450 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY in 1928 and will complete his medical studies in Western Reserve University. Dr. Dougherty is a republican in his political views and is a member of the Psi Omega dental fraternity at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a man of earnest purpose, has been loyal to the highest ideals of his profession and has proven well worthy of the splendid success which has crowned his life work. FABER J. DRUKENBROD Faber J. Drukenbrod, member of the law firm of Hart & Drukenbrod, is one of Canton's leading young attorneys and is earning a reputation for ability, fidelity and success that is gaining for him an extensive clientele. He was born in Middlebranch, Stark county, on the 23d of February, 1899, a son of Ivy B. and Elta (Combs) Drukenbrod. On the paternal side the father was of Holland-Dutch stock, while his mother, who bore the maiden name of Bair, was a native of Germany. His grandfather was Samuel Drukenbrod, Jr., a son of Samuel Drukenbrod. Ivy B. Drukenbrod was born at Middlebranch and died February 9, 1916. For ten years he served as superintendent of the Stark County Infirmary and later as superintendent of the Fairmount Children's Home at Alliance, his wife being matron of that institution at the same time. She was born in Canton, October 19, 1865, and still resides there, and is of Irish descent. Faber J. Drukenbrod attended the public schools, graduating from the high school in 1917, after which he entered Columbia University, New York city, but completed his classical course in Mount Union College at Alliance, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1921. He then entered the law school of Ohio State University, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1923, and on January 4th of that year he entered upon the practice of his profession in Canton. He is now a member of the firm of Hart & Drukenbrod and is located at 403 First National Bank building. Politically Mr. Drukenbrod is a republican and is president of the McKinley Republican Club of Canton. Fraternally he is a member of Lathrop Lodge No. 676, F. & A. M. ; Canton Chapter HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 453 No. 84, R. A. M. ; Canton Council No. 35, R. & S. M. ; Emeth Lodge of Perfection, Mystic Council of Princes of Jerusalem and Brenton Chapter of Rose Croix, all at Canton, and Lake Erie Consistory, at Cleveland, A. A. S. R. ; Buckeye Lodge No. 11, K. P. ; Canton Lodge, L. 0. 0. M. ; the American Legion ; the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Psi Kappa Omega fraternities of Mount Union College, and the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity of Ohio State University. Socially he belongs to the Canton Club and the Shady Hollow Country Club, while his religious membership is with the First Methodist Episcopal church of Canton. In 1918 Mr. Drukenbrod was a member of the reserve officers' training camp at Mount Union College but was not called into the service. He is a man of strong individuality and pleasing address, makes a favorable impression on all who come in contact with him, and his record as lawyer and citizen has gained for him the uniform confidence and respect of all who know him. RALPH K. RAMSAYER, M. D. Though a comparatively recent addition to the medical profession in Stark county, Dr. Ralph K. Ramsayer has already established a high reputation as an able and skilled physician and is building up a very satisfactory practice in Canton. He was born August 23, 1898, at North Georgetown, Columbiana county, Ohio, and is a son of George F. and Laura (King) Ramsayer. The family is of German origin in the paternal line, the Doctor's grandfather, George F. Ramsayer, Sr., having been a native of Wurtemburg, Germany, whence he came to the United States in 1855 and settled in Stark county, Ohio, where he engaged in the live stock business. His death occurred there at the age of seventy-five years. He married Miss Mary Hoffman, whose parents were also natives of Germany and became early settlers of Stark county. Among their children is George F. Ramsayer, Jr., who was born in Stark county and attended the public schools. Later he entered Mount Union College, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1899, and then engaged in teaching school for a period of fifteen years, during which time he taught at Alliance, Stark county, and Hudson, Summit county. 454 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY He then turned his attention to the live stock business, in which he is still extensively engaged. He is a stanch democrat in politics and takes an active interest in public and civic affairs. His wife, Mrs. Laura (King) Ramsayer, was born at North Georgetown, Columbiana county, and is a daughter of Jason and Harriett (Firestone) King, both of whom were members of pioneer families of that locality. Mrs. King had six brothers who served in the Union army during the Civil war, and one of them, Solomon Firestone King, became a successful banker and served as judge of the probate court of Columbiana county. The Firestone family was of German origin, while the King family is traced back to England, though established in America in colonial days. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsayer now reside at Homeworth, Columbiana county. They are the parents of three children, namely : Ralph K., of this review; Helen, who was graduated from Mount Union College and from Radcliffe College of Harvard University and is now teaching in the high schools of Cleveland, Ohio ; and Herbert, who is a student in Mount Union College. Ralph K. Ramsayer secured his early education in the public schools of Columbiana and Stark counties, graduating from the Alliance high school in 1914. He was graduated from Mount Union College with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1918 and then matriculated in the medical school of Western Reserve University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1922. He served as interne and resident physician at the Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, and at the Cleveland Maternity Hospital and Cleveland Clinic for four years, specializing in obstetrics and gynecology. In 1926 he came to Canton and engaged in the active practice of his profession, for which he had received thorough training and experience. On June 26, 1926, at Findlay, Hancock county, Ohio, Dr. Ramsayer was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Bayless, who was born and reared in that city and is a daughter of Theodore and Mamie (Kneeper ) Bayless. Her father has long been prominently identified with state and national democratic politics. He is now probate judge of Hancock county, Ohio. Mrs. Ramsayer was graduated from Western Reserve University with the degree of Bachelor of Science. She is a member of the Canton College Club and is very active in religious work, being a teacher in the Sunday school of the First Presbyterian church. After their marriage HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 455 Dr. and Mrs. Ramsayer took a honeymoon trip to Canada and Europe, and while abroad the Doctor visited the principal hospitals and clinics in France, Austria, Germany and England. Dr. Ramsayer votes the democratic ticket on national issues, but at local elections he is independent. He is a member of Homeworth Lodge, No. 499, F. & A. M. ; Cleveland Chapter, R. A. M. ; Lake Erie Consistory, A. A. S. R. ; and Al Koran Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., at Cleveland. He also belongs to the Canton University Club, the Shrine Country Club of Canton, the Lakeside Country Club, the Canton Wise Men's Club, the American Business Club and the Canton Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian church. Dr. Ramsayer is on the staff of Mercy Hospital and on the associate staff of Aultman Hospital. He maintains professional affiliation with the Stark County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the Cleveland Academy of Medicine. During the World war, the Doctor served in the Officers Reserve Training Corps and was stationed at Cleveland and Columbus. Because of his professional success, his deep human sympathy and kindly manner, he has made for himself a large place in public esteem and has won many warm and loyal friends throughout the community in which he lives. ROBERT AULD, JR. Among the active and successful real estate and insurance men of Alliance, Robert Auld, Jr., holds a prominent place. He is wide-awake and progressive in business affairs and through his honorable and effective methods has won the respect of all who have had dealings with him. He was born in Alliance on the 1st of June, 1889, a. son of Robert and Janet (Bewick) Auld. He is of Scottish ancestry and is the third in direct descent from Robert and Ann (McPierson) Auld, both of whom were of English extraction, but were born in Scotland, the former February 4, 1804, and the latter December 3, 1803. They spent their lives near Glasgow and there they died, Mr. Auld on June 29, 1879, and his wife on February 17, 1882. They were the parents of John Auld, who was born in Glasgow, September 16, 1829, and died in Al- 456 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY liance, Ohio, November 11, 1905. In Scotland he served as superintendent of a coal mine, but after coming to Stark county he became the senior member of the firm of John Auld & Sons, dealers in builders' supplies and coal. He was a republican in politics and a member of the Presbyterian church. He married Miss Mary Peebles, who was also a native of Scotland and died in Alliance. They were the parents of Robert Auld, Sr., who was born in Scotland, April 9, 1854. In 1880 Robert Auld, Sr., came to America and a short time later was joined by his parents, two brothers and one sister, the family locating in Alliance. A partnership was formed consisting of the father and his three sons, Robert, William and John, and they began dealing in coal and building supplies under the firm name of John Auld & Sons. Robert Auld, Sr., was also at one time engaged in the manufacture of brick and tile in Alliance. He has been a director of the Alliance Clay Product Company from its organization to the present time, and has a reputation as a keen and sagacious business man. He is now practically retired from active pursuits, devoting his attention mainly to the management of his real estate holdings in this city. He has been an active supporter of the republican party and at one time served as a member of the equalization board of Alliance. He has also served as a trustee of the Presbyterian church, of which he is a member. His wife was born in Scotland, June 3, 1859, and is a daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Weir) Bewick, both of whom were lifelong residents of Scotland, where her father was employed as a coal miner. They were earnest members of the Presbyterian church. Robert Auld, Jr., was graduated from the Alliance high school and attended Mount Union College and Ohio State University, after which he took up civil engineering. He followed that occupation until December 12, 1917, when he enlisted in the United States air service. About three months prior to the close of the war, he was transferred to the engineer officers' training school at Camp Humphreys, near Washington, D. C., where he received an honorable discharge November 23, 1918. He then opened an office in Alliance and followed civil engineering until February, 1921, when he and John E. Bay embarked in the real estate and insurance business in this city. This proved a successful venture and in 1926 they incorporated the business under the name of HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 457 Auld & Bay, Inc. They have been successful and are enjoying a large business in both insurance and real estate, being regarded as one of the most reliable firms in the city. On September 1, 1921, in Canton, Ohio, Mr. Auld was united in marriage to Miss Lena Marie McGirr, who was born in Alliance in 1903 and is a daughter of Earl and Amanda (Hartzell) McGirr. Her father is engaged in farming near Alliance. Mr. and Mrs. McGirr are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Auld, who was graduated from the Alliance high school, is a member of the Presbyterian church and belongs to the Pythian Sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Auld are the parents of three children : Hazel Marie, born May 22, 1922 ; Patricia Jane, born February 22, 1925; and Margaret Joanne, born January 21, 1928. In his political views Mr. Auld is a republican, while fraternally 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 American Legion, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon college fraternity, and the Triangle Fraternity, a national engineering society, and he also belongs to the Lions Club of Alliance, the Real Estate Board and the Alliance Chapter of Insurance Agencies. He has always been keenly interested in the affairs of his city and county, his activities touching the general interests of both, and he is a cooperant factor in every plan for the promotion of the public welfare. Because of his good business record, the high type of citizenship exemplified in his life and his excellent personal qualities, he is held in high regard by all who know him. HARRY C. WEIBLE Harry C. Weible, secretary and assistant treasurer of the Diebold Safe & Lock Company, is one of Canton's well known business men, having been connected with this great concern for many years, during which period he has risen steadily in public regard. He was born at Smithville, Wayne county, Ohio, on the 2d of December, 1883, and is a son of George M. and Libbie (McFadden) Weible. His father, whose family came to Ohio from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, was born at Pigeon Run, Tus- 458 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY carawas county, this state, April 19, 1855, while the mother was born near Wooster, Wayne county, and died in 1895. Mr. Weible received his early educational training in the public schools of Ononee, Illinois, which he attended six years, after which he was in the schools of Shreve, Ohio, for three years, and was graduated from the high school in Orrville, Ohio, in 1902. He was employed in the office of the Adams Express Company for three years, after which he was a messenger on the road for that company eight years. In 1914 Mr. Weible moved to Canton and entered the employ of the Diebold Safe & Lock Company as a cost clerk. He was promoted to the position of chief accountant, and in 1926 was appointed to his present position as secretary and treasurer of the company, the duties of which he is discharging in a very capable and efficient manner. The Diebold Safe & Lock Company was originally organized in Cincinnati, Ohio, in August, 1876, under the name of the Diebold & Kienzle Company, of which Anton Diebold was the moving spirit. When the business was moved to Canton it was incorporated as the Diebold Safe & Lock Company, with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars. During the ensuing years the business steadily increased, and the capital stock was correspondingly increased until 1921, when it became six hundred thousand dollars, at which it now stands. It is engaged in the manufacture of fire resisting and burglarproof safes and vaults and safe deposit vaults and boxes. Its products are sold throughout the civilized world, the principal foreign markets being South America, Japan, China, Central America and Cuba. Mr. Weible is treasurer of the Homeworth Oil & Gas Company and secretary of the Edward R. Hart Company. On May 26, 1908, at the bride's home in Massillon, Ohio, Mr. Weible was united in marriage to Miss Grace Stahl, who was born at Wilmot, Ohio, February 10, 1886. Her father, Silas Z. Stahl, was born near Churubusco, Indiana, and now resides in Massillon, Ohio, while her mother, who was a native of Stark county, Ohio is deceased. Politically, Mr. Weible is a stanch republican, and fraternally is a member of McKinley Lodge, No. 431, F. & A. M., of which he was master in 1927 and is now a trustee; Canton Chapter, No. 84, R. A. M. ; Canton Council, No. 35, R. & S. M. ; Canton Commandery, No. 38, K. T. ; Emeth Lodge of Perfection, Mystic Council of Princes of Jerusalem and Brenton Chapter of Rose Croix, HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 459 all at Canton, and Lake Erie Consistory, and A. A. S. R., at Cleveland, Al Koran Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., also at Cleveland. He belongs to the Lakeside Shrine Club, the Kiwanis Club and the Young Men's Christian Association. He and his wife are earnest members of the First Christian church of Canton, and Mrs. Weible belongs to the Dorcas class of that society. Mr. Weible is a member of the Loyal Men's class. He has proven a good citizen in the best sense of the term, is deservedly popular among his associates and friends, and throughout the community is held in high esteem. WILLIAM E. SARVER William E. Sarver, city engineer of Canton for fifteen consecutive years, has a broad experience as a civil engineer. Born in this city, June 21, 1871, he is a son of Michael and Eliza Jane (Anderson) Sarver. In the latter part of the eighteenth century representatives of the Sarver family came from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania among the pioneers who reclaimed that state from the wilderness. Michael Sarver was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, January 14, 1835, and spent his youthful days there, after which he became a resident of Ohio. He had previously attended Mount Pleasant College and had taught in the public schools of his native state, while later he worked in the oil fields, taking active part in the development of the oil industry there. At a subsequent period he began studying law in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and entered upon the practice of his profession, but ill health obliged him to discontinue his labors in that field. It was then that he determined to take up some form of outdoor life and in 1865 came to Stark county, purchasing land in Canton township, after which he concentrated his energies upon general agricultural pursuits and stock raising and also established a plant for the manufacture of brick upon his farm. While he remained a resident of Stark county for several years, his health did not improve, and he ultimately went to Santa Barbara county, California, where he purchased a farm upon which he resided until his death on the 18th of March, 1877. It was on the 27th of September, 1859, that he wedded Eliza Jane Anderson, who was 460 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY born at Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, October 23, 1837, her parents being Cunningham and Christina (Schall) Anderson, also natives of Mount Pleasant, born in 1806 and 1809, respectively. Mrs. Sarver survived her husband for many years, passing away in Canton, June 12, 1912, at the age of seventy-four. They were the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters. The fifth in order of birth in this family was William E. Sarver, who at the usual age became a pupil in the rural schools, while subsequently he had the advantage of educational training in the Central high school at Canton, from which he was graduated in 1888. He spent the succeeding eighteen months in the employ of a civil engineer, and in 1891 he matriculated in the University of Ohio at Columbus, pursuing a four years' course in civil engineering and winning his professional degree at his graduation with the class of 1895. It was then that he became identified with the city engineering department of Canton as a draftsman, and his capability led to his promotion to assistant engineer, while in 1907 he became city engineer, filling the office until 1908. He had entered upon the private practice of his profession in connection with Loomis E. Chapin in 1901, and this association was maintained for eight years, or until 1909. He again became city engineer on the 15th of May, 1913, and has served continuously to the present time, covering a period of fifteen years. He has directed much important engineering work in Canton. The result of his labors has been far-reaching and beneficial, and he enjoys the highest respect and confidence of his professional associates and contemporaries. On the 21st of January, 1903, in Canton, Mr. Sarver was united in marriage to Miss Margaret May White, who was born at Mogadore, Summit county, a daughter of Henry C. and Elizabeth ( Bennage) White, who were representatives of honored pioneer families of Summit county, dating back through five generations. Mr. and Mrs. Sarver reside at No. 808 Shorb avenue, northwest, and he finds his greatest happiness at his own fireside in the companionship of his wife and many friends to whom the hospitality of their home is extended. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sarver hold membership in the Trinity Lutheran church and she is identified with the Ladies Aid and Missionary Society. She also belongs to the Canton Women's Club, while Mr. Sarver is identified with the Optimist Club and also with Canton Lodge, No. 68, B. P. 0. E. HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 461 His political endorsement is given the democratic party, which he stanchly supports when political principles are involved, but at local elections he does not feel that he must be bound by party ties. He has membership in the Tri-County Engineering Society. His thorough training and broad experience have made him most efficient, and the fact that he has been retained in the office altogether for sixteen years is unmistakable proof of the confidence reposed in him. ROSCOE M. RICE Roscoe M. Rice of Canton has achieved a wide reputation as a municipal civil engineer, in which he has shown himself an expert, and has done much important work for various cities and towns of this state. He was born in Canton on the 25th of November, 1884, a son of Martin A. and Minnie (Hook) Rice. His paternal grandparents were Manias and Catherine (Shimp) Rice, both of whom were of German descent and were early settlers in this state. Martin A. Rice was reared and educated in Stark county and learned the trade of a painter, which he followed during the greater part of his active life but 'is now retired. He is independent in his political views and is a Protestant in his religious faith. His wife was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hook, both of whom were born in Germany and became early settlers of Pennsylvania. To Martin and Minnie Rice were born two children, Roscoe M., of this review and Karl C., who is deceased. Roscoe M. Rice attended the public schools of Canton, graduating from the Central high school, and then entered Ohio Northern University at Ada, from which he was graduated with the degree of Civil Engineer in 1907. Prior to graduation he had been employed by various engineering firms and after leaving college went to work for the American Bridge Company at Ambridge, Pennsylvania, where he remained two years. He was next with the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, serving as assistant engineer in various departments, and was also, for a period of seven years, valuation engineer for the Pittsburgh, Lisbon & Western Railroad. His next employment was as assistant in the compiling of the Mahoning County Atlas, an engineering work that required sev- 462 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY eral years' time. Since 1914 Mr. Rice has been engaged in the private practice of his profession in Canton, meeting with more than ordinary success. As a municipal engineer he has received distinctive recognition and the greater part of his time is taken up by this branch of his profession, making surveys and doing various phases of engineering work as required by cities and towns. In this connection he has been employed by the village of North Canton for the past ten years. On July 25, 1907, in Canton, Mr. Rice was united in marriage to Miss Grace H. Beard, who was born and reared in this city and is a daughter of Murry and Lizzie V. (Mountain) Beard, both families being numbered among the early settlers of Canton. To Mr. and Mrs. Rice have been born two children ; Roscoe M., II, born November 8, 1920; and James Blair, born January 12, 1925. Mrs. Rice takes an active interest in local civic and church work and is held in high esteem among her associates. In his political views Mr. Rice maintains an independent attitude, and his religious membership is with the Trinity Reformed church. He is a member of the University Club and is very popular in the circles in which he moves. He is highly regarded for his professional attainments, his integrity of character and his agreeable personality, and is regarded as one of the leaders in his line in Stark county. NEIL D. SCHWORM Neil D. Schworm, who holds the responsible position of property manager of the First National Bank building in Canton, is a capable and efficient business man and has gained the confidence and respect of all who know him. He was born in Massillon, Stark county, on the 3d of December, 1891, a son of George Frank and Estella V. (Bammerlin) Schworm, both of whom were of German descent. His paternal grandfather was a native of Germany and on coming to this country settled in Stark county, where he engaged in farming during the remainder of his life. George F. Schworm, who for many years successfully engaged in the retail grocery business, was born in Stark county in 1859, and his death occurred February 21, 1921, at the age of sixty-two years. He HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 463 was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church at Massillion. His wife was born in Massillon, of which locality her parents were early settlers, and she is still living in that city. To Mr. and Mrs. Schworm were born four children, namely : Melville F., who lives in Massillon ; Arvine, deceased ; Neil D., of this review ; and Helen E., who is the wife of Herbert H. Lucas and resides in Charleston, West Virginia. Neil D. Schworm attended the public and high schools of Massillon, after which he took a course in Yocum's Business College. When nineteen years old he accepted a position as stenographer with the Franklin Industrial Company at Warwick, Ohio, and later was with the Russell Company at Massillon for four years. He then went to Cleveland, where he was associated with the John & Manville Company, dealers in asbestos and building material, for about six years. In 1917 Mr. Schworm came to Canton and accepted a position as salesman with the Geiger-Jones Company. He was advanced to the position of general sales manager and continued with that concern until January 1, 1922, when it went out of business. He then came to the First National Bank as superintendent of construction and property manager, and has remained with that institution to the present time. Mr. Schworm is secretary and treasurer of the First National Realty Company and treasurer of the Industries Advancement Corporation. On September 21, 1915, in Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Schworm was united in marriage to Miss Catherine D. Bauhof, who is a native of Canton and is a daughter of the late Albert Bauhof. To Mr. and Mrs. Schworm have been born four children, namely : Mary Louise, deceased ; Neil D., Jr., John Alan and Sally Catherine, who was born October 28, 1926. During the World war Mr. Schworm endeavored to enlist for military service but was rejected for physical reasons. However, he did his full part as a supporter of all local war measures and was an effective worker in the various Liberty Loan drives. He gives his political support to the republican party at national elections but in local affairs he maintains an independent attitude, voting for the candidates whom he believes to be qualified for the offices they seek. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of McKinley Lodge No. 431, F. & A M. ; and also belongs to Massillon Lodge No. 441, B. P. 0. E. ; the Exchange Club, of which he was president in 1927; the Brookside Country Club, 464 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY the Chamber of Commerce and is an associate member of the Canton Real Estate Board. He and his wife are earnest members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Schworm's success is the legitimate result of his persistent and determined efforts, and he has been faithful and efficient in the discharge of every duty devolving upon him, while in the sphere of private citizenship he has stood consistently for everything that is best in the life of the community. Alert and energetic in his business affairs, and a man of cordial and friendly manner, he is greatly esteemed by all who have come in contact with him. DUEBER SIDNEY CABLE Dueber S. Cable, who is widely known because of his connection with much work of a public nature through northeastern Ohio, and is a member of the Cable Company, general contractors, is a man of marked business ability and has attained a noteworthy success through his determined and persistent efforts, backed by sound principles. He was born in Canton, Ohio, on the 21st of February, 1888, and is a son of Sidney Belknap and Catherine A. (Van Nostran) Cable. Both of his parents were born at Sandyville, Ohio, the former May 2, 1856, and the latter July 30, 1856. The family came to this state from Maryland, and the paternal grandmother's family name was Muckley, while the maternal grandmother was a Briggle. The Van Nostran family came to this country from Holland many years ago, eventually settling in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. Dueber S. Cable secured his early education in the Garfield Avenue grade school and graduated from Central high school in 1904. He worked in a grocery store about one year, after which he was in the railway mail service for about three months. He then entered the employ of the George Letherman Grain & Feed Company, for which concern he worked eight and a half years. In 1914 Mr. Cable engaged in taking contracts for sewers, for excavating and paving, in partnership with his brother, A. B. Cable. This proved a successful venture and in 1916 they incorporated their business as the Cable Company, of which Dueber S. Cable is treasurer and general manager. They maintain their offices and HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 465 equipment at 1421 Fifth street southwest, Canton, and are now specializing in excavating, grading and steam shovel work. They have handled many large contracts in their line and have a well established reputation for absolute dependability in everything they undertake. Mr. Cable and his brother are also the owners of the Lake Cable project, just outside of Canton. On June 7, 1916, in the First Reformed church in Canton, Mr. Cable was united in marriage to Miss Rose Salome Beiter, who was born at Zoar, Ohio, on March 13, 1891, and is a daughter of Edward and Pauline (Bimeler) Beiter, who also were born at Zoar, Ohio. The father died December 13, 1923, and the mother is now living in Canton. They were both of German descent and Mrs. Beiter is a daughter of the last ruler of the community of Zoarites who lived a short distance south of Canton. Mrs. Cable is a Sunday school teacher and is a member of the Caldron, auxiliary to Nazir Grotto. Mr. and Mrs. Cable have two children, namely : Jane, born May 16, 1917, is attending the Summit Street public school and is studying piano, is a splendid swimmer and athlete ; and Hobart Sidney, born October 23, 1919, who also attends the Summit Street school. Mr. Cable is a stanch republican in his political views and is a member of Canton Lodge, No. 60, F. & A. M. ; Emeth Lodge of Perfection, Mystic Council, Princes of Jerusalem, Brenton Chapter of Rose Croix, all at Canton, and Lake Erie Consistory, A. A. S. R. ; Nazir Grotto, and Canton Lodge, No. 68, B. P. 0. E. He also belongs to the Elks Club. His favorite diversion is fishing, and he is also a frequent tourist to Florida, for which state he is enthusiastic. He and his wife are earnest members of the First Reformed church. A man of strong character and pleasing personality, he easily makes friends and throughout the city in which he has spent his life commands uniform confidence and esteem. AUSTIN BRANT CABLE Austin B. Cable, president of the Cable Company, one of the best known general contracting firms in northeastern Ohio, has had extensive experience in his line of business and his record has gained for him an enviable standing in the business circles of Can- 466 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY ton. He was born in this city on the 15th of September, 1891, and is a son of Sidney B. and Catherine A. (Van Nostran) Cable. The father was born at East Sparta, Ohio, and is now deceased, while the mother was born in Pike township, Stark county, and now resides at 1616 Woodland avenue northwest, Canton. In the maternal line Mr. Cable is of Holland descent, while the Cables came to this state from Maryland. A. B. Cable received his educational training in the Garfield Avenue public school and the Central high school, after which he worked in a grocery store for a year and a half. He was with the Downs Construction Company as bookkeeper and timekeeper for three years and on the reorganization of that company he became its secretary, in which capacity he served two years. He then went to Buffalo, New York, where he was with the Stabell Construction Company a short time, after which he returned to Canton and formed a partnership with his brother, Dueber S. Cable, under the name of the Cable Company, of which he has since been president and his brother treasurer. They engaged in the general contracting business, though of late years they confine their attention almost exclusively to excavating, grading and steam shovel work. In 1923 he and his brother formed a partnership and took up the development of six hundred and forty acres of land, two hundred and fifty acres of which is water, known as Lake Cable, located about six miles from Canton and the same distance from Massillon, on the old Canal Fulton road, where they maintain a modern bathing beach, capable of accommodating two thousand five hundred people at one time. This is the only restricted bathing beach open to the people of Stark county, and will never be made a general amusement place, as the owners cater to nature and home lovers and sportsmen. With the exception of the bathing beach section, the lake is private and is utilized for the recreation and pleasure of the home owners of Lake Cable. On April 28, 1920, in the Evangelical church in Canton, Mr. Cable was united in marriage to Miss Edna M. Naragon, who was born at New Cumberland, Carroll county, Ohio, and is a daughter of Curtis and Lena (Lappin) Naragon, both of whom now reside at Lake Cable. Mrs. Cable is a member of the La Porte Ouverte Club. Mr. and Mrs. Cable are the parents of three children, Lester Glenn, Austin Jack and Betty. Mr. Cable is a republican in his political views and is a member of Canton Lodge, B. P. 0 E., the HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 467 Canton Club and the Rotary Club, and is a member of the Crippled Children committee of the last named. He was one of the organizers and is a director of the Izaak Walton League of Stark County. A man of progressive ideas and enterprising methods, Mr. Cable has won a well deserved success in his material affairs, for which reason, as well as for his excellent personal qualities, he is held in high regard throughout the circle of his acquaintance. ARTHUR B. DRUKENBROD Arthur B. Drukenbrod, secretary, treasurer and manager of the Drukenbrod Tailoring Company of Canton, is one of the city's best known business men and, through his earnest and rightly directed efforts, has attained worthy success. He was born in Middlebranch, Stark county, Ohio, on the 14th of May, 1886, and is a son of Ivy B. and Etta M. (Combs) Drukenbrod. His father, who was descended from an old and prominent Pennsylvania family, was also born in Middlebranch, where he was reared and educated, and there engaged in the manufacture of lime for many years. He was an ardent and active republican and was the first republican trustee ever elected in Plain township. He served for fifteen years as superintendent of the Stark county infirmary and later became superintendent of the Fairmount Children's Home, in which position he was serving at the time of his death, at the age of fifty-four years. He was a prominent and influential factor in the civic and political affairs of Stark county and to a marked degree commanded the confidence and respect of his fellowmen. His wife was born in Midway, Stark county, and was a daughter of Joseph Combs, who was of English descent and was a member of one of the old and well known families of this section of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Drukenbrod became the parents of two children, Arthur B., of this review ; and Faber J., who is president of the Drukenbrod Tailoring Company. Arthur B. Drukenbrod secured his educational training in the public schools of Canton, after which he took a commercial course in the Canton Actual Business College. At the age of twenty-one years he took a position with the Curt-Smith Clothing Company as a salesman, and a year later entered the employ of Douglas 468 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY the Tailor, with whom he remained for thirteen years, during the last six years of which period he was manager of the business in Canton. In February, 1922, Mr. Drukenbrod engaged in his present business at 414 Tuscarawas street, east, and has built up a large and growing business, built on sound principles and conducted in accordance with the highest commercial ethics, so that he has become firmly established in the confidence of the buying public. On May 13, 1910, in Canton, Mr. Drukenbrod was united in marriage to Miss Maude Miller, who was born in Greentown, Stark county, and is a daughter of J. H. and Alice (Rhodes) Miller, of a well known pioneer family of that locality. They are the parents of three children, Dorothy, Lois and Arthur, Jr. Mr. Drukenbrod is an earnest supporter of the republican party and has taken an active interest in public affairs of his city and county. He served as chief deputy sheriff for several years under Sheriff Milo W. Cathon, and from 1923 to 1926 was a city councilman-at-large. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and he and his wife are members of the Lutheran church. A man of good business ability, sterling integrity and enterprising methods, he well merits the success which is now his, while throughout the range of his acquaintance he is esteemed and respected for his genuine worth as a man and citizen. WILLIAM L. COPLEY Though a resident of Stark county but a few years, William L. Copley has gained distinctive recognition in business circles, particularly in the automobile field, in which he is meeting with well merited success. He was born in West Salem, Ohio, on the 11th of May, 1889, a son of David and Mary Jane (Kime) Copley. His paternal grandparents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Bixler) Copley, were born respectively in England and Germany. Jacob Copley followed farming after coming to this country, and his death occurred in West Salem, Ohio. He served in the Union army during the Civil war ; gave his political support to the republican party, and he and his wife were members of the Evangelical HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 469 Lutheran church. Mrs. Copley died in Barberton, Ohio, at the advanced age of one hundred and two years, in 1908. David Copley, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, devoted his life to farming and died at Barberton, Ohio, January 4, 1920, at the age of sixty-two years. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church and supported the republican party. His wife, who is still living in Barberton, was born at Lodi, Ohio, and is a daughter of George and Sarah (Repp) Kime, both of whom were born in Maryland and died in Ohio, the father at Lodi and the mother at Barberton. Mr. Kime was a farmer during the active years of his life ; voted the republican ticket, and he and his wife belonged to the Evangelical church. William L. Copley attended the public schools, graduating from the West Salem high school, and then went to work in a rubber factory at Akron. Later he was a utility man with the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company for three years, after which he entered the employ of the Portage Rubber Company at Barberton, where he served for nine years as assistant superintendent in charge of production. From there he went to the New Castle Rubber Company, at New Castle, Pennsylvania, for which he was works manager during 1919-20, and from 1921 to 1924 was general manager for the Zeglin Tire & Rubber Company, in Chicago, Illinois. He then became manager for F. A. Pearson, Ford dealer, with whom he remained until November 25, 1925, when he came to Alliance and organized the Copley Motor Company, Inc., of which he is president and general manager. This proved a successful venture and has enjoyed a steadily increasing business. Mr. Copley is also president of the Alliance Acceptance Corporation, and secretary and treasurer of Prospect Motors, Inc., of Alliance. In Akron, Ohio, December 24, 1910, Mr. Copley was united in marriage to Miss Nellie R. Orr, who was born in Barberton, November 19, 1889, and is a daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth (Bremen) Orr, both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Copley is a graduate of the Barberton high school; belongs to the Christian church and is active in the Order of the Eastern Star and other women's organizations. Mr. and Mrs. Copley have a son, Lloyd D., born October 15, 1911. Mr. Copley is a member of National Lodge, No. 568, F. & A. M., at Barberton; New Castle Lodge, No. 69, B. P. 0. E., at 470 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY New Castle, Pennsylvania ; the Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He gives his political support to the republican party, and his religious connection is with the Reformed church at Barberton. His record has been characterized by loyal and efficient service in every position which he has filled, and since engaging in business for himself he has shown a progressive and enterprising spirit that has brought him an abundant measure of prosperity. Personally, he is a man of cordial and friendly manner, and he has won a high place in the esteem of all who have come in contact with him. MARION C. GLASS Marion C. Glass, of Alliance, holds a foremost place among the mason contractors of Stark county and many of the best buildings in this locality present evidences of the high quality of his work. He has been successful in his business affairs and is accounted one of the leading citizens of Alliance. Mr. Glass was born at East Rochester, Columbiana county, Ohio, on the 1st of May, 1878, and is a son of Jacob F. and Mary E. ( Jennings) Glass. He is of old Virginia stock, his paternal grandfather, Jacob Glass, having been born in that state, near the Maryland line. He was the son of John Glass, a native of Germany, who on coming to America settled in Virginia and later removed to Ohio, where he obtained the tract of government land near New Chambersburg. The patent for this was made on sheepskin and signed by President Thomas Jefferson. This farm is now owned by Grant Walters, it having been sold by Jacob Glass, the son of John, four years prior to the death of the former, in order to more easily divide his estate before he died. He had retired from active farming but continued to live on his home farm until his death. He was a democrat in politics and a member of the United Brethren church. He married Miss Eliza Consor, who was born near New Alexander, Ohio, and was a daughter of Frederick Consor, a native of Pennsylvania and a pioneer of Ohio. Jacob F. Glass, son of Jacob and Eliza (Consor) Glass, was born at East Rochester, Ohio, May 18, 1855. For many years HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 471 he was a mason contractor but is now retired and lives in New Chambersburg, Ohio. He is a democrat and has been active in local public affairs, having served sixteen consecutive years as township assessor and later four years more in that office. He is a member of the Christian church. Mary E. ( Jennings) Glass was born at New Chambersburg, Ohio, September 15, 1857, and is still living there. Her parents were David and Maria (Betz) Jennings, the former of whom was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, and died near East Rochester, this state, at the age of fifty-seven years. He was a shoemaker by occupation and was a veteran of the Civil war, having served three years and ten months in the Union army. He was a strong republican, was well posted in law, and was gifted as a public speaker. He served as constable and tax collector for thirty consecutive years and took a leading part in the affairs of his community. He was a member of the Disciples church. His wife, Maria (Betz) Jennings, was born in West township, Columbiana county, and died in Alliance at the age of eighty-seven years. David Jennings was a son of William Jennings, who was a native of England and died in Maryland. To Jacob F. and Mary E. ( Jennings) Glass, were born nine children, namely : Marion C., of this review ; Albertis and Orvin R., of Alliance; Harry A., of Canton ; Mrs. Burrell Cobbs, of Alliance ; Mrs. Myron T. Sanor and Mrs. Charles Heim, of East Rochester ; Mrs. V. H. Hahn, of Waynesburg, Ohio, and Mrs. John Brand, deceased. Marion C. Glass attended the graded schools of West township, Columbiana county, and a select school. At the age of sixteen years he became an apprentice under his father and learned the mason's trade, remaining with his father three years. He then worked as a stone cutter for the Thomas H. Watson Construction Company, with which concern he remained seven years, after which he worked for his father for eight years. For the past twenty-two years Mr. Glass has been contracting on his own account and during the past seventeen years has been located in Alliance. Here he has successfully handled many large contracts, including the masonry work on the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house at Mount Union College, the Bert Sebring and A. L. Atkinson 'residences and the furniture store of J. H. Sharer & Sons Company. As he has prospered he has wisely invested in real estate and is the owner of a fine farm fourteen miles south of 472 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY Alliance, which he is stocking for dairy purposes, now having seven head of pure Guernsey cattle and three Jerseys. The republican party has always received Mr. Glass's support and he has been active in public affairs, having served twelve years in Columbiana county as a member of the republican central committee and also four years as trustee of West township. He is a member of J. E. McFadden Lodge, No. 697, F. & A. M. ; Alliance Chapter, No. 83, R. A. M. ; the Grotto at Canton ; and the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Alliance. He belongs to the Alliance Chamber of Commerce and the United States Chamber of Commerce, and his religious connection is with the First Christian church at New Alexander. Persistent industry, sound judgment and right principles have been the keynote to his success, and no resident of Alliance is held in higher esteem throughout the community than he. JOHN A. MORRISON John A. Morrison, vice president and general manager of the Morrison Jack Company of Alliance, has been active in business affairs in this city for the past thirteen years and stands high in public esteem. In his present enterprise he is exploiting one of his own inventions, a contrivance of unquestioned value, and in the handling of which he is meeting with very satisfactory success. Mr. Morrison was born in Crawford county, Ohio, on the 6th of April, 1876, a son of George B. and Mary Elizabeth (Beck) Morrison. His father was born in West Virginia in 1838, and when two years of age was brought by his parents to Crawford county, Ohio. He followed farming during his active years, and his death occurred in Shelby, Ohio, in 1901. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having served in the Union army as a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and when the war closed he was a prisoner in Andersonville prison. He was a republican in his political views and was an adherent of the Methodist Episcopal church. His father, John Morrison, was also a farmer and died at North Robinson, Crawford county, Ohio. He too belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church and supported the republican party. It is said that his HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 473 father and President McKinley's grandfather were neighbors in Scotland. His wife was a native and lifelong resident of Crawford county. Mary Elizabeth (Beck) Morrison was born in Crawford county, Ohio, in June, 1841, and is now making her home with a daughter in Upper Sandusky, this state. She is a daughter of Isaac and Catherine ( Henry) Beck, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania and died in Crawford county, Ohio, being buried at Galion. Mr. Beck was a farmer, voted the republican ticket, and he and his wife were Lutherans. John A. Morrison attended the public schools of Crawford county and remained on the home farm for a few years, after which he went to Galion and learned the blacksmith trade, which line of work he followed for eighteen years. Going to Mansfield, he established a livery stable, bought and sold horses, and ran a dray line. Later he became an auctioneer there and sold thousands of horses. He remained in Mansfield for twenty years, meeting with a very fair measure of success, but, desiring a larger field of operations, in 1915 he came to Alliance and established the first public market, it being located where the Arcade now stands. In 1918 he erected the Morrison Theater building, which he still owns, and subsequently he organized the Morrison Jack Company and engaged in the manufacture of an electric lifting jack for automobile trucks. He invented and patented this tool, which is the only electric jack in the world, and it has been well received by the trade, its sales steadily increasing each year. His company also took over the Woods Engineering Company, of Alliance. The officers of the Morrison Jack Company are F. A. Hailes, president ; John A. Morrison vice president and general manager ; S. L. Geiger, secretary ; and C. E. Hobson, treasurer. On December 4, 1926, in Canton, Ohio, Mr. Morrison was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Scott) McCoy, of Alliance, widow of the late Roy McCoy and a daughter of John B. Rebekah (Hoiles) Scott, both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Morrison is a graduate of the Alliance high school and Mount Union College, and is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Daughters of Rebekah. By her first husband she became the mother of five children, namely : Robert Scott, born May 14, 1907, who is connected with the Morrison Theater; Jean Rebecca, born July 31, 1910, a student in high school ; Martha Elizabeth (Bettie), born January 30, 1912, also in high school ; Roy James, born November 474 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY 1, 1915 ; and John Charles, born January 28, 1917. By a former marriage Mr. Morrison is the father of four children. Irene, born January 8, 1899, is a graduate of the Alliance high school. She is the wife of Fremont Jones, a traffic manager in Akron, and they have two children, Patricia, aged four years, and Richard, aged three years. Hugh, born April 8, 1901, is a graduate of the Mansfield high school and is now in the cost department and assistant sales manager of the Morrison Jack Company. He married Miss Elizabeth Bell, of Mansfield. Phyllis, born November 27, 1902, was graduated from the Mansfield high school and became the wife of Howard Oaster, of Mansfield, who is in charge of the electrical furnace department of a large firm in Chicago, the largest of the kind in this country. He has been active in Young Men's Christian Association work and at Mansfield served as high school coach and umpired practically at all of the basketball games. Robert William, the youngest, was born July 31, 1916. The republican party has always received Mr. Morrison's support and he is a member of Mansfield lodge No. 350, F. & A. M.; Alliance Lodge No. 467, B. P. 0. E. ; the United Commercial Travelers ; the Cleveland section of the Society of Automobile Engineers ; and the Alliance Automobile Club. He gives his close attention to the promotion of his business interests, in connection with which he drives on an average about fifty thousand miles a year. He is a man of great energy; is methodical in his habits; exercises sound judgment in all of his affairs, and all who know him regard him as one of the solid and dependable business men of Alliance. RICHARD D. WERNET Among the successful printing concerns of Canton, the Commercial Press, of which Richard D. Wernet is president, has earned a wide reputation for the uniformly excellent quality of its work and enjoys a large and growing patronage. Mr. Wernet was born in Canton on the 7th of April, 1891, a son of Otto J. and Cecilia (Wackerly) Wernet. His paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wernet, were natives of Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, whence they migrated to the United States, coming direct to Stark HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 475 county, Ohio. Here John B. Wernet engaged in the grocery business, but later turned his attention to farming, which he followed until his retirement, sometime prior to his death. Otto J. Wernet was reared and educated in Canton and during his early life was associated with his father in business, but after his marriage he devoted his efforts to farming and stock raising in this county, in which business he was successful. He died March 8, 1927, in Canton, at the age of seventy-two years. His wife, who was a daughter of Joseph Wackerly, was born December 17, 1858, and died December 18, 1926. To them were born thirteen children, five sons and eight daughters, of whom twelve are living. Four of the daughters have taken religious vows, three of them residing in Cleveland and one in Youngstown, and two of the brothers are priests of the Roman Catholic church. Richard D. Wernet, who is the sixth in order of birth of these children, received his education in St. John's parochial school and when fourteen years of age went to work as an office boy for the Canton Bridge Company, at a salary of twenty dollars a month. He remained with that concern for two years, after which, for five years, he was connected with the water works department of the city of Canton. In January, 1924, he established the Commercial Press, of which he is president, and is engaged in a general printing business. He has met with a very gratifying measure of success, having built up a fine business, based on good work and right business methods. On May 5, 1920, in Massillon, Ohio, Mr. Wernet was united in marriage to Miss Oliva Warth, who was born and reared in that city and is a (laughter of Charles and Mary (Sonnhalter) Warth. They have become the parents of five children, as f ollows : Dorothy Ruth, born. February 14, 1921; Charles, born June 5, 1922 ; Betty, born December 23, 1923 ; John Edward, born September 20, 1925, and Mary Cecilia, born February 3, 1927. The democratic party receives Mr. Wernet's political support and he is a member of the Knights of Columbus and Floyd Hughes Post, No. 693, V. F. W. He and his wife are members of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church at Massillon. Mr. Wernet is a veteran of the World war, having enlisted in Battery B, Three Hundred and Twenty-fourth field Artillery. He served twelve months with the Allied forces in France, during six months of which period he was with the combat troops, participating in the 476 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY Meuse-Argonne offensive and other engagements, and after the armistice he was for six months with the army of occupation, being stationed at Klemmachide, Germany. He was honorably discharged from the service in June, 1919. He is a progressive and wide-awake business man, conducting his affairs in accordance with the highest commercial ethics and commanding to a notable degree the respect and confidence of all who have had dealings with him, while socially he is greatly esteemed by his fellowmen. ALBERT E. BRADSHAW One of Stark county's leading business concerns is the Bradshaw Printing Company, of Alliance, of which Albert E. Bradshaw is president and manager, and which over a period of fourteen years has steadily grown in public favor and has built up a large and prosperous business. Mr. Bradshaw was born near Patmos, Mahoning county, Ohio, on the 29th of May, 1877, and is a son of Lewis C. and Elizabeth A. (Barber) Bradshaw. His paternal grandparents were William A. and Jane E. (Shinn) Bradshaw, both of whom were natives of Mahoning county and are deceased, the father dying at the old homestead in that county and the mother near Berlin Center, this state. William A. Bradshaw was long engaged in a mercantile business at Patmos ; was a Quaker in his religious affiliation and an active republican in politics, having held a number of local offices. Lewis C. Bradshaw was born near Patmos, November 8, 1853, and died in Cleveland, Ohio, November 26, 1907. In early life he lived in Kansas and later was engaged in the feed business in Alliance, but subsequently turned his attention to carpentering and building, in which he was successful. He supported the republican party and was a member of the Church of God. His wife was born near Salem, Ohio, April 5, 1856, and died in Canton, November 29, 1923. She was a daughter of John and Nancy (Venable) Barber, the former of whom was a native and lifelong resident of Salem, where he was for many years in the apple business. In politics he was a stanch prohibitionist, and his religious membership was HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 477 with the Church of God. His wife was born near Salem and died in that city. Albert E. Bradshaw attended the public schools of Alliance and learned the printing trade in the offices of Scranton & Hoiles and the R. M. Scranton Printing Company, with which concern he was connected for twenty-two years. In 1914 he embarked in the printing business on his own account in partnership with his brother Marion J. and later with his brother John and his son Fred L. and John A. Bradshaw. An expert printer and able business man, he realized a very gratifying success and on April 1, 1928, the business was incorporated as the Bradshaw Printing Company, of which Albert E. Bradshaw is president and manager ; Marion J. Bradshaw, vice president ; Fred L. Bradshaw, treasurer ; and John A. Bradshaw, secretary. They have a well equipped office and are fully prepared to do all kinds of commercial, factory and school printing, in which they have gained high prestige, for their products are of a quality that have commended them to discriminating buyers of printed matter. They specialize in school annual work, furnishing annuals for many schools in this and other states. Mr. Bradshaw has given his close and painstaking attention to the operation of the plant, in the management of which he has shown sound and practical judgment, and his present prosperity is the legitimate result of his earnest endeavor along right lines. As workman and manager for his former employers and as employer he has always conducted the printing business on an open shop basis. Believing in a square deal for employe and employer alike, he has never had any labor troubles. In Alliance, May 31, 1898, Mr. Bradshaw was united in marriage to Miss Daisy Grace Horton, who was born in Canton, March 22, 1879, a daughter of Benjamin and Charity (Bryan) Horton. Her father was born in New York state and died in Atwater, Ohio, in 1881. He was a stationary engineer by vocation and was a veteran of the Civil war, serving in the Union army. His wife was born in Deerfield, Ohio, and died in Alliance in 1911. She was a cousin of the late William Jennings Bryan. Mrs. Bradshaw was educated in the public schools of Atwater, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw are the parents of nine children, as follows : Fremont W., born September 22, 1899, while senior in the Alliance high school went to France as a member of Company L, One Hundred and Tenth Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, and was 478 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY killed in action July 30, 1918. Alberta G., born May 31, 1901, is a registered nurse and is the wife of Fred Schaeffer, to which union has been born a son, Fred Jr. Fred L. Bradshaw, who was born May 19, 1903, and is treasurer of the Bradshaw Printing Company, married Miss Gladys Barclay, of Sebring, Ohio. John A., who was born May 11, 1907, and is secretary of the Bradshaw Printing Company, married Miss Huldah Lee, of Alliance. Martha E., born September 19, 1908, is the next of the family. Lewis C., born October 11, 1910, was graduated from the Alliance high school in 1928. Albert E., Jr., born July 22, 1914 ; Florence E., born. August 18, 1917, and William Fremont, born June 15, 1922, complete the family. Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw celebrated their thirtieth wedding anniversary May 31, 1928. Mr. Bradshaw is an independent republican in politics. He and his wife are charter members of the First Friends church of Alliance, and he is superintendent of the Sunday school. He has been a director of the Young Men's Christian Association since its founding in Alliance ; is interested in athletics ; and is a member of the advisory board of the Salvation Army. The family spends the summer months at their camp on Deer creek, west of Limaville. CURTIS G. HAHN Curtis G. Hahn, president of the Hahn Heating & Plumbing Company, is one of Canton's leading business men and sustains a well merited reputation for sound judgment, enterprising methods and sterling character, elements which will contribute to success in any undertaking. He was born in North Georgetown, Columbiana county, Ohio, on the 15th of June, 1872, and is a son of Joseph L. and Rebecca (Haas) Hahn, whose ancestors were originally from Wurtemburg, Germany. Both of his grandmothers were descendants of old southern families. The paternal grandfather, William Hahn, came to the United States in 1790 and settled first in Maryland, where he lived until 1804, when he migrated to Columbiana county, Ohio, where he took up a grant of fourteen sections of land in Knox township, the patent to which was signed by President Thomas Jefferson. This land remained in the Hahn family until 1880. Joseph L. Hahn, who was born in HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 479 North Georgetown, Columbiana county, attended the public schools of that place and was graduated from Mount Union College at Alliance. He was reared to the occupation of farming, which he followed successfully, also giving considerable attention to stock raising. He was a stanch democrat in his political views and was prominent in local public affairs, having served as trustee and as treasurer of Knox township. He was a member of the Dunkard church. His death occurred March 13, 1912, when he was seventy-five years of age. Rebecca (Haas) Hahn was born near Poland, Mahoning county, Ohio, and was a daughter of Nathan and Mary Haas, who were pioneer settlers of that county, to which locality came her paternal grandfather from Wurtemberg, Germany, in the latter part of the eighteenth century. He always followed farming. Mrs. Hahn was one of a family of fifteen children, all of whom grew to maturity, and her death occurred in Columbiana county at the age of sixty-six years. To Joseph L. and Rebecca Hahn were born six children, five sons and a daughter, namely : Rev. Mathias, who was graduated from Mount Union College in 1893 and now resides in Wilmington, Delaware ; Joan, who is the wife of E. G. Saffell and lives on the old homestead in Columbiana county ; Curtis G., of this review ; Thurman, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio ; Owen C., who has for thirty-three years been a teacher in the public schools of Alliance ; and Frank, deceased. Curtis G. Hahn attended the public schools in Columbiana county and his early life to the age of seventeen years was spent on the home farm. He then engaged in a mercantile business at Beloit, Ohio, for five years, after which he moved to Canton. For three years he was employed in the sales department of the Canton Hardware Company, and in 1899 he accepted a position as bookkeeper for L. B. Hartung. Two years later he became secretary and treasurer of the L. B. Hartung Company, in which capacity he continued until 1906, when he sold his interest in that concern and became connected with the Novelty Iron Company of Canton, manufacturers of boilers and radiators for heating purposes. He was with that firm two years and during the following year was with the Eller Manufacturing Company, makers of sheet metal products. He next became treasurer of the Canton Boiler & Engineering Company, remaining with that concern until 1908, and in the following year he became associated with the 31V3 480 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY Carrollton Novelty Company of Carrollton, Ohio, makers of mechanical and metal toys. While there he produced the first miniature toy engine, stamped from metal, but this venture, though a practical one, did not prove profitable and through it Mr. Hahn lost considerable money. In 1914 he joined the Young Heating & Plumbing Company, of which he was secretary and treasurer, and in 1916 he became the president of the company. On the reorganization of the business in 1922 the name of the concern was changed to its present style, the Hahn Heating & Plumbing Company, of which he has been president continuously since. He is also president of the Seran Building Corporation of Canton. The Hahn Heating & Plumbing Company, which is located at 400 Fourth street northwest, is one of the strongest and most reliable concerns in its line in Stark county and has built up a large and prosperous business, due to the wise and judicious management of its president. On March 27, 1895, in Canton, Mr. Hahn was united in marriage to Miss Clara S. Summers, who was born in Mahoning county, near Alliance, and is a daughter of Levi and Celestia (Stauffer) Summers, an old and well known family of that locality. To Mr. and Mrs. Hahn have been born two sons, LeRoy and Lester, twins. Both are veterans of the World war, having enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Ambulance Company, Thirty-seventh Regiment, and they served overseas for nine months. They took part in the battles of Chateau Thierry and Ghent, Belgium, serving continuously until the day before the signing of the Armistice. They were honorably discharged April 17, 1919, and are now members of the American Legion, LeRoy belonging to Canton Post and Lester to Hartville Post. Mr. Hahn is a stanch democrat in politics and has always been actively identified with matters affecting the public welfare. During the World war he took part in the Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives and supported every local war measure. He is a member of McKinley Lodge, No. 436, F. & A. M., and belongs to the Kiwanis Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the Canton Master Plumbers Association, the Ohio State Master Plumbers Association and, the National Master Plumbers Association. He and his wife are active members of the Calvary Presbyterian church, of which he is treasurer. He is a great lover of horses and greatly enjoys racing in all of its forms. A man of strong character HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 481 and pleasing personality, he has a wide acquaintance and no resident of this city is held in higher regard as business man and citizen. GEORGE B. HARLAN George B. Harlan, secretary and treasurer of the Berger Manufacturing Company at Canton, is regarded as one of the leading business men of his community, being an expert in financial affairs, and all who have been associated with him hold him in high regard. He was born in Germantown, Montgomery county, Ohio, on the 27th of March, 1883, a son of Benjamin D. and Margaret ( Bond) Harlan. His father was born in 1845 in Harlan county, Kentucky, which county was named in honor of one of his ancestors. The family, which is of English origin, was established in this country in a very early day and was numbered among the old pioneer families of the Blue Grass state. Benjamin D. Harlan was reared and acquired his early education in Harlan county, completing his studies in Lebanon College, at Lebanon, Ohio, and his entire active life was devoted to educational pursuits: For thirty-one years he was at the head of the mathematics department of the Steele high school in Dayton, this state. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having served during the later years of that struggle in an Ohio regiment. He was a democrat in his political alignment and was a member of the Presbyterian church. He died at Dayton, Ohio, May 15, 1923, at the age of seventy-eight years. His wife was born in Clinton county, Ohio, September 9, 1854, and was a daughter of John Edward Bond, who came from Maryland and took up a tract of government land in Clinton county. His wife, whose family name was Custis, is of English descent, and she is now living in Middletown, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Harlan were born five children, of whom three are living, namely : George B., of this review; Margaret E., the wife of Edward F. Shively, of Middletown, Ohio ; and Byron B., who is a practicing attorney in Dayton. George B. Harlan attended the public and high schools of Dayton, for two years attended the Ohio State University, and then. entered Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York, 482 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY from which he was graduated in 1900. He then entered the City National Bank of Dayton, with which he was connected for ten years, rising to the positions of paying teller and assistant cashier, and then went to Dallas, Texas, where for two years he was engaged in public accounting in association with Ernst & Ernst. From there he was sent to Cleveland, Ohio, where he had charge of the office of Ernst & Ernst, public accountants. Afterward he accepted the position as comptroller for the United Alloy Steel Corporation, remaining with that concern until January 1, 1927, when he became secretary and treasurer of the Berger Manufacturing Company, which position he is still filling. On December 12, 1909, in Dayton, Ohio, Mr. Harlan was united in marriage to Miss Althea Smith, who was born in Alcony, Ohio, a daughter of J. M. and Alice Smith. Mrs. Harlan is a member of the Open-Door Club and takes an active part in the work of the Parent-Teacher Association and of her church. Mr. and Mrs. Harlan have one daughter, Carolyn Louise, who was born at Quincy, Florida, November 26, 1917. The republican party receives Mr. Harlan's support, and he is a member of Washington Lodge No. 2, A. F. & A. M., at Quincy, Florida, the second oldest Masonic lodge in the United States. He belongs to the Canton Club, the Rotary Club and the Shady Hollow Country Club, and he and his wife are earnest members of the First Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Harlan has earned the reputation of being thorough and dependable in whatever he undertakes and to marked degree he commands the confidence of all who have been in any way associated with him. His career has been characterized by consistent and upright conduct, he has been loyal to his ideals and is well worthy of the high place which he holds in public esteem. ARCHIE B. BAKER Archie B. Baker, of the firm of Baker & Seacrist, public accountants of Canton, has gained a very complimentary recognition of his ability in his special line of work, having built up a very satisfactory clientele, and is regarded as an exceptionally good accountant. Mr. Baker was born in Navarre, Stark county, on the HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 483 6th of July, 1897, and is a son of Philip Henry and Rachel ( Ritter) Baker, the former of whom was born at Bolivar, Ohio, and the latter at Richville, Ohio, both being of Pennsylvania German descent. Mr. Baker secured his grammar school education in Waynesburg, Ohio, and during the winter of 1915-16 he attended night school at the Canton Young Men's Christian Association, completing the Paul Joseph Esquerre course of Hyde's theory of accounts. He entered the Canton Actual Business College in 1915, completing the course in bookkeeping in the following year. From 1923 to 1926 Mr. Baker did night work at the McKinley high school under the instruction of H. T. 0. Blue and completed his English course, for which he received twelve credits, and had sixteen credits altogether before his graduation in 1926. On April 22, 1925, he received his diploma from the Pace & Pace Institute of New York city. In 1916 Mr. Baker took charge of the cost department of the Knight Tire & Rubber Company of Canton, holding that position until May, 1917, on the 13th of which month he enlisted at Canton in the One Hundred Forty-fifth Ambulance Company, One Hundred and Twelfth Sanitary Train, Thirty-seventh Division. He was in training at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama, from October, 1917, to June 12, 1918, when he was ordered overseas and landed at Glasgow, Scotland, whence he proceeded to Southampton, England, and across the channel to Cherbourg, where he arrived in July. He was sent to the Baccarat sector, where he received his first baptism of fire. From there he went to the Argonne forest, then to the Saint Mihiel sector, and from there to Ypres. He was at Dune twice and was at Escault when the Armistice was signed. A month later he reached Brest and in March, 1919, sailed for home. He went first to Camp Mills, and then to Camp Sherman, where he was honorably discharged April 12, 1919. On June 1, 1919, Mr. Baker went to work for the United Electric Company, with which concern he remained until April 1, 1920, when he became connected with John E. 0. Feller, public accountant, with whom he remained until June, 1925, after which he was with C. D. Rausch, public accountant, at Akron, until November 15, 1926, when the partnership of Baker & Seacrist was formed and they established offices at 716 Brant building, Canton. On May 8, 1919, in Canton, Mr. Baker was united in marriage 484 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY to, Miss Dorothy I. Piero, who was born in Canton, April 24, 1898, a daughter of Alfred C. and Mary E. (Snyder) Piero, the former of whom is of French descent. Mrs. Baker is a member of the Daughters of America. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have one son, Dean Carl, born April 12, 1927. Mr. Baker gives his political support to the democratic party and is a member of Lily Lodge, K. P., at Canton, and the American Legion. He and his wife are members of the Congregational church and stand consistently for all that is best and most uplifting in life. Mr. Baker is a director in L. V. Cartwright, Inc. He has proven a loyal citizen ; has been true to his ideals, and his record has gained for him a high place in the estimation of all who know him. SANFORD A. WHITMIRE Sanford A. Whitmire holds a leading place among the building contractors of Canton, where he has done a large amount of construction work, and his thorough workmanship and painstaking methods have gained for him an excellent reputation in business circles of his community. Mr. Whitmire was born near Navarre, Ohio, on the 9th of February, 1878, a son of Abram and Mary Ellen (Snively) Whitmire, the former of whom now resides at Bolivar road, Canton township, Stark county. Mr. Whitmire is descended from sterling old. Pennsylvania German stock, his paternal grandfather having come from Pennsylvania to Ohio in an early day and settled on a farm in Bethlehem township, Stark county, while his maternal grandfather settled in Canton township, where he too followed agricultural pursuits. Sanford A. Whitmire attended the country school at Bartoes, Bethlehem township, up to the eighth grade, after which he took the Boxwell examination and attended the normal school at Navarre. He then came to Canton and served an apprenticeship of six years with James Bernheimer, a general building contractor. Mr. Whitmire acted as foreman for John Hines for one year, and has since engaged in the general building and contracting business on his own account. HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 485 On May 10, 1900, at the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church in Canton, Rev. Church performed the ceremony which united Mr. Whitmire and Miss Martha Ella Kemery. She was born January 3, 1879, in Pike township, Stark county, and is a daughter of Aaron and Jemima (Buchtel) Kemery, the former of whom died January 1, 1927. Her Grandfather Kemery was a Pennsylvania German, who settled in Pike township, Stark county, in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Whitmire are the parents of two sons, George E., born May 21, 1902 ; and John A., born May 6, 1904. In his political views Mr. Whitmire is a stanch democrat and has long been active in local public affairs, and from 1907 to 1913 was a member of the Canton city council, in which he served on several important committees. He is a director of the Cable Lake Company and is president of the Builders Exchange. His fraternal relations are with Canton Lodge No. 60, F. & A. M. ; Canton Lodge No. 141, F. 0. E., and Canton Lodge, F. 0. 0. He belongs to the Lake Cable Recreation Association, and he and his wife are members of the United Brethren church, in the work of which they are deeply interested. Mr. Whitmire is a man of splendid personal qualities, kindly and generous in disposition and friendly in manner, and throughout the range of his acquaintance he is held in high regard. LEWIS S. MOTZ Lewis S. Motz has for over a quarter of a century been actively engaged in the sheet metal and roofing business in Canton, and has built up a large patronage. He was born in a log house at Greensburg, Summit county, Ohio, on the 7th of May, 1877, and is a son of Absalom and Melissa (Cook) Motz, the former a native of Snyder county, Pennsylvania, and the latter of Akron, Ohio, both being of German descent. His grandfather Cook left Germany in order to get away from the Kaiser and war. Lewis S. Motz was reared in Greensburg and attended the grammar schools. In September, 1893, he came to Canton and worked for the J. H. Eller Company in sheet metal work, remaining with that concern until 1899, when he entered the employ of the Kanneburg Roofing Company. In 1901 he started into business 486 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY for himself as a tinner and spouter and met with such encouraging success that he has continued in business to the present time. He is located at 1728 Navarre road southwest, where he has a splendid plant and store, doing all kinds of sheet metal work, including spouting and tinning. He also handles and repairs furnaces and sells a general line of hardware and paints. He has shown good judgment in all of his Affairs, has taken pride in the high quality of his work and many of his best customers have patronized him for years. On May 12, 1896, Mr. Motz was united in marriage to Miss Sadie Thomas, and to them were born two children, Marie M. and George Thomas, the last named being associated with his father in business. Mr. Motz gives his political support to the republican party and is a member of Stark Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Lily Lodge, K. P. He derives great pleasure in the operation of the farm which he owns just east of Canton. He has led a busy and useful life and has lived up to his responsibilities of citizenship. C. K. MYERS C. K. Myers, who has long been prominently identified with the operation of the Fulton Pit Car Company at Canal Fulton, is a man of marked business ability and all who have been associated with him hold his judgment and opinions in practical matters very highly. Mr. Myers was born in Canal Fulton on the 19th of April, 1878, and is a son of William N. and Mary Jane ( Kirk) Myers, the former of whom was a son of William G. Myers, who was numbered among the pioneer settlers of Stark county. C. K. Myers attended the public schools, graduating from the Canal Fulton high school, and for three years was employed as a hardware salesman. He then joined the Fulton Pit Car Company, one of the most important manufacturing concerns of this county. In October, 1902, Mr. Myers was united in marriage to Miss A. M. Kelly, of Canal Fulton. He gives his political support to the republican party and has shown a good citizen's interest in everything pertaining to the advancement of his community. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and its different bodies, and his religious HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 487 connection is with the Presbyterian church, to which he gives generous support. A man of alert mentality, keen discrimination and industrious habits, he has been deservedly successful in his affairs and is numbered among the best citizens of Canal Fulton, where he commands the sincere respect and confidence of his fellowmen. JOSEPH C. KLINGLER Joseph C. Klingler is president of the Alliance Coal & Ice Company, which under his judicious management has developed into an important and prosperous enterprise. He was born in Alliance on the 6th of October, 1866, a son of Henry and Catherine (Yoder) Klingler. The father was born in Germany in 1840 and died in Alliance, May 11, 1879. He learned the brewery business, becoming a brewery master, in his native country, and ran a brewery for a number of years in Alliance. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having served in the Union army ; gave his political support to the democratic party, and was a member of the German Reformed Lutheran church. His wife was born in Indiana, December 1, 1855, and died in Alliance in April, 1919. She was a daughter of Joseph and Leah ( Rich) Yoder, the former of whom was a native of France and fought in the French army. After coming to the United States he followed farming up to the time of his death, which occurred in Maximo, Ohio. He was a republican in politics and was a member of the Dunkard church. His wife, who also died in Maximo, was a native of this state. Joseph C. Klingler attended the district schools and completed his education in the public schools of Alliance. From his fifteenth to his twenty-second years he worked on his father's farm, and then, coming to Alliance, engaged in the teaming business for about four years. He next opened a saloon in Alliance, which he conducted until 1907, when he, in association with others, built a brewery, which was operated under the name of the Alliance Brewery Company, of which he was president. This proved a successful venture and was continued until the passage of the national prohibition law in 1918, when Mr. Klingler turned his attention to other business, organizing the Alliance Ice & Coal Company, of 488 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY which he is president. He has prospered and is now the owner of several good farms near Alliance, on which he carries on general farming. On March 19, 1889, Mr. Klingler married Miss Florence Baxter, who was born in 1872 and died in Cleveland, Ohio, March 29, 1896. She was a daughter of the late Milton Baxter, a well known horse dealer of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was educated in the public schools of New Brighton, Pennsylvania, and was a member of the Presbyterian church. On June 29, 1890, their son Carl was born In Alliance and he was educated in the public schools of this city. During the World war he was in training at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, and is now associated with the Cleveland Electric Railway Company. He was married to Miss Blanche Giliard, of Alliance, and they became the parents of a daughter, Katherine, born June 8, 1911, who now makes her home with her grandfather, Mr. Klingler, and is a senior in the Alliance high school. Mr. Klingler has always given his political support to the democratic party, and is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Alliance Country Club and the Chamber of Commerce. His religious connection is with the First Reformed church of Alliance. He is a lover of outdoor sports, his favorite diversions being fishing and attending horse races. He is a man of genial manner, is widely known throughout this section of Stark county, and is an extremely popular member of the circles in which he moves. SAMUEL E. ROUSH Samuel E. Roush has gained an enviable reputation as one of the able and progressive business men of Stark county, having attained a noteworthy success as a contractor and builder of fine homes and apartment houses, and he is also well known as an architect, landscape artist, land appraiser and certified public accountant. Mr. Roush was born in Sugar Creek township, this county, on the 18th of March, 1881, and is a son of Samuel and Caroline HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 491 (Ziegler) Roush. His paternal great-grandfather, who was the progenitor of the family in this country, is reputed to have been a Hessian soldier, who came to America in the employ of the British government during the Revolutionary war, but, after arriving here and realizing the true state of affairs, he deserted the British cause and aligned himself with the colonists, with whom he fought until the close of the war. On its conclusion he settled in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where he took up a tract of government land, on which he engaged in farming. He died in that state, but all of his seven sons came to Ohio, one of these being Andrew Roush, our subject's grandfather, who settled in Sugar Creek township, Tuscarawas county. After establishing his title to land there, he settled in Sugar Creek township, Stark county, where he spent the remainder of his life. The patent to the land which he took up here in 1802 was signed by President Jefferson and the farm still remains in the family. He resided on the home farm until called to his final rest, devoting his life to farming, and he was of great value in the pioneer development of this section of the state. He was a devout Christian and a man of high character. Samuel Roush was born in Sugar Creek township, Stark county, in 1842, and was educated in the country schools of that locality. He also followed agricultural pursuits for many years, but is now retired at the age of eighty-five years, though still living on the old homestead of his father. In politics he has always been affiliated with the democratic party and religiously has long been a member of the Evangelical Reformed church, in the work of which he has been extremely active, devoting his time and means to the advancement of the cause of religion and the promotion of the moral interests of his community. Caroline (Ziegler) Roush was born in Baden Baden, Germany, from which country she accompanied her parents to the United States in 1854, the family settling on a farm at Navarre, Stark county, Ohio. Her father, who was a stone mason by trade, built some of the fine old stone houses in and around Navarre. In the little country school near her home she completed her education, and there she was later married to Samuel Roush. To them were born eight children, three sons and five daughters, of whom one son and two daughters are deceased. The mother passed away November 10, 1903, at the age of sixty-one years, respected and beloved by all who knew her. Samuel E. Roush, who is next to the youngest child in this 492 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY family, remained on the home farm, assisting his father until his twenty-first year. He attended the country schools of Sugar Creek township and took a commercial course in the Massillon Business College. Thus equipped, he started out to earn his own livelihood, his first position being as a bookkeeper in a mercantile establishment in Massillon. Later he became bookkeeper for the Massillon Stone & Firebrick Company, which position he left in order to become associated with the J. C. Carland Construction Company, where he gained considerable knowledge of the line of business to which he has devoted his chief attention since. In 1903 Mr. Roush became assistant cashier of the Magnolia Bank, at Magnolia, Ohio, where he remained for three years, resigning to accept the position of corporation accountant for the Metropolitan Construction Company of Canton. After one year's service, he was transferred to the Jersey Paving Corporation, a subsidiary of the Metropolitan company, in Newark, New Jersey. In the following year, 1909, he was made secretary and treasurer of the company, with which he remained for three years longer, and then began contracting in New Jersey, remaining there until October, 1918, when he came to Massillon and entered his present business, in which he has attained a worthy success. He has specialized in the construction of high class residences and apartment buildings, many of which he has erected here and elsewhere in this section of the state, and which bear evidence of his painstaking and thorough methods and his excellent taste and originality of design, for he is an accomplished architect and does much of his own planning and designing. He is highly proficient in the art of landscaping, in which he has done much effective work, and in addition to this he has done a large business in development work, appraising of lands and properties, insurance, expert accounting and brokerage. Highland Park, Highland Farms and Forest Park have been developed entirely through his activities and are among the choice residential sections of this part of the state. During the World war Mr. Roush was assistant comptroller for the International Arms & Fuse Company, at East Orange, New Jersey, serving in that capacity until the close of the war. On October 18, 1905, Mr. Roush was united in marriage to Miss Mary Emma Stahl, a native of Stark county and a daughter of Andrew and Louisa Stahl, both of whom were members of old and prominent Stark county families. Her paternal grandfather HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 493 was one of three brothers who became pioneer settlers at Navarre, and all of whom were engaged in the hotel business in early days. Andrew Stahl was a prosperous farmer and was widely and favorably known in this county. To Mr. and Mrs. Roush have been born four children, namely : Andrew S., who is a student in the University of Cincinnati ; Walter E., a student in the Case School of Applied Science, at Cleveland; Milton S., attending the Massillon high school ; and Caroline Margaret. Mr. Roush has a modern and attractive residence on Wales road, Highland Park, surrounded by a large acreage, and it is one of the most complete homes in all of its appointments in this section of the state. Politically he maintains an independent attitude, voting according to the dictates of his judgment as to men and measures. He is a member of the German Reformed church at Massillon. A man of sterling character and upright life, he commands the uniform respect of his fellowmen, while in business circles he is accorded the highest confidence and esteem as a man of ability, progressive ideas and up-to-date methods. WALTER B. MILLER Walter B. Miller, of the firm of Miller & Orin, Canton, has had extensive experience in the automobile business and in the establishing of his present garage he was actuated by a desire to cater to those who are willing to pay a little more for the assurance that they are receiving absolutely the best possible service. In this, his judgment has been abundantly vindicated in the splendid patronage which he has gained and the good will which follows all his business contacts with the public. Mr. Miller was born in Canton, Ohio, on the 18th of January, 1891, and is a son of Samuel J. and Clara E. (Lothamer ) Miller, also natives of this city. He is of French descent, his paternal great-grandfather having come from France to the United States in the early part of the nineteenth century. He was the father of John Miller, who was about three years of age when in the early '40s, the family came to Stark county and settled on the banks of Samuel J. Miller. 494 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY Walter B. Miller pursued his education in the West North street public school and later attended night school for three years. Nimishillen creek, near Canton. John Miller was the father of He then learned the motor engineering business, in which he became an expert, and in 1911 he became service manager for the Canton Motor Car Company, with which concern he remained until 1923. During the following four years he was employed as field service man for the Willys-Overland Company, and in 1927 he and R. J. Orin embarked in their present business, establishing a sales agency for the Willys-Overland cars at Eighth street and Cleveland avenue northwest, Canton, under the firm name of Miller & Orin. They conduct a sales and service business for the WillysKnight and Whippet cars, and have built up a large and prosperous trade. They have a large and well equipped garage, in which they do high-grade repair work. They take a justifiable pride in the reputation which has been won through the superior quality of their work, for no job is permitted to leave the shop until it is right, and every customer must be satisfied. On November 23, 1913, in the parsonage of St. John's Catholic church, in Canton, Rev. McGuire pronounced the words which united in marriage Mr. Miller and Miss Sarah Ray, a native of Millersburg, Holmes county, Ohio, and a daughter of Howard and Clara Ray, who now reside in Canton. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the parents of a daughter, Lucille M., who is at home. Mr. Miller is a stanch republican in his political views, is a member of the United Commercial Travelers, and he and his wife are earnest members of St. Peter's Roman Catholic church, to which they give generous support. A man of candid and straightforward manner, of sterling integrity in all his affairs, and courteous and accommodating in his relations with the public, he has gained a well merited reputation as a progressive and dependable business man, worthy of the confidence of his f ellowmen. FRANK V. HURLEY The Canton Mantel & Tile Company stands as the legitimate outcome of Frank V. Hurley's persistent and rightly directed efforts, for he began his business career with practically no capital excepting a spirit to work, a well defined goal and sound principles, HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 495 and today he stands among Canton's successful and respected business men. He was born in Harford county, Maryland, on the 16th of November, 1881, a son of John and Rebecca ( Clendenin) Hurley, the former of whom was born in County Cork, Ireland, and the latter on the eastern shore of Maryland. One of his forebears on the maternal side was a general in the Civil war. Mr. Hurley received his education in the public schools of his native country and then entered a business college at Bel Air, Maryland, where he took a full course in bookkeeping, attending the night sessions of the school and working during the day. In 1893 he engaged in the flour and feed business with his brother, and in 1898 went to Washington, D. C., where he began his connection with the tile business. After securing his first contract and carefully figuring it, he borrowed the money with which to finance it, and on its completion found himself with twelve hundred dollars of clear profit. With this as a nucleus, he went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he carried on the same line of business until 1909, since which time he has been located in Canton. In 1912 he organized the Canton Mantel & Tile Company in the old Quayle block at 108 Fourth street southeast. There, through the high quality of his work and his sound business methods, he built up a large remunerative business, and in 1927 moved to 314 Second street southeast, where he is ideally situated for the proper handling of the business. Some unusually fine examples of his tile work are to be found in the homes of H. H. Timken, of Canton ; William Rommel, on the Massillon road at Mt. Marie ; Donald Whitacre, on theWaynesburg road; H. C. Hait, at Fifteenth street and Market avenue north ; John J. Whitacre, Fifteenth street and Market avenue north, and H. C. Milligan, Sixteenth street and Cleveland avenue northwest. On January 21, 1926, in the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church in Canton, the pastor, Rev. Chapman, performed the ceremony which united Mr. Hurley and Miss Margaret R. Jacobs. She was born at Tuscola, Illinois, April 15, 1908, and is a daughter of Oscar A. and Theda (Landis) Jacobs, the former of whom, of German descent, was born December 22, 1881, and the latter, of Welsh ancestry, was born near Atwood, Illinois, September 1, 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Hurley are the parents of a son, Frank V., Jr., born April 21, 1927. Mr. Hurley is an ardent republican in his political views, and he 32V3 496 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY and his wife are members of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Hurley has shown himself a man of high ideals in his special line of work, is painstaking and thorough in the performance of every contract into which he enters, and has gained a well merited reputation as a capable and reliable business man. MICHAEL CONLEY Michael Conley, president and treasurer of the M. Conley Company of Canton, has long held a place among Stark county's progressive and successful merchants and has built up a business which reflects creditably on his ability and enterprise. He was born in Canton on the 18th day of March, 1875, and is a son of Patrick and Catherine (McCullough) Conley, both of whom were born in County Tipperary, Ireland. The father died in June, 1898, and is still survived by his widow, who resides in Canton. Patrick Conley was the first of his line to come to the United States and was a man of splendid qualities, commanding the respect of all who knew him. Michael Conley was reared at home and attended the South Market street school, St. John's parochial school and the Liberty street public school, after which he took a general business course with the International Correspondence School. In 1896, when twenty-one years of age, he embarked in the retail grocery business on Tuscarawas street east, the net receipts of which for the first day were fifty-three cents. He conducted that business until about 1900, when he established a wholesale crockery store in one room, and this proved a highly successful venture, the business continuing to expand until, in January, 1919, Mr. Conley organized the M. Conley Company, which was incorporated for two hundred thousand dollars, and of which he became president and treasurer and L. J. Meier, secretary. This firm acts as manufacturers agents for general merchandise, of which they carry a large and complete stock, embracing a wide variety of articles, though specializing in wholesale wrapping paper, paper bags and kindred lines. The firm employs twenty-nine persons and utilizes eleven trucks, besides six other cars for their salesmen, of whom there are nine, who work the territory within a radius of fifty miles of HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 497. Canton. As their business has grown they have been compelled to increase their space and they now occupy several buildings, ernbracing over forty thousand square feet of floor space. In addition to the regular staple lines of goods, the M. Conley Company also carries all items in season, such as valentines, egg dyes; fireworks, Christmas goods, kites and Halloween novelties, and has a, well established reputation as an up-to-date and reliable concern; Mr. Conley is a director of the Canton Bank & Trust Company. On June 27, 1906, in St. John's Roman Catholic church; Canton, Rev. P. J. McGuire performed the ceremony which united Mr. Conley and Miss Flora B. Melchior, who was born in this city on January 29, 1876, a daughter of John and Mary (Long) Melchior. Mr. and Mrs. Conley are the parents of six children, of whom the first, Paul J., died in infancy. The others are Richard: M., Arthur W., Norman B., Mary Catherine and James A.; all! of whom live in this city. Mr. Conley is a democrat in his political affiliation and is .a. member of the Knights of Columbus, the United Commercial' Travelers, the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce, 'and! he and his wife are earnest members of St. John's Roman Catholic church. Mr. Conley is in the best sense of the term a self-made man, having attained his success through his determined and well directed efforts, and, because of his high standing in corn-' mercial circles as well as his genial and kindly attitude toward those about him, has won and retains the respect and esteem of the entire community in which he lives. JOHN SCHUBACH Among Canton's leading business men stands John Schubach, whose record has gained for him an enviable reputation as a` 'man of sound judgment, unusual executive ability and great energy,' as has been evidenced in his achievements in connection with the development of the Sanitary Milk Company, of which he is now president. He was born in Auburn township, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on the 30th of January, 1877. His parents, Joseph and Mary (Welty) Schubach, were natives of Switzerland and are' 498 - HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY now deceased, the father dying May 11, 1899, and the mother May 10, 1924. The paternal grandfather went to Switzerland from Holland, where he had been a commander in the Holland army. John Schubach attended the grammar grades of the district schools in Tuscarawas county and then spent two terms in a normal school at New Philadelphia. In 1901 he entered Ohio State University, where he took a short course in agriculture and dairying, and in 1902 came to Canton as superintendent of the Sanitary Milk Company. This concern at that time was in a very discouraging condition, but in Mr. Schubach's opinion presented splendid possibilities under proper management. He at once threw every ounce of his energy into building up the business, working from two o'clock in the morning until six in the evening, even hitching up the horses and driving a wagon, and it was not long until the business was showing a decided improvement. During subsequent years its growth has been steady and substantial under his careful and judicious management and, instead of ten employes and a capitalization of eighteen thousand dollars, in which condition he took it over, it is now capitalized for a half million dollars and employs one hundred and sixty-five persons, while the number of wagons and trucks have increased from five to seventy-five. The company handles milk, cream, cottage cheese and all kinds of ice cream and is numbered among Canton's most substantial business concerns. Mr. Schubach is now president and general manager and takes a justifiable pride in the establishment, which has been brought to its present prosperous state through his determined and well directed efforts and the loyal cooperation of his employes. Mr. Schubach is a director of the Canton Bank & Trust Company, a director and treasurer of the Canton Pythian Castle Company, vice president of the Triangle Tire & Rubber Company and vice president of the Sumner Creamery Company. In 1903, in Raggersville, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, Mr. Schubach was united in marriage to Miss Pearl May Catcott, who was born January 16, 1883, and is a daughter of James A. and Catherine Catcott, the former of whom was born in Auburn township, Tuscarawas county, and the latter in Jefferson township, that county. Her father is deceased and her mother now resides at Stone Creek, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Schubach have been born five children, namely : Helen, who is the wife of Morgan M. Rod- HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY - 499 erick, of Toledo, Ohio ; Katherine, James Joseph, John Robert and Estella, who are at home. The republican party receives Mr. Schubach's support, while his religious connection is with the First Reformed church of Canton. Fraternally, he is a member of McKinley Lodge, F. & A. M. ; Emeth Lodge of Perfection (fourteenth degree), Mystic Council Princes of Jerusalem (sixteenth degree), Brenton Chapter of Rose Croix (eighteenth degree) and Lake Erie Consistory (thirty-second degree), A. A. S. R. ; Buckeye Lodge No. 11, K. P. ; and belongs to the Kiwanis Club, of which he is a past president, the Canton Club, the Congress Lake Club, and the Canton Chamber of Commerce, of which he is first vice president. He has been true to the highest obligations of citizenship, lending his efforts and influence to the betterment of his community, and is numbered among the progressive and public-spirited citizens of Canton, commanding the unqualified respect and confidence of his fellowmen. HARRY W. WILLIAMS Harry W. Williams has for more than two score years been connected with the engineering department of the Morgan Engineering Company at Alliance, and his services have been of a quality that has made him one of the most highly esteemed members of that department. He was born in Lisbon, Columbiana county, Ohio, on the 18th of February, 1881, a son of John Y. and Emma ( Crook) Williams. He comes of old Maryland stock, in which state was born his paternal great-grandfather, Jesse Williams, who removed to Ohio in an early day and settled in Madison township, Columbiana county, where his death occurred. He was a farmer by occupation, a supporter of the republican party and was a Presbyterian in religious faith. He married Miss Elizabeth Shaffer, also a native of Maryland, and they were the parents of Levi Williams, who was born in Columbiana county in 1810 and died on his farm near Lisbon, October 9, 1861. The latter was also a republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Miss Mary March, who was born in Columbiana county, August 6, 1810, and died there April 6, 1882. They were the