(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 477 July 1-3, 1863. On the first day at Gettysburg, he was struck in the breast by a bullet, but his life was saved by a buckle on his uniform. In 1865 Mr. Bower came to Summit County and found employment with John Chisnell, grinding potters' clay, at which work he continued for three years. He was faithful and industrious, and proved that he could do his duty in peace as well as war. On March 5, 1868, he was married to Lydia Winkleman, who is a. daughter of Christian and Susan (Witmyer) Winkleman. The Winklemans came from Pennsylvania, where Mrs. Bower was born, and settled on the present farm, which was then wild land. For two years after marriage, Mr. Bower farmed for his father-in-law, and then rented a farm in Northampton Township for three years. It contained 229 acres and belonged to George McMillen. After the expiration of his contract there, he rented his present farm for one year, and then removed to the old Gougler farm in Green Township, which he operated for two years. Afterwards he farmed the Aaron Swartz farm for three years. In 1878 he purchased the present farm, the old Winkleman property, from the heirs, moving here in 1879. He has put this property into fine condition, expending a large amount in repairs and improvements. He carries on general farming and makes a specialty of dairying, his products finding a good market in Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Bower have had five children, namely: Cora, who, married William A. Sutton, residing near Barberton, and has four children—Clarence, Lillian, Anna and Nellie; Mary Ellen, who died aged eighteen years; Anna, wife of D. Buckmaster, who farms for Mr. Bower, has two sons—Isaac and Charles William ; two other children died in infancy. F. WILLIAM FUCHS, secretary and manager of the Akron Brewery Company, who is interested also in other important business enterprises in this city, was born in Akron, in 1858. He is a son of Nicholas Fuchs, a na tive of Germany, who came to Akron in 1849, and embarked here in a grocery business, later keeping a hotel. He continued in active business life here for many years. His death took place in 1890. F. William Fuchs, after leaving school, worked five years for a railroad company, afterwards operating a summer resort at Cuyahoga Falls. In January, 1886, he engaged in a wholesale beer business, and, since 1903, he has been largely interested in the Akron Brewery Company, which concern was organized in that year and incorporated with a capital stock of $150,000. The company has erected a fine plant at No. 851 South High Street, which has an annual capacity of 60,000 barrels. Mr. Fuchs has been manager and secretary since the enterprise was launched. He is also proprietor of the Buckeye Supply House, located at 66 North Howard Street, wholesale dealers in glassware, hotel and bar supplies of all kinds. He is one of the directors of the Dime Savings Bank and is connected with other, successful business houses. In 1886 Mr. Fuchs was married to Anna Wilhelm, and they have two children—Mina and Frederick W. The former is a student at Oberlin College, and the latter a recent graduate of the Akron public schools. Mr. Fuchs is a man of genial disposition, and is a popular member of the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, and the German Club. WARREN J. UNDERWOOD, M. D. For twenty-three years the late Dr. Warren J. Underwood was a prominent physician and leading citizen of Akron. He was a Pennsylvanian, born in York County, March 20, 1840, and belonging to one of the old representative families of that section. He died at Akron, Ohio, June 9, 1890. Dr. Underwood obtained his education in the district schools, where he prepared himself for the profession of teaching, which he followed thereafter until 1860. He then began the study of medicine, and in 1864 was graduated at Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia. In the meantime he had served 478 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY as assistant surgeon, attached to the Nineteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, later becoming surgeon of the 151st Regiment. In the spring of 1864, after receiving his degree, he came to Ohio, finding a useful field of practice at Canal Fulton, where he remained for three years. He came to Akron in August, 1867, and this city remained the scene of his professional labors for the remainder of his useful life. He identified himself with the various medical organizations of the State and belonged to the AmeriaHn Medical Association, in all of which his high professional ability was recognized. In 1873 he was appointed examining pension surgeon, and continued as such until the organization of the board in 1889, of which he was unanimously elected president. He was a man of enlightened views and public spirit and was a valuable member of the City Council for several years. Dr. Underwood was first married in 1864, to Harriet Shoemaker, who died December 9, 1873. One of their three children survives—Dr. Edward S. Underwood, of Akron. Dr. Underwood married, second, Mrs. Frances C. Pizzala, of Brooklyn, New York. JOHN H. WEBER, M. D., a specialist in surgery, to which he limits his practice, is one of the skilled professional men of Akron, whose ability is recognized and whose services are in demand all over and even beyond Summit County. He was born at Miamisburg, Ohio, in 1877, and is a son of the late Christian Weber. He acquired his elementary education in the schools of his native placeCoHege,en entered Adelbert College, where he was graduated in 1899, with the degree of Ph. B. He immediately entered the medical department of the same institution, from which he was graduated with his degree of M. D. in 1902. Having a strong predilection for surgery, Dr. Weber decided to make that branch his specialty, and has directed the larger part of his study to that end. He spent two and a half years in the Charity Hospital, at Cleveland, where he had an opportunity to study almost every kind of surgical case, after which h spent six months in St. Ann's Maternity Hospital in the same city. Before settling in Akron he still further increased his knowledge by visiting as a student, the clinics of Philadelphia and Baltimore, witnessing and taking part in some wonderful surgical operations. He is surgeon of the Summit County Medical Society, and he belongs to the Summit County Sixth Councilor District, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. On January 3, 1906, Dr. Weber w married to Norma Smith, of Willoughby, Ohio. WARREN MILLER, who is well known throughout Summit County as a former successful buyer and seller of stock, to which business he devoted many years, now carries on general farming on his valuable tract of sixty-four acres, situated in Copley Township, ten miles west, of Akron, on the township road of Bath and Copley, and the county road of Summit and Medina Counties. He was born in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, August 18, 1840, and is a son of William and Electa (Crosby) Miller. William Miller, his father, was born in 1817, in the State of New York, a son of Morris and Hettie (Lucas) Miller, who came to Ohio in 1818. For a short time they lived with the Turner family on the very farm that Warren Miller now owns, and then moved to Bath Township, locating west of Ghent, where Morris Miller cleared up a farm. He died in Bath Township, after which his widow returned to Copley Township and died at the home of a daughter. They had the following children : John, William, Aaron and Morris, all deceased ; Harriet, now deceased, who was the wife of N. Hubbard; Charlotte, who is the widow of B. Lee ; and Laura, who married George McMillan, and, with her husband, is now deceased. William Miller attended school for a short time at Lamb's Corners, not far from his son's present farm, but the greater part of his boyhood was passed in Bath Township. He married Electa Crosby, whose parents came to AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 479 Summit County at an early day, from New York, settling in Granger Township. Afterward, he and wife lived for a short time on Liberty Hill, Granger Township, and then settled in Bath Township, remaining there until 1858, when they moved to Copley Township,. living here for a number of years. Later, William Miller bought the Harris mill in Bath Township, but subsequently returned to Copley Township. Afterwards he built a fine residence at Akron, where he died in 1893. His widow married a Mr. Findlay, who died in 1904, she surviving him up to the present time. There were two children born to William Miller and wife: Ralsamond and Warren, the former being now deceased. Warren Miller spent his boyhood on the farm, and obtained his education in the schools at Stony Hill and Sharon Center. For a number of years and until quite recently, he devoted the larger part of his time to dealing in stock. In 1870 lie purchased his present farm from the Turner heirs—Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Sackett. The present .residence was then standing, but he built the substantial barn in 1880. Mr. Miller was married (first) in November, 1863, to Eliza Hawkins, who died in 1870, leaving one son, Forrest C. The latter married Effie Hoeglan, and they have one child, Florence. .Forrest C. Miller is engaged in farming in Copley township. Mr. Miller was married (second) in June, 1877, to Emily Huntley, who is a daughter of Seymour and Eveline (Miller) Huntley. One son, William H., has been born of this union. Mr. Miller is one of the solid, substantial men of his community and has the esteem of his fellow-citizens. O. G. LYON, proprietor of the Lyon Rubber Co., Akron, came to Akron in 1893. He was born at Mt. Rose, Summit County, Ohio, in 1859, son of Morris Lyon. II is father, a native of Connecticut and one of the early settlers in the county, died in 1883. The present Mr. Lyon resided in Mt. Rose until reaching the age of twenty-four, completing his literary education in the Copley high school. Ho then went to Medina County, where he was engaged in farming until 1893. In that year he came to Akron and engaged in the real estate business, with which he was connected for some six years. His connection with the rubber manufacturing industry dates from 1899, in which year he became connected with the Faultless Rubber Co., in whose employ he remained for two years. He then established the Lyon Rubber Co., of which he is still the proprietor and which is doing a successful business in the manufacture of rubber cements and other similar products. In establishing this industry Mr. Lyon has placed himself in line with the many other enterprising business men who have helped to spread the fame and build up the fortunes of this wide-awake, bustling city. Mr. Lyon was married in 1882 to Miss Miranda F. Adams of Munroe Falls, Ohio. He has one son, who is associated with him in business. Religiously Mr. Lyon and his family are affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church. M. D. KUIILKE, junior member, of the firm of Jones and Kuhlke, machinists, with plant located at No. 14 East Exchange street., Akron, was born in 1872, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Diedrich Kuhlke, who is connected with the American Cereal Company of this city. He was four years old when his parents came to Akron, and he has been identified with the interests of this place ever since, gaining his education here and his training as a machinist. He worked for the first three years of his industrial life in a pottery plant and then went, into the shops of Webster, Camp & Lane, where he learned his trade, and where he continued for seven years, after which he worked in various shops throughout the city up to 1900, when he went into business for himself. In partnership with B. E. Jones, he established the Jones & Kuhlke Machine shops, the firm fitting up their plant with all kinds of improved machinery, and making it the best equipped in the city. On 480 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY account of ill health, Mr. Jones has been forced to take up his residence in Arizona, which causes Mr. Kuhlke to have sole charge of the shops. Work is furnished for eleven skilled employes and the capacity of the plant is taxed to its fullest extent. In 1897 Mr. Kuhlke was married to Augusta Zintel, who was born at Akron and is a daughter of Casper Zintel, of this city. They have one child, Barbara Eleanor. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhlke are members of the German Reformed Church. The former belongs to Granite Lodge of Odd Fellows. MARK A. REPLOGLE, secretary of the Lombard and Replogle Engineering Company, of Akron, an hydraulic engineer of wide reputation, has been a resident of this city since 1895. He was born in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1861. When a child he accompanied his parents to Mifflin County, that state, where he was reared, attending the district schools until nineteen years of age. He then went to Franklin County, Iowa, where he worked one year on a farm. The following year was spent in an agricultural machine shop,' after which he made a short sojourn in Hardin County, Iowa, in a second country shop. His next move was to Fayette County, where he found employment in running a saw-mill and was also otherwise occupied. Then returning to Franklin, he devoted another year to agriculture. Although married and with a family to support, he resolved to complete his education and accordingly went to Cedar Falls, ,Iowa, where he became a student at the Iowa State Normal School, taking a special Normal course of three years. During summer vacations he worked in the harvest field for Aultman, Miller & Co. While at this place he became interested in electrical water-wheel governors, built by H. E. 01- brich and H. H. Clay. After completing his college course he taught school for two terms at Mt. Pleasant and Mattawana, Pennsylvania. Then returning to Cedar Falls, he engaged in the manufacture and sale of water-wheel governors, and was so occupied until 1895, when the manufacturing rights were bought by the Selle Gear Company of Akron, with whom Mr. Replogle then became associated. He continued with them until 1899, when he became hydraulic engineer for the Webster, Camp & Lane Company, and was with them for nearly four years. He then turned his attention once more to the water-wheel governor manufacture, organizing. the Lombard and Replogle Engineering Company, under which style he has since continued in the manufacture of water-wheel governors and automobile transmissions. While he was with the Webster, Camp & Lane Company, they constructed the equipment for the largest water-power plant (in the number of turbines used) ever erected in America—at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the work being under his supervision. He also has the credit of inventing a method and governing the first water-power plant driving an electrical railway by water power that was automatically governed, in America. He also turned on the water and started the first turbines in the plant of the Niagara Falls Paper Company, and furnished the governors. These were the first turbines to develop power from the great tunnel tail race. The United States Patent Office and foreign office records show that Mr. Replogle has been active as an inventor, not only in his chosen line of turbine governors, but in kindred lines. He is inventor of many devices in other fields that have been found useful in this Electric Age. As an author it can be said that the first book ever published treating on "Electricity and Water-Power," bears his name. Also, at the request of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, he prepared a paper on "Speed Regulation in Water-Power Plants," that has been the foundation of American literature on that subject. A number of mechanical essays and engineering papers have appeared from time to time in our own country as well as articles for European and Japanese publications. Mr. Replogle is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers of New York. He also belongs to the Masonic Or- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 483 der, being a member of the local Blue Lodge and Chapter, to the Ancient Order of United Workmen in Iowa, and to the Modern Woodmen of America. He belongs to the German Baptist church, with which he became affiliated when a young man. JOHN MOTZ, an esteemed citizen of Akron, who has been a resident of this city for the past thirty-nine years, was born in 1846, in Pennsylvania, and was reared and educated in his native state. Coming to Akron in 1868, Mr. Motz conducted a restaurant here for some years, and then embarked in a real estate and insurance business under the firm name of Motz Brother, which in 1883 became Motz & Myers. This firm is one of the oldest real estate and insurance firms in the city. It represents such companies as the following: the Phoenix, of England; Pennsylvania Fire, of Philadelphia; Union, of Philadelphia; Richland Mutual; Western Mutual, Ohio Mutual, and Lloyds' Plate Glass. Mr. Motz has numerous other business interests, being a stockholder in the Indiana Rubber Company ; vice-president of the Akron Provision Company; and a director in the Peoples' Savings Bank, and in the Masonic Temple Company. He is a man of forceful business qualities, but, while careful of his own interests, scrupulously upright in his dealings with others. He is interested in the general development of the city, and has done his full share in promoting it through his business enterprise and public spirit. Politically a Democrat, he was his party's candidate for city treasurer in the fall of 1907, and was elected by a handsome majority. For three years he was assessor for the Third Ward, and for one term was councilman for the First Ward; and in all the conventions of his party he is a prominent factor, usually attending as a delegate. Fraternally Mr. Motz is a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery, at Akron, and to Alkoran Shrine at Cleveland. For twelve years he has been treasurer of the Akron Commandery, and has frequently served as an official in the lower divisions of the order. For the past twenty-nine years Mr. Motz has been a member of the board of deacons and treasurer of Trinity Lutheran Church, and for twelve years he has been treasurer of the East Ohio Synod. At the meeting of the General Synod of the Lutheran Church of the United States, held at Sunbury, Pennsylvania, to which he was a delegate, a movement of the lay members to raise the synodical funds by lay instead of ministerial effort, was started, and a committee of five was appointed, of which Mr. Motz was a member, to lay out a feasible plan for this purpose. The members of this committee are : J. L. Clark, of Ashland, Ohio, chairman; Hon. J. L. Zimmerman, of Springfield, Ohio : attorney, George E. Neff, of York, Pennsylvania; Mr. Jesse Schwartz, of St. Joseph, Missouri; and Mr. John Motz. In 1868 Mr. Motz was married to Martha Dotts, who died in 1885. There are three surviving children of this union, namely: John A., who resides in Akron; Harley J., who is connected with the Diamond Rubber Company, of Akron ; and Ruth, who is the wife of Harry Kirwin, of Akron. Mr. Motz was married, second, in 1886, to Emma K. Hilbish, who died in 1899, having borne her husband three children : Guy W., a law student in the Western Reserve University ; Paul, who is a student in the Akron High School, and Helen Leotta, who is attending school in Akron. HOMER G. LONG, M. D., the only representative of the medical profession at Copley Center, Copley Township, is one of the leading men of this township, having served as clerk since 1901 and having been prominent in almost all public matters. Dr. Long was born November 29, 1871, in Wayne Township, Noble County, Ohio, and is a son of John T. and Amanda E. (Stoneburner) Long. He grew up on his father's farm in Noble County, where he attended the district schools until sixteen years of age. He then entered the High School at Quaker City, from which he was subsequently graduated. 484 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY He afterwards taught school for two years in Noble County, and in 1893 entered the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1897 with the degree of M. D. He immediately settled for practice in Portage County, Ohio, where he remained for one winter. He then came to Copley, remaining here for over a year, and subsequently removing to Piedmont, Harrison County, Ohio. In 1901 he returned to Copley Center, where he has since been located. His present residence was purchased in 1899 from Dr. George Huntly. On August 31, 1899, Dr. Long was married to Bessie Hammond, who is a daughter of James and Celia (Heustis) Hammond, of Summit County, Ohio. Of this union there have been born two children—Lucille and Stanley. Dr. Long is a member of the National Protective Legion. CHARLES T. INMAN, business man and capitalist of Akron, has been a resident of this city since 1870, coming here at the age of eleven years. Born in Trumbull County, Ohio, he was educated in the district schools of Cuyahoga County, subsequently entering the Akron High School, where he was graduated in 1877. Deciding to make the drug business his main sphere of activity, he entered the Cleveland College of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated in 1880. His experience as a druggist covered a period of thirty five years. He did not confine himself entirely to this line of trade, however, as his store included four departments—drugs, groceries, hardware and pottery supplies, being located in fine business blocks on East Market Street, which he had erected. For a number of years he was counted among the leading men of Akron engaged in active business life. About three years ago, however, Mr. Inman, feeling the need of rest, retired from the active conduct of his business, closing out his large interests in the store, though retaining his ownership of the building. Mr. Inman is president of the Harmony Coal Company, of Harmony, Utah ; director of the Lake Erie Terminal and Southern Rail way, and a stockholder in many other concerns, both in Akron and elsewhere. He also owns a large amount of Akron and Summit County real estate. He was formerly president for a number of years of the Akron school board. He is a member of Akron Lodge, F. & A. M., also of the Masonic Club and the German Club. Mr. Inman is a member of the Christian church, and was for many years a member of the official board of the Disciples' church in Akron. Mr. Inman was married in 1881 to Miss Lillian Jewett, a daughter of the late Dr. Jewett, who was one of Akron's most prominent physicians. Into their household were born four children, namely : Hilda, who is now the wife of Dr. J. H. Hulse, a leading medical man of Akron ; Hesper, who has been a student at Lake Erie College ; Eleanor, who is attending the public schools, and Richard Mendal, who is the youngest member of the family. URIAH A. MILLER, a prosperous agriculturist of Copley Township, where he is cultivating a fine farm of fifty-two acres, was born on his grandfather's farm in Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of Jonas Franklin and Marietta (Slaughback) Miller. John Miller, his grandfather, was the first of the family to come to Ohio, making the trip from Pennsylvania in wagons, with about sixty other pioneers, and settling on the partly cleared lands of Norton Township. His home was one of the first frame houses in that section, and he became the owner of two farms, of eighty and 175 acres respectively, which are still in the family name. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. F. Seiberling. John Miller and his wife had a family of eleven children, eight daughters and three sons, of whom three survive: Catherine, who married J. F. Seiberling; Pollie, who is the widow of John Lahr; and S. H. Miller, of Doylestown. Jonas Franklin Miller was a boy of eight or ten years when he made the trip from Pennsylvania with his parents, and he was AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 485 reared on his father's farm, experiencing all the hardships of pioneer life. Throughout his entire active period. Mr. Miller was a hardworking, industrious citizen, and at the time of his death had accumulated a fortune estimated at $20,000, most of which was invested in land in Norton Township, Barberton and Loyal Oak. His death occurred at Loyal Oak, Ohio, February 1, 1907. Mr. Miller married Marietta Slaughback, who was born at Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and who still survives, her home being at Loyal Oak. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Miller, namely : Uriah Augustus ; Alice, who became the wife of H. F. Myres; Milton H.; Ida, who is deceased ; Harry E.; John G.; Ella, who married James Harter; Ellsworth, deceased; and Elizabeth, who married Charles Gable. Uriah Augustus Miller, the direct subject of this sketch, lived on his grandfather's farm in Norton Township until he was eight years old, at which time the family removed to his grandfather's 170-acre property in the same township, where he resided until attaining his majority. He then spent seventeen years and a half on his father's property. On February 14, 1894, he purchased his present farm from Frank Seiberling and Frank Wilcox of Akron, it being known as the California property, Mr. California having been the original owner. The farm has been improved to a high state of cultivation, and under Mr. Miller's able management yields large crops. In June, 1877, Mr. Miller was married to Adaline Amelia Koplin, who was born in Wadsworth Township, Medina County, Ohio, a daughter of David and Mary A. (Moser) Koplin. Her parents were natives of Summit County, to which Mrs. Miller's grandfather, Christian Koplin, came from Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. He died in Wadsworth Township when his son David was a child of four years. Mrs. Miller died April 23, 1891, aged thirty-three years, having been the mother of four children, namely : Morris E., who died in infancy ; Inez, who lives in Akron ; Nellie, who resides at home ; and Raymond, who is an employe of the Barberton Rubber Company, at Barberton, Ohio. On February 22, 1899, Mr. Miller married for a second wife, Sarah Jane Stocker, who was born in Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Phillip and Mary (Acre) Stocker, both of whom are living. Phillip Stocker came from Pennsylvania, and was married to Mary Ann Acre, who had come to Summit County at the age of fourteen years with her parents, who were pioneers of Summit and Medina Counties. Mr. Miller is a Republican in politics, to which party his father also belonged, his grandfather having been a stanch Whig. He served his township as ditch commissioner the only year that the office was in existence. With his wife he attends the Lutheran Church of Loyal Oak. STACY G. CARKHUFF, secretary of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, of Akron, has been identified with large and successful houses in different cities ever since he completed his education. He was born January 12, 1872, on a farm east of Jerseyville, Jersey County, Illinois. Mr. Carkhuff was ten years old when his parents left the farm and moved to Roodhouse, Greene County, Illinois, where he attended school until he completed the course. He then went to Chicago for the completion of his education, after which he entered the publishing house of Rand, McNally Company, from which he went to the Washburn, Crosby Company, where he remained for eight years, a part of the time having charge of their branch agency at Peoria, Illinois. May 1st, 1901, Mr. Carkhuff came to Akron and associated himself with the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, less than one year after its organization, when the industry was still in its infancy; he has contributed of his energy and ability, with others, until this concern has become the largest exclusive tire manufacturing one in the United States, while its goods are sold all over the civilized world. 486 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY December 16, 1896, Mr. Carkhuff was married to Jessie L. Johnson, of New, Castle, Indiana. Their one child, a daughter, is deceased. Mr. Carkhuff is a member of the Congregational Church, and his social connection is with the Portage Country Club. W. WALLACE WARNER is the sixth son and eighth child of John Warner, who was born in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1798, and of Marietta (Woodard) Warner, born in Glenmore, New York, in 1805. His parents moved to the "New Connecticut" in 1834. Mr. Warner was born in Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio, February 28, 1848. When he was four years old his parents moved to Cuyahoga Falls, where he received the most of his schooling, finishing at the Quaker City Business College of Philadelphia in 1866. He was married in Philadelphia to Annie E. Yeamans, daughter of Robert and Mary (Greer) Yeamans in 1869. By this union two children were born, January 14, 1870. Arthur Lee, who died in 1881, and Harry Albert, who married Miss Josie James. His wife died in 1871. He was again married to Miss Alice Grace, daughter of George and Susanna (Dodson) Littleton, October 25, 1877. By this union three children were born—George Littleton Warner, now married to Miss Martha Burton of Oklahoma; Wallace Vincent, who died April 23, 1907; and Mabel Marietta. There are two grandsons, Irvin Shelley, aged nine, son of Harry A. and Josie; and George Burton, one year old, son of George L. and Martha. Mr. Warner's business life has been mostly spent in Akron, in the real estate business. He is known as the pioneer abstract man. Commencing in 1870, when abstracts were comparatively unknown in business transactions, he compiled the first abstract books of the county, and established the business now conducted by The Bruner Goodhue Cooke Company, with whom he is now associated. He has made several maps of the city, county and other places. His most notable work in this connection is an atlas, known as "Illus trated Summit County, Ohio," published in 1891-2, and, which, though out of date, is a standard authority in its line. His business life of forty years has been an active one; interspersed with its pleasures, anxieties and disappointments. He is hale and hearty and at sixty is actively engaged in abstract work. He became deputy recorder in 1868, and does not believe that anyone then a county officer is now living, and but four attorneys, only one of whom is practicing. He does not recall a business house or factory now doing business in the same name. Two hundred thousand real estate papers have been recorded. Barberton, South Akron and nearly all the present industries have come into activity since that time. ERNEST A. PFLUEGER, president of The E. A. Pflueger Company, manufacturers of all kinds of fishing tackle, is one of Akron's busy men and prominent citizens. He was born in 1866 at Erie, Pennsylvania, but has been a resident of this city since he was four years old. Mr. Pflueger was reared and educated at Akron and started to work in boyhood in the factory of his father, E. F. Pflueger, who founded the Enterprise Works, for the manufacture of fishing tackle. After learning the necessary details of this business, Mr. Pflueger became secretary and treasurer of The Enterprise Company, with which he continued for almost twenty-five years, resigning this position in September, 1906, and establishing The E. A. Pflueger Company. This company carries on the manufacture of every kind of fishing appliance and also manufactures a large line of saddlery specialties. The compaily is incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000, with E. A. Pflueger as president; George D. Bates as vice-president; C. I. Bruner as treasurer and L. W. Griffiths as secretary. Mr. Pflueger retains his interest in the Enterprise Manufacturing Company, which was incorporated in 1886, and is also a stockholder in other concerns of this section. In 1896 Mr. Pflueger was married to Ruth AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 487 Seiberling, who is the youngest daughter of J. F. Seiberling, and they have four children ; John S., Theodore S., William S. and Robert S. Mr. Pflueger and family belong to the Lutheran Church. Only as a good citizen, anxious to promote the general welfare, is Mr. Pflueger interested in politics. He is prominent in Masonry, having attained the Thirty-second Degree, and belongs to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery of Akron, and Alkoran Shrine and Lake Erie Consistory, of Cleveland. PHILIP STOCKER, who is one of the best-known and most highly esteemed among the older residents of Norton Township, resides on his valuable farm, five acres of which lies in Copley Township and seventy-three and one-half acres in Norton Township. This property is beautifully situated on what is known as the East and West road, about eight and one-half miles west of Akron. Mr. Stocker was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, August 29, 1829, and is a son of Jonathan and Christina (Stecker) Stocker. His father worked as a carpenter in early manhood but later became a farmer. Philip Stocker assisted his father on the home place until he was twenty years of age, when he came to Summit County, and worked for Peter Lerch for one year. He then went with his brother Eli Stocker, who rented a farm for three years. The brother then bought a farm in Norton Township and he remained with him for one year and afterwards worked for other farmers. In 1864 he bought his present farm, settling on it in March of that year, and he has made all the improvements, which consist of a fine residence and substantial barns and other buildings. It is not too much to assert that Mr. Stocker has one of the best improved farms in Norton Township, and its condition has been brought about by his own industry and good management. He no longer undertakes the active operation of the farm, delegating this work to a son-in-law, who is a practical and successful farmer. On October 21, 1855, Mr. Stocker was married to Mary Acker, who is a daughter of Henry and Sarah (Hartman) Acker. Mrs. Stocker was born in Pennsylvania, her father being a weaver in Union County, from which place he moved to Sharon, Medina County, Ohio, when she was sixteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Stocker have had four children, the three now living. being, William, residing at Akron, who has two children, Harry and Grace ; Sarah Jane, who married U. Miller, and resides in Copley Township ; and Viola, who married F. 0. Moser, who farms for Mr. Stocker and who has one child—Hilda Belle. For fifty-one years Mr. and Mrs. Stocker have been members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Loyal Oak—the oldest members in continued attendance. Mr. Stocker is a trustee of this church and he and his estimable wife have been active in promoting its good influence for a half century. Their lives have been quiet, temperate and useful and they have journeyed through life and reached old age together, surrounded by comforts of their own securing. They take great pleasure in their three bright grandchildren. CHARLES W. SEIBERLING, treasurer of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, at Akron, and a business man who is largely interested in many successful manufacturing enterprises of this city and vicinity, was born in Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio, not far from Western Star, January 26, 1861, and is a son of John F. and Catherine L. (Miller) Seiberling. John F. Seiberling was born at Norton, Ohio, March 10, 1834. In the spring of 1861 he moved with his family to Doylestown and thence in 1865 to Akron, with the business interests of which city he was prominently identified until the close of his long and fruitful life. From operating a sawmill at Norton, where he pursued the studies and experiments which resulted in the invention of the agricultural machinery with which his name is still connected, he removed to Doylestown, where better conditions prevailed for 488 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY the erection of works and manufacture of the inventions which had sprung from his fertile brain. Later for like business reasons, he came to Akron, soon after calling his eldest son, Frank A., who is now president and general manager of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, from college to assist in further developing his plans. In 1871 he organized the Akron Strawboard Company, in 1883 he founded the Seiberling Milling Company and in 1889 he gained a controlling interest in the Akron Electric Street Railway. His death took place at Akron, September 3, 1903. In 1878 Charles W. Seiberling, the second son of the late John F. Seiberling, completed the public school course at Akron, and then entered Oberlin College. At that institution he pursued a two-year eclectic course, and then returned to Akron in order to assume the duties of foreman of his father's extensive works where the Empire Reaper and Mowers were manufactured. On the incorporation of the J. F. Seiberling Company, in 1884, Charles W. was elected a director and subsequently became superintendent of the works. In 1896, in association with his father, Mr. Seiberling became interested in the organization of the India Rubber Company, of which his father was elected president, and he became its secretary. He continued with this company for two years in this capacity, and then resigned in order to accept a similar position with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. This company, with which Mr. Seiberling has been identified since 1898, was organized in that year. It is engaged in the manufacture of rubber goods, especially solid and pneumatic carriage and automobile tires, bicycle tires, rubber horseshoes, rubber tiling, golf balls, moulded rubber and rubber specialties. The officers of the company are as follows: F. A. Seiberling, president and general manager; L. C. Miles, vice-president; G. M. Stadleman, secretary ; C. W. Seiberling, treasurer; and P. W. Litchfield, superintendent. The goods of this company find a market all over the world. Mr. Seiberling has not confined his attentions to the enter prise mention, but has also invested in at promoted other prosperous concerns. In 1895 Mr. Seiberling was married to Blanche C. Carnahan, and they have four children : Charles W., Jr. , T. Carnahan, Lucius Miles and Catherine. They reside at No. 76 Fay street, Akron. J. V. SWARTZ, who is engaged in a wholesale confectionery business at Akron and is located at No. 69 East Mill street, was born in Coventry township, Summit County, Ohio, in 1870, and is a son of the late Alfred Swartz. When a hamlet, village or town bears the name of a family it is pretty good evidence that this family is one held in general esteem and the Swartz family in Coventry township, gave its name to Swartz Corners, a pleasant little place of residence and quite an active business center. John Swartz, the grandfather of J. V. Swartz, came to Summit County as an early settler and became a prominent man in the organization of the various civilizing agencies. His son, the late Alfred Swartz, was born in Coventry Township, in 1844, and died at Akron, in 1899. J. V. Swartz was reared in Coventry Township and there attended school through the primary grades. He then passed through the Akron schools into Buchtel College. His first business experience was as traveling salesman for S. B. Lafferty, confectioner at Akron, and he continued in this capacity for nine years, when he embarked in the wholesale confectionery business for himself. In 1905 he built a three-story brick building at No. 69 East Mill street, with dimensions of 20 by 80 feet, occupying the basement, and the first and third floors, in his business, and having the second floor comfortably arranged as a residence. Mr. Swartz takes a practical part in his business himself and has two other traveling representatives, covering a radius of twenty-five miles around Akron. His trade name is a guarantee of the excellence and purity of the goods. In 1902 Mr. Swartz was married to Caroline Kolp, a daughter of John Kolp; she was AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 491 born and reared at Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Swartz have one son, Forest Swartz. Fraternally, Mr. Swartz is a member of the Masonic order and belongs also to the United Commercial Travelers' Association. MICHAEL W. HOYE, one of Akron's best known citizens, who is interested in a number of her business enterprises, has been one of the city's faithful and efficient public servants since 1887, when he was appointed sanitary policeman, with quarters at the City Hall. He is also a veteran of the Civil War. Mr. Hoye was born at Castle Dermott, County Kildare, Ireland, April 22, 1844, and accompanied his parents to America in 1847, when they settled at Akron. Mr. Hoye attended the public schools of Akron, and made himself useful to his father until he was seventeen years of age. He then enlisted, August 28, 1861, in Company K, Nineteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He Served three years, when the regiment veteranized, and Mr. Hoye re-enlisted in the same company. His command was attached to the Army of the Ohio and Cumberland, taking part in every battle that the army engaged in. It was finally mustered out at San Antonio, Texas, October, 24, 1865. Mr. Hoye reached Akron November 28, 1865, making a period of service of four years and three months. He shortly afterward entered the employ of Abbey & Johnson, manufacturers of stoneware, with whom he remained for six years. On April 1, 1872, he accepted the foremanship of the extensive coopering establishment of C. B. Maurer, and continued at the head of these shops until January 1, 1885. He then became traveling salesman for the Franklin Milling Company, but returned to Akron in the following year to accept the appointment of sanitary policeman and milk inspector of the city. In this position Mr. Hoye has since rendered efficient service to the decided benefit of the public and satisfaction of the citizens generally. He has taken an active part in political campaigns on various occasions, and has been one of the local leaders of his party. He is interested in the National City Bank, and is treasurer of the Akron Times-Democrat Company. On October 3, 1867, Mr. Hoye was married to Isabella Mulligan, who died May 16, 1872, leaving two children—William J. and A. P. On October 14, 1872, he married for his second wife, Mary Cummins, who has borne mm five children—Mary, Isabella, Robert, Grace and Julia. Since Mr. Hoye's second marriage he and his wife have adopted twelve children, making nineteen in all, whom they have reared and educated. J. T. ENRIGHT, of the firm of Enright & Hummel, funeral directors and embalmers, at Akron, came to this city in 1894, where he has resided up to the present time. He was born at Urbana, Ohio, December 4, 1868, and was there reared and educated. After leaving school, Mr. Enright went to Chicago and became connected with the undertaking firm of Lawrence Foley & Sons. He remaining with that concern for three years, learning all the details of the business. The holding of the World's Fair offered many business opportunities to young men in Chicago, and during the period of its existence, Mr. Enright filled a lucrative position in the Custom House department. In 1894 he came to Akron and went into the undertaking business for himself, continuing alone until January 1, 1907, when J. B. Hummel became his partner, and since then the firm style has been Enright & Hummel. Mr. Hummel was born in Akron, October 15, 1878, and is a son of Valentine Hummel. The latter was born in Bavaria, Germany, and has been a resident of Akron for over forty years. He was one of the first German teachers in this city. For the past thirty-eight years he has been organist at St. Bernard's Catholic Church. In 1902 Mr. Hummel married Barbara Willenbacher, and they have two children : John H. and Laurence V. On May 8, 1899, Mr. Enright was married to Catherine H. Doran, who was born in Akron, Ohio. They have three children—James, Francis and Mary. Mr. Enright is a 492 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY member of St. Vincent de Paul's Church. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Mutual Benevolent Association, the Catholic Knights of Ohio, the Ancient Order of Hibernian and the Modern Woodmen. Mr. Hummel is a member of St. Bernard's Church organization. He belongs to Cornmandery No. 6, Knights of St. John, and to the Bavarian Society of Akron: Mr. Enright and Mr. Hummel have well arranged and convenient quarters at No. 159 South High street. They are equipped to handle funerals in every detail. LUTE H. MILLER, gardener and dairyman, residing on his well-cultivated farm of eighty-six acres, situated in Copley Township, was born on this farm, March 1, 1871, and is a son of Charles C. and Mary Ann (Philbrick ) Miller. Charles C. Miller, father of Lute H., was born at Akron, December 11, 1832. His father, Ansel Miller, came from Vermont to Ohio, in 1819, locating at Akron, which was then a settlement consisting of a few houses. The outlook apparently did not please Ansel Miller, as he went back to the East, and did not return until he could find work in the building of the canal, during which period he bought the farm in Copley Township. In November, 1860, after the marriage of his son, Charles C., he came to live on the farm, where he died in 1879, aged eighty years. He was married at Akron to Lucy Hawkins, who came to Ohio with her parents, from Vermont. She died in 1838, leaving two sons: Charles Carroll and James Nelson, the latter of whom died in infancy. Charles Carroll Miller grew up in the village of Akron, and attended the sessions of school held in the old stone building known to all the older residents of the city. His literary education was completed in Cleveland. He then became bookkeeper in a store in Akron, on the canal,. but being of an enterprising nature and wishing to see something of the world, he shipped, in 1848, on a whaling vessel, with the expectation of going around Cape Horn to California and visiting the gold fields; but after two years of seafaring life he gave up the idea and returned to Akron, bringing with him some souvenirs, such as whale's teeth, which his son still preserves. He then went to Michigan to assist his uncle in clearing a farm. While there he was married and at once came back to Summit County, and settled on the farm h father had purchased, where he died in September, 1897. On August 7, 1860, Charles C. Miller married Mary Ann Philbrick, who was born in the State of New York and who, when nine years of age, accompanied her parents to Ionia County, Michigan. The long journey was made by wagon to Buffalo, by water to Detroit, and by ox-team to the pioneer farm on which settlement was made. There, on that farm, the parents, Daniel and Mary (Gould) Philbrick died. Mrs. Miller still survives. Charles C. Miller and wife had the following children: Frank E., who died in infancy; Lottie A., who married M. Weager ; Ansel P., Lute H. and Carl E. Lute H Miller was educated in the district schools of Copley Township, and the High School at Copley Center, and later taught school for two years in Northampton Township. In 1892, with his brother Ansel, he began operating the home farm, and they continued together until 1901, when Mr. Miller purchased his farm from the other heirs. He runs a dairy with fourteen cows, but his main industry is gardening, his success which is shown by the long list of premiums that he has received for some years past for his choice vegetables, which he raises under glass. He has recently built a brick and cement-lined silo—the first of its kind in this section. His early lettuce and rhubarb, grown under glass, sell at fancy prices. He also makes a specialty of raising poultry. He began to exhibit the products of his farm in 1899, when he was awarded four premiums at the county fair, and he has exhibited each year since that time, and his premiums have amounted to a considerable sum. In 1900, he received twenty-seven premiums, amounting to $14.55 ; in 1901, 180 premiums, amount- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 493 ing to $64.00; in 1902, forty-eight premiums, amounting to $38.00; in 1903, sixty-two premiums, amounting to $47.40; in 1904, seventy-seven premiums, amounting to $59.90 ; in 1905, eighty-six premiums, amounting to $59.05; and in 1906, seventy-seven premiums, amounting to $61.40. On August 11, 1897, Mr. Miller was married to Amy B. Arnold, who is a daughter of Charles F. and Rosina (Burr) Arnold, and they have had three children, namely : an infant, now deceased, Ross 0. and Gayl R. Politically Mr. Miller is a Republican and he has served as township trustee, being elected on that ticket. He belongs to the National Protective Legion. Mr. MiHer is one of the progressive men of his community. He has made a scientific study of everything relating to the industries in which he is engaged, and he keeps well informed in regard to modern methods and new discoveries. In large part this explains his remarkable success. JOSEPH YEAGER, vice-president and treasurer of the C. H. Yeager Company, at Akron, one of the leading dry goods enterprises of this city, the phenomenal growth of which has been a noted commercial achievement here, is an old and experienced merchant who has associated his sons with him for some years. Mr. Yeager was born at Newton Falls, Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1847. Mr. Yeager was reared in his native place, and was engaged in a mercantile business there for a number of years. He then removed to Conneaut, Ohio, where he did an extensive business and operated a department store for seven years. Seeking a wider field, as his sons had reached maturity, Mr. Yeager selected Akron, coming to this city July 1, 1906. Here he bought out the old firm of Dague Brothers, which was one of the oldest in Akron. The Yeagers have made the acquisition one of the largest, neatest, best stocked and most modern stores of this section. They are centrally located at No. 82 Main Street, where they occupy over 50,000 square feet of floor space. The public has been quick to recognize the opportunities they offer, and the success of this venture has been already assured. On April 25, 1872, Mr. Yeager was married to Eliza Jane Goldner, of North Jackson, Ma-honing County. He and his wife are the parents of three children, namely: R. G., who is manager of the C. II. Yeager Company at Akron ; John L., who is manager of the suit department of the C. H. Yeager Company; and Chloe Estelle, who resides with her parents. C. H. Yeager is president of the C. H. Yeager Company and he has a department store at Sharon, Pennsylvania. Mr. Joseph Yeager is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the Eastern Star, the Elks and the Maccabees. He belongs to the Congregational Church. Both sons belong also to the Elks, and R. G. Yeager is also a Mason. JAY HORACE HAWKINS, one of Copley Township's substantial citizens, residing on his well-improved farm of sixty-two acres, is a leading farmer of this section, and a member of the Summit County Agricultural Society. He was born on his father's farm in Portage Township, Summit County, Ohio, November 29, 1866, and is a son of Nelson and Esther (Sherbondy) Hawkins. The Hawkins family is of Vermont stock, Mr. Hawkins' grandfather, John Hawkins, coming to Ohio from that state and settling in Summit County when it was still a wilderness. His family consisted of six daughters• and three sons, Nelson being the youngest son. Nelson Hawkins' life was passed near his birthplace, in Portage Township, where he was engaged in carpenter work and contracting, and also in far ring. He married Esther Sherbondy, whose father, Peter Sherbondy, was one of the first settlers in Summit County. Mr. Hawkins died on his farm in Portage Township at the age of sixty-six years. His widow survived to the age of seventy-six. They had four children: A. Wesley, who is engaged in a lumber business at Akron ; Walter N.; Ella B., who married M. B. Shoemaker ; and Jay Horace. 494 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY Jay Horace Hawkins is known as one of Copley Township's progressive and successful farmers. He had good educational advantages in his youth, attending first the country schools, then the public schools of Akron, and later a business college in that city. For eight years he was clerk in a clothing and shoe store. After his marriage, in 1891, he spent one more year at Akron and then moved to the old home place, which he farmed until 1904, when he purchased his present farm from his father-in-law, John Moore. He owns a portable sawmill and for the past ten years has given a large part of his attention to the lumber business, employing twelve men. On December 9, 1891, Mr. Hawkins was married to Jennie G. Moore, who is a daughter of John and Nellie (Chamberlain) Moore. He has two children—Howard Paul and May Gra cia. Politically Mr. Hawkins is a Republican. He is a man of sterling qualities, and is recognized by his neighbors as a representative citizen. In 1907 he was appointed a member of the Fair Board of the County Agricultural Society to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Moore. HENRY B. SPERRY, manager of the fire brick department of the Robinson Clay Product Company, of Akron, Ohio, having also a leading interest in several other prominent business enterprises of this city, was born at Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio, November 1, 1863. His parents were Ira P. and Clarissa (Carlton) Sperry. The father, the Hon. Ira P. Sperry, was born in Watertown, Conn., November 24, 1817, and came to Tallmadge with his parents when an infant one year old, they being among the first settlers of that place. He received a common school education, and from the age of fourteen to that of seventeen was employed as a blacksmith's apprentice. From seventeen to twenty he served an apprenticeship to the carriageironer's trade. He then spent a year in school at Cuyahoga Falls. He then worked two years for William C. Oviatt as carriage ironer, at the end of which time he purchased an in terest in the concern, which, under different partnership relations, he successfully carried on for nearly a third of a century. In 1870, with his brother, Dr. Willis Sperry and Mr. Samuel J. Richie, he established extensive sewer-pipe works, which, in connection with his son, George P. Sperry, he successfully conducted for a number of years. An early anti-slavery man, Mr. Sperry, in 1858, was elected on the Republican ticket as Summit County's representative to the State Legislature, ably serving two years. On September 27, 1841, he was married to Miss Clarissa Carlton, of Portage County. Of this union were born six children—Willis C , Charles 0., Mary A., George P., Francis L., and Henry B. Henry B. Sperry acquired his education in the schools of Tallmadge, including the high school, and at the Western Reserve Academy at Hudson, Ohio. When a young man he became associated with his father in the sewer-pipe business, in 1884 being sent to Chicago as assistant to WiHiam M. Dee, the manufacturing agent of the company in that city. He then spent two years traveling in the interest of the Union Sewer Pipe Company, after which he spent five years in the sewer-pipe business at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Mr. Sperry then purchased the silica brick plant of J. Park Alexander, which he operated for about thirteen years thereafter, or until 1904. In that year he formed his present connection as manager of the fire brick department of the Robinson Clay Product Company. The silica plant of The Robinson Clay Product Company was designed and constructed under the supervision of Mr. Sperry, who is also the inventor of a machine for stripping the mold from the silica brick. Mr. Sperry's other business interests include the presidency of the Baker McMillan Company, of Akron, enamelers and wood-turners, and proprietors of the Akron Spirit Level Works. Mr. Sperry is a 32d degree Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge at Cuyahoga Falls, the Chapter and Commandery at Akron, and Lake Erie Consistory of Cleveland; also to the Masonic Club. He was married in 1890 to Miss Helen B. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 495 Alexander, a daughter of J. Parl Alexander, one of Akron's prominent citizens. Of this union there were four children—George Alexander, John Alexander, Robert Alexander, and Helen Alexander. ALFRED AKERS, president of "The Akron Brick & Tile Company" and of "The Akron Vitrified Clay Manufacturing Company," besides holding a large interest in the firms of -Akron Supply Company" and "Akers & Harpham," has been a prominent representative of business interests in this city for many years. Alfred Akers was born in England in 1849, and at au early age served his apprenticeship to the tinsmith's trade in that country, and at the age of eighteen years came to America and settled in Akron in 1869. Mr. Akers was married at Tallmadge, Ohio, to Lottie Cowley, and they have five children —Addie May, Walter Thomas, Alice, Charles B., and Grace—all of whom are living, and now married, with the exception of the latter, who resides at home. After following his trade for two years, employed by "Jahant Brothers" and "Cramer & May," he started into business for himself, which he conducted alone until 1881. The partnership of "Akers & Harpham" was then formed, and is continued to-day, having been developed into the city's largest and oldest sheet metal and roofing establishment. In 1890 Mr. Akers bought the controlling interests of the "Akron Brick & Tile Company," which he still retains, and which is one of the leading shale brick factories of Akron. In 1892 he was one of the organizers of the "Akron Supply Company," which has built up a large business in the wholesale and retail trade in builders' supplies. In 1901 he was one of the organizers of "The Akron Vitrified Clay Manufacturing Company," which has a large clay plant at Tallmadge, Ohio, for the manufacture of sewer pipe and drain tile and fireproofing, the product of which plant is handled by representatives in the large eastern cities, i. e., Pittsbufg, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, etc. Mr. Akers is still actively engaged in business and with his sons, Walter T. and Charles B., and F. M. Harpham, son of his deceased partner, is joint owner of the above companies, the business of which they conduct together. COL. ARTHUR LATHAM CONGER, formerly president of the Whitman and Barnes Manufacturing Company; president of the Akron Steam Forge Company, of Akron; and also president of the Diamond Plate Glass Company, of Kokomo and Elwood, Indiana; president of the Hartford City, Indiana, Glass Company; and for years closely identified with the American Tin Plate Company, of Elwood, Indiana, was one of the shrewdest financiers and remarkably successful business men that ever engaged in great industrial enterprises, in this part of Ohio. He was much more than a business man, however, having distinguished himself in the Civil War, and having been a leading factor in the political life of his state. Arthur Latham Conger was born at Boston, Ohio, February, 19, 1838, and up to date of his enlistment in the Union Army, in 1862, he had remained a resident of Summit County, working on his father's farm and in his brick-yard, then turning his attention to boating on the canal, and just as easily, two years later, becoming a school teacher. In whatever direction he turned his attention he met with corresponding success. In July, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which he was elected second lieutenant, and before the expiration of his three years of service he had been successively promoted to the ranks of first lieutenant, captain and then assistant adjutant general and provost-marshal, at Covington, Kentucky, a member of court martial, assistant inspector of railroad defenses, and was recommended by General Thomas as captain and commissary of subsistence. After the war had closed and there was no longer need for his services in defense of his country, Colonel Conger returned to Summit County and resumed farming. In the mean- 496 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY while-he became interested in politics, and in 1866 he was elected treasurer of Summit County, and served in that office for four years, officiating also as treasurer of Portage Township and of the city of Akron. He subsequently served as a member of the County, State and National Executive Committees of his party, was twice chairman of the Republican State Central Committee and once chairman of the Republican State Executive Committee, and for eight years was an active and able member of the Republican National Committee. In 1870 he first became connected with the Whitman and Miles Manufacturing Company, as a stockholder and director, and six years later became president of that company. Identification- with other important industries followed, and he crowned his busines career by becoming the president of the American Tin Plate Company, which was organized at Elwood, Indiana, in 1891, with a capital of $300,000. On November 1, 1864, Colonel Conger was married to Emily Bronson, who is a daughter of the late Hiram Volney and Ruth L. (Ranney) Bronson. Mrs. Conger survives her distinguished husband and resides at Irving Lawn. They had four children, namely: Kenyon Bronson, Arthur Latham, Latham Hubbard and Erastus Irving. Colonel Conger died in Des Moines, Iowa, February 25, 1899. Colonel Conger always took a deep interest in the Grand Army work and in military affairs; in 1884 he was made commander of the Akron Post, and from July, 1881, until July, 1888, he served as colonel of the Eighth Regiment, Ohio National Guard. He also served on the staff of Gen. Asa S. Bushnell of Ohio. He was a man who won admiration for his business genius and personal affection for the loyal, generous, considerate way in which he treated both friend and foe. In Boston Township stands a beautiful monument which was uncovered on July 4, 1889, which will ever serve to keep green the memory of Colonel Conger and that of his beloved wife. It is of Westerly granite, the base stone weighing over five tons, which is surmounted by two small base stones, on the upper end of which stands the three-foot square pedestal. On the front is this inscription: "Presented to Boston Township, by Arthur Latham and Emily Bronson Conger, to commemorate the bravery and patriotism of the soldiers who served in the War of the Rebellion-1861-65, erected July 4, 1889." The names of the 141 soldiers of Boston Township who served are then inscribed, and four of the greatest battles in which they participated are given, namely : Nashville, Five Forks, Cedar Creek and Appomattox. On the sur-base stands a tapering square shaft of nearly 26 feet, surmounted by a beautifully carved capital, with a Grand Army badge executed on the side, the whole being surmounted by the finely-proportioned figure of a soldier, six feet and six inches in height, in fatigue uniform, standing at parade rest. The entire structure is a work of art and it reflects not only the taste but the patriotism and liberality of its donors and is above money value to the citizens of Boston Township. Its cost was more than $3,000. The presentation speech was made by Kenyon B. Conger, the unveiling by the second son, Arthur L., while the third son, in the uniform of the Grand Army of the Republic, acted as orderly of the dedication procession. Colonel Conger, wife and sons were all members of St. Paul's Protestant Church at Akron, Ohio. DANIEL TAYLOR, a representative citizen and agriculturist of Copley Township, where he owns 125 acres of valuable farming land,' was born on his father's farm in Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio, December 4, 1831, and is a son of Theodore and Matilda (Hoyt) Taylor. Theodore Taylor was born in Connecticut in 1801, and in 1818 accompanied his parents, Wade and Diana Taylor to Ohio, after which they lived for two years in a log cabin in Norton Township, near the Copley line, on the Chauncy Beckwith farm. Then Theodore and his brother, David, took up 160 acres of land, on which the father and mother AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 499 both died, the father's burial being the first to take place in the early graveyard of the township. For some ten years the Taylor brothers lived together on the farm, and then Theodore acquired eighty acres for himself, paying for it 82.50 per acre. To this he later added thirty-five acres which cost him $5.00 an acre, and for which he made part payment with one yoke of oxen and three head of cows. His wife, Matilda, whose family name was Hoyt, was born in New York," and was ten years old when her parents brought her to New Portage, where Barberton now stands, the long journey being made with ox teams. For eight years after their marriage, Theodore Taylor and his wife lived on the Charles Hemple farm, and then moved to the farm on which Daniel Taylor was subsequently born. There both parents died, the father aged sixty-one years and the mother at the age of seventy-one. Of their thirteen children all died young except five, namely : Orson, now deceased; Daniel; Charles ; Correl, who died while in service in the Civil War; and Orphelia, who married F. Arnold. Daniel Taylor assisted his father to clear the homestead farm and was reared to habits of industry and honesty. On November 4, 1858, he married Louisa Foster, who is a daughter of Alanson and Elvira (Harvey) Foster. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor conducted the tavern at Copley for four years. He then sold it and bought his present farm from the Bruno Brothers. Two years later the husband and wife started a dairy, and for seventeen years they made cheese which found a ready sale at Akron, their son in the meanwhile operating a milk route. For a number of years Mr. Taylor raised fine cattle, in addition to farming. He has made many improvements on his place and has built his present house and a new barn, the old one having been destroyed by lightning. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have five children, namely: Harrison, who married Martha Bramley; Martha, who married Charles Crum, and has two children—Pearl and Arlis, the former of whom married W. Smith ; Carl, who married Ida Edgar, and has three children—Ethel, Glen and Earl; Bert, who married Amanda Squires, and has two children —Lewis and Gladys ; and Frederick, who married Etta Riley, and has one child—Frances. Politically Mr. Taylor is a Republican and served four years as township constable. He voted twice for Abraham Lincoln. He has seen this section of country develop from a wild region to its present cultivated state and he can remember when his father caught deer and bear on this farm and sold their skins at Canton. FRED M. HARPHAM, one of Akron's enterprising young business men, junior member of the firm of Akers & Harpham, the leading roofing and cornice manufacturing house of this city, was born at Akron in 1875, and is a son of the late William Harpham. William Harpham was born in England and in 1870 came to Akron, where he engaged in the roofing and cornice business, brick manufacturing and dealing in builders' supplies. He was one of the representative business men of the city and was honored and esteemed by his fellow citizens. At the time of his death he was president of the City Council. Following his graduation from the Akron High School, Fred M. Harpham was employed for a time in the Akron Savings Bank, but on the death of his father he assumed the latter's interest in the firm of Akers & Harp-ham. He is also a stockholder and a director in the Akron Brick & Tile Company, and is a director and treasurer of the Akron Vitrified Clay Manufacturing Company. In 1904 Mr. Harpham was married to Cecil A. Johnson, who is a daughter of Judge A. B. Johnson, of Kenton, Ohio. They have one child, Louise Murcott. Mr. Harpham for some time represented the Sixth Ward on the Board of Education, and during this period he started a new era of school building. It was while he was the chairman of the building committee that the Miller school building was built, which was considered by experts one of the model school buildings of the