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HORACE ADAMS, farmer, P. 0. Mogadore, Summit County, was born in Suffield Township, this county, July 19, 1811; son of Moses Adams, who represented this district in the Legislature at the sessions of 1820-22. On December 8, 1842, our subject was married to Miss Lucy Richards and resided with his parents until their death. His mother died in October, 1844, and his father in March, 1845. He removed to his present home, a productive farm of 171 acres 'in 1859, where Mrs. Adams died August 26, 1879. They were the parents Of the following children: Martha Ann (Mrs. McKnight), Benton, Sarah (Mrs. Hildebrand), Albin, Emma, Maria Lucy and Clayton. Our subject is an earnest Republican. He has served in several of the county offices, having been a member of the Board of Education twenty-nine years, County Commissioner, etc., and he discharged the trusts committed to his care with unswerving fidelity.

HENRY AGNE, farmer, P. 0. Suffield, was born in Jackson Township, Stark Co., Ohio, May 3, 1843; son of Philip and Elizabeth Agne, natives of Bavaria, Germany, who immigrated to America in 1833 and settled in Suffield Township, this county, in 1844. Their children are Catharine (Mrs. Myers), Elizabeth (Mrs. Moatz), Mary (Mrs. Goetz), Caroline (Mrs. Mohler) and Henry. Our subject, November 24, 1864, was married to Mary Jane Stamm, of Suffield Township, this county, and by her has following children: Nelson Eugene, Clarence Sidney, Alverna May, Minnie Belle and Forest Earl, besides four who died in childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Agne now own the Stamm homestead, consisting of 268 acres in Portage and Stark Counties, Ohio. Mr. Agne is a life-long Democrat; a representative citizen, and, with his wife, a member of the German Reformed Church.

ANDREW AREHART, farmer, P. 0. Mogadore. Summit County, was born December 17, 1831, in Rochester, N. Y.; son of Joseph Arehart, a native of Germany, who is still living. Our subject was married, November 3, 1858, to Lena Paulus, a native of France, where she was born, August 7, 1836, daughter of Anthony and Barbara Paulus, and has since resided with his wife in the home of his adoption in Suffield Township. To this union have been born six children: Louisa (Mrs. Memmer), George, Emma, Clara, Frank and Ida, all of whom received a substantial literary and musical education. Mr. and Mrs. Arehart have by their industry acquired a productive farm of ninety-seven acres; are consistent, pious members of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Mr. Arehart is one of the leading citizens of the township, a man of worth and enterprise.

JOHN AREHART, farmer, P. 0. Mogadore, Summit County, was born January 19, 1840, in Suffield Township, this county; son of Joseph and Eve Arehart, natives of Rhenish Bavaria, Germany, who immigrated to America and settled in Suffield Township, this county, about 1832, where they went on an entirely new farm which they cleared and improved. Mrs. Arehart died August 15, 1856, leaving eight children: Mary Ann (Mrs. May); Andrew; Joseph, in Missouri; Cordelia (Mrs. Wehner) in Michigan; Barney, in Michigan; John; Elizabeth (Mrs. Spielmam) in Denver, Col., and Lawrence, in Michigan. Mr. Arehart is now living at the advanced age of eighty-two years. Our subject married, October 26, 1862, Miss Mary Ann Wilson, and located where they now live in 1872. They are the parents of the following children: Meda, Charles E., Ella (deceased), William J. and Jessie May. Mr. Arehart has served his township as Trustee, discharging his duties faithfully and to the satisfaction of the people. Politically he has been a life-long Democrat.

FREDERICK J. BAUER, physician and surgeon, Mogadore, Summit County, was born March 5, 1854, in Suffield Township, ,this county, where his father, Jacob Bauer, still resides. He early engaged in teaching, and acquired a good literary and scientific education at Mount Union College. In 1877 he entered into the study of medicine under Dr. Ferguson, subsequently attending lectures at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, and the University at Wooster, Cleveland, Ohio, where he graduated in 1880, and settled down to practice with his former preceptor at Mogadore, Summit Co., Ohio, where he has built up a large and influential practice. He is a Democrat in politics.

MICHAEL BLETZER, manufacturer, P. 0. Suffield, born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, September 1, 1833, son of Philip Peter Bletzer, who died in 1853. The same year his widow, accompanied by her family, emigrated to America, landing in this country May 5. Our subject at once located in Randolph Township, this county, where he established a blacksmith shop in " Johnny Cake Hollow." On June 4, 1855, he was married to Miss Albertine Helwig, by whom he had thirteen children, four of whom survive: George Henry, Eva Harriet, Philip Hartmann and Emanuel Emil. On the night of March 26, 1867, the family residence was burned to the ground, and five of the children perished in the flames. After eleven years' residence in Randolph, our subject removed to Suffield Township, where he established a wagon and blacksmith shop, and where he is known as a skillful mechanic. He and his wife are members of the German Reformed Church. Our subject's mother is residing with him, and is eighty-two years of age. Mr. Bletzer has been a sound Democrat all the days of his life, and has never voted any other ticket.

CONRAD L. BRUMBAUGH, farmer, P. 0. Mishler, was born October 2, 1842, in Randolph Township, this county; son of Henry and Catharine Brumbaugh, both now living. Our subject, April 23, 1868, married Miss Eliza Mishler, and they are the parents of five children: Jesse, Albert, Manno, Lydia and Della: After residing four years in the eastern part of Suffield Township, and a few months in Randolph and Brimfield Townships, they settled on a farm of sixty-two acres, in 1873, where they have since made their home. They also own thirty acres in Stark County, Ohio, and a little homestead of ten acres one-fourth mile east of his present home. Our subject is a Democrat in politics. He has served his constituency in the township as Trustee, School Director and Supervisor. He is an industrious and successful farmer, universally respected. Mrs. Brumbaugh is a member of the German Baptist Congregation.

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MICHAEL CAHILL, farmer, P. 0. Suffield, was born December 25, 1830, in County Kilkenny, Irelandi son of Patrick and Mary Cahill. He was educated principally in his native county, and was married, in 1853, to Margaret Wilson, who died in 1860, leaving one son-Joseph P., who now resides in Illinois. Mr. Cahill when nineteen years of age went to the County of Durham, England, and engaged in the coal mines there until 1855, when he met with an accident which resulted in the loss of his right leg below the knee. He emigrated to America in 1865, and engaged with Mr. Loomis, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, to sell tin-ware, glass, etc., for him through the surrounding country. In 1867 he was again married, this time to Betsey E., widow of Harrison Way, and daughter of Robert Fenton, of Suffield Township, and they immediately settled where they now live at Suffield Center. Mr. Cahill is a man of wide range of information, which he has acquired by extensive reading. He is a close student of public affairs, and takes a deep interest in the welfare of his adopted country. He is a Democrat in politics and has served his township as Assessor and member of the Board of Education. He is now holding his fourth commission as Notary Public, and has done considerable local legal business in this community.

JOEL COBURN, farmer, P. 0. Suffield, was born August 28, 1825, in Brimfield Township, this county; son of David Coburn, of Mattson, Mass., And Nancy (Moulton) Coburn, of Brimfield Township. Of their eight children three are now living: Joel, Lucy Ann (Mrs. Meacham) and Martin V., all of this county. Our subject married, September 28, 1848, Diantha, daughter of David Perkins, who became a resident of Springfield Township when thirteen years of age, and Electa (Tupper) Perkins. Seven children were born to them, four of whom are still living: Silas, Simon, Ellen (Mrs. Rogers) and Mrs. Coburn. Mr. and Mrs. Coburn are parents of the following children: Wilbur D., married to Lunetta A. Sabins, and Curtis E., who died February 27, 1879, aged twenty-five years. After a four years' residence in Brimfield Township our subject settled upon his farm of 161 acres in Suffield Township, where he has since resided. He has been a life-long Democrat; has served the township as Assessor and Trustee. Mrs. Coburn is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

NATHAN COOK (deceased) was born in Suffield Township, this county, April 9, 1816, son of David Cook, On January 14, 1842, our subject was married to Miss Clarinda Hulbert, born November 16, 1816, daughter of Jamen and Lurinia Hulbert, natives of Vermont and Connecticut, respectively, and who accompanied their families at an early day in their trip from the East with ox-teams, and settled in Springfield Township, this county. Our subject and wife after their marriage located near Suffield Center, where they developed their farm and raised a family of six children, viz.: David, in Michigan; Esther, Mrs. Brown; Marion, in Kansas; Newton; Jamen; and Eveline, Mrs. Shanafelt. Mr. Cook was a Republican in politics, a useful citizen and a worthy man. He died February 2, 1875. His widow still, resides on the family homestead, respected by the community for her excellent qualities.

LEE COOK, farmer, P. 0. Suffield, was born November 11, 1821, in Suffield Township, this county, son of David and Chloe (Moore) Cook, who came to this county from Connecticut at a very early period in their lives, married and here remained until their death. The father died in February, 1859, the mother in 1879, aged ninety-one years. Their children were Mary (Mrs. Potzer), Nathan and John, all deceased; Lee, Galvin, Orange and Rachel (Mrs. Stahlsmiih) still living. Our subject married Miss Phebe Buckman, who died February 4, 1872, and he then married Margaret Ebel, born near Stras-

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burg, France, December 11, 1831, daughter of John and Catharine Ebel, who settled in Suffield Township, this county, in 1833. where they were highly respected members of the Lutheran Church. They died many years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Cook are much esteemed by the community for their worth and intelligence. He owns a farm of 107 acres. In politics he is a Republican. Mrs. Cook is a member of the German Reformed Church.

AVERY CROSS, retired farmer, P. 0. Brimfield, was born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vt., April 4, 1800, son of Daniel and Hannah (Avery) Cross. whose seven brothers were present and participated in the battle of Bunker Hill. In 1809 the father of our subject made a trip West, and the year following came to Ohio accompanied by his family, locating in Randolph Township, this county. He was one of the earliest carpenters in this part of the country. He and his son Samuel were frozen to death in January, 1812, while on their way to Harrisville, Medina Co., Ohio. Our subject adopted the carpenter's trade, and when sixteen years of age purchased fifty acres of land, which was the nucleus of his present farm of 210 acres in Suffield Township. He was twice married, first February 20, 1841, to Miss Hannah Frasier, of Richmond, Ohio, who died in 1845, leaving two children: Susanna (Mrs. Hubbard) and Nancy. His second wife, to whom he was married September 15, 1846, was Mrs. Mary Larkins, widow of John Larkins, and daughter of James and Mary Byers, who had two children by her first husband: Henrietta (Mrs. Smith, deceased), and James K. Mr. and Mrs. Cross were the parents of two children: Frances J. (deceased) and Lucy E. (Mrs. Potter).

JACOB CABOT FERGUSON, physician, P. 0. Mogadore, Summit County, was born August 7, 1819, in Suffield Township, this county, son of Samuel Ferguson, of Armstrong County, Penn., who came to this county in 1815, and Rosanna (Reynolds) Ferguson, a native of Londonderry, Ireland, who settled in Springfield Township, in 1816. After living the lives of pioneers they died, leaving three children: Sarah (Mrs. Moore); Elizabeth (Mrs. Colvin), deceased, and Jacob Cabot. Our subject, having finished his education at Wadsworth Academy, became a teacher, and so continued for several years. He then began the study of medicine under Dr. M. Jewett, and after practicing at intervals in Uniontown, New Baltimore and Mogadore, Ohio, where he settled in 1852, he graduated at the Western Reserve College in 1858. On June 18, 1844, he married Miss Mary Ward, of Randolph Township, who died January '7, 1863, mother of the following children: Rose (Mrs. Weimer, in Cincinnati); Kate (Mrs. Trenton); and George W. Our subject married for his second wife, March 8, 1864, Mrs. Margaret (Cochrane) Chamberlain, widow of James Chamberlain (her son, Capt. W. F. Chamberlain, is Postmaster at Hannibal, Mo.) Our subject is a Republican in politics.

JOHN FRITCH, farmer, P. 0. Suffield, was born in Suffield Township, this county, October 5, 1811, son of John and Mary Ann Fritch, natives of Berke County, Penn., who immigrated to Suffield Township, this county, in 1805, with their three little girls, and settled at Fritch's Lake. They endured the hardships of pioneer life, and died leaving a family of eleven children, of whom John is the fifth. Our subject was twice married; on first occasion, March 2, 1843, to Mary Frank, a native of Stark County, Ohio, who died February 12, 1853, the mother of the following children: George W.; Lucy A., Mrs. Bickel, deceased; Rebecca, Mrs. Garl; Susanna, Mrs. Werstler; John H. and Mary Elizabeth, both deceased. On July 17, 1853, Mr. Fritch married Rebecca Frank, his deceased wife's sister, by whom he has had the following children: William B.; Sarah, Mrs. McClougban; Daniel; Caroline, Mrs. Weaver; Wilson; Mary Ellen and Candas. For over thirty years Mr. Fritch

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was a popular auctioneer in Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio. He now owns a farm of 308 acres, including the beautiful lake known as Fritch's Lake. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church. Politically he is a Democrat.

GEORGE FRITCH, farmer, P. 0. Suffield, was born April 15, 1813, in Suffield Township, this county; son of John and Mary Fritch. He was brought up on his father's farm and attended the primitive schools of those early days. He was married, November 14, 1839, to Mary Rhodes, who was born January 14, 1821, in Germany, a daughter of Jacob Rhodes. By this union there are the following children: Jacob D., Henry, John (deceased), Lucinda and Catherine (now Mrs. Wegman). Our subject and wife settled where they now reside, after their marriage, and by industry and good management have acquired a fine farm of 229 acres of well-improved land. Mr. Fritch's father gave him 172 acres of land, in consideration of which our subject paid his brother Jacob $34 per annum during his life and $150 to his brother Benjamin. Mrs. George Fritch received from her father, Jacob Rhodes, fifty-five acres of land. Mr. Fritch and his worthy wife are members of the Lutheran Church. He is an upright pioneer citizen, highly respected by the community in which he lives. He has ever been a Democrat in politics.

JACOB CARL, farmer, P. 0. Mogadore, Summit County, was born January 17, 1815, in Stark County, Ohio; son of Reuben and Catharine (Clay) Garl, natives of Northamptom County, Penn., and early settlers of Stark County. His grandfather, a native of Germany, was a teacher in Pennsylvania, and his father followed this profession in the same State and in Ohio. Our subject was married, February 21, 1833, to Miss Elizabeth Kreichbaum who died in 1876, and he subsequently married Caroline, widow of John Cook, born in Mahoning County, this State, January 12, 1823, daughter of Joseph and Charlotte Hudson. Mr. Garl was father of the following children: George; William (deceased); Catherine (Mrs. Walter) now deceased; Sarah (Mrs: Rose); Mary (Mrs. Myers) deceased; Lydia (Mrs. Agne); Daniel, residing in Portage County, and Eli, in Kansas. Mr. Garl has a comfortable home comprising eighteen acres of land in Suffield Township, this county, besides eighty-two and a half in Summit County. He has given his children all a start in life. He is a member of he Lutheran Church and his wife of the Disciples denomination. In politics he is a Democrat.

JACOB HIVELY, farmer, P. 0. Suffield, was born January 15, 1820, in Stark County, Ohio; son of George and Polly Hively, who settled in Suffield Township, this county, where the father died. The mother subsequently moved West and died in Indiana. On December 8, 1842, our subject married Miss Anna Saxe, who bore him the following children: William, Caroline (Mrs. Powell), Jacob. Mrs. Hively died December 11, 1879. In about 1853 Mr. Hively settled where he now resides, a farm of 168i acres, secured through industry and good management, and February 21, 1881, he was married to Miss Louisa Mellinger, born in Summit County, Ohio, April 7, 1861, daughter of Levi and Catharine Mellinger, who settled in Brimfield Township, this county. Our subject is a man respected by those who know him, a citizen of integrity, of genial characteristics. In politics he is a Democrat.

JOSIAH KENT, farmer, P. 0. Mogadore, Summit County, was born May 16, 1811, on the farm which he now occupies in Suffield Township, this county; son of Martin and Abigail (Hale) Kent, natives of Connecticut, who after living nineteen years of their married life in New Hampshire, moved to this county and settled in Suffield Township in 1806. They came with a two-horse

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team and while crossing Conneaut Creek the ferry-boat sunk and it was with difficulty that they saved their goods. Martin Kent was thrown into a fever through the exposure, which compelled him to remain in Cleveland several weeks while the family came on and settled on a new farm which they bought of Royal Pease. They built the first frame house in the township, which is still in use by the family, and brought up the following six children: Martin, Jr. (deceased); James (deceased); Almira (Mrs. Andrews) deceased; Eliza (Mrs. Greene) deceased; Abigail (deceased), and Josiah. The parents have long since passed to their reward. They were members of the Presbyterian Church and enjoyed the esteem of all who knew them. Our subject married, December 1, 1836, Miss Lucia T. Miller, and has six children.

JOHN C. KLINE, farmer, P. 0. Suffield, was born July 31, 1837, in Suffield Township, this county; son of George and Elizabeth (Yager) Kline, natives of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, who immigrated to America and were married at Canton, Ohio, immediately settling in Suffield Township, this county, where Mr. Kline died in August, 1872. His widow still lives in the township. Our subject, October 16, 1860, was married to Miss Gertrude Kemmery, who has borne him the following children: Katie, Barbara, Mary, George H., William B., John J. and Gertrude. Mr. Kline owns a farm of fifty-seven acres; a citizen of enterprise and integrity. He and his family are communicants of the Roman Catholic Church.

ABRAHAM KURTZ, farmer, P. 0. Lake, Stark Co.., Ohio, was born June 26, 1829, in Lebanon County, Penn., son of Jacob and Catharine Kurtz, former of whom died June 25, 1883, aged eighty-two years; they removed to this county in 1854, where they lived and died. They were the parents of Lydia, Mrs. Royer; Abraham; John; Elias; Mary, Mrs. Carber; Jacob; Elizabeth, Mrs. Bollinger, in Michigani Samuel and Isaiah. Our subject was married, March 6, 1859, to Anna Mishler, and they settled on the old homestead farm, where they have since resided and have enlarged its dimensions to 184 acres. Mr. Kurtz is a leading and highly respected farmer. He and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church.

NICHOLAS LIMEY, manufacturer, P. 0. Suffield, was born April 28, 1854, in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and when seventeen years of age immigrated to America, locating in Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained nine months, and then came to Ravenna. After a three years' residence in the latter city, following his trade, that of a blacksmith, he removed to Fort Wayne, Ind., thence to Indianapolis, residing at both places an aggregate of ten months. He was married July 6, 1875, to Miss Elizabeth Dauber, of Ravenna Township, this county, and established himself in Bellevue, Ohio, where he remained two years, finally returning to this county, and settling in Suffield Township, carrying on the blacksmith and wagon trade, a portion of the time as partner of John McLone. He now has an extensive establishment and conducts a large business, turning out about thirty vehicles annually. Mr. and Mrs. Luley are• the parents of four children: Mary, Lizzie, Josephine and Clement. He is an accomplished mechanic, a Democrat in politics. He and his wife and family are members of the Catholic Church.

EZRA LUTZ, farmer, P. 0. Mogadore, Summit County, was born in 1835, in Lancaster County, Penn., son of Aaron and Elizabeth Lutz, who came to. Suffield Township, this county, in 1839, where the former died in August, 1876, aged seventy-two years. He was an old-line Whig, one of the first. Republicans, and an upright man, leaving an honorable name to posterity. His widow still lives on the old homestead. Their children are Margaret (Mrs. Montz), Henry, Susanna (Mrs. Crouse), George, Elizabeth (Mrs. Mishler),

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William, Maria (Mrs. Woodring), Nancy (Mrs. Roudebush), Joseph and Ezra. Our subject, December 10, 1854, married Miss Elizabeth J. Ruble, born in Center County, Penn., September 29, 1836, daughter of John and Julia Ann Ruble, and who was raised in Jo Daviess County, Ill., where her parents resided temporarily, and to this union have been born following children: John A., Emma (Mrs. Robenstine), Isaac Warden, Lewis W., Henry Grant, Lizzie L., Cora J., Julia Ann, Sophia and Maud. Mr. and Mrs. Lutz have a well-improved farm of sixty-two acres. Mrs. Lutz is a member of the German Baptist Church. In politics he is a Republican.

WILLIAM LUTZ, farmer, P. 0. Mogadore, Summit County, was born in Suffield Township, this county, February 7, 1842, son of Aaron and Elizabeth Lutz. He was educated at the common schools of the district wherein his parents resided, and when eighteen years of age began learning the carpenter's trade. During the war he was in the Government employ, building bridges on the railroad between Nashville and Chattanooga, Tenn., and at its close returned home, where he settled down. Our subject was married October 26, 1861, to Miss Catharine Wilson, of Suffield Township, this county, born February 10, 1844, daughter of Samuel Wilson, and by her he has had three children: Mrs. Meritta Alice Yerrick, in Trumbull County, Ohio; Arthur James, deceased; and Jennie Grace. Our subject has built many of the houses and most of the improved barns in the vicinity of his home, and is esteemed a skilled and successful mechanic. He and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church.

HUGH K. MARTIN, retired farmer, P. 0. Mogadore, Summit County, was born January 17, 1803, in Jefferson County, Ohio, son of Thomas and Catharine Martin, natives of York County, Penn., whence they moved to Ohio. They lived a brief period in Jefferson County, then came to Trumbull County, where they resided seven years, finally settling in Suffield Township, this county, in 1810. In the fall of 1812 they moved from their home on Congress Lake to the present family homestead, where they remained permanently and died at an advanced age. Our subject was married September 18, 1834, to Rosanna M. Williams, of Franklin Township, this county, taking up their residence at Mogadore, Summit County, where they remained fourteen years, and where he carried on a carding machine and saw-mill. Mrs. Martin came with her parents from East Granville, Mass, at the age of fourteen. In 1849 our subject erected his present residence on the homestead farm, where they have since resided, and where, September 18, 1884, they celebrated their golden wedding. Upon the occasion of the latter event, the attendance numbered nearly 200, including W. E. Williams and daughter, Mrs. Dr. Gregg, and Miss Ada Reisin, a grand-daughter, all of Seneca County, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Williams, of Minnesota, Mr. and Mrs. Depew, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wirt, Thomas Martin, and James G. Williams, of Michigan, in addition to neighbors and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have raised a family of five children: Calista (Mrs. Wirt), in Van Buren County, Mich.; Amanda (Mrs. Stutsman), Almeda (Mrs. Creque), Melissa (Mrs. Price), all in Akron and Marshall, Ohio. Our subject is a Democrat in politics. He has served twelve years as Justice of the Peace; a man of influence and a valuable citizen. His son, Marshall 0., living at the family homestead, is now serving his third term as Justice of the Peace.

LAWRENCE MEMMER, farmer, P. 0. Suffield, was born October 16,1829, in Rhine-Bavaria, Germany; son of David and Margaret (Arehart) Memmer. The family came to America in 1836, and remained in New York until the spring of 1838, when they moved to and settled in this township and county,

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where the parents died. Mr. and Mrs. David Memmer were parents of the following children: George (deceased), Joseph (deceased), John (of Akron), Lawrence, Margaret (Mrs. Culp), Mary Ann (Mrs. Schulty), Barbara (Mrs. Miller), and Maria (Mrs. Miller). Our subject married, September 29, 1855, Rebecca Wise, born in Stark County September 21, 1832, daughter of Jacob Wise, and by this union there are the following children: John Allen, Sarah (Mrs. 3q. ler), Charles Edward and Joseph Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. Memmer settled on their present farm, consisting of eighty-four and a half acres, in 1865. Mr. Memmer is a Democrat in politics. He has taken a deep interest in the public affairs of the township. He was elected Township. Treasurer in April, 1882, re-elected in 1883 and 1884, and fulfills his duties faithfully and to the satisfaction of the people.

JOSEPH MISHLER, farmer, P. 0. Mishler, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., November 11, 1811; son of Samuel and Elizabeth Mishler, who came to Ohio in 1833, settling in Springfield Township, where they passed the remainder of their lives. In December, 1838, our subject married Magdalene Garl, born May 4, 1817, daughter of Reuben Garl. They are parents of the following children: Isaac; Jacob G., born December 9, 1843, married December 13, 1868, Mrs. Fianah Schrantz, born July 6, 1846, daughter of Jacob and Maria Martin, by whom he has one child—Ellen (Jacob G. was ordained a minister of the Gospel in 1880); Benjamin; Elizabeth (Mrs. Way); Eliza (Mrs. Brumbaugh); Kate (Mrs. Richard) and Joseph, besides five who died in childhood. After residing six years in Springfield Township our subject with his family settled where they have since lived on a farm of ninety acres in Suffield Township. Mr. and Mrs. Mishler are members of the German Baptist Church, respected by all who know them.

BENJAMIN MISHLER, farmer, P. 0. Mishler, was born in Suffield Township, this county, August 27, 1845; son of Joseph and Molly Mishler. He was brought up on his father's farm and received his education at the schools of the home district. He married, February 28, 1869, Nancy Young, born September 9, 1851, in Springfield Township, Summit County, daughter of David and Catharine Young, by whom he has one son—Samuel. After residing with the family of Mr. Young for six years, they removed to their present home. Mr. Mishler is an industrious toiler in the ways of life, a respectable citizen and an honorable man. He and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church.

ANSON MOULTON, retired farmer, P. 0. Suffield, born December 7,1800, in Hampden County, Mass.; son of Jeremiah and Martha Moulton, also natives of Massacansetts; who came to and settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1817. The father of our subject served two terms as Associate Judge, was active in township affairs and attended largely to the settlement of decedents' estates. Mrs. Moulton died in 1846, and Mr. Moulton then again married. He died at the age of seventy-two years. Our subject married, August 31, 1820, Daphne Minard and they are the parents of the following children: Anna (Mrs. Wilson), in Rockford, Ill. ; Jeremiah C., in Mogadore, Summit County; Myron (deceased); Carlista (Mrs. Russ), deceased; Charles; Sarah (Mrs. Williams); Calvin H., in Lead City, D. T.; Harmon Benton; Lydia (deceased); Bierce, in Kansas; Almon; Wilson, who was a soldier in the Twenty-seventh Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., in May, 1863; Perry, who was a member of the Brough Guards and was drowned at the sinking of the steamer "Sultana" in the Mississippi River, April 27, 1865, and Cordelia (deceased). Mr. Moulton resided in Brimfield Township until April, 1864, when he removed to his farm of ninety-five acres in Suffield Township,

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where he now resides with his son Almon. The latter married Miss Kate Crine and has two children: Elmer and Walter. Our subject has always been a Democrat; has served the township in a public capacity repeatedly, and is a man above reproach.

WILLIAM PAULUS, retired farmer and Justice of the Peace, P. 0. Suffield, was born March 16, 1825, in Stark County, Ohio; son of David and Catharine Paulus, natives of Pennsylvania, and early pioneers of Stark County, and who removed to Suffield Township in 1839, where they died at the advanced age respectively of eighty-three and seventy-one years. When sixteen years of age our subject left home and removed to Stark County, where he learned the blacksmith trade, and where, March 1, 1846, he married Rebecca Brouse, by whom he has had the following children: Urias, a member of the One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, who died at Nashville, Tenn., June 29, 1865; Mary E. (Mrs. Sethman); Isaac; James B.; Jane (Mrs. Neubauer); Jefferson and Catharine (Mrs. Schwartz). After his marriage Mr. Paulus settled in Suffield Township, this county, and followed his trade for six years, which he was obliged to abandon on account of failing health. Upon his partial recovery from a prolonged illness, he engaged in farming and also in contracting for the erection of buildings. In 1849 he was elected Constable, serving nearly two terms. In August, 1851, he was elected Justice of the Peace and has held the position to this day, the longest continuous term of service in the county. In 1852 he was elected Township Clerk, which office he served two terms. In 1869 he was elected Land Appraiser, and also in 1879. In addition to the above he held the position of Acting Manager of the Public Schools for several years. He now owns a farm of fifty acres in this township, one of seventy-eight acres in Stowe Township, Summit County, besides valuable town property. Politically he is a Democrat. Mrs. Paulus is a consistent member of the Lutheran denomination.

FRANKLIN P. RUSSELL., M. D., P. 0. Suffield, was born October 29, 1852, in Valparaiso, Ind., son of Newell Russell, a native of Aurora, this county, who married Miss Paulin Blakeslee, of Porter County, Ind. They removed to Iowa and remained until 1860, when they located at Quincy, Ill. Mr. Russell served three years in the army, after which he engaged in mining in the Western Territories and died at Denver, Colo., November 5, 1874. His wife died at Quincy, Ill., July 29., 1867. leaving the following children: F. P.; Chester N., in Streetsboro, this county, Ohio; Agnes V. (Mrs. Seaton), Omaha; Lola L. (Mrs. Folger), of Akron, Ohio, and Charles Henry, of Streetsboro, Ohio. Our subject came to this county when fifteen years of age, and in 1877 began the study of medicine under Dr. Belden, of Ravenna, taking the degree of M. D. at the University of Wooster, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1880. After practicing nearly two years in Streetsboro, this county, he, in December, 1881, located at Suffield, this county, where he has built up for himself a large and influential practice. On May 13, 1880, the Doctor married Miss Lillie E. Tucker, of Streetsboro, this county, and is the father of one daughter—Cora Leona.

ISAAC SAUSAMAN, farmer, P. 0. Suffield, was born June 8, 1838, in Suffield Township, son of John and Catherine Sausaman, who came here from Union (now Snyder) County, Penn., in 1829. Our subject, wbo is the only one of their nine children remaining in Suffield Township, spent about three years in Indiana when a young man. September 5, 1865, he was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Swinehart, and settled where they now reside. They have three children living: Daniel, Salome and Ben-

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jamin, and four—Louisa, Nathan, Zaida and Mabel Amelia-who died of diphtheria within the space of six days in November, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Sausaman are highly respected for their integrity and upright, character. He and his wife are members of the German Reformed Church.

AMOS H. SAXE, farmer, P. 0. Mogadore, Summit County, born December 2, 1829, in Springfield, Summit Co., Ohio, son of Michael and Sarah Saxe, natives of Bucks County, Penn., who lived a few years in Lancaster County, thence moved to Summit County, Ohio, in 1820, where they remained about nine years, and finally settled in Suffield Township, Portage Co., Ohio. This was then an entirely new country, and they had to contend with various difficulties in the wilderness. Game of all kinds was plentiful, and many were the adventures which these settlers experienced in their struggle for existence. Only a small place was cleared for a house, which was 16x16, the floor of which was made of split-logs, a blanket doing service for a door, and in this they managed to exist for several years, the family numbering nine when the house was first occupied. They were faithful members of the Disciples Church and regular attendants at church, having to walk two miles (oxen only being then employed). Michael Saxe was a tailor by trade, therefore the management of the farm fell upon the eldest son (Amos II.), when but a boy. Mrs. Saxe was a kind and devoted mother; a peacemaker in her family of children, always ready to listen to their troubles and furnish some means of relief. She died January 16, 1868. Mr. Saxe died December 10, 1882, at the home of his son Amos H., aged eighty-two years. Of their family of twelve children, six are now living in this county, two in Suffield Township: Amos H. and John H. Amelia (Mrs. Harter), Jeremiah and Elizabeth are residents of Brimfield Township, and Jennie (Mrs. Shirtleff), of Kent. Our subject was married May 11, 1865, to Amanda Harter, and they have the following children: Florence, Grace and Ray. Mrs. Saxe is a member of the Disciples Church. By industry they have acquired a fine farm of 165 acres of well-improved land. Mr. Saxe is a life-long Democrat; has served his township six years as-Trustee and as School Director fifteen jeers.

PETER SCHULZ, farmer; P. O. Suffield, was born February 15, 1826, in Hemsback, Baden, Germany, son of George and Margaret Schulz, who came to America August 9, 1843, settling at once in Randolph Township, this county. They were parents of the following children: Adam, Eve (now Mrs. Eberly) and Peter. George Schulz died about 1857; his widow followed him January 5, 1874. Our subject was married March 15, 1852, to Catherine Shafer, by whom he has the following named children: Margaret, Emeline (now Mrs. Andrews) and three who died in childhood. Mr. Schulz lost this wife April 20, 1862, and he subsequently married Mary Kaiser, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany. He settled where he now resides April 1, 1863, and here he has a fine farm comprising ninety-seven acres well-improved land. He is a man of integrity, much esteemed by the whole community. He and his wife and daughters are members of the German Baptist Church.

ISAAC SLABAUGH, farmer, P. 0. Suffield, was born March 15, 1830, in Columbiana County, Ohio, son of Christian and Nancy Slabaugh, natives of Lancaster County, Penn., who settled in Rootstown Township, Portage Co., Ohio, about 1835. Here Christian Slabaugh died about 1848. His widow subsequently moved to Elkhart County, Ind., where she remained until her death. Of their family of twelve children, Isaac is the fifth. Our subject was brought up on the farm and attended the limited schools of the- home district. He early learned the brick-maker's trade, which he followed about eleven years, in Akron and the surrounding country, being four years foreman of a large

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brick-yard in Akron. He was married July 4, 1850, to Catherine, daughter of Samuel J. and Elizabeth Wise, of Stark County, Ohio. Their children are Lewis, Ella (now Mrs. Alexander, of Akron,) and Emma. In 1868 they settled where they now reside in Suffield Township, and here by industry have acquired a fine farm of 107 acres of well-improved land. Mr. and Mrs. Slabaugh are pioneer members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which they have belonged for twenty-five years. He is a stanch Republican; a successful farmer; an upright citizen respected by all who know him.

HENRY SMYTH, farmer, P. 0. Suffield, born September 29, 1806, in County Antrim, Ireland; son of James and Elizabeth Smyth, who lived in Scotland three years, soon after embarking for the New World. They came by way of Hudson's Bay up Nelson River and into the wild Red River country of Minnesota, landing there in 1812. Here they remained three years, then moved South, traveling by bark canoes through Lake Winnipeg, Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake into Lake Superior, thence down the lakes to Cleveland and located at Cuyahoga Falls. After ten years residence there they settled in Suffield Township, this county, in about 1828, where they died at an advanced age. One son, John, died in California in 1870, and their daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Pendleton, died here about 1833. Henry, our subject, married Miss Mary Gilbert, of Summit County, Ohio, about 1830, and with her cleared up and developed their home, now consisting of 222 acres of finely improved land with excellent buildings thereon. Mrs. Smyth died in 1870. She was a believer in the Episcopal faith, a lady highly esteemed by all who knew her. Four of their sons, James, Ernest, Gilbert and Edward, enlisted during the war of the Rebellion, the latter being killed at the battle of Pittsburg Landing. Their other children are Orrin, Lyman (in Dakota), Frank (in. Illinois), Mary (Mrs. Spencer, in Iowa), and Ella (Mrs. Hale, in Mogadore, Summit Co., Ohio). Mr. Smyth is living on the homestead, enjoying the comforts of a quiet old age. Beginning with Gen. Jackson he has supported the Democratic party ever since.

HORACE ADELBERT TICKNOR, farmer, P. 0. Mogadore, Summit County, born in Suffield Township, this county, February 9, 1845; son of J. Wooster Ticknor (a native of Sharon, Conn., who came with his parents hither in 1812) and Rachel (McCarty) Ticknor (who moved here from Columbia, Penn., in 1822). They lived the lives of pioneers and raised a family of five children, three of whom survive: Horace Adelbert, Pulaski and Celestia. J. Wooster Ticknor died December 31, 1882, and is buried in Kent, Ohio. His widow resides with her twoyoungest children. Our subject in August, 1863, enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served two years, in the Army of the Cumberland, where he made an honorable record as a brave and faithful soldier, receiving his discharge in November, 1865. July 2, 1874, he married Sarah Ann White, born March 10, 1848, in Stark County, Ohio, daughter of Timothy and Nancy (Moore) White, who settled in Suffield Township, this county, in 1849, and where the father died November 4, 1854, leaving three children: Henry, Sarah Ann and Rachel (Mrs. Mishler). The mother is yet living. Mr. and Mrs. Ticknor have three children: Eva, Emma and Ella Pearl. They are now owners of the White estate, 149 acres of well-improved land.

SOLOMON WAY, farmer, P. 0. Suffield, was born August 3, 1817, in Suffield Township, this county; son of David and Rebecca (Baldwin) Way, natives of Connecticut, who came to this county by wagons in 1801, stopping one year in New York en route. After living the lives of upright pioneers and passing .a few years of retired life both died in Springfield Township,

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Summit Co., Ohio. Our subject received his education in the common schools of those early days. He married Mrs. Hannah Potter, widow of Joseph Potter, by whom he had three children: Luna (Mrs. Palmer) Thomas Jefferson and Melissa (Mrs. Thorp). Mrs. Way died in 1853, and Mr. Way then married Mrs. Rebecca Brittan. Their children are Clara (Mrs. Crist), B. F. (deceased), Almina (Mrs. Royer); Andrew Jackson, Laura (Mrs. Potts) and Minnie (Mrs. Keister). Our subject has a farm of 113 acres, is an old and respected pioneer citizen, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of the entire community. In politics he is a Democrat. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JOHN WEBER, farmer and horticulturist, P. 0. Suffield, was born in Rhine Pfalz Byron, Germany, September 13, 1833, and immigrated to America in 1854, where he married, October 28, 1856, Miss Margaret Wilhelm, also born in Germany, then a resident of Suffield Township, this county, and who bore him the following children: Jacob, Mary, George, Adam, Frank, William, John, Albert, Katie, Frederick, Clara, Ellen and Charles. For a few years our subject resided in Tallmadge, Ohio, but finally settled in Suffield Township, this county, where he now resides. He here has a farm of fifty acres highly cultivated and improved, containing a carp pond, and, in addition, in the township an orchard of 600 trees, a vineyard, and other first-class improvements. Mr. Weber does a large business supplying the markets of Akron, Ravenna and Kent with supplies of fruits and vegetables, and is a prosperous citizen. He is a Democrat in politics.

SAMUEL WILSON, farmer, P. 0. Mogadore, Summit County, was born September 2, 1812, in Columbiana County, Ohio; son of Charles Wilson, a native of London, England, who was apprenticed to a cloth dresser, but ran away and immigrated to America at fifteen years of age. He married Elizabeth Shelton, of Maryland, and resided some years each in Maryland, Stark Co., Ohio (where he clerked for seven years with Gideon Hughes, of New Lisbon), and in Suffield Township, this county. The most of his life he followed the profession of a teacher. Our subject was married, November 3, 1836, to Miss Catherine Solders, born October 4, 1818, in York County, Penn., but who immigrated to Ohio when sin years of age with her widowed mother. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, after living four years in the southern part of this township, settled where they now reside, and by industry and good management have acquired title to a fine farm of 100 acres of well-improved land. They are the parents of the following sons and daughters: John, Mrs. Hetty Lutz, Mrs. Mary Ann Arehart, Mrs. Catharine Lutz, Mrs. Angeline Upham, Aaron, James Elmer and Mrs. Lethy Ellen Lutz (twins). Mr. Wilson is a Democrat in poli. tics. He has served his township as Trustee three terms.

DANIEL WISE (deceased), who was a native of Pennsylvania, settled in 1812, at a very early age, with his parents, Henry and Elizabeth Wise, in Greentown, Stark Co., Ohio, where he was brought up, and where, in 1830, he married Miss Susanna Stripe, by whom he had the following children: Jeremiah, Abraham (has resided in Grand Rapids, Mich., since 1851), Mary (Mrs. Flickinger, in Stark County, Ohio), Henry, J. Wesley, William, Anna (Mm Hinman) and Sarah (deceased in 1862). The family moved to Suffield Township, this county, in 1846, where our subject died in 1848, and where his widow brought up the children, keeping them together. In 1855 the family came to where they now reside, and where Mrs. Wise now, at an advanced age, enjoys the love of all who know her. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her son Henry and one of her daughters with her husband are living with her.

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JOHN WESLEY WISE, farmer, P. 0. Mogadore, Summit County, was born in Lake Township, Stark County, Ohio, November 10, 1838, and in 1848 settled with his parents, Daniel and Susanah (Stripe) Wise, in this township and county, where he learned the carpenter's trade. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and during the first two years served in he campaigns of Virginia. His regiment was then transferred to the West and became part of the Army of the Cumberland. He passed through the noted battles of that region, and was wounded in the left shoulder at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 17, 1864. The following September he secured an honorable discharge and returned home, where he engaged in farming. On November 20, 1870, our subject was married to Miss Anna Shafer, and in 1875 they settled where they now reside, and own a farm of sixty acres. They are the parents of the following children: Wilkie Anson, Rosa J., Preston E., Daniel W., Chester Garfield and James Blaine. He is an enthusiastic Republican; himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ANTHONY ZOLLER, manufacturer, Mogadore, Summit Co., born November 24, 1847, in Rhenish Bavaria, Germany, son of Frank and Frances Zoller, who still reside at the place of our subject's nativity. He immigrated to America in 1866, locating at Akron, Ohio, where for seven years he was employed in the drug store of E. Steinbacher. On June 1, 1872, he was married to Mary Eckstein, of Akron, and one year later removed to Suffield Center, where, along with George Michael, he opened a general merchandise store, which, however, was burned within the succeeding ten months. Our subject then purchased and kept the Suffield Hotel, also the hotel at Mogadore, Summit County, which latter he still owns. In 1882 he secured an interest in the Eagle Block in Mogadore, and a year subsequent became owner of the clay works in the same place. Mr. Zoller is the father of three children: Frank, Joseph and Helen. He is a Democrat in politics; a member of the Knights of Pythias.