350 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church and held prominent pastorates in the Pittsburgh and East Ohio conferences. He was a graduate of Allegheny College and was a republican in politics. His wife was born near St. Clairsville, Ohio, and is now living with her daughter in Alliance. Dr. Mills was a son of James Mills, a business man of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Eliza (Thoburn) Mills is a daughter of Matthew Thoburn, who came from the north of Ireland and settled in Belmont county, Ohio, where he became a successful farmer. Mrs. McMaster was graduated from the Barnesville (Ohio) high school and from Lake Erie College at Painesville, Ohio. She took special music courses in Cleveland and was very active in the work of the Young Women's Christian Association in that city. She is a member of the Alliance Women's Club, the Coterie Club of Alliance, the Mount Union College Women's Club and of the Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. and Mrs. McMaster are the parents of three children. Isabella Thoburn, born December 9, 1909, was graduated from the Alliance high school and is now a senior in Mount Union College. She is also a student in the conservatory of music of that institution. William Henry, Jr., born September 22, 1910, was graduated from the Alliance high school. Janet Lyle, born January 17, 1914, completes the family. Dr. McMaster is nominally a republican in his political affiliation but is an independent voter. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, being a member of Conrad Lodge, No. 271, F. & A. M.; Cleveland Consistory, A. A. S. R. ; Al Koran Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S. ; and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon college fraternity. He is a member of the National Educational Association and of the Religious Educational Association. The Doctor is a member of the local chapter of the Red Cross Society and during the World war was president of the Alliance Red Cross. He gave his active support to all local war measures and the campus of Mount Union College became a military camp, on which the government conducted a student army training camp. The Doctor has long been prominent in the larger work of the Methodist Episcopal church, having served for eight years as a member of the general book committee and was re-elected in 1928 for the same length of time. He was elected to the quadrennial general conferences held in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1920, and in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1924, and in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1928. He was a member of the HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 351 general conference committee which selected the city where the conference was to be held. He has taken a good citizen's interest in the welfare and progress of his home town and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Kindly and sympathetic in his relations with the student body of his college, cordial and friendly in manner, he is deservedly popular throughout the range of his acquaintance, and his record at the head of Mount Union College has gained for him wide recognition as a capable and successful educator. DAVID BAXTER TURNIPSEED One of the oldest active merchants in Stark county is David B. Turnipseed, of Alliance, who, though past four score years of age, is still conducting a prosperous business, being one of the veterans in mercantile affairs in this part of the state. He was born near Augusta, Carroll county, Ohio, on the 14th of June, 1846, and is a son of Henry and Alcinda (Rhodes) Turnipseed. The family is of German origin, the progenitor of the name in this country having been John Turnipseed, who was a knife manufacturer in Hesse Cassel, Germany, and left that country in company with two brothers, one of whom went south and one west, while John settled in Washington, D. C. He served in the Revolutionary war. He was the father of John Turnipseed, who was born in Maryland and became the proprietor of a silversmith shop in Washington, D. C., where his death occurred. He was a Lutheran in his religious faith and gave his political support to the whig party. Among his children was Henry Turnipseed, who was born in Maryland, not far from Leesburg, Virginia. He was a slave manager in Loudoun county, Virginia, but later became an abolitionist, supporting first the Whig party and later the republican party. He was a member of the Lutheran church and he and his brother John served in the War of 1812. Removing to Ohio, his death occurred in Augusta, Carroll county, December 31, 1861. He married Miss Alcinda Rhodes, who was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, near Leesburg, and died at Augusta, Carroll county, Ohio, in 1875. She was a daughter of Samuel and Lidia (Cochran) Rhodes, and a cousin of Cecil Rhodes, who was one of 352 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY the leaders of the English parliament and who established a scholarship fund in each state of the Union. Her father was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, and became the owner of an estate near Leesburg, on which he kept a number of slaves. He was a member of the Lutheran church and voted the democratic ticket. His wife was born near Washington, D. C., and died near Leesburg, Virginia. Samuel Rhodes was a son of Joseph Rhodes, a native of England, who became a farmer near Leesburg, Virginia, where he died. He was also a slave owner ; supported the democratic party and was a member of the Lutheran church. David B. Turnipseed received his educational training in the public schools of Magnolia, Malvern and Augusta, Ohio, after which he worked on the home farm until sixteen years of age, when he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which became a part of the Second Brigade, Third Division, Sixth Army Corps. He was one of the defenders of Washington, D. C., and took part in twenty-six battles, including Gettysburg-, the Wilderness and other important engagements and was present at the surrender of Lee's army at Appomatox Court House, Virginia. On entering the service at Steubenville, Ohio, he was unanimously elected corporal and at the close of the war was honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant. In the same company with him was his brother, Samuel R. Turnipseed. Two other brothers, Henry and William served four years in the Civil war, Henry being a member of the Thirty-second Regiment, Sherman's army, and William, who enlisted in Wisconsin as a spy. On returning to civil life David B. Turnipseed worked on a farm for three years, after which he was employed in a butcher shop owned by B. T. Norris, with whom he remained three years. He then opened a butcher shop of his own at Augusta, Ohio, where he later established a general store, and subsequently conducted a general store at Kensington, Ohio, for three years and then sold. He next went to Hudson, Ohio, where he bought the old Mansion House and was in the hotel business for twenty-two months. Thirty-eight years ago Mr. Turnipseed came to Alliance and became a retail salesman for Koch Brothers, dealers in men's furnishings, with whom he remained for eight years, after which he opened a store of his own where he is still located at 514 East Main street. He was at first in partnership with Sylves- HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 353 ter Lipley, under the firm name of Turnipseed & Lipley, but at the end of six months he bought out his partner and sold an interest in the business to Sylvester Stiffy, the firm of Turnipseed & Stiffy conducting the business for twenty years. In 1925 Mr. Turnip-seed acquired the sole ownership of the business, which he has since conducted under his own name, with his son, Jason H., as active manager of the store. Mr. Turnipseed has been in business for over fifty years. He has been successful in his material affairs and was one of the incorporators of the Alliance Brick Company and was formerly a stockholder in the People's Bank Company of Alliance. On July 22, 1872, in Augusta, Ohio, Mr. Turnipseed was united in marriage to Miss Olive Roach, who was born in 1854, a 'daughter of Dr. J. B. and Delilah (Ashbrook) Roach, Dr. Roach was born near Minerva, Ohio, and was long engaged in the practice of medicine, from which he had retired some time prior to his death at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Turnipseed, in Alliance. He was a veteran of the Civil war, was a great student and a gifted orator. He supported the republican party and was a member of the Christian church. His wife was born at Augusta, Carroll county, Ohio, and died in Alliance. Mr. and Mrs. Turnipseed are the parents of two children. Jason H., born July 22, 1875, was educated in the public schools of Hudson and Alliance and in early life was a telegraph operator, but later was for eighteen years employed as a die sinker by Transue & Williams, and is now manager of his father's store. He married Miss Lou Emma Howenstein, of Canton, Ohio. Vera May, born in Augusta, Ohio, January 11, 1882, is the wife of Charles Woolslair, of Alliance, a machinist and a veteran of the Spanish-American war. Mr. Turnipseed is a member of the Christian church, of which he has been a deacon. He has taken an effective interest in religious matters and has contributed to the erection of three churches, one in Augusta, one in Hudson, and one in Alliance. He is a stanch republican in his political views and voted for Abraham Lincoln at Frederick City, Maryland, when but seventeen years of age. In Masonry he has attained the degrees of both the York and Scottish Rites and belongs to Conrad Lodge, No. 271, F. & A. M. ; Alliance Chapter, No. 83, R. A. M. ; Alliance Commandery, No. 6, K. T. ; Alliance Council, No. 112, R. & S. M. ; a life member of Canton Consistory, A. A. S. R., and a member of Al 23V3 354 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY Koran Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., at Cleveland. He is also a life member of Lone Rock Lodge, No. 23, K P., and belongs to Tripp Lodge, No. 491, I. 0. 0. F., of Carroll, Ohio ; Alliance Encampment, No. 104, I. 0. 0. F. ; and Lincoln Post, G. A. R. He raised the money for the Lincoln statue in Alliance and also stood good for the World war and Spanish-American war veterans' statue in Cleveland, saving two thousand dollars on the cost and contributing three hundred dollars. Mr. Turnipseed has in his possession a newspaper, "The Gazett," which his father brought from Loudoun county, Virginia, in which is given an account of George Washington's death and funeral and contains John Quincy Adams' message to congress and the senate. During all the years of his residence here Mr. Turnipseed has maintained a live interest in the welfare of the city along material, civic and moral lines and has consistently supported every measure for the improvement or betterment of the community. He has had a long and useful career and now in the golden sunset period of his life is able to enjoy a well earned leisure. A man of sterling character and kindly and generous disposition, he has a host of warm friends throughout this locality and commands the unqualified respect of al who know him. BENJAMIN F. STANTON Benjamin F. Stanton has for fifteen years been at the head of the Alliance public schools and during this period has added to his already established reputation as an able, devoted and popular educator, the city schools under his supervision having been maintained at a high standard of work and efficiency. Mr. Stanton was born in Ashtabula' county, Ohio, and is a son of John and Lucy (Fitts) Stanton. The father was of New England ancestry, and a son of Ruel and Elizabeth (Griggs) Stanton, the former of whom was born in Connecticut and the latter in Massachusetts, and both died at Kingsville, Ohio. Ruel Stanton, who was a farmer by occupation, was a pioneer of Ohio, having come to this state in the spring of 1813 and settled in Kingsville township, Ashtabula county, where he spent the remaining years HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 355 of his life. He was a democrat in politics and a member of the Presbyterian church. John Stanton was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, November 1, 1832, and died there in 1902. He devoted his life to agricultural pursuits and was a highly respected and influential citizen of his community. In politics he was a democrat and he served as a justice of the peace. He belonged to the Presbyterian church. His wife was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, March 16, 1833, and died in Ashtabula, June 3, 1908. She was a daughter of Harvey and Polly (Gilbert) Fitts, the former of whom was born in Orange, Connecticut, in 1801, and died in Andover, Ohio, in 1883. Mr. Fitts was a woolen manufacturer and a member of the Congregational church and supported the republican party. His wife was born in Connecticut and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Stanton, in Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1896. Benjamin F. Stanton attended preparatory schools at Austin-burg and Canfield, Ohio, and then entered Oberlin College, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1896. He was graduated from Harvard University in 1900 with the degree of Master of Arts, and then became principal of the high school at Salem, Ohio, where he served until 1909. During the following four years he was superintendent of the public schools at Ashland, Kentucky, and in 1913 became superintendent of the schools of Alliance, which position he has filled in a very acceptable manner to the present time. He is a man of marked executive ability, keeps in close touch with the most advanced educational methods and has devoted himself indefatigably to the interests of the schools, thereby attaining noteworthy results. On August 24, 1898, at Salem, Ohio, Mr. Stanton was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Young, who was born in that city and is a daughter of Martin L. and Barbara (Flick) Young. Mr. Young, who is also a native of Salem, was for many years successfully engaged in the insurance business but is now retired, spending his winters in Florida and his summers in Salem or Alliance. He served in the Union army during the Civil war, gives his political support to the republican party and is a member of the Christian church. His wife was born near Canfield, Ohio, and died in Florida in 1922. Mrs. Stanton attended the grade schools of Salem and continued her studies at Canfield, after which she took special work during one summer at Hiram College, and one 356 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY summer at the University of Michigan. She taught school one year in Iowa and a few years in Ohio prior to her marriage. She is an active member of the Presbyterian church and its societies, the Young Women's Christian Association, and the Women's Club of Alliance. In 1925 Mr. and Mrs. Stanton were abroad with the American Seminar for the purpose of studying international problems. Mr. Stanton is a member of J. E. McFadden Lodge, No. 697, F. & A. M. ; Lake Erie Consistory, A. A. S. R., of Cleveland; Al Koran Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., also of Cleveland, and belongs to the Rotary Club, of which he is a director, and the Chamber of Commerce. He has for a number of years been chairman of Alliance chapter of the Red Cross Society, and during the World war spent part of a summer in Young Men's Christian Association work at Camp Sherman, Ohio, and was later active in the Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives. He is now a member of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A., and a member of the Presbyterian church, standing consistently for all that is best in life. He has long held a high place in the educational circles of this state and served for five years on the state board of examiners. For a number of years he was executive secretary of the Northeastern Ohio Teachers Association, which meets annually in Cleveland and has an attendance of over ten thousand. One summer he lectured on the Chautauqua platform in Iowa and another summer on the Pacific coast. Cordial and unaffected in manner, candid and straightforward in all of his relations and deeply interested in the mental, moral and physical development of the youth of Alliance, he is regarded as one of the representative men of the community and commands the confidence and respect of his fellowmen. EDWARD E. BENDER The Bender restaurant, cafeteria and grill, of which Edward E. Bender is the proprietor, has become very popular throughout this section of Ohio. Mr. Bender has always resided in Canton, his birth occurring at the family residence on East Tuscarawas street on the 19th of March, 1871, his parents being James K. P. and HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 359 Elizabeth (Spuhler) Bender. He is a grandson of Everhard Bender, a native of Pyrmaseus, Rhenish Bavaria, Germany, whence he came to the United States in young manhood, settling first in New York city, where he met and married Henrietta Werne. Many years ago he came to Ohio, taking up his abode in Bolivar, while subsequently he settled in Canton. His son, James K. P. Bender, was born on Staten Island, New York, November 9, 1844, and in early life came to Canton with his parents. He married Elizabeth Spuhler, a native of Switzerland, and continued his residence in Canton until the time of his demise in 1889. In his youthful days Edward E. Bender attended the public schools of his native city and afterward enjoyed the advantage of further educational training in the Ohio Northern University at Ada. He wedded Anna M. Behm, a daughter of George Behm, a veteran of the Civil war, whose residence in Canton covers an extended period. Edward E. Bender has made for himself a creditable position in the business circles of Canton, where for twenty-seven years he has conducted a well appointed restaurant and grill, making it the leading establishment of the kind in the city. He is also interested financially and as a director of the George D. Harter Bank as well as other of Canton's outstanding industries. For eighteen years he owned and operated several of Canton's theaters and show places but has lately disposed of these. He is a member of the Canton Lake Club and the Congress Lake Club and is a democrat in politics, always taking an active interest in public affairs, although he has never cared for office. Social and genial by nature, he has gained many friends and everywhere is spoken of in terms of high regard. STANFORD M. SWARTS Stanford M. Swarts, who retired from the mayoralty of Canton, January 1, 1928, is one of the best known citizens of Ohio, his official record having gained for him an enviable reputation as a broad-minded, capable, honest and unselfish public servant, while his administration will ever be regarded as one of the most efficient in the history of Canton. 360 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY Mr. Swarts was born in Wayne county, Ohio, on the 9th of November, 1868, a son of Franklin P. and Ellen (Merkel) Swarts. He is the scion of an old Ohio family of German origin, the American progenitor having been Henry Swarts, who came from Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, in a very early day and settled in Berks county, Pennsylvania. In 1832 he removed to Ohio, locating in Chester township, Wayne county, where he engaged in milling, and he constructed his mill, as well as his home, from trees hewn in the neighboring forest. He was a skilled cabinetmaker by trade, being the first to follow that vocation in this section of the state, and he made all of the coffins required there for many years. He made all of his own furniture, as well as that for many of his neighbors, and was regarded as one of the most useful men in his community. Franklin P. Swarts followed farming and stock raising as a vocation and spent the major portion of his life in Clinton township, Wayne county. His death occurred in 1901, when he was fifty-nine years of age. He was too young to serve in the Civil war but had four brothers in the Union army, three of whom lost their lives on the field of battle. Ellen ( Merkel) Swarts was born in Wayne county, Ohio, and was a daughter of Michael and Hester (Keim) Merkel. The Merkels, who were of German descent, were early settlers in Berks county, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Swarts died in 1898 at the age of sixty-two years. To Mr. and Mrs. Swarts were born five children, three sons and two daughters, all of whom are living. Stanford M. Swarts, who is the oldest, secured his early education in the public schools of Shreve, Wayne county, and took preparatory work at Wooster College with the intention of preparing himself for the legal profession. To this end he read law in Wooster for two years under the Hon. Lyman P. Critchfield, at the end of which time he abandoned his plan and became connected with the Morgan Engineering Company at Alliance, Ohio, with which concern he continued for ten years. Removing then to Canton, he became manager of the Canton Steel & Foundry Company, which position he filled for twelve years. When the United States entered the World war, Mr. Swarts went to Washington, D. C., and offered his services to the government. He was accepted and was assigned to the metallurgical department, under General Ruggles, chief of ordnance. He was HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 361 made supervisor of inspectors, in which capacity he served until the close of the war. He then returned to Canton but shortly afterward went to Denver, Colorado, where for three years he served as sales engineer and assistant manager of the Queen City Iron & Steel Company. He again returned to Canton and, in November, 1925, was elected mayor by a large majority on the democratic ticket, assuming the office on January 1st following. During the two years in which he administered the affairs of the city he devoted himself indefatigably to the advancement of its best interests, initiating a number of reforms in the municipal government and simplifying a number of intricate problems, while in a material way many needed improvements were made, many miles of streets being paved, the sewer system extended and the sanitary condition of the city bettered. He made an honest effort to rid the city of vicious control and contaminating political influences, having always before him the thought of what was best for the city as a whole, and his faithful service gained for him a second nomination for the office which he had so capably filled. However, he was defeated for reelection and has since his retirement from the office not engaged in any definite business. In 1890, at Shreve, Ohio, Mr. Swarts was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude Kean, who was born in Ashland, Ashland county, Ohio, and is a daughter of Augustus and Nancy Magdalene (Brubaker) Kean, both of whom were members of old Ohio families. To Mr. and Mrs. Swarts have been born three children, as follows : Fren Kean, who married Miss Minnie McLean and they have four children; Gladys, who is the wife of Whitney A. Rudy, of Lakewood, Cuyahoga county, Ohio; and Miles, who married Miss Nora Welsh, and they have a son, Miles, Jr. Mr. Swarts has been a lifelong supporter of the democratic party and has maintained a deep interest in public affairs. He is a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Optimist Club, and he and his wife are active members of the First Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Swarts is active in church and missionary work and is a member of the Ladies Democratic Club and the United Spanish-American War Veterans Auxiliary. Mr. Swarts was for over twenty-seven years a member of the Ohio National Guard and during the Spanish-American war he served as first lieutenant of Company H, Eighth Regiment Ohio Infantry. He is a man of clean character and sterling 362 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY integrity in motive and action, has lived a consistent life and has always stood for those things which tend to better the public welfare. Because of his splendid record, as well as for his fine personal qualities, he commands to a marked degree the confidence and respect of his fellowmen. ROY D. DEMMER Roy D. Demmer, who conducts an up-to-date hardware store at 537 Tremont street southwest, Massillon, has been engaged in business there for eleven years, during which period he has realized a gratifying measure of material success, and at the same time has won the confidence of those who have dealt with him. Mr. Demmer was born in York township, Medina county, Ohio, on the 4th of February, 1886, a son of Aaron A. and Anna (Killer) Demmer. He attended the public schools of Lorain, Lorain county, and spent one year at Ohio State University. He later entered the employ of the Standard Hardware Company at Lorain, with which concern he remained three years, and was with the W. Bingham Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, one year. He spent two years in East Palestine and three years in Columbiana, after which he came to Massillon, where he has since resided. In 1917 he purchased a hardware store on Tremont street, which he conducted until 1922. In that year he entered into partnership with B. B. Willard and opened another store on Main street, conducting the two stores until 1924, when the partnership was dissolved. Mr. Demmer then became sole owner of the store on Tremont street and has since given his attention to the business there. He carries a large and complete stock of shelf and heavy hardware, sporting goods and tools, which he displays in an attractive manner, and is commanding his full share of the local trade in his line. On August 30, 1911, Mr. Demmer married Miss Nora Hard, of Preston, Minnesota, and they are the parents of three children, Darwin, Adelaide and Delbert. In his political views Mr. Demmer is a democrat, and he has shown a commendable interest in the public affairs of his city, being a member of the city park commission, of which he is president, and the city planning commission. He belongs to all branches of the Masonic order, and is a HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 363 member of the Kiwanis Club; the Massillon Automobile Club, of which he is a director ; and the Chamber of Commerce. His religious connection is with the Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal church, and throughout the community he is held in high esteem because of his good business record and his sterling qualities of character. ALBERT G. ZANG The Zang family has for many years been actively identified with the jewelry business in Alliance and for over thirty years Albert G. Zang has been a member of the well known firm of J. A. Zang & Son, having been the sole owner of the business since the death of his father. He has had an honorable career and has always commanded his full share of the business in his line here. Mr. Zang was born in Alliance, Ohio, on the 19th of July, 1876, a son of Julius A. and Ada (Purdy) Zang. He was graduated from the Alliance high school in 1894, after which he attended the Horological School at La Porte, Indiana. He entered the employ of his father, for whom he worked until 1897, when he was admitted to a partnership in the business, which has been run under the name of J. A. Zang & Son to the present time. Thus for over sixty years the name of Zang has stood porminently among the leading mercantile establishments of Alliance, and Albert G. Zang has ably sustained the high reputation established by his father. On September 6, 1900, in Alliance, Mr. Zang was united in marriage to Miss Mayme M. Reeves, who was born in Niles, Ohio, May 18, 1877, and is a daughter of George and Mary ( McIntosh) Reeves, both natives of England. Mr. Reeves, who was long engaged in the manufacturing business, died in Alliance, where his widow is still living. Mrs. Zang was educated in the public schools of Niles and studied music at Mount Union College. She is a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority and the Alliance Women's Club and is a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church. Mr. and Mrs. Zang are the parents of three daughters. Kathryn Reeves, born February, 1903, was graduated from the Georgetown Visitation Convent, at Washington, D. C., and became the 364 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY wife of Robert Hess, who is connected with the Central Alloy Steel Company at Massillon, and they have a daughter, Susan. Gretchen Reeves, born August 12, 1905, attended the Georgetown Visitation Convent, was graduated from the Laurel School at Cleveland and is now a senior in the Miss Wheelock School at Boston, Massachusetts. Barbara Reeves, the youngest of the family, was born November 11, 1917. Mr. Zang is an independent voter but can always be counted upon in support of all measures for the betterment of the community. During the World war he served on the Liberty Loan committee, with which he did effective work. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Rotary Club, the Alliance Country Club and the Chamber of Commerce. His favorite form of recreation is golf and he is an extremely popular member of the social circles to which he belongs, while throughout the community he is held in high esteem as business man and citizen. HARRY N. MYERS Harry N. Myers, of Massillon, who until recently was connected with the Fulton Pit Car Company, is a man of marked business ability and enterprising methods, and both in Canal Fulton and Massillon is held in high regard. He was born in Canal Fulton, Stark county, on the 15th of September, 1886, a son of William N. and Mary Jane ( Kirk) Myers. His paternal grandfather, William G. Myers, was one of the pioneer settlers of this county. Harry N. Myers attended the public and high schools of Canal Fulton and had one year in Mount Union College. In 1904 he became associated with the Fulton Pit Car Company, in the operation of which he took an active and prominent part until his recent resignation, since which time he has devoted his attention to his private business affairs. He is a director of the Exchange Bank of Canal Fulton. In 1916 Mr. Myers was united in marriage to Miss Ruby Shilling, of Canal Fulton, and they are the parents of a son, Harry N., Jr. He has always been an active supporter of the republican party and long took a leading part in local public affairs, having HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 365 served as a member of the city council and was mayor of his city in 1925, during which time much advancement was made in street paving. He is a member of Canal Fulton Lodge, F. & A. M., of which he is a past master ; the Knights of Pythias, and the Rotary Club, of which he is secretary and a director. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. A man of positive character, sound views on public questions and straightforward in manner, he is regarded as a good citizen of his community, well worthy of the respect and esteem in which he is uniformly held, and has a large circle of loyal friends. FREDERIC JULIUS ZANG Frederic Julius Zang is actively and successfully engaged in business as secretary of the Lamborn Floral Company of Alliance, one of the most extensive and important concerns of its kind in Stark county. He was born July 20, 1880, to the marriage of Julius A. and Ada (Purdy) Zang, who are mentioned at length on another page of this work. He acquired his early education as a public school pupil of Alliance and subsequently pursued a course of study in Mount Union College. His initial business training was received with the Bell Telephone Company, in the service of which he remained for a time, and then he joined his father in the jewelry business under the firm style of J. A. Zang & Son. In 1920 he sold his interest to his brother, Albert G. Zang, and became associated with his father-in-law, LeRoy L. Lamborn, in the conduct of the Lamborn Floral Company, of which he has since served as secretary. On the 1st of October, 1908, Mr. Zang was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Lamborn, daughter of LeRoy L. and Mary Christine (Weybrecht) Lamborn, to whom more extended reference is made in another part of this publication. Mr. and Mrs. Zang are the parents of a son, LeRoy L., who was born January 8, 1916, and is attending school. Mrs. Zang is a high school graduate and also completed courses of study in the Lasell Seminary for Young Women at Auburndale, Massachusetts, and in the Boston Art School. She has membership in the Alliance Women's Club. There is an interesting military chapter in the life record of 366 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY Mr. Zang, for he is a veteran of the Spanish-American war, in which he served with the Eighth Ohio Regiment in Cuba. He is a member of Crubaugh Camp of the Spanish War Veterans. In Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, belonging to Conrad Lodge, No. 271, A. F. & A. M. ; Alliance Commandery, No. 67, K. T. ; Lake Erie Consistory, S. P. R. S,. of Cleveland ; and Al Koran Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S. His name is also on the membership roll of the National Sojourners, a national Masonic association. Further fraternal associations connect him with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias, and he likewise belongs to the Alliance Country Club, the Congress Lake Country Club and the Cleveland Athletic Club. Golf, fishing and hunting constitute his favorite forms of recreation. Actively and helpfully interested in civic affairs, he has membership in the Chamber of Commerce and in the Alliance Rotary Club, of which he served as president during the years 1927 and 1928. M. LUTHER KEAGY M. Luther Keagy, who stands in the front rank of the expert and successful photographers of Canton, has attained this position through his persistent and determined effort and through his deep interest in his life work, in which he has exhibited artistic ability of the highest order. Mr. Keagy was born in Chambersburg, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, on the 10th of April, 1883, and is a son of Henry and Margaret Elizabeth (Moore) Keagy. His father, also a native of Pennsylvania, was descended from Swiss stock. The Keagy family originated at Zurich, Switzerland, and the grandfather, Rudolph Keagy, third son of Rudolph, was born July 3, 1794, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he died June 17, 1866, at George W. Keagy's home. The grandmother, Sarah Jane Douglas, daughter of a Revolutionary war soldier, married Rudolph about 1823 or 1824. She was a descendant of the Royal house of Douglas of Scotland. Henry Keagy, father of M. Luther Keagy, was the fifth child of this couple. He was reared and educated in Chambersburg and in boyhood was bound out to learn the trade of shoemaking, a vocation which he followed during the HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 367 greater portion of his life. In 1889 he brought his family to Canton, Ohio, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1893, at the age of fifty-five years. He was a devout Christian, having been a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church during his early years, but on coming to Canton he joined the Presbyterian church, of which he remained a faithful member. Politically he was a republican. His wife, also a native of Pennsylvania, was of Scotch-Irish descent, the family having settled in the old Keystone state in a very early day. She died in Canton in 1922, at the age of seventy-five years. To Mr. and Mrs. Keagy were born twelve children, five of whom grew to mature years, but only two are now living, M. Luther and Samuel, who resides in Altoona, Pennsylvania. M. Luther Keagy secured his education in the West North Street school in Canton. From the age of twelve years he took an active interest in photography, of which he gained a practical knowledge in the studio of his two brothers, who were engaged in that business. He has inherited a love for the art, as members of the family for three generations had been engaged in photography, including a grand-uncle and a great-grand-uncle, James Keagy portrait painter and photographer, having had a studio in Pennsylvania over one hundred years ago, continuing that business until his death. Mr. Keagy possesses many of the original daguerreotypes taken by his ancestors, as well as the cameras and other paraphernalia used by them, and prizes them highly. When sixteen years of age he went to work for Samuel D. Hanna, a pioneer photographer of Canton, under whom he became a proficient artist. In April, 1905, Mr. Keagy established his present business, leasing a lot at the corner of Cleveland avenue and Fifth street northwest, where now stands the plant of the Repository Printing Company. He borrowed three thousand five hundred dollars, but, in order to conserve his capital, he erected with his own hands the building in which he started business. Success attended him from the start, for people soon recognized the fact that he thoroughly understood his business and found him a man of pleasing address and courteous manner. In a short time he was compelled to secure larger quarters and moved to his present location at 108 Sixth street northwest. Here he has a complete and up-to-date equipment and is commanding the patronage of the representative people of the city. 368 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY On June 27, 1906, in Canton, Mr. Keagy was united in marriage to Miss Adauh Elizabeth Lisbae, who was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is a daughter of John J. and Elizabeth (Quinn) Lisbae, of an old Ohio family, of French Canadian origin. Mrs. Keagy is a charter member of the Canton Women's Club but does not now take an active part in its work, devoting her time closely to her home and family. Mr. and Mrs. Keagy are the parents of two children, Charles Luther, born in 1917, and Robert Lester, born in May, 1920. Mr. Keagy gives his political support to the republican party, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Loyal Order of Moose. He and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian church. Mr. Keagy is of an inventive turn of mind and has devised several contrivances of a practical nature, which are now in general use, including an embroidery hoop machine and an automatic grease cup, for machinery and pulleys. He is a man of broad views, maintains a live interest in matters affecting the welfare of his community, and is regarded as one of Canton's best citizens. CLARENCE W. STUART Clarence W. Stuart, president and treasurer of The C. W. Stuart Realty Company, is one of Massillon's most enterprising business men and for twelve years has conducted a prosperous real estate agency. He was born on a farm at Lincoln, Ohio, July 15, 1876, and is a son of John T. and Margaret (Drummond) Stuart. He received his educational training in the public schools and Rio Grande College, after which he engaged in teaching for about four years. He taught school for several terms in Ohio and Tennessee and then went to Huntington, West Virginia, where he established a produce business, which commanded his attention for ten years. In 1916 Mr. Stuart came to Massillon and entered the real estate business, in which he continued alone until 1920, when, having met with encouraging success, he organized and incorporated The C. W. Stuart Realty Company, of which he is the head. He is also a director and the head of The Charity Rotch Realty Company, of Massillon, and The North Market Realty Company, of Canton, all of which have been prosperous concerns. A man of great energy HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 371 and up-to-date ideas and methods, he has built up a large business in Stark county and has gained a well merited reputation for reliability in all of his dealings. Mr. Stuart has been married twice, first, in 1897, to Miss Catherine Davis, to which union were born two children, John and Margaret. John gained a wide reputation as an athlete while a student in Ohio State University and for four years was a successful baseball pitcher with the St. Louis National League team. In 1918 Mr. Stuart married Miss Kathryn Rees, of Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, and they have two children, Clarence W., Jr., and Charles Thomas. Mr. Stuart has always given his political support to the republican party and has shown a good citizen's interest in public affairs. He is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Rotary Club, and the Chamber of Commerce, of which he was formerly a director. His religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal church, and he has consistently given his support to those things which tend to promote the well-being of society. Through his business activities he has contributed to the development of Massillon and has gained a high place in public esteem because of his enterprise, his honorable methods and his cordial and friendly manner. JULIUS A. ZANG Julius A. Zang was born in St. Leon, Baden Baden, Germany, March 18, 1845, and was about eight years of age when brought to this country by his parents. His father was Albert Zang, a native of Germany, who came to this country about 1853 and settled in Monroe, Michigan, were he built up a large business as a watch and clock maker. He had taken part in the German revolution and came to America as a refugee. He was a personal friend of Carl Schurz, secretary of the interior under President Hayes, and they came to the United States at the same time. They corresponded until Mr. Zang's death. Julius A. Zang received his educational training in the public schools of Monroe, Michigan, which he supplemented by habits of constant study and close observation, and he became a well 372 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY informed man on a wide range of subjects. In 1865, at the time President Lincoln's body was lying in state in Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Zang came to Alliance to accept a position with a jeweler by the name of Reiter but a short time later went to Youngstown, where he was offered a larger salary. Because of the illness of Mr. Reiter, Mr. Zang was induced to return to Alliance and take charge of the Reiter store, which he ran until the business was disposed of. Mr. Zang then engaged in the jewelry business on his own account, opening a store in the Ellett building about 1866. Later he admitted to partnership a Mr. Smith and the business was run under the name of Smith & Zang for a few years, when Mr. Zang sold his interest and engaged in business alone on the site of the present Zang store, though at that time he occupied a small one-story frame building, and there he conducted business continuously up to the time of his death, which occurred May 22, 1925. He was an expert workman, who demanded the best quality of work on the part of his employes, and this fact, together with his honorable business methods, gained for him a high place in the public confidence. He was a personal friend of Sherwood V. Courtney, the Canton photographer. He maintained an independent attitude in political matters and was a free thinker in religion, though broad in his views and giving financial support to all denominations. He was greatly interested in everything that related to the welfare and progress of his community and served as a member of the board of education when the high school building was erected. He was one of the founders of the First National Bank, of which he was a director for a number of years, and was also one of the organizers of the McCaskey Register Company. He was true to every obligation of citizenship and served as foreman of the jury that acquitted Mrs. George, who was tried for the shooting of William McKinley's brother-in-law. Mr. Zang was married twice, first to Miss Flora Hoover of Alliance, who was the first child born in this city. To this union was born one child, Percy, who died in infancy. For his second wife Mr. Zang chose Miss Ada Purdy, who was born at Mogadore, Ohio, September 30, 1853, and who is still living in Alliance. She is a daughter of Gurdon and Matilda (Churchill) Purdy, the former of whom was born in Mogadore and the latter in Churchill, Canada. Both died in Salem, this state. Mr. Purdy, who was engaged in the manufacture of pottery, was a republican in his HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 373 political views, and he and his wife were affiliated with the Presbyterian church. To Mr. and Mrs. Zang were born two sons, Albert G. and Frederic Julius, who are mentioned elsewhere in this work. WILLIAM HERBERT. TRANSUE After many years of close connection with important industrial interests in Alliance, William H. Transue has now retired from active business. He is a member of one of Stark county's honored old families, representatives of which have taken a prominent part in the development of its manufacturing interests over a long period. He was born in Alliance on the 6th of June, 1874, and is a son of Frank and Amanda J. (Aultman) Transue. Extended mention of the father is made on another page of this volume. William H. Transue was graduated from the Alliance high school and then became associated with the Transue & Williams Company, becoming an expert die sinker under the direction of his father, as did also his brothers, 0. F. and Charles Transue, both of whom are now deceased. He thoroughly learned the technical details of the business ; was advanced to the position of foreman and eventually became assistant general manager, in which capacity he served up to the time of his retirement in May, 1927. He was connected with the Transue & Williams Company for thirty-two years and was a member of the board of directors for over twenty years. On the 11th of March, 1898, in Alliance, Mr. Transue was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Jones, who was born in Kansas City, Kansas, September 17, 1880, and is a daughter of Thomas D. and Margaret (Walters) Jones. Her father was born in Wales in April, 1845, and for many years followed market gardening in Alliance, where he died March 5, 1916. He was a republican in politics and was a member of the Welsh Methodist church of Cleveland. His wife was also a native of Wales, born in November, 1849, and during her childhood was brought to the United States by her parents, Daniel and Rachel (Oliver) Walters, who became early settlers of Alliance, Ohio. Mrs. Jones, who was also a member of the Welsh Methodist church, passed away in Cleve- 374 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY land, Ohio, April 7, 1922. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones were Minnie, who married Mr. William Sphuler, of Massillon, Ohio, and died in 1915 ; Rachel, who became the wife of Joseph Webb, of Cleveland ; David, a resident of Alliance ; Daniel, a resident of Youngstown, Ohio ; Margaret, now Mrs. Transue ; and Maud, the wife of David Artherholt, of Cleveland. Mrs. Transue was graduated from the Alliance high school and is an active member of the Christian church, belonging also to the Alliance Women's Club, the Matrons and Maids Whist Club and is patroness of the Alpha Chi sorority. Mr. Transue is a republican in his political views and is a member of the First Christian church, while socially he belongs to the Congress Lake Club and the Alliance Country Club. He is a gentleman of sterling character, straightforward manner and cordial in his social relations, and well deserves the high place which he holds in public esteem throughout the city in which he has spent his life. GEORGE W. YANNEY George W. Yanney, chief engineer for the Alliance Machine Company, has gained his present responsible position by persistent effort, faithful and efficient performance of duty and a genuine interest in his vocation. He has been with his present company for over twenty-five years and is regarded as one of its most valuable employes. Mr. Yanney was born in Wilmot, Stark county, on the 7th of June, 1876, a son of Jacob and Mary ( Strome) Yanney. His father was a native of Switzerland, and learned the trade of a tailor, which he followed after coming to this country, though he also devoted considerable attention to farming. His death occurred at Dundee, Ohio. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and in politics was a democrat and held a number of minor offices. His wife, who was a native of this state and died at Dundee, was a daughter of Peter Strome. To Jacob and Mary Yanney were born eight children, namely : George W., of this review ; Benjamin Franklin, who is instructor in mathematics and astronomy in Wooster College ; Mrs. John Froelich, deceased ; Mrs. Louis HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 375 Slife and Mrs. Frank Spangler, of Bryan, Ohio ; Mrs. Frank Schwarm and Mrs. Horace King, of Canton, Ohio; and Mrs. John Bingham, of Alliance. George W. Yanney was graduated from Dundee high school and attended Mount Union College two years, after which he taught school for seven years. He then became an apprentice mechanical engineer with the Morgan Engineering Company, remaining with that concern until 1902, when he entered the employ of the Alliance Machine Company, where he completed his apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer. He has remained with that concern until the present time and during this period has been promoted several times, having served successively as draftsman, checker, chief draftsman, assistant chief engineer and chief engineer, and in the last position he is still serving. He is an expert in his special line of work and by his individual efforts has contributed to the success of his company. On March 1, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Yanney was united in marriage to Miss Phoebe Pierson, a daughter of David and Caroline (Bach) Pierson. Her father, who was born in Birmingham, England, was an iron moulder by occupation, but is now retired. He and his wife, who is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are now living in Tampa, Florida. Mr. Pierson is a republican in politics and a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. To him and his wife were born six children, namely : Phoebe, now Mrs. Yanney ; James, a resident of Honolulu, where he is serving in the United States navy ; Mrs. Charles Johnston, of Alliance ; Mrs. C. E. Coffin, of Mesa, Arizona ; Flora Louise, of Alliance ; and Clara, of Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Yanney graduated from the Alliance high school in 1921, and then entered Mount Union College, from which she was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1926. She is a member of the Presbyterian church and served for five years as secretary of her church. She belongs to the Alpha Chi Omega sorority of Mount Union College. Mr. and Mrs. Yanney are the parents of two children, George Franklin, born February 17, 1926 ; and Flora Cecil, born February 24, 1928. Mr. Yanney has always been a republican in his political affiliation and has been actively interested in local public affairs, having served two years as a member of the city council. He is also deeply interested in the work of the First Presbyterian church, of which he is treasurer and a member of the board of trustees. He belongs 376 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY to Conrad Lodge No. 271, F. & A. M. ; Alliance Chapter, No. 83, R. A. M. Alliance Council, No. 112, R. & S. M. ; Lake Erie Consistory, A. A. S. R., at Cleveland, and Al Koran Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., at Cleveland. He also belongs to the Sigma Nu college fraternity, the Alliance Country Club and the Chamber of Commerce. A man of splendid personality and true and consistent in all of life's relations, he has well merited the high place which he holds in the esteem of his fellowmen. OLIVER F. TRANSUE Time furnishes the true perpsective which places a man in his real relation to his community and his generation. Almost three years have passed since Oliver F. Transue was called to his final rest and those who were his associates when he was still an active fatcor in the world's work regard him more and more as one who contributed in large and valuable measure to the development and progress of Alliance and of Stark county. For a number of years he conducted an extensive and profitable business as president of the Transue & Williams Drop Forging Company and he also had various other business connections, each enterprise with which he was associated constituting a factor in community development. At all times he measured up to the highest standards of manhood and citizenship and his life story illustrates most clearly what can be accomplished through individual effort intelligently directed. As Emerson has said, "there is no history except biography," and the record of Mr. Transue is therefore of great value in presenting an important chapter in the development and improvement of Alliance. A native of Ohio, he was born in 1867, his parents having been Frank and Amanda J. ( Aultman) Transue, of whom further mention is made elsewhere in this work. He was reared in Alliance ; pursued his education in the public schools and in 1895, when about twenty-eight years of age, he joined his father, Frank Transue, and Silas J. Williams in organizing the Transue & Williams Company for the manufacture of drop forgings. He was actively connected with the business during its initial stages, during the period of its later growth and HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 377 subsequently when it had become one of the foremost industrial enterprises of the city. For a long period he was its president and general manager and his executive ability and keen business discrimination enabled him to wisely direct the affairs of the company and make it one of the profitable business concerns of the city. His cooperation was also eagerly sought in other connections and many business interests profited by his clear vision and unfaltering energy. He became the president of the Buckeye Jack Manufacturing Company and of the Buckeye Twist Drill Company. He was also a director of the McCaskey Register Company and the Republic Stamping & Enameling Company, while in financial circles he was prominently known through his association with the directorate of the Alliance First National Bank and the Midland Bank Company of Cleveland. Mr. Transue had an extensive circle of warm friends and was much beloved by his associates. Those in his employ knew him for a just and considerate employer, always watchful of their interests and fair in his treatment. To his diversified business interests he gave the closest and most discriminating attention and his associates looked to him for wise counsel and invariably accepted his viewpoint on matters relating to the management and development of the business enterprises with which he was allied. So intelligently were his efforts directed that success in substantial measure was his reward and he rejoiced in his prosperity because of the good that it enabled him to do. He was extremely generous to those in need and was constantly holding out a helping hand to those who required assistance. ALLIANCE FIRST NATIONAL BANK One of the oldest and most influential financial institutions of Stark county is the Alliance First National Bank, which for years has stood as one of the bulwarks of the commercial and industrial prosperity of this section of the state. The Alliance Bank Company started business on the site of the present bank and office building on June 22, 1872, as the First National Bank of Alliance. On July 19, 1882, the charter of the bank was changed to enable it to operate under state supervision and the name Alliance 378 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY Bank Company was adopted. The first directors were John Atwell, P. H. Barr, Charles Kay, M. C. Pennock, Willard Johnston, N. L. Wann, Francis D. Carr, Louis Ely and Richard Lee, while the officers were John Atwell, president ; Peter H. Barr, vice president; H. C. Ellison, cashier ; and W. C. Pippit, solicitor. At the time of the change to a state bank the officers were John Atwell, president ; Morris C. Pennock, vice president ; Willis H. Ramsey, cashier and secretary. At that time the resources of the bank were two hundred and sixty-eight thousand dollars, and in 1913 so steady and substantial had been its growth that it was decided to erect a new six-story bank and office building, into which the bank moved January 9, 1915, the resources at that time being over one and a half million dollars. The First National Bank was organized in the summer of 1887 and was first located where now stand the offices of the Ohio Public Service Company. The first directors were R. W. Teeters, H. N. Brown, J. A. Zang, Solomon Hartzell, C. C. Davidson, W. M. Reed, A. S. Bloomfield, P. J. Gaume, Isaac Wilson, Elisha Teeters, E. E. Scranton, Joseph L. Shunk, Joseph Maudro, M. S. Atkinson and Leroy D. Brown, while the officers were R. W. Teeters, president ; C. C. Davidson, vice president ; Leroy D. Brown, cashier. The bank remained at the Main street location until 1905, and when it moved into a splendid new structure on the public square, which at that time was regarded as one of the finest and most complete banking homes in this locality. The bank's officers were then J. L. Shunk, president ; J. A. Zang, vice president, and W. M. Reed, cashier, while the resources were four hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. On January 1, 1922, the Alliance Bank Company and the First National Bank were merged under the name of the Alliance First National Bank, with total resources of six million three hundred thousand dollars, and in the spring of 1923 the bank moved into its splendid new home, which had just been completed at a cost of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, and which was designed to accommodate any probable future demands on account of growth. The interior of the banking room is artistic and attractive, being finished in brown marble, while the metal work is of solid bronze. In the basement is located the huge vault, containing the safety deposit boxes, and on the second floor is located the bookkeeping department, the entire ground floor being devoted to HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 379 the counting room and offices. The present official roster of the Alliance First National Bank is as follows : A. L. Atkinson, president; M. S. Milbourne, chairman of the board; W. E. Davis, vice president ; W. H. Purcell, vice president ; George B. Hall, cashier ; G. E. Graf, assistant cashier and trust officer. The Alliance First National Bank has kept pace with the advanced spirit and improved methods of the day and during its existence, covering a period of fifty-six years, it has commanded the unqualified confidence of the public and has been an important factor in the business progress of the community which it has served. Its directors and officers have been characterized by intense loyalty not only to the institution but to the highest interests of their city and county, and have commanded the respect and good will of their fellowmen, a fact which has contributed in large measure to the success of the bank. JAMES S. STEWART Among the prominent and influential business men of Alliance stands James S. Stewart, president of the Stewart Brothers Paint Company, Inc., one of the solid and prosperous concerns of the city. He was born in Center Point, Arkansas, on the 16th of January, 1877, a son of Robert and Dora (Chesley) Stewart, to whom detailed reference is made in the sketch of his brother, William E. Stewart, on other pages of this work. He attended the public schools of South Dakota, to which state the family had moved in his early boyhood, and on the completion of his early training he entered the Cleveland Law School, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1914. In July of that year he was admitted to the bar and for one year was engaged in the practice of his profession in Cleveland. He then went to Chicago, Illinois, and became identified with the paint manufacturing business as president of Stewart, Adams & Company, Inc. Three years later he sold his interest in that concern and, coming to Alliance, Ohio, he and his brother, William E. Stewart, organized the Stewart Brothers Paint Company, of which he is president and his brother is secretary and treasurer. They 380 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY have a large patronage and are enjoying a splendid measure of success. Mr. Stewart is a stanch republican in his political views, and his religious connection is with the Ravenswood Congregational church in Chicago. He is a member of Conrad Lodge No. 271, F. & A. M. ; Webb Chapter, No. 14, R. A. M., of Cleveland, and Illinois Commandery, K. T., in Chicago ; Cleveland Consistory, A. A. S. R. ; Tadmor Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., at Akron, Ohio ; and Alliance Lodge No. 467, B. P. 0. E. He also belongs to the Alliance Country Club, the Alliance Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of Commerce. During the World war he was a member of the draft board in Cleveland and took an active part in the various Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives. He is a man of sterling character and cordial manner, and throughout the range of his acquaintance enjoys a well merited popularity. JOHN MONROE BOYER For the past twelve years John M. Boyer has rendered effective and satisfactory service as superintendent of the Stark county workhouse. He has gained a high reputation for executive ability and sound judgment and has earned the respect of all who are familiar with his official record. He was born in the city of Canton, on the 27th of August, 1889, and is a son of Elias Monroe and Katherine (Bechle) Boyer. The name Monroe has been used in the family for five generations, in honor of President Monroe, who was a friend of the family in early days. The family is of Holland origin and was established in the colonies in a very early day. There were many descendants of the original progenitor and one hundred and twenty-eight members of the family lost their lives in the American Revolution. The branch of the family to which John Monroe Boyer belongs was long established in New York state, whence members of it went to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. In that county was born Elias M. Boyer, who was reared on a farm and received his education in night schools. He followed farming there until 1885, when he came to Canton, Ohio, where he resided until his death, which occurred July 20, 1916, at the age of fifty-two years. He was a very active supporter of the repub- HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 383 lican party and for several years served as truant officer, to which position he was appointed by the board of education. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. His wife was born in Canton and is a daughter of John and Julia Bechle, natives of Baden, Germany, whence they came to Canton in 1849 and thereafter conducted the old Tremont house. Mrs. Boyer is now living in Miami, Florida. To Mr. and Mrs. Boyer were born two children, John Monroe and Ralph William, the latter also of Canton. John M. Boyer attended the public schools of this city, graduating from the Central high school, after which he took a commercial course in the Canton Actual Business College. At the age of eighteen years he became a professional baseball player, and for two years played with the Catlettsburg (Ky.) team, of the Mountain State League. Returning to Canton, he served an apprenticeship at the metal furniture trade with the Berger Manufacturing Company, with which concern he remained four years, after which he was with the Knight Rubber Company, of Canton, until August 3, 1916, when the board of directors of the Stark county workhouse appointed him superintendent of that institution, and in this position he has continued to the present time. He has proven in every way qualified for this responsible post, in which he has found the opportunity for splendid personal service, and many who have left that institution have gone out with higher aspirations because of the wise counsel and encouraging words of the superintendent. On March 15, 1915, in Canton, Rev. Grosse, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church, performed the ceremony which united Mr. Boyer and Miss Margaret Derby. She is a native of Canton and a daughter of Christian and Christina Derby, both of whom were born in Denmark. The father is now deceased. Mrs. Boyer is a member of the Canton Women's Club and has shown an effective interest in matters relating to the civic welfare of her city. To Mr. and Mrs. Boyer have been born five children, Robert Pershing, Betty Jane, William Monroe, Beverley Bayne, and Elias Monroe, deceased. The republican party receives Mr. Boyer's support and he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Shady Hollow Country Club, the Lions International Service Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife are members of the Church of Christ, Scientist, in the 384 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY inner circles of which Mrs. Boyer is very active. Mr. Boyer is a man of sterling character, strong individuality and earnest purpose and has so ordered his life as to gain and retain the uniform respect and good will of all who know him. WILLIAM EVARTS STEWART The principal paint concern of Stark county is that of the Stewart Brothers Paint Company of Alliance, of which William E. Stewart is secretary and treasurer. He has been identified with this line of business for a number of years, is regarded as an able and progressive man and has met with well merited success in material affairs. Mr. Stewart was born at Okolona, Chickasaw county, Mississippi, on the 15th of February, 1873, a son of Robert and Dora (Chesley) Stewart. In the paternal line he is of Scotch descent, his grandparents, James and Elizabeth Stewart, having been natives of Scotland, and both are deceased. Robert Stewart was born in Utica, Oneida county, New York, December 29, 1831, and died in Harrold, South Dakota, April 7, 1902. In early life he was a farmer and ranch owner, but later turned his attention to the clothing business and also owned a drug store. He was a republican in his political views, and was a member of the Congregational church. Dora Chesley, to whom he was married August 9, 1870, at Lodi, Illinois, was born in New Durham, New Hampshire, September 7, 1841, and now makes her home with her son, James S., in Alliance. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and for a number of years served as county superintendent of schools in South Dakota. She is a daughter of James and Elizabeth Chesley. William E. Stewart secured his educational training in the public schools of Arkansas, Iowa and South Dakota, after which he taught school for six years in the last-named state. He then learned the art of telegraphy and for ten years was employed as a telegraph operator on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. During the following seven years he was engaged in the real estate business in Harrold, South Dakota, and then went to Chicago, Illinois, where he became interested in the paint manufacturing HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 385 business, becoming a member of the firm of Stewart, Adams & Company, of which his brother, James S. Stewart, was president and he, secretary and treasurer. They remained in that city until 1921, when they came to Alliance and organized the Stewart Brothers Paint Company, Inc., of which James S. Stewart is president, and William E. Stewart is secretary and treasurer. This has proven a very successful enterprise, the company having built up a large and steadily increasing business and now being numbered among the leading manufacturers of Alliance. On May 12, 1904, in Harrold, South Dakota, William E. Stewart was united in marriage to Miss Mabel McQueen, who was born November 1, 1877, in Merrill, Wisconsin, a daughter of Elbert R. and Abbie (Haxton ) McQueen. Mr. McQueen, who died in Harrold, South Dakota, in August, 1920, was a prominent lumberman, owning sawmills in Wisconsin, and during his later years was actively interested in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are the parents of two children, namely : Norma Isabelle, born at Harrold, South Dakota, October 7, 1907, was graduated from the Alliance high school and is now a junior in Mount Union College ; and Robert E., also born in Harrold, November 12, 1910, is attending the Alliance high school. Mr. Stewart has always given his political support to the republican party and fraternally is a member of Conrad Lodge No. 271, F. & A. M. ; Alliance Chapter No. 83, R. A. M. ; Alliance Council No. 112, R. & S. M. ; and the Alliance Country Club. He and his wife are members of the Ravenswood Congregational church in Chicago. Because of 'his earnest life, well rounded character and business ability, he commands the respect of all who know him, and stands among those who are successfully promoting the best interests of the city in which he lives. CLIFFORD VIRGIL GODDARD One of Alliance's most highly respected citizens and successful business men is Clifford V. Goddard, senior member of the firm of C. V. Goddard & Son, painting and decorating contractors. He has lived here for many years and his record as business man and citizen has gained for him an enviable place in public esteem. 25V3 386 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY Mr. Goddard was born in Edinburg, Ohio, on the 14th of January, 1867, and is a son of Virgil and Kate P. (Crane) Goddard. His paternal grandparents were Rev. Dennis and Persis (Denning) Goddard, both of whom were natives of Connecticut. The former was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, giving many years of his life to that sacred calling. His death occurred in Deerfield, Ohio, October 14, 1859, while his wife died in Edinburg, Ohio, August 27, 1872. Their son, Virgil Goddard, was born in Deerfield, Ohio, October 8, 1824, and died in Alliance, March 21, 1907. He was a harness maker by trade, following that vocation for many years, but later became associated with his son, Clifford V., in the painting and decorating business in Alliance. He was a republican and belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife was born in Shalersville, Ohio, May 5, 1829, and died in Alliance, June 7, 1895. She was a daughter of James and Hyria (Kneeland) Crane, both of whom were natives of Connecticut and became residents of Ohio, where Mr. Crane engaged in farming. He was a whig in politics. He and his wife died in this state, he at Shalersville and she at Edinburg. Clifford V. Goddard secured a good public school education at Edinburg, after which he taught school for two years. Coming to Alliance, he entered the employ of the Goddard Revolving Bookcase Works as a painter, and four years later, when the plant was moved to Ashtabula, Ohio, he went with it. Six months later, however, he returned to Alliance and engaged in the painting and paper hanging business, which he continued until 1905, when he and A. E. Forbush, under the firm name of Forbush & Goddard, established a meat market at 323 East Main street, the building in which he had previously conducted his wallpaper business. He remained in the meat business until 1908, when he sold his interest and again took up painting and decorating, in which he has continued to the present time. Roy W. Goddard, his eldest son, is his partner in the business, which is conducted under the firm name of C. V. Goddard & Son. Their office is at the corner of Market and Freedom streets, and their shop is at 273 West Columbia street. They are well equipped for any kind or size of job in their line and command their full share of the business in Alliance and vicinity. Mr. Goddard is also a director of the Alliance Finance Company. HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 387 Mr. Goddard has been married twice, first to Miss Anna Gwynne, who was born in Alliance, April 15, 1869, and died in this city, October 11, 1918. She was a daughter of James and Rebecca (McDonald) Gwynne, the former of whom was a native of Ireland and after coming to this country settled in Alliance, where his death occurred. He was for many years a section foreman for the Pennsylvania railroad and was a member of the Presbyterian church. To Mr. and Mrs. Goddard were born five children : Roy W., who is mentioned in a separate sketch elsewhere in this work ; Ralph A. and Delmer L., both residents of Alliance; Fred 0., of Warren Ohio ; and Mrs. William Kidd, of Alliance. On August 16, 1922, in Canton, Ohio, Mr. Goddard married Mrs. Elizabeth (McKay) McElroy, widow of the late William McElroy. She is a daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth ( Morrison) McKay, both of whom were natives and lifelong residents of Scotland. Mr. McKay, who was a stationary engineer and was a member of the Presbyterian church, died at the age of sixty-eight years. His wife, whose birth occurred at Bothwell, July 17, 1866, died August 29, 1889. Mrs. Goddard was educated in the public schools of Burnebank, Scotland, and is a woman of many gracious qualities of character, which have endeared her to all who know her. She is a member of the First Presbyterian church of Alliance and its missionary societies ; the Daughters of Rebekah and the Daughters of Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Goddard have a daughter, Donna Jean, born December 14, 1923. Mr. Goddard is nominally a republican in political affairs, but at local elections he maintains an independent attitude, voting according to the dictates of his own judgment. He is an adherent of the Presbyterian church and gives generously to all worthy causes. He is a charter member of the Alliance Builders Exchange. A prominent Odd Fellow, Mr. Goddard belongs to the Alliance Lodge No. 266 and the other branches of the order, in all of which he has passed through the chairs, having for many years been a very active and effective worker in this society. He was initiated into Alliance Lodge February 14, 1900, and became one of its trustees January 1, 1905, since which time he has served as secretary of the board. He was elected noble grand January 11, 1905, and was a member of the building committee when the Odd Fellows home on East Main street was erected. In patriarchial Odd Fellow- 388 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY ship degrees were conferred on Colonel Goddard by Alliance Encampment No. 104. He was given the patriarchal degree December 18, 1903, and after filling all chairs, was elected chief patriarch January 1, 1909. He was elected representative to the grand encampment in 1917, 1921 and 1923. He is a charter member of Alliance Canton No. 98, of which he was captain in 1919. He was elected major in 1921 and colonel in 1927. Mr. Goddard was the Alliance representative to the department council for seven years. He joined Rebekah Alliance Lodge No. 500 in 1909 and for six years was captain of the degree staff. For meritorious service, Colonel Goddard was given the Decoration of Chivalry, November 22, 1919. On October 24, 1927, he was given the Grand Decoration of Chivalry, the highest honor that can be conferred on any Odd Fellow, this being conferred on only five persons in the state each year. This decoration was pinned on Colonel Goddard by his little daughter, Donna Jean, who was the maid of honor. He is a member of Alliance Encampment No. 104 and a charter member of Alliance Canton since its organization. A man of high ideals and worthy principles, he has been loyal to all the obligations of citizenship, standing consistently for all that is best in the life of his community, and has proven himself well worthy of the confidence and respect which are uniformly accorded him by his fellowmen. ADAM ANDREW SHORB, II Adam Andrew Shorb, a member of one of the oldest families of Canton, is well known throughout the city for his loyalty, honesty and keen integrity. He is a thorough musician and has always been prominent and foremost in the musical circles of Stark county. He is one of the charter members of the Thayer Military Band and a hard and interested worker in the early years of its organization and one of its earnest promoters during the thirty years of its existence. While still interested, he has not taken an active part in the band work in recent years due to his many other business interests. His earnest efforts won for this band the support of the citizens of Canton, and it has always been composed of all Canton men with a Canton leader and director. Mr. Shorb was one of the organizers and charter members of the HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 389 Canton Local of Musicians, affiliated with the American Federation of Musicians. For more than eighteen years he has been president of this organization, Canton Local No. 111, A. F. of M. He has guided them most conscientiously, honorably and successfully through these years and its large membership is the result of his honest and upright dealings, loyalty and true fellowship. He is a musician of merit, a proficient player of bass, either string or brass. He has been connected with all the leading organizations of the city interested in music and is held in the highest regard throughout his profession in the city and surrounding country. Mr. Shorb was born in Canton, April 14, 1872, in the home in which he now lives, located in what was at the time of his birth the center of the Shorb farm, but today, in 1928, it is almost the heart of the city, being just a few minutes walk from the public square. His parents were Andrew Adam and Harriet (Newling) Shorb, the former a son of Adam Andrew Shorb, a native of Canton, and a grandson of John Shorb, Sr. The father lived in Canton throughout life and died October 13, 1892, at the age of forty-nine years. The mother was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, June 20, 1847, and was a daughter of the late George and Eliza Newling, pioneer settlers of Columbiana county, coming to this state form Maryland in the early part of the last century. In 1869 Harriet Newling became the wife of Andrew Adam Shorb and to them were born four children, of whom Adam Andrew is the sole survivor. His mother died December 4, 1916, in the home where she had always lived. John Shorb, Sr., was born in Zweibruecken, Rheinpfalz, Germany, and when a very young man went to Baltimore, Maryland, where he married Miss Catherine Gross, who was from Neiderbronn, Alsace. Her brother, Louis Gross, was the father of William H. Gross, who was ordained a Catholic bishop of Savannah, Georgia. For some time Mr. Shorb was successfully engaged in business in Baltimore, and in 1807 came to Canton with a stock of goods, establishing. the first grocery store here. He occupied a brick building on the southwest corner of Market and what is now Second street, southwest. A year later he removed to the new building which he erected in the block, later known as the Eagle block, on the present site of the First National Bank of Canton. He continued in the grocery business for some time though living on his farm in the northwest part of the city but later gave the 390 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY store to his son John Shorb, Jr. In those early days Sixth street north and Sixth street south were the city limits. On traveling to Baltimore to buy goods John Shorb, Sr., always made the trip on horse back and was many times accompanied by his wife, who rode in the same way. To them were born five children. At one time he owned six hundred and forty acres of land abutting the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station in Canton. John Shorb, Sr., was interested actively in all public matters. In 1809 he was a member of the first grand jury in Stark county. In 1815 he was president of the first bank erected here, known as The Farmers Bank of Canton. He was a devout Catholic and on locating in Canton missed greatly the religious advantages of his native city and he sought to increase the Catholic population by persuading settlers to come to Canton. These came chiefly from Maryland and Pennsylvania and even the "old country" people, newly landed, were told of the far west. The journey was long and fatiguing, being made on foot, horseback or stage, and many hardships were endured after they came to their new homes. Soon a sufficient number of Catholics gathered to warrant a mission at Canton, and John Shorb, Sr., may be considered the one who founded the first Catholic church here. The diocese of Cincinnati was founded in 1822 and zealous priests, Dominican Fathers, of Somerset, Perry county, Ohio, where the first church was erected in 1818, came here a number of times a year to say mass and visit the people of Canton. When these visits would be announced word was sent to the Catholics of the surrounding towns of Massillon, Canal Fulton and for a circuit of fifty miles. The people usually came on Saturday in wagons drawn by two horses, carrying the family, and usually remained until Monday morning. The trials and hardships endured by our forefathers form a pathetic chapter which we of today cannot understand. With the beautiful churches and comfortable pews to sit in, and all the comforts of civilization and progress now our own, we cannot realize the conditions that existed "When the groves were God's first temples ;" when our parents had to cover from fifteen to fifty miles, and of ttimes walk, for the privilege of hearing mass. The faith with which they were imbued to do this is simply incomprehensible to us at this age, when we can use the most trivial excuse to keep us from attending mass and services on Sunday. It was under the wide spreading branches of an oak tree, which HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 391 formed a fitting canopy to serve in the place of the tabernacle previous to 1824, and before any church was built in Canton, that the services were held and mass was said when the clergy visited these sections, weather permitting. In inclement weather the mass was celebrated in the front room of the home of John Shorb, Sr. On these occasions Sunday was a veritable "Agape ;" a long table was spread under the trees adjoining and "Grandmother Shorb" bade every one welcome. The fields around became a kind of camp. All were full of earnest piety, striving to profit by the few days spent with the "good priests of God." The first mass was said under this oak tree and it remained for years in the family yard long after the farm had been sold and the allotment and improvements completed. During this early period many priests visited this vicinity, among them Father Edward Fenwick, who was later ordained and was the first bishop of Cincinnati. Through the particular activity of John Shorb, Sr., the first brick church was built in Canton—St. John's Catholic church. He donated the ground on which the church was built, it being the site of the beautiful church property of the present day, where stands the imposing edifice for the service of God. The first church was a big undertaking. It was small, and labor and the material were donated. The Catholics sent food to the workmen and housed them, many of them working gratis. John Shorb, Sr., donated the timber as well as the land and assisted in every kind of work he was able to do. While workmen were lifting joists to the roof several beams slipped and fell, one falling on Mr. Shorb, who was superintending the work from below. He fell backward, striking his head, and was injured quite severely. He laid unconscious until the next day when he died, July 24, .1824, in his sixty-sixth year. His wife Catherine followed him in death August 12, 1841, in her eighty-fourth year. Both rest under the eaves on the west side of the beautiful St. John's church of the present day. Adam A. Shorb secured his early education in the parochial school, St. John's of Canton, and finished the eighth grade in the public schools, after which he took a course in bookkeeping in the Canton Actual Business College. He later worked as a steam engineer at the plant of the Joseph Dick Manufacturing Company for twelve years. In 1901 he entered into a partnership and conducted a candy shoppe and soda grille with a restaurant in connection, under the business name of Boas & Shorb. He continued 392 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY in this business until 1912, when he disposed of his interest. From that time on he has devoted his entire time to his profession of music. He stands high among the professional musicians of this city, and the fact that he has been president of the Canton Local No. 111 of the American Federation of Musicians stands in unmistakable evidence of his ability and of the confidence which his fellow musicians have in him. He was also for many years, president of the Thayer Military Band, as well as one of its charter members and organizers. On July 22, 1915, in St. Malachy's church, in Chicago, Mr. Shorb was united in marriage to Miss Bernadette Iola Guest, who was born in Canton, Ohio, August 14, 1876, and is a daughter of Simeon and Henrietta Lucinda (Piero) Guest. With the exception of the few years spent in Chicago she has always lived in Canton, and has spent the greater part of her life in business in Canton. Throughout the period of the World war, she served in the capacity of chief clerk to the members of draft board No. 2 in Canton, remaining throughout the entire period. She was also appointed secretary to the chairman on early parishioners at the time of preparation for the consecration and centennial celebration of St. John's Catholic church, which brought her closely in touch with many of the families of the earlier members. Her father, Simeon Guest, was born in Point Audemer, France, December 28, 1849, and came to this country with his parents when twelve years old, locating in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At the age of fourteen years he accompanied his parents on their removal to Canton, and he remained here practically all his life. He was a first class foundryman, having served his apprenticeship in a foundry located on the corner of what is now Sixth street northwest and Cleveland avenue ; the site now occupied by a furniture store and the Knights of Columbus home. His parents were of English descent, but spent their early married life in France. He was the son of Simeon and Martha (Waldron) Guest, both born in England of English parentage. Simeon Guest, Jr., died at the home of his daughter, August 13, 1923. Her mother was a daughter of John Ignatius and Caroline (Limegrover) Piero, and was born June 28, 1853, in Canton, where she lived her entire life. She was married June 9, 1874, in St. John's church. Her father, John Ignacius Piero, was born in Alsace-Lorraine, January 29. 1823. He came to this country with his parents in 1826. On land- HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 393 ing they started forth to find a location where they would be able to permit their children to be brought up in the religion and worship they followed and were taught—the Catholic Church—and with this' in mind they started out to find the cross and decided to locate in that vicinity. Not until they reached Canton did they find the Catholic church which they sought and here they permanently settled. On September 25, 1845, John Ignatius Piero married Miss Caroline Limegrover in St. John's Catholic Church, the first church. Miss Limegrover was born in Oara, Switzerland, April 3, 1823. She died May 2, 1895, her husband following her in_ death March 13, 1897. Their daughter, Mrs. Simeon. Guest preceded her husband in death just ten months, passing to the great beyond October 13, 1922. Adam A. Shorb is a democrat in his political views and is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus. He has long been a baseball enthusiast and some years ago was president of the Canton Club of the Central Baseball League. He and his wife are members of St. John's Roman Catholic church. A man of upright conduct, strong character and splendid personality, he commands to a marked degree the esteem and good will of his fellowmen and has a large circle of loyal friends throughout the community. ROY WYLLIS GODDARD One of the leading painting and decorating concerns of Stark county is that of C. V. Goddard & Son, of Alliance, the junior member of which is Roy W. Goddard. He is an expert in his ,line and is of the third generation of his family to be engaged in" this business. He was born in Alliance on the 16th of June, 1892, and, is' a son of Clifford V. and Anna (Gwynne) Goddard. He received his education in the public schools of Alliance, graduating from high school in 1910, and then went to work for his father in the painting and decorating business. A few years later he was admitted to a partnership with his father, under the firm name of C. V. Goddard & Son, and they have built up a large and prosperous business, having their office at the corner of Market and Freedom streets and their shop at 273 West Columbia street. Mr. 394 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY Goddard is a man of excellent taste and discrimination, and his work is of a quality that is its own best advertisement. On December 27, 1915, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Mr. Goddard was united in marriage to Miss Almeda Germanson, who was born May 1, 1890, a daughter of Christian and Laura Germanson. Her father is a native of Michigan and is now living in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he follows the vocation of marine engineer. He supports the republican party and is a member of the Presbyterian church. His wife is a native of Oshkosh. Mrs. Goddard was educated in the public schools of Manitowoc and Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and is an active member of the First Presbyterian church and its various societies, belonging also to the Daughters of Rebekah and the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Patriarchs Militant. Mr. and Mrs. Goddard have a son, Clair Wyllis, born September 26, 1921. Mr. Goddard gives his political support to the republican party and is a Presbyterian in his religious faith. He belongs to Conrad Lodge No. 271, F. & A. M. ; Alliance Lodge No. 266, I. O. O. F., and is a member of all the branches of the latter Order, being now Captain of the Canton. A man of marked business ability and energetic methods, backed by right principles, he has not only realized very satisfactory material success but has also gained that which is of more value, the confidence and respect of all who have had dealings with him, so that he is regarded as one of the worthy and substantial citizens of the community. WARREN E. RUSSELL Warren E. Russell, a well known attorney and steamship ticket broker of Massillon, is a member of one of the prominent old families of Stark county, and in his career he has added prestige to an already illustrious family name. One of the first industries in Massillon was that of Russell & Co., Inc., which was established January 1, 1842, by Charles M., Nahum S. and Clement Russell, and they manufactured threshing machinery known on the market as the Massillon thresher. Charles M. Russell died in 1860 and the firm name was changed to N. S. & C. Russell, and in 1864 Joseph K., Thomas H. and George L. Russell, other brothers, bought into HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 397 the firm, which then again became Russell :& Co. and was later incorporated in Ohio under that name. Thomas H. Russell was born at Alstead, Cheshire county, New Hampshire, May 15, 1828, a son of Cyrus and Louisa (Stratton) Russell, ho were natives of Massachusetts. In 1847 he came to Massillon, where his brothers were manufacturing threshers, and in their plant he learned the machinist's trade. Eventually he was made superintendent of the machine shop and became a, stockholder in the company. He was of an inventive turn of mind and originated and patented several articles, including a concave adjuster, a vibrating screw and a worm beater. He was one of the organizers and a director of the Massillon Light, Heat & Power Company. He was a veteran .of the Civil war, having enlisted in 1864 in Company A, One Hundred and Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he held a commission as first lieutenant, and he was honorably discharged in September, 1864. On September 13, 1853, in Massillon, he was married to Miss Eleanor Dunn, a daughter of Edward and Julia (Fox) Dunn, and to this union were born five children, namely : Edward S., Nellie J., Warren E., Mrs. Laura M. Phillips and Harriet M. Warren E. and Mrs. Phillips are now the only survivors. The father gave his political support to the republican party ; served as city treasurer and maintained an active interest in everything pertaining to the welfare and progress of his community. Warren E. Russell was born in Massillon, October 31, 1862, and attended the public schools of that city, graduating from the high school in 1880. Later he entered Harcourt Place Academy at Gambier, Ohio, of which John D. H. McKinley was principal, and one of the teachers was John Jay Adams, later dean of the Ohio State 'University Law School at Columbus. From 1881 to 1883 Mr. Russell attended Kenyon College, there becoming a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and from there he went to Amherst College, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1885. From 1886 to 1888 he attended Harvard Law School and also studied at Leipsic University in Germany. He was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1889, and then went to Utah, where he was admitted to the bar in the following year. In 1892 he returned to Massillon and was immediately placed at the head of the newly created legal department of Russell & Co., with which he was connected until 1904, when he engaged in the practice of law, 398 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY and at about the same time took up the steamship ticket brokerage business. In both professional work and business he has been successful, and his record has stamped him as a man of alert mentality, sound judgment and sterling integrity in every relation of life. Like his brothers, he was an enthuasiastic and lifelong supporter of William McKinley from the time the latter first entered politics. On February 28, 1903, Mr. Russell was united in marriage to Miss Hermine J. A. Dieterich, a native of Havre, France, and educated in that country and in Germany. Mr. Russell gives his support to the republican party as have all the Russell family before him and has maintained a deep interest in the welfare of his community and country. He is a member of the Masonic Order, and is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, while his religious faith is that of the Christian Scientist. He is a director and secretary of the Ohio Paper Products Company and is president and treasurer of Spif, Inc. During the World war he rendered effective service to his state as a member of the coal commission. Cordial and affable in manner, he has a wide acquaintance and a large circle of loyal friends, who esteem him for his genuine worth as man and citizen. CURTIS JAMES DUNCAN One of the best known and most highly respected citizens of Start county is Curtis J. Duncan, of Massillon, who for more than thirty years has been successfully engaged in the jewelry business owning the leading store in that line in Massillon and a branch store in Canton. In Massillon the name of Duncan has long been held in high esteem from the fact that one of his ancestors, James Duncan, was the founder of this city. Of him it has been written, "The Hon. James Duncan, founder of Massillon in the year 1826, was a man of keen foresight, good judgment and upright character. He believed in Massillon. What a revelation it would be to him could he but walk on our streets today and see to what a marvelous extent his faith in the growth and progress of his city has been realized." Curtis James Duncan was born in Massillon on the 15th of July, 1873, and is a son of James and Rebecca (Shafer) Duncan, HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 399 the former of whom died in 1875 and the latter in 1917. He received a limited education in the public schools and his first work was on a farm. He was employed at the machinist's trade for two years, after which he became an apprentice jeweler under Joseph Coleman. In 1899 he established a jewelry store in Massillon, in which venture success attended him and he now has a large and well stocked store, housed in a building of its own at 24 Main street East. In 1912 Mr. Duncan established a branch store in Canton, and now, in his own business block at the corner of Third street and Cleveland avenue, northwest, has one of the handsomest stores in that city. His success has been based on the high and honest quality of his goods, his sound business judgment and his honorable methods, and no business man of Stark county enjoys to a greater degree than he the confidence of the people. and he has a widespread reputation throughout the county as being an authority on diamonds. In 1898 Mr. Duncan married Miss Erma Gibbs, of Canton, and they have become the parents of three children, namely : James William, who is a graduate of Northwestern University and is now holding a responsible position with the Cable Piano Company in Chicago ; Clarence Gibbs, who died at the age of seventeen years ; and Dorothy, who is the wife of Charles William Garver, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mr. Duncan is a member of all branches of the Masonic order ; also belongs to the Kiwanis Club, of which he is a past president, and the Chamber of Commerce. He and his family are members of the First Christian church, of which he is an elder. Mr. Duncan has stood consistently as one of the stalwart supporters of those things which promote the best interests of the community and has long been regarded as one of its solid and dependable citizens. THOMAS WOOD COPE One of the leading furniture, carpet and house furnishing stores of Alliance is that of T. W. Cope & Sons at 314 East Main street, of which Thomas W. Cope is president, and which is regarded as one of the most reliable business concerns of the city. Mr. Cope was born at Smithfield, Jefferson county, Ohio, on the 26th of