyckoff, also natives of New Jersey, and the former of whom descended from an old colonial family. Peter Claus Wyckoff, the founder of this family in America, came from the Netherlands 980 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD in 1665, bringing with him his wife, whose maiden name was Grietye Hendrick. To this couple were born seven sons, named Claus, Hendrick, Cornelius, John, Gerritt, Martin and Peter. To the third named of this family, Cornelius, was born Simon; to Simon was born Dennis, and to Dennis was born Tunis, the father of our subject. Tunis Wyckoff was born January 25, 1797; his wife, Ann Vosler, July 7, 1797. To their marriage were born seven children, in the following order: Margaret Melick, May 17, 1819; John Vosler (subject), August 16, 1821; Ann Eliza, March 6, 1824; Dennis, September 21. 1826; Luke Vosler, March 23, 1829; Sarah Ellen, May 29, 1831, died March 31, 1897, and Mary, April 3, 1834. The mother of this family died May 23, 1847, and the father, May 4, 1871. Of their children, Dennis died in California May 5, 1876; Ann Eliza (Mrs. Munson), in Missouri, in October, 1884, and Luke V., in Bath township, Summit county, Ohio, in November, 1892. John V. Wyckoff was a mere lad when he came to Ohio with his parents, who located on a farm in Wayne county. Being then the eldest boy in the family, he assisted on the home farm until 1841, when he came to Bath, Summit county, where he worked at various occupations for eight years, when he married Miss Sarah Tinkler, December 28, 1849. This lady was born in England January 4, 1829, and in 1834 was brought to America by her parents, who settled in Wayne county, Ohio, to which county Mr. Wyckoff removed after marriage and remained until 1850, when he went to California and worked in the mines two years. On his return to Summit county, in 1852, he purchased his present farm of 114 acres, in the northwestern part of Bath township, about fifteen miles from Akron, which he has improved with fine buildings. To the marriage of Mr. Wyckoff were born four children, viz: Ellen N., born April 14, 1853, is the wife of Webster Bowles, of Medina county; Luke, born October 21, 1854; Elizabeth, born July 28, 1860-died April 3, 1863; John Grant, born September 9, 1864 - died April 16, 1885. The mother of this family died June 22, 1891, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which Mr. Wyckoff also adheres. In politics Mr. Wyckoff is a stanch republican. He cast his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison; he has served as school director several terms, and also as assessor. He has been industrious, hardworking and prudent since the days of his youth, having assisted in clearing the Wayne county farm, as well as the one on which he now lives, and has always been respected. Luke Wyckoff, the elder son of John V., was reared on the Bath township farm, which is now under his charge, the father having virtually retired from active labor. In March, 1878, Luke married Miss Omie Wise, who was born August 25, 1856, and died November 7, 1895, leaving one daughter, Florence, born June 3, 1879. Florence is now housekeeper for her grandfather and father, and a very good housekeeper she is. She received her education in the common schools and also at the Richfield high school. Luke Wyckoff is a stanch republican in politics. He is a member of Osborn's Corners grange, No. 1079, and is the present master, and his daughter, Flora, is organist and Ceres of the grange; she is also a member of the I. O. of G. T., No. 194, at Richfield, Ohio, an organization of about seventy-five members. HENRY D. YOUNG, a thriving young farmer of Suffield township, was born in Summit county, Ohio, March 11, 1861, a son of David and Catherine (Mishler) Young. He received his early edu- OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 981 cation in the public school, which he attended until he reached the age of twenty, and here he passed his life on his father's farm, until his twenty-first year, when he commenced farming for himself. He was married, October 4, 1881, to Miss Emma Schrantz, daughter of Alfred and Fiana (Martin) Schrantz, and to their union was born a family of five children, viz: Ellen, January 5, 1883; Harvey, November 12, 1886; Della, June 24, 1891; Bessie, April 16, 1894, and Lottie, October 1, 1896. In the spring of 1886, Mr. Young removed to the farm which he now occupies, and he and family are faithful members of the German Baptist church. The parents of our subject were both natives of Lancaster county, Pa. In the days of his early manhood, the father learned the trade of a potter, and followed that trade for a number of years after coming to Summit county, Ohio. He afterward engaged in farming, and in 1865, he came to Portage county, where he has since resided. He was married June 28, 1849, to Miss Catherine Mishler, daughter of Henry and Nancy (Eberly) Mishler, and six children came to bless their union, of whom only three remain: Nancy, wife of Benjamin Mishler; Henry D„ and Lovina (wife of Samuel Royer); those passed away were Maria, who died in 1861, aged ten years, Louisa, who died in 1861, aged eight years, and Lizzie, who died in 1861, aged two years —these three all having died within a week of that dread disease, diphtheria. Mr. Young, father of our subject, was ordained as a minister of the German Baptist church, in which he is still preaching, also being an elder of the church; both parents reside in Suffield township. Samuel Young, paternal grandfather of Mr. Young, was a native of Pennsylvania and in his early days was a teamster, driving a team between Pittsburg and Philadelphia, Pa. He came to Ohio and settled in Summit county, where he lived all his life. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Rhoads, and to them were born eight children, seven of whom are still living, viz: John, Henry, Simon, Samuel, David, Lovina (wife of Henry Landis) and Frederick. The grandfather was the owner of a large pottery in Summit county and also engaged in farming. He passed away November 20, 1880, at the ripe old age of eighty-four years, eight months and ten days. Henry Mishler, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was also a native of Pennsylvania and emigrated to Ohio when a small boy. He afterward located in Portage county, where he engaged in farming. He was married to Miss Nancy Eberly, and eleven children blessed this union, eight of whom are living, viz: Annie (wife of Michael Rabenstine), Susan (wife of William Mills), Catherine (wife of David Young), Jacob, Elizabeth (wife of Daniel Merkley), Martha (wife of Emanuel Bellinger), Emma (wife of Joseph Stevens), and Fiana (wife of Richard F. Adams). Those who have passed on before were Henry, Oliver, and Polly. Mrs. Young, wife of our subject, was born April 3, 1863, in Stark county, Ohio, which was the birthplace of both her parents, her father having been born September 4, 1841. He was principally engaged in farming and also engaged in threshing. He was married November 5, 1861, to Miss Fiana Martin, daughter of Jacob and Maria (Surbey) Martin, and to them were born two children, Mrs. Young being the elder, and Alvin, the younger, resides in Suffield. The father died September 21, 1866, at the early age of twenty-five years, in the faith of the German Baptist church. His widow was next married to Jacob Mishler, to whom she has borne two children, but one of whom is living —Ellen (wife of Silvanus Fausnight); John died in infancy. 982 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD Michael Schrantz, paternal grandfather of Mrs. Young, was born October 3, 1819, in Lititz, Lancaster county, Pa., his parents then residing near a place known as Shaffer's Mill. In his early boyhood days he attended the graded school under the tutorage of Prof. John Beck, at Lititz, when his parents emigrated to Stark county, Ohio; he was then in his sixteenth year, and was instructed with the driving of one of the teams. He remained with his parents on their farm, two miles north of New Berlin, Stark county, until his marriage with Miss Sally Mohler, which occurred March 15, 1840. They began housekeeping on a small tract of land in Stark county, and in the spring of 1845 removed to a farm three miles north of Canton, Ohio, where they resided until the spring of 1851, when they removed to the old homestead in Stark county, which the family have ever since occupied. Mr. Schrantz was a member of the German Baptist church and died September 12, 1887. The fruit of this marriage with Miss Mohler was eight children, viz : Alfred, Mary, Catharine, Malinda, John, Mahala, Henry and Sarah. Henry D. Young, although still a young man, has exhibited wonderful skill as a farmer, and his well-tilled fields give evidence of most excellent management. He and family hold a high position in the social circles of Suffield township, and are among its most respected residents. ALEXANDER B. YOUNG, superintendent of the Kent Water & Light company, is a native of Carbondale, Pa., was born July 11, 1849, and is a son of William and Elizabeth ( Bryden ) Young, natives of Scotland. William Young, father of Alexander Bryd en Young, the subject, was a farmer in Scot land, but for some years lived in Glasgow., He and wife came to the United States in 1845 and settled in the Keystone state, where Mr. Young engaged in the grocery trade in Carbondale and also engaged in draying. Later still he removed to Scranton (then known as Slocum's Hollow) and was employed as foreman in the mines of the Pennsylvania Coal company; his death took place May 20, 1892, at the age of seventy-two years, and his widow is still a resident of Scranton. They were the parents of fourteen children—seven sons and seven daughters—of whom thirteen grew to maturity and were reared in the religious faith of their parents—that of the Presbyterian church. Of these children, James D. is superintendent of the Pennsylvania Coal company's mines and resides in Dunmore, Pa. ; Andrew was a molder by trade and also a miner, and died in Scranton, Pa., December 12, 1893; Maggie is married to James Bryden and resides in Carbondale, Ill. ; Alexander B. is the subject of this biography ; Mary is wife of James Meers, of Hyde Park, Pa.; Belle married Alexander Smith; David is a baker and grocer of Newburg, Ohio; Katie, Jennie and Lizzie are living with their mother; Thomas, is a foreman in Gypsy Grove colliery and lives in Dunmore, Pa. ; William died in Scranton; Robert is a locomotive engineer at Scranton. Alexander Bryden Young was six years of age when his parents moved to Scranton, and at the age of nine years was placed at work in the coal mines as a mule driver. These mines were closed about four weeks each winter, and during these periodical closings young Alexander attended school. At the age of fifteen years he entered the molding shops of the Pennsylvania Coal company and learned the trade, serving as an apprentice until nineteen years old, and then visited Oswego, N. Y., and Cleveland, Ohio. December 10, 1869, he came to Kent and was appointed assistant OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 983 foreman in the railroad shops, and so served, with the exception of one year, until appointed to his present position, about 1886. The Kent Water & Light plant, which is owned by an eastern syndicate, was constructed in 1886-87, although the light plant was not completed until 1889. The water is obtained from six Cook wells, which supply a reservoir of 12,000,000 gallons capacity—the average daily consumption being about 350,000 gallons. In the light plant the Westinghouse system is used, and furnishes both arc and incandescent lights. Of the former, the city makes use of sixty, which are furnished at $60 each per annum, and of the latter about 1,000 are in use. Mr. Young superintended the construction of these plants, has been the superintendent of the company ever since, and is the only officer of the company resident in Kent, the president, C. C. Pornroy, and the secretary and treasurer, C. E. Kimball, being residents of New York city. The marriage of Mr. Young took place March 9, 1872, with Miss Mary F. Newberry, who was born in Kent, March 4, 1850, a daughter of O. H. Newberry, an old resident of the city, and this union has been blessed with seven children, viz: Mamie, James E., Oliver H., Irena S., Harry Alexander, William C. and Robert Hamilton. In politics Mr. Young is a republican and always takes an active part in the campaigns of his party as far as his time from business will permit. Fraternally he is a royal arch Mason, and also a member of the Royal Arcanum. Mr. Young has two uncles and three aunts still living, who came to the United States with his father, William Young. Of these, Thomas Young was lost sight of soon after arrival; David is a machinist at Norwalk, Ohio; Belle married Andrew Bryden and died in Pittston, Pa. ; Mary is still unmarried, and Betsey is married to John Hoyte, a resident of Michigan, Mr. Young has been the maker of his own way in life and has well won the high esteem in which he is held by his fellow-citizens of Kent. WILLIAM E. YOUNG, mayor of the city of Akron and the senior member of the law firm of Young & Wanamaker, No. 182 South Main street, Akon, was born in Mount Hope, Holmes county, Ohio, February 3, 1863, a son Mathias and Catherine (King) Young, natives of Tuscarawas and Holmes counties, respectively, and of English and Irish ',descent, and now reside in Canton, Ohio. The father is a mechanic, politically is a democrat, and for many years has been a leader in local politics and "a man of much influence. He and wife are members of the Methodist church, and in this faith have reared their children, of whom there are five, viz: Wiliiam E., the subject 984 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD of this memoir; Lottie A., of Canton; Harvey R., advertising manager for Bryce Bros., clothiers, of Columbus; Nora and Joseph R., at home. William E. Young was reared in Holmes county, Ohio, and educated in the public schools, alternating the winter months in study with the summer months in farm work for about three years, until seventeen years old, when he began teaching, a vocation he followed for five years, applying his salary, as fast as he collected it, to the defraying of his college expenses, and alternating his time between the school-room and the college, as he had previously done between the farm and schoolroom; this college was the Ohio Normal university at Ada, which he entered in 1882, and from which he graduated in 1888. In the fall of the latter years, he was appointed principal of the high school at McConnelsville, Ohio, which position he held two year, and while thus engaged passed an examination and was granted a life certificate as teacher. In the fall of 1890 he entered the law department of the university of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from which he graduated in 1892, and then came to Akron, Ohio, and was here appointed local editor and business manager of the City Times, and local correspondent of the Cleveland Plaindealer. January 1, 1893, he opened a law office in the Pfleuger block, on Howard street, Akron, having been admitted to the bar in March, 1892, and practiced his profession alone until October I, 1893, when he formed his present partnership with Mr. Wanamaker, since which time his growing practice has absorbed all his time and attention. In politics Mr. Young is a democrat and takes and active part in advancing his party and its principles, and in April, 1897, was elected mayor of the city of Akron, being the only democrat elected upon the city ticket at that election. In his fraternal relations, he is a member of McPherson lodge, No. 63, Knights of Pythias, and is also a member of the Akron club. Mr. Young was united in marriage, June 12, 1895, with Miss Mary R. Fouts, daughter of W. O. Fouts, of McConnelsville, Ohio. Mrs. Young is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. They have their home at No. 417 Perkins street, where they are surrounded by a host of estimable and esteeming friends. CHARLES YOUNG, residing in Tallmadge, Ohio, and one of the old soldiers of the Civil war, was born October 20, 1834, in the north of Ireland, is of sterling Scotch–Irish ancestry, and is a son of Samuel and Mary (Kemmer) Young. He received a common-school education, and came to America when he was but fourteen years old, with his mother and sister Bella, who had married Robert McGull. They came in October, 1849, in a sailing vessel, and were six weeks on the passage to New York city, whence they made their way to Akron, Summit county, Ohio. When old enough, Charles Young engaged in common labor, as he had to support his mother. He enlisted at Akron, Ohio, in August, and was mustered in at Camp Jefferson, Ohio, September 30, 1861, for three years or during the war, in company G, Twenty-ninth Ohio volunteer infantry, Capt. John Clemmer, and served until honorably discharged at Camp Chase, Ohio, October 1, 1862, on account of disability—typhoid fever. He served in the Shenandoah valley, Va., and was in the battle of Kingstown, near Winchester, and in several skirmishes, and in many hard marches in the winter of 1861. He was in the hospital sick with chronic diarrhea for some time, and on partial recovery assisted as nurse in the care OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 985 of the sick and wounded, and about one month was sick with typhoid fever. He was in all the battles, skirmishes, marches and campaigns in which his regiment was engaged and did his full duty while in health. Mr. Young married, the first time, in New Castle, Pa., before the war, Margaret Orr, who was born in the north of Ireland, a daughter of Samuel Orr, and to Mr. and Mrs. Young were born John and Bell (both deceased), Charlotte, Margaret and Fannie. Mrs. Young died in 1865, at New Castle, Pa., and Mr. Young was next married in Akron, Ohio, in March, 1868, by Rev. Fitch, to Lucy Telley, and the children were Charles, born in Delaware county, Iowa, February 28, 1870, and died in May, 1879; John S., born December 27, 1872, in Dubuque, Iowa; Thomas, born at Tallmadge, Ohio, May 5, 1875, and died May, 1879; Mary, born at Tallmadge, Ohio, May 25, 1876, and died May, 1879; James, born May 8, 1878, at Tallmadge, Ohio; Grace M., born May 3, 1881, in Akron, Ohio; D. K., born at Tallmadge, September 28, 1884. In politics Mr. Young is a republican. He is a member of Buckley post, G. A. R., at Akron, and has always been a hard-working, industrious man, but is much disabled from his service to his adopted country. Samuel Young, father of Charles, was a native of the north of Ireland, and to his marriage with Miss Kenner were born ten children, all of whom lived to marry and rear children, and all of whom came to America, except the second son, Robert. These children were Samuel, Robert, Isabel, Jane, John, Fannie, James, Charles, Nancy, and Mary, who died when young. Samuel Young died in Ireland and his widow came to America and died in Akron, Ohio, an old lady. Both were members of the Presbyterian church. Charles Telly, father of Mrs. Charles Young, was a farmer, born near Dublin, Ire- - 44 - land, and was a foundry man by occupation. He married, in Ireland, Mary Byrne, and the children were Catherine, Thomas, Charles, Mary, John and Lucy. Mr. Telly came to America directly after his marriage, located at Monroe Falls, but soon moved to Cuyahoga Falls, where he worked in a foundry and there passed his remaining days. All the children were born there except Catherine, who was born at Munroe Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Telly were members of the Catholic church, and had two sons in the Civil war—John and Charles. John was out one year, was in several battles, and on Sherman's march to the sea; Charles was in the 100-day service. Mr. and Mrs. Young went to Iowa after marriage and lived in Dubuque county several years, but are now among the most respected citizens of Tallmadge township, Summit county, Ohio. WILLIAM H. YOUTZ, formerly one of the most respected farmers of Suffield township, Portage county, Ohio, but now deceased, was born in Stark county, Ohio, December 12, 1840, a son of Henry and Mary (Ream) Youtz. When he was sixteen years of age his parents came to Portage county, but he continued, his residence in Stark county until he reached his sixteenth year. He then came to Portage county, and engaged in farming, and June 29, 1867, married Miss Louisa Weaver, daughter of Jacob and Hosanna (Little) Weaver, the ceremony being performed by Squire William Paulus. To this congenial marriage were born seven children, five of whom still survive, viz: Minnie, wife of Seward Thomas, of Akron, Ohio; Charles E., who married Miss Elizabeth Vile, and is residing in Mogadore; Murray, bookkeeper in Cleveland; Thomas and Flossie H. Those who passed away were Bertha, who died May 2 1, 1871, at the age of 986 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD nine months and one day, and Nellie, who died March 15, 1885, at the age of four years and four months. Mr. Youtz, who was a very industrious man, accumulated considerable property in his vocation as a farmer, and afforded his family a very comfortable home, but was called away, August 2, 1896, at the age of fifty-five years and eight months, a member of the Methodist church, of which he has been a devout member and a trustee. The parents of William H. Youtz were both born in Dauphin county, Pa., but were among the early settlers of Ohio. Henry Youtz, the father, was a district school-teacher in his young manhood, and was also a farmer. To his marriage with Miss Mary Ream, a daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Wagoner) Ream, were born eleven children, besides the subject, six of whom are still living, viz: Urias; Elizabeth; Mary Ann, wife of Noah Falor; Winfield, married to Tillie Thornton; Zachariah, married to Kate Packard, and Sarah, the wife of Isaac Paulus. The deceased were Jefferson, Josephine, two that died in infancy, and William H., our subject. The parents were consistent members of the Evangelical church, and died at the respective ages of eighty-six and seventy-nine years. Mrs. William H. (Weaver) Youtz, wife of our deceased subject, was born in Summit county, Ohio, October 7, 1848. Jacob Weaver, her father, was a native of Germany, was born January 14, 1819, and his wife, Hosanna (Little) Weaver, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, May 8, 1812, of English parentage. Jacob Weaver came to America in 1840, and located in Fulton, Ohio, where he joined :a brother, but later changed from place to place, engaged in trade, mostly of a mercantile character, until 1860, when he came to Portage county, where he purchased a small farm, on which he lived a few years and then sold, purchasing the one now occupied by his daughter, Mrs. Youtz, and on which his death took place. To his marriage, October 28, 1846, with Miss Little, daughter of Adam and Sarah (Miller) Little, there were born two children—Mrs. Youtz and Sarah, the latter now the wife of William Hively, and the mother of two children, Minnie and Burd. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver were members of the German Reformed church, of which Mr. Weaver was a deacon and elder, and in the faith of which he died September 7, 1892, his wife having preceded him to the grave March 5, 1889, at the respective ages 0f seventy-one and seventy-two years. Daniel Weaver, the grandfather of Mrs. Youtz, on the paternal side, came from Germany to the United States, and with his wife and three children settled in Uniontown, Stark county, Ohio, and engaged in farming. Six months later he lost his wife, who, it is said, died of home-sickness. Daniel and Elizabeth Weaver died at the respective ages of seventy-two and fifty years, both in the faith of the German Reformed church. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Youtz were natives of Dauphin county, Pa. The grandfather came to Ohio when a young man, settled in Columbiana county, where he was a school-teacher for several years, but eventually settled down to farming. He was a man of influence in his township, and served thirty years as justice of the peace; was also a soldier in the war of 1812, and in the war with Mexico. To his marriage with Miss Sarah Miller, daughter of George and Kate Miller, were born eight children, who were named, in order of birth, Andrew, Hannah (who was married to Charles Post), John, Cathena (Mrs. John Chubb), Thomas, William, Hosanna and Eli. The deaths of the parents of this family took place December 9, 1860, when the father was ninety-six years OF PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES - 987 old, and that of the mother occurred in 1840, at the age of sixty-seven. The great-grandfather of Mrs. Youtz was a cloak merchant in England, made a successful business trip to America, but on his return homeward died on shipboard, and was buried in the depths of the Atlantic ocean. Mrs. William H. Youtz still resides on the family homestead in Suffield township, and is regarded with the utmost esteem by all her neighbors and the hundreds of friends whom her many amiabilities of mind and heart have drawn to her side. JOHN A. ZOOK, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, was one of the old soldiers of the Civil war and is a respected citizen. He springs of German and Scotch ancestry, was born July 6, 1840, in Pittsburg, Pa., and is a son of Jacob and Margaret (Mun) Zook. Jacob Zook was born in Washington county, Pa., was a ship carpenter and farmer and married, in Pennsylvania, becoming the father of six children, viz: John A., James, Michael A., Lydia, Mary C. and Margaret E. Jacob Zook came to Ohio in 1844 and settled in Coshocton county, where he engaged in farming. He enlisted, in the fall of 1861, in the Eightieth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, to serve three years or during the war. He was wounded while bridge building, and was honorably discharged and returned home, and on recovering went to Indiana, where he enlisted in an infantry regiment, for three years. He had served but two years, when the war closed and he was again honorably discharged, and died at Fort Madison, Iowa, August 12, 1887. He had two sons in the Civil war—James and John A. James enlisted in the Nineteenth Ohio infantry. for the three-months' service, and was in the battles of Rich Mountain and Laurel Hill, Va. He died of sickness--black measles—one week before his time expired. John A. Zook was but four years old when brought by his father to Ohio. He received a common-school education and was reared to farming. At the age of twenty-one years he enlisted in Coshocton county in company K, Twenty-fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, Capt. Josiah Givens, to serve three years or during the var, served eighteen months, and was honorably discharged, on account of sickness, at Camp Chase in the fall of 1862. After partial recovery, he enlisted, at Camp Chase, Ohio, in company A, Second Ohio cavalry, for three years or to the close of the war, and served until honorably discharged, in November, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio. He was in the battles of Greenbrier Mountain, Va., and Pittsburg Landing, while in the infantry, but was taken sick with typhoid fever after the battle of Shiloh and was confined in hospital three months at Lawrenceville, Ky. In the cavalry service he was in the battle of Cumberland river, Ky., on the raid 'after Morgan in Ohio, at the siege of Knoxville, at Blue Springs and Bristol, Tenn., and at Strawberry Plains and Green Station; he fought through the Wilderness, and was in the Shenandoah valley, fighting through to Appotomax Court House. Mr. Zook was always an active soldier, was never a prisoner nor wounded, and served his country faithfully. Mr. Zook married, in Summit county, October 5, 1868, Maria Thompson, who was born in Pennsylvania, September 22, 1833, a daughter of William and Eliza (Matthews) Thompson. Mr. Thompson was a farmer and his children, beside Mrs. Zook, were George, Ann, Elizabeth, Louisa, Nancy, Jennie and Sarah. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were members of the Seceder Presbyterian church, and Mr. Thompson lived to the great age of nine- 988 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD ty-six years, dying at Hudson, Ohio, in 1892, at the home of his daughter, Louisa. Mr. and Mrs. Zook have lived in Summit county since the war, and came to Cuyahoga Falls in 1888, and bought a pleasant residence. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Zook are William J., Margaret, E. J. E. and Mary C. Mr. and Mrs. Zook are members of the Methodist church, and in politics he is a republican. He is a member of the G. A. R., post, No. 37, at Cuyahoga Falls, and is a highly esteemed member of the community in which he now lives. WILLIAM HENRY ADAMS, of Akron, may well be classed as among the leading liverymen of northeastern Ohio. He was born in Manchester, Summit county, July 15, 1848, the fifth of a family of six children who blessed the union of Daniel and Mary (Shook) Adams, natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in Summit county, Ohio, pior to 1830, and now reside on a farm near Manchester, although the father is by trade a stonemason and plasterer, and through his skill and industry in this line acquired sufficient means with which to purchase his farm and retire to the peaceful pursuit of agriculture. William H. Adams was educated in the common school of his district, which he attended until fourteen years of age, and then began learning the plasterer's trade under his father, and continued this trade until 1882; he next carried on the butchering business for two years, and then farmed for about seven years, when he came to Akron, and for three years traveled for the Columbian Medicine company. On severing his connection with this company he engaged in the livery business in the Empire barn, one of the oldest livery stands in this city, as well as one of the best appointed barns in the county. For twenty-five years Mr. Adams has been manufacturing Adams' Eureka Liniment, for man and beast, the efficacy of which secures for it a ready sale. Mr. Adams was married, in 1868, to Miss Lavina E. Workinger, daughter of Emannel Workinger, and this union has been blessed with two daughters—Jennie and Mabel. In politics, Mr. Adams is a democrat, and Mrs. Adams is a member of the Reformed church. Mr. Adams is a popular and genial gentleman, is accommodating to his patrons. and on all occasions manifests a disposition to please, and prosperity has been the reward of his fair and liberal methods in transacting his present business.