(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 575 JOHN G. OLIN for many years was one of the sterling men of Stow Township, a man whose integrity was never questioned, whose influence was felt in the practical development of his neighborhood and whose advice and judgment were sought by his fellow-citizens. He was born at Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio, October 17, 1851, and died on the property which he had acquired through industry and frugality, on April 1, 1900. The parents of John G. Olin were Alonzo and Elmira B. (Squires) Olin, and his grandparents were Samuel and Betsey (Green) Olin. Samuel Olin, the grandfather, was the pioneer of the family to Ohio. He was born July, 1793, at Shaftsbury, Vermont, and there and at St. Albans, his early life was spent, helping his father until he was of legal age. He then went to Whitestown, Oneida County, New York, and assisted his uncle, Silas Rawson, who kept a public inn at that place, and while there, in December, 1815, he married his cousin, Betsey Green. She was born in April 1797. In 1818, Samuel Olin and wife moved to Perry, New York, where two of his brothers had previously settled, and all farmed in partnership until the spring of 1822, when Samuel returned to Whitestown and remained two years with his uncle, who needed his assistance, after which he returned to his farm. Later he bought another farm on which he lived until February 28, 1839, when he left there for Ohio His household goods were packed in three great wagons, for he was a man of at least $10,000 of capital and property, and the first season after reaching Streetsboro, he built a fine brick house for hotel purposes, which was long known as Olin's Inn. He carried on his hotel for eleven years with profit, having had the necessary training with his uncle to make the business part of hotel-keeping a success, while his genial nature and hearty good fellowship made his companionship agreeable to travelers. The building of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad deflected trade and thus practically ruined his business. He spent the remainder of his life engaged in farming. At the time of his death, in 1874, his property was estimated to be worthy $60,000. Alonzo B. Olin, father of the late John G. Olin, was born May 18, 1820, at Perry, Wyoming County, New York, and died November 14, 1885. He had but meager educational advantages in his youth, partly because of the few schoolhouses in his vicinity, in boyhood, and partly because his services as a sturdy, robust youth, were demanded to assist in the pressing, work on the farm. He accompanied his father to Ohio and remained with him until his marriage, on October 12, 1842, to Elmira B. Squires, who was born also at Perry, New York, July 17, 1824. She still resides on the home farm in Portage County. After marriage, Alonzo B. Olin rented land of his father for a few years, but soon purchased land for himself and at the time of his death, by the exercise of the thrift taught him by his parents and natural to one who felt the responsibility of a growing family, he owned 224 acres of valuable land. He passed away after a busy and useful life, leaving behind the record which a family preserves as one of its best treasures. Of such honorable ancestry came the late John G. Olin. He remained at home until he was twenty-three years old. His attendance in the district schools was followed by two terms in the High School and one term at Mt. Union College. He worked for his father and was justly remunerated as long as he remained. In the spring following his marriage Mr. Olin settled on his brother Arthur's farm, in Franklin Township, Portage County, where he lived for five years, and then returned to Streetsboro and worked a rented farm for two years. In the meanwhile, he had been looking for a suitable investment and finally decided to come to Summit County and on March 10, 1882, purchased the farm of eighty acres, on which his widow still resides, He engaged in mixed farming, and his estimable wife capably managed the home dairy, and for twenty-two years made butter to supply customers who were particularly choice about this table necessity. Among the modern changes which have contributed largely 576 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY to ease the heavy duties falling on the farmers' wives, has been the establishing of cream- eries, and Mr. Olin was one of the first in his neighborhood to recognize the value of such an enterprise. He was one of the founders of the Co-operative Creamery, now a very successful industry at Stow. On November 4, 1874, Mr. Olin was married to the esteemed lady who still survives him, dearly cherishing his memory. She was Julia Ellsworth, who is a daughter of Rufus G. and Wealthy (Wilcox) Ellsworth, of Streetsboro. For six years prior to her marriage she resided in the family of Samuel Olin. Mr. and Mrs. Olin had one daughter, Hattie E., who was born January 29,. 1879. She was given many advantages and grew to attractive young womanhood. She was married March 26, 1902, to George Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have had two children, twins. One of these, Helen, who was born April 10, 1907, survives. Mr. and Mrs. Miller reside on the homestead, Mrs. Olin having retained but twenty acres of the same for her own use, hiring a tenant to operate it for her. Mrs. Olin is a valued member of the Disciples Church. The sudden death of John G. Olin was a shock not only to his family but to the whole community where he was so highly esteemed. He was a man of genial presence, and the hearty good will he entertained for all who came within the paths of his daily life, was warmly reciprocated, and it is doubtful if he had a real enemy in the world. No man enjoyed the ordinary pleasures of life more than he, and in every circle in which he moved his presence was welcome. In his political choice he was a Democrat, and many offices of local importance were pressed on him, his upright character and evident fitness making him popular with the majority of his fellow-citizens, irrespective of differing political faiths. For a number of years he filled the office of township trustee and supervisor, and at the time of his death was officiating in the former capacity. In all the different agencies established to improve his section, he was always consulted as to their utility, and he lent his influence uniformly to all movements which he believed would add to the general welfare and to the continued prosperity of Stow Township. FREDERICK WUNDERLICH, whose fine farm of sixty acres in Norton Township is one on which he has lived almost continuously since 1857, is one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of this section. Mr. Wunderlich was born in Prussia-Germany, November 19, 1837, and is a son of John and Margaret (Kisfert) Wunderlich. The father of Mr. Wunderlich was a silk weaver in his own land, but wages were small even for this difficult kind of work, and when Frederick was two and one-half years of age, he decided to try farming in the great country across the sea. Hence, the year 1839 found the German family safely established in Ohio. After a short residence at Cleveland, John Wunderlich moved his wife and children to a farm he had rented in Summit County, where he set up his weaving looms and also cultivated the land. The Wunderlichs lived for six years on Summit Hill, Coventry Township, and then moved to the neighborhood of Johnson's Corners, Norton Township, where he purchased forty acres of land. Here he resided until his death, never giving up his work at his trade. Frederick Wunderlich went to school at Johnson's Corners and worked for four years with his father at the weaving trade and then went to farming, which has been his main occupation ever since. For a number of years he also ran a cider press. When he married he came to his present farm, which is located about one-half mile south of Johnson's Corners. With the exception of two years spent in Indiana, Mr. Wunderlich has remained on this farm ever since, a period of almost fifty years. In 1878 he erected the present large, comfortable residence. He lost his barn from a stroke of lightning, hut rebuilt in a more substantial way in 1890. On July 27, 1857, Mr. Wunderlich was married to Lavina Huvler, who is a daughter of John and Elizabeth Huvler, who we AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 577 born in Pennsylvania, and came to Stark County, Ohio, where Mrs. Wunderlich was born. When she was fifteen years of age, her father bought the farm on which she has lived ever since, with the exception of two years. It is a fine old place and is endeared to her with memories of her girlhood and almost all of her married life. Mr. and Mrs. Wunderlich have two sons, John H. and Arthur. John H. has been married twice and has two !children, born to his first union, Frederick and Henry. Arthur also married and has one daughter, Inez. Both sons are pattern-makers. Mr. and Mrs. Wunderlich are among the oldest and most esteemed members of the Lutheran Church in this section. J. F. BETZLER, senior member of the firm of Betzler and Wilson, manufacturers of fountain pens, at Akron, has been a resident of Summit County, Ohio, for twenty-nine years. Mr. Betzler was born in Germany, in 1868, and was fourteen years of age when he came to America. The young German boy came directly to Summit County, and at Akron he found employment with the Summit Hard Rubber Company, which was then a branch of the B. F. Goodrich Company, and his .worth and efficiency were proved by his being retained by them for six years. He then became connected with the fountain pen manufacturing industry, working both in Chicago and Cincinnati, and subsequently returning to Akron, where, in 1892, in association with W. E. Wilson, he embarked in the business of manufacturing fountain pens. The firm of Betzler and Wilson have since put upon the market a pen bearing their name, which has stood the most thorough tests, and is handled all over the country, four men being required to visit the trade in the United States. Employment is given fifteen men in the factory. Mr. Betzler is the inventor and patentee of the Betzler and Wilson self-filled pen, which is the firm's leader of their 100 different styles of manufacture. The business has made a rapid and wonderful growth, and each season sees it still further expanded. In addition to his interest in this business, Mr. Betzler is a director in the Dollar Savings Bank. In 1896, Mr. Betzler was married to Elizabeth Kipp, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and they have one child, Alma. Mr. Betzler is a 32nd degree Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery at Akron, and to the Shrine and Lake Erie Consistory at Cleveland. He is a past grand in the Independent-Order of Odd Fellows. A man of recognized business enterprise, he enjoys a high commercial rating in the city which has witnessed the successful development of this business. J. M. DAVIDSON, one of Akron's leading citizens, who has been identified with her important enterprises for the past twenty-eight years, is one of the best known general contractors here and has had much to do in building up and improving the city. Mr. Davidson was born in 1858, in Scotland, where he remained until twenty years of age. In 1878 Mr. Davidson came to America, having completed his apprenticeship to the machinist trade prior to this, and in 1879 he reached Akron, where he entered the shops of the Taplin-Rice Company. He remained with the above firm for one and one-half years and then went to the Akron Iron Company, where he continued for some fifteen years. Mr. Davidson then entered into business for himself as a general contractor and coal dealer, doing all kinds of paving and sewer building, and having an extensive trade in coal, both wholesale and retail. Mr. Davidson has been awarded a number of very heavy contracts and has just completed over a mile of paving and sewer building at Ashland, Ohio. He has his large force of men at work at present on a contract that calls for the building of 2,300 feet of rock sewer.. Mr. Davidson is a good business man and has made a number of judicious investments since locating at Akron and he owns considerable stock in a number of the city's most prosperous enterprises. In November, 1890, Mr. Davidson was married to Emma Beck, who is a daughter of William Beck, and they have two children 578 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY living: William James and Ethel Ruth. One daughter, Rhoda, was killed during the riot of 1900. With his family, Mr. Davidson belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Davidson has never been very active politically and has never consented to be a candidate for office. He belongs to the order of Modern Woodmen. He is known to his fellow-citizens as a man of business capacity and integrity, one who in every way deserves the high regard in which he is held. WILLIAM N. PALMER, assistant general superintendent of the Diamond Match Company, at Barberton, was born at Middlebury, now Akron, Ohio, December 9, 1855, and is a son of Albert and Ann Elizabeth (Haughey) Palmer. Albert Palmer, father of William N., was born at Lyons, New York, in 1823, and is a son of Stephen Palmer, who brought his family to Akron in 1837. The latter was a manufacturer of fanning mills and when his father died, Albert Palmer continued the business. Albert Palmer and his wife both survive, after a happy married life of fifty-eight years, he having reached his eighty-fourth birthday, while she is seventy-seven years of age. They had seven children, as follows: C. H., who is vice-president of the Diamond Match Oompany; Kate, who is the wife of M. C. Lytle, residing at Wadsworth, Ohio; William N., whose name begins this sketch; Stephen; Frances, a. school teacher, residing at Akron; Nettie, who is the wife of Adolph Bonstead; and Jessie. William N. Palmer has been more or less identified with the match industry since boyhood, beginning to work for O. C. Barber, the pioneer match manufacturer, when but twelve years of age, the plant then being located at Middlebury, which is now a part of Akron. He attended school during the winter sessions for some years and also took a course in Wilder's Business College, but all spare time, holidays, Saturdays and even many evenings, were given to work for Mr. Barber. Gradually, from the humblest position, Mr. Palmer has advanced until he is now the as sistant superintendent of this immense plant. His knowledge is of a thoroughly practical nature, he having worked through the different departments in the factories. Mr. Palmer married Emma Tweed and they have one daughter, Mabel. GEORGE S. DAVIS, an extensive farmer and stock-raiser of Bath Township, and one of the most influential and widely respected citizens of Summit County, was born in New York state, November 21, 1845. son of William and Ann (Sewell) Davis. William Davis was born in Burns, Lincolnshire, England, April 14, 1809, and on May 16, 1833, was married to Ann Sewell, who was born at the same place about 1814. They came to this country in July, 1845, locating in New York state. They were the parents of a large family, of whom the following children were born to them in England: Jane, April 10, 1843, wife of I. S. King; Mary, February 16, 1836, who married S. E. Taylor; John, January 21, 1838; William, October 27, 1839; Thomas, December 2, .1841; Ann, November 15, 1843, widow of I, H. Miller, and now widow of L. V. Wychoff. The American-born children are: George S., the subject of this sketch; Sarah D., December 13, 1847, wife of George Bisbee; Eliza. beth, December 25, 1849, wife of Abraham Spencer; Emma E., September 6, 1852, wife of Sylvester Vallen; Alpha, December 3, 1854, wife of Frank Pierson; Clara B., January 6, 1857, wife of Charles Dietz. Of the above-mentioned family, Thomas was killed in the service of his country at the battle Pine Knob, Georgia, June 15, 1864, after having served faithfully under Sherman in all his battles up to that time. A year after their arrival in this country the family came to Summit County and purchased a farm in Bath Township, which was partly cleared. On this Mr. Davis erected a new house and barn and made a comfortable home for his family. In politics he affiliated with the Republican party. He was a member of the Odd Fellows, both in England and America, and he and his wife were earnest AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 579 members of the Disciples' Church. Mr. Davis died August 14, 1888, his wife having preceded him to the grave nearly twenty years, dying March 12, 1867. They were most worthy people, active in advancing the social and moral welfare of the community, and their memories will live long after them. George S. Davis was reared on the farm, and acquired his education in the common schools. As a young man he worked at the carpenter's trade, in which occupation he continued for six years. After his marriage he abandoned it and began farming, which has since been his occupation. He now owns one of the best farms in the county, comprising 300 acres, and improved in the most thorough and up-to-date manner. He gives a large share of his attention to the breeding of fine cattle and sheep, the excellence of which have become widely recognized. To facilitate this industry he has on his farm five large barns, arranged with every convenience for the care and proper raising of stock. He has also for some years past been engaged in raising horses, and now has some very fine Morgan and English coach horses. It may be still said of him today, as it was some years ago, that he probably owns more fine stock than any man in Bath Township. Mr. Davis was married February 12, 1873, to Miss Mary Barker, who was born September 10, 1848, daughter of Jared and Eleanor (Munson) Barker, well known residents of Bath Township. He and his wife have been the parents of the following children: Eleanor Belle, born January 30, 1874, died October 30, 1883; Jay, December 31, 1879; Jared, April 21, 1882; Mary, February 27, 1884; George, September 15, 1885; Anna, August 10, 1887; Paul, May 2, 1889. Mr. Davis is a strong Republican and cast his first presidential vote for General Grant. Of a retiring 'disposition, however, he takes but little part in politics, though in response to the desires of his fellow citizens he has served the town as a member of the Board of Education. He and his wife are broth members of the Congregational Church at Bath. FREDERICK J. BAUER, M. D., a leading physician at Mogadore, who has been located here for the past twenty-seven years, is, with one exception, the oldest continuous medical practitioner in the place. Dr. Bauer was born in Suffield Township, Portage County, Ohio, March 5, 1854, and is a son of Jacob and Christiana (Holzworth) Bauer. The parents of Dr. Bauer were born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and they came to America in 1839, settling on a farm of 100 acres, which then was located about a mile from the village of Erie, Pennsylvania, but is now included in the corporate limits of that city. At that time the land could have been purchased for thirty dollars an acre, but Jacob Bauer could not command that much capital at the time and the opportunity was lost for the making of an independent fortune. He removed from Pennsylvania and settled in Suffield Township, Portage County, Ohio, between 1840 and 1845, on a farm two miles southeast of Suffield. He died about 1887, aged eighty-one years. He married Christiana Holzworth, who died in 1882, at the age of sixty years. They were the parents of nine children, namely: Rudolph, George, Sophia, Mary, Odelia, Frederick J., Lena, Lucinda and Jacob. Rudolph Bauer died in 1905, and George died at the age of two years. Sophia, who died in 1859, was the wife of William Wilson, who was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War. They left one son, Charles Wilson, who is a prominent citizen of Lamar, Missouri, of which village he has been mayor, and is now serving as night telegraph agent for the Missouri & Pacific Railroad. Mary, who is the widow of George Price, resides, with her eight children, on her farm adjoining the old homestead.' Odelia, who is the widow of Newton Stauffer, resides with her daughter and granddaughter northeast of Tallmadge. Lena, who married John Peterson, resides in Jasper County, Missouri. Lucinda married John May and they reside with their children on the old Bauer homestead. Jacob W., the youngest member of this family, has charge of the United States Weather Bureau at Co- 580 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY lumbia, South Carolina, where he has been located since 1893, having served at various points since 1881. He was educated at Mt. Union College. He married Esther Washburn, of Brooklyn, New York, and they have one son and several daughters. The boyhood of Dr. Bauer was spent on his father's farm and his early education was obtained in the district schools. He secured better educational advantages after he had earned the money by teaching, to pay for them, and he spent three years at Mt. Union College. In 1876 he left school and in the following year began to read medicine with Dr. Ferguson, of Mogadore, and later entered the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, for one year, going from there to the medical department of the Wooster University, which is now the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Cleveland, where he was graduated in the class of 1880. Dr. Bauer returned to Mogadore and entered into partnership with his old preceptor, Dr. Ferguson, and this association continued until the death of the latter in January, 1886, since which 'time Dr. Bauer has been alone. During his twenty-seven years of professional work in this place, Dr. Bauer has so demonstrated his ability that he has gained the confidence of the public and the respect of his associates in the practice of medicine. He has taken an active part in public affairs, particularly in those concerning his own state, county and city, and has shown his sincerity by lending his influence to many public-spirited movements. He owns considerable real estate at Mogadore and is a stockholder in the Colonial Brick Company. In 1885 Dr. Bauer was married to Catherine S. Rubbins, who was born in the state of New York, and is a daughter of John and Lydia M. (Olds) Rubbins, the former of whom Was born in England, and the latter in New York, where she was one of a family of twelve children. Dr. and Mrs. Bauer have two sons, Fred Otis and Carl Holtzworth, the former of whom is a student at Mt. Union College, and the latter of whom graduated in the class of 1907, from the Mogadore High School. Both fine types of young American youths. The residence in which Dr. Bauer and family reside and which he owns, was built by the Kents, very early settlers here. It has a historic interest from the fact that when it was completed, one of the workmen broke over its roof a bottle of, liquor and christened the village of Mogadore, from the town of that name in Africa, where he had once been a prisoner. Dr. Bauer is one of the leading Democrats of this section, and on one occasion was chosen by his party as its candidate for county auditor. He has served a number of times as a delegate to the state conventions and for many years has been a regular delegate to the county conventions. Since 1885, Dr. Bauer has been a Mason, and in 1891 he became a charter member of Lodge No. 482, Knights of Pythias, at Mogadore. JOHN A. WHITMAN, who resides on a well-improved farm of three and one-half acres in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, Ohio, owns also eighty-seven acres in Norton Township, Summit County, and eight acres in Wadsworth Township, Medina County, this property being all in one body. Mr. Whitman was born June 24, 1857, in Chippewa. Township, Wayne County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Jane (Allerding) Whitman. Andrew Whitman, the grandfather of John A., was a native of Pennsylvania, and at an early day came to Chippewa Township, where he was married to Margaret Marshall, who was a native of Knox County, Ohio. He purchased the farms on which both his son John and his grandson, John A., were born. He acquired considerable property, and, in addition to farming, he operated a cider mill and also engaged in threshing. John Whitman was born on a farm located south of Doylestown in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, and subsequently purchased the present farm of John A. Whitman, from his father. He became thresher, miller and general farmer. He was married in Knox County, Ohio, to Jane Allerding, who came AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 583 from France when aged sixteen years. To them were born eight children, as follows: Caroline, who is the Widow of Frank Stotler; John A.; Ella, deceased, who was the wife of Bartley Lynch;' Mary, who died at the age of thirteen years; Lawrence and Josephine, both of 'whom. died of diphtheria, the last three named children dying within six weeks; Clara, who is a graduate nurse, residing at Cleveland, Ohio and Matilda, who resides at Doylestown. The mother of these children died September 30, 1904. The father died in 1876. John A. Whitman was reared on the home farm, and attended the country school. When aged nineteen years his father's death occurred and the main duties of the farm thus fell upon his shoulders. He has always carried on general farming, and, in addition, is now making a specialty of raising Durham cattle. A rather unusual circumstance is. that his excellent farm lies in three counties, his residence being on the Wayne County portion, while his barn is situated in ,Summit County. Mr. Whitman was married in 1885 to Johanna Schmitz, whose death occurred April 16, 1902, and to them there were born eight children, namely: Lawrence, Mary, Clara, John, Lucy, Herman, Leo and Cecelia.. Mr: Whitman is a member of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association. With his family he attends the Doylestown Catholic Church. JOSEPH COOPER, of the brick manufacturing firm of Cooper Brothers, at Akron, has been a resident of this city and identified with its business interests for the past forty years. Mr. Cooper was born in Staffordshire, England, in 1847, and was reared, and educated, and learned .his trade in his native land. At the age of twenty years, Mr. Cooper came to America, settling in Akron, and working the first year for the firm of Kent & Baldwin in their machine shops. He subsequently entered the employ of Byron Allison, in the brick business, with whom he remained for about ten years. Then, in partnership with his brother, Samuel Cooper, he leased the old, Briggs brick plant; and the firm, under the name. of Cooper Brothers, have been engaged since in manufacturing and delivering all kinds of building brick. Their plant is located at No. 573 Spicer Street. They give employment to a number of skilled workers, and the industry is one of the substantial ones of the city. In 1869, Joseph Cooper was married (first) to Agnes Lang, who died soon after marriage. He married (second) Mary Palmer, of which union there is one daughter, Emily, who married Samuel Crisp, and resides at home, with her parents. Mr. Cooper is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He belongs to the English Society, known as the Sons of St. George. In politics he is a republican. HIRAM F. SNYDER, who owns an excellent farm of 104 acres in Franklin Township, was born on the old Snyder homestead, in Franklin Township, Summit County, Ohio, August 10, 1859, and is a son of Michael and Nancy (Marsh) Snyder. Michael Snyder, father of Hiram F., was born in Alsace, France,_ and accompanied his parents, Michael and Barbara (Weimer) Snyder to America. They came to Springfield Township,' Summit .County, by way of the canal, and when they passed through Akron, in 1838, there was but one store in the village. Mr. Snyder was looking for land on which to establish a home and he was offered 100 acres on the site of Akron for the sum. of $600. He Considered the soil there too light for deep cultivation and purchased a farm in Springfield Township, from which he, moved, eight. years later, to another near that on which his grandson, Hiram F., resides. He died in 1897, aged ninety-two years, his wife having passed away in 1876, aged seventy years. In France he engaged in milling,, but confined himself to farming after coining to Ohio. es and Barbara Snyder, or Schneider as the name was spelled in their day, had the following children: George; Michael; Frederick, residing at Barberton; Eve, who married John Dailey; and 584 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY Julia, who married David Steel. Frederick Snyder is the only survivor of this family. Michael Snyder, father of Hiram F., was six years old when his parents emigrated, and as he grew to youth and manhood, found much hard work in assisting in the clearing up of his father's property. He accumulated land of his own and at the time of his death in 1893, he owned 246 acres. He married Nancy Marsh, who was born in Franklin Township, and they had a family of ten children, two of whom died in infancy. Those who reached mature age were: Milton, residing at Barberton ; Hiram F.; Samuel; Louisa, who married James Henry; Amanda, who married C. Blough; William E., residing at Akron, where he is a well-known attorney; Elliott; and Ida, who died at the age of nineteen years. Hiram F. Snyder was fourteen years old when the family moved to a place near the one he owns, and he remained at home until his twenty-third year, when he secured his present farm from the family estate. In 1866 coal was found on this farm and rich veins have been opened, many tons having been excavated by the. Franklin Coal Company and the C. F. Wagoner Company. Mr. Snyder was employed by the coal company for eighteen months, but with this exception, has devoted himself entirely to farming. He has served as a member of the School Board for several terms. On December 12, 1882, Mr. Snyder was married (first) to Elizabeth Keller, who died in the spring of 1894, leaving three children : Eva, Frank and Howard. In 1896 he was married (second) to Mary Limbaugh, and they have four children : Henry, Martha, and Paul and Ruth, the latter twins. Mr. Snyder and family belong to the Reformed Church. C. LEE BRIGGS, one of Akron's enterprising young business men, engaged in general contracting, was born in Medina County, Ohio, in 1871, and is a son of Thomas G. Briggs, a prominent farmer, and a grandson of Daniel G. Briggs, who settled in Medina County in 1852. C. Lee Briggs was reared in Medina Count and, after completing the common school course, entered Buchtel College. After lea ing college he made his home for some five years at Springfield, Missouri, where he was first employed in the office of a street railway and later in the Bank of Springfield. Since 1898 he has been engaged in a general co tracting business, but for eighteen mont previously he had served as secretary of the Builders' Exchange. In 1905 he erected a fine home at Akron and this city has been his place of residence up to the present time. In 1895 Mr. Briggs was married to Mary Brown, of Akron, and they have one s Clifton. Mr. Briggs is interested in a number of organizations at Akron, is a director in the Dollar Savings Bank, is a member of the Masonic club and the Portage Country club, and of the Builders' Exchange of Cleveland. IRVIN H. SPANGLER, residing on his farm of forty-seven acres, which is situated in Franklin Township and is a part of the old Spangler homestead, was born on this farm in Summit County, Ohio, August 4, 1870, and is a son of Joseph and Adeline (Hoy) Spangler. Joseph Spangler was born in Franklin Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of David Spangler, who settled here at an early day. Joseph Spangler was married (first) to Caroline Smith, who also was reared in Franklin Township, and the four children born to that marriage were: Adam, John, Charles and Jennie, the latter of whom married O. W. Baum. Mr. Spangler was married (second) to Adeline Hoy, who died July 4, 1904. She was a daughter of David Hoy, of Hocking County, Ohio. Three children were born to the second union, as follows: David E., Irvin H. and Joseph. The father still survives, having reached the age of eighty-seven years, •and is a resident of Akron. Irvin H. Spangler was reared on the home farm and attended the local schools. With the exception of six years spent at Manches- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 585 ter, in boyhood, he has lived continuously on the present farm, having purchased forty-seven acres from his father. He cultivates both his own farm and the one his father retains, which is also situated in Franklin Township. On December 18, 1890, Mr. Spangler was married to Laura Bender, who is a daughter of Harvey F. Bender, and they have had six children, namely : Florence, Robert, Lydia, Burdette, Irene and Ira, all of whom are living, with the exception of Lydia, who died aged four months. Mr. Spangler is a member of the order of Maccabees. HARVEY A. MYERS, a well known farmer and stock dealer of Norton Township, was born on the excellent farm of eighty acres on which he now resides, December 29, 1853, son of Alpheus and Salome (Myers) Myers. Alpheus Myers was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1818, and in boyhood accompanied his father, Henry Myers, to a farm near Wooster, Ohio. Later, Henry Myers, with all his family except Alpheus, removed to Indiana, where he died. Alpheus Myers came to Summit County April, 1846, where he purchased the 80-acre farm now owned and operated by his son, Harvey. He later bought the Sherman farm of 140 acres, and during the Civil War he further increased the extent of his property by purchasing a farm of 100 acres situated across the road from where he lived and which was called the Mosier farm. In addition to these farms he owned one of 140 acres in Missouri. He also drilled and found coal and opened the mine, known as the Myers mine in Wadsworth Township, Medina County. He was a man of excellent business qualifications, and during the Civil war made a large amount of money in buying and shipping horses for the government. He was a highly respected citizen of Norton Township and died March 1, 1878. His death was the result of an accident. He was about to make a business trip to the west and also visit his aged mother. While waiting at the Wadsworth station, en- gaged in conversation with a friend, he accidentally stepped in front of a moving brain and was instantly killed. Alpheus Myers married Salome Myers, who survived him many years, dying in October, 1900. They had six children, the youngest of whom, Owen, died October 7, 1905. The others were as follows: William H., residing in Akron ; Mary, wife of Isaac Tinsman, and a resident of Akron ; Lavina, who married Solomon Kraver, and resides in Medina County ; Josepha, residing in Medina County, who married (first) Septimius Siberling, and moved to Iowa, where he died, and (second) Jacob Slamker, whom she survives; and Harvey A., of Norton Township. Harvey A. Myers was reared in his native place and has always resided on this fine, old farm, where he successfully carries on general farming and stock-dealing, making a specialty of cows. He attended the district schools during his boyhood, and is a man of much general information, keeping himself abreast of the times, as the modern farmer has to do to enjoy a full measure of prosperity. Mr. Myers married Alice B. Miller, a daughter of Frank Miller, of Norton Township, and they have a family of eight children, namely: Frank, married and residing in Akron ; Fred, who married Emma Weaver and resides at home with his parents; Sadie, who is the wife of Charles Messner, and has one • child, Florence; Mattie, who married William Helmick, and has one child, Floy; Hattie, who married Elmer Hall and has one child, Harold.; and Elsie, Vernie and Chloe, Mr. and Mrs. Myers have their children settled around them, or still remaining under the home roof, and have never yet been called on to part with any of them. The family is one well known all through Norton Township. C. W. MOORE, president of the Union Printing Ink Company, one of Akron's useful industries, with a plant located at 1031 South High Street, has been a resident of this city for over a quarter of a century, and 586 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY from, boyhood has been identified with many of its various interests, Mr. Moore was born April 10, 1866, at Erie, Pennsylvania, and when fifteen years old came to Akron, where he attended school for a time. He then went to: work for the Thomas Phillips Paper Company, with which he remained for nine years, being for six years afterwards with the Akron Chemical Company. He then became one of the organizers of the Union Printing Ink Company, which enterprise was incorporated April 27, 1901, with a capital stock of $10,- 000. Mr. Moore has been president of the company since its incorporation. The company manufactures all kinds of ink, and its field of trade is constantly widening. Mr. Wore has that practical knowledge of the tininess, combined with executive ability, which enables him to direct its course successfully in the face of competition. On June 30, 1896, Mr. Moore was married to Louise E. Meir, who was born in Akron. He and his wife are members of Grace Reformed Church, and he belongs to the Board of Deacons. His fraternal connections include membership in Nemo Lodge, and the Encampment, I. 0. 0. P. WEBSTER 'FRANKLIN CARMANY, an enterprising and progressive agriculturist Of Stow Township, who is engaged in the cultivation of a farm of 108 acres, Was born on his present farm July 18, 1878, son of Isaac and Ellen (Durstein) Carmany. Isaac Carmany was born in Manchester, Franklin Township, Summit County, where he now carries on extensive farming operations: His wife, Ellen who was the daughter Of Jacob Durstein, died in July, 1903, aged forty-eight years: She professed the faith of the Evangelical Church of the local organization, of which Mr. Carmany is treasurer. An earnest Christian woman, she was active in church and charitable work. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Carmany--Cora Elnora, who is deceased; Webster Franklin; and 'Russell Glenard, who lives at home. Webster Franklin Carmany was educated in the common schools and at the age of eighteen years received a teacher's certificate in Manchester, to :which place he had come in 1887. He never engaged in teaching, however, but learned the trade of drafting and pattern making in Franz Body's shop in Akron, which he followed for ten or twelve years at different places. In 1904, on account of ill health, he was forced to give up this occupation, and purchased his present farm from his father, it having been formerly the property of his mother. Mr. Carmany cultivates seventy-five acres of this tract, raising oats, wheat, corn and potatoes, and his farm is one of the most highly cultivated in this section of the township. In the winter Months he keeps seven or eight head of cattle and disposes of his milk to the Cooperative Creamery at Stow Corners. Mr. Carmany was married to Amelia Shumacher, who is a daughter of Charles Shumacher of Akron, and four children have been born to them: Florence Blanche, Helen May, Mabel Celia and Charles Isaac. Mr. Carmany is a member of the Maccabees at Elkhart, and in politics is independent. With his family he attends the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Carmany's father was born in Germany, coming to America at twenty-one years of age, in 1865. He married Celia Herbruck, of Stark County, Ohio. Both parents are now living. GEORGE H. COWLING, residing on a very valuable farm of eighty-four acres, which was formerly known as the old Lin-ford Surfass farm, in Norton Township, was horn in what is now known as Barberton, on the farm of his uncle, Abraham Betz, March 27, 1861, and is a son of Joseph and Catherine (Betz) Cowling. The father of Mr. Cowling was born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, where he learned the trade of weaving woolen blankets, at which he worked until about thirty years of age, when he went to farming. When he came first to Summit County he settled at Middlebury and operated a weaving factory, for a time and then moved to the present site of Barberton, from which point, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 587 in 1865, he moved to the Jacob Wise farm, West, of Norton Center. After living there for six years he moved to the J. F. Seiberling farm, which he rented for twenty-one years. Mr. Cowling then moved to Nebraska, accompanied by all of his family except George H., where he bought a farm of 300 acres. He lived there for seven years, but sold on account of the climate not agreeing with his wife, and returned to Ohio in the hope of restoring her to health. He settled in Medina County in 1893, where she died in 1894. Mr. Cowling still survives, aged eighty years, residing on his farm in Wadsworth Township. George H. Cowling was reared in Norton Township and has made farming his main business in life. In 1884 he was married to Mary Baughman, who died April 20, 1905. She was a daughter of James Baughman, a tanner by trade, who formerly lived at Western Star. Two children were born to this marriage, Bessie and William. For sixteen years Mr. Cowling and family lived in Wadsworth Township, moving from there to Sharon Township for four years, and then came to Norton Township, Summit County. He purchased the present farm of George Dreisbach, January 6, 1903, and moved to it on March 7, 1904. He sold the property on May 28, 1907, to O. C. Barber. Mr. Cowling is a well known and highly respected citizen. FRANK SPRIGGLE, the owner and operator of the old Chamberlin mill, a landmark in Summit County, which is situated in Springfield Township, as is also Mr. Spriggle's truck farm of seventeen acres, is a well-known and respected citizen of this section, where he has spent the whole of his life. He was born in Summit County, Ohio, May 18, 1856, and is a son of Jacob and Christina (Pontius) Spriggle. The first of the Spriggle family to locate in Summit County was Emanuel Spriggle, who came from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and settled on the Rudy farm, one mile east of Uniontown, but a few acres 'of which, had yet been cleared, the rest of the land being covered with a heavy growth of timber. Emanuel Spriggle lived into his ninety-ninth year, and never moved beyond the radius of twenty miles from the place on which he first settled. Jacob Spriggle, father of Frank, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1827, and accompanied his parents to Summit County in 1833. He often told his children, in later days, of the wild conditions that prevailed in his boyhood, where they only saw cultivated land and a comfortable home. There were many deer in this section and it was no unusual event to find them hiding in various places about the farm, sometimes in a hollow tree and at other times under a shock of grain. They had not yet learned their later fear of human beings and at that time were not difficult of capture. Jacob Spriggle learned the blacksmith trade at Uniontown, which he followed more or less for forty-five years in Coventry Township He retired from work by order of his physician, who had discovered heart trouble, and he now resides at Monroe Falls. During his active years he built hundreds of coal cars for Brewster Brothers and the Steese Coal Banks. He was married (first) to Elizabeth Pontius, a native of Ohio and a member of a prominent old family. She died in 1865, the mother of two sons and two daughters, namely: Mania, who died at the age of twelve years; Frank; Amanda, who married Cyrus Kepler, and Melinda, who married Philip Danner, now deceased. The second marriage of Jacob Spriggle was to Elizabeth Spitler, and they had the following children: Allen, residing between Monroe and Cuyahoga Falls, married Emma Myers; Jacob, residing on the old home with his father and sister, operates the farm and also works in the adjacent paper mill; Jeremiah, residing at Cuyahoga Falls, engaged in a grocery business,' married Addie Huron; Jacob, residing a few miles 'west of Winnipeg, Canada; Barbara, residing near Monroe Falls, is the widow of Frank Donaldson, who died in 1904; Henry, who lives at home; Sarah, who married William Ritzman, 588 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY residing between Talmadge and Monroe Falls, and Mary, who married Isah Bechtel, residing in Monroe Falls. Frank Spriggle was reared a farmer and all his mature life has been devoted to tilling the soil and milling. He owns seventeen acres of very valuable, productive land, and this tract he devotes to truck purposes, making it very profitable through his excellent methods. He divides his time between his farm and the mill, having acquired the latter property in 1896. He makes here only Graham and rye flour and chops and has a steady run of custom. This mill was built sixty-five years ago by James Chamberlin, who operated it for a number of years. Later it was the property of William Buchtel and still later of John Hosler, who 'made the last flour produced here. After his death the property was disposed of at the administrator's sale, and was purchased by Mr. Spriggle. In 1881 Mr. Spriggle was married to Sevilla Grable, who is a daughter of Jonathan Grable, a substantial farmer of Green Township, Summit County, and they have had two sons and two daughters born to them, namely: Della, who married William Briner, residing in Copley Township, has two children, Frank and Margaret; Susie, who married Frank Gougler, residing in Springfield Township, has three children, Park, Pearl and Dayton; Newton, residing at home and working in the mill, and Earl, residing at home and working on a railroad. In political sentiment, Mr. Spriggle is nominally a Democrat, but he reserves the right to cast his vote independently. Religiously, he is a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ, the Saints and the Last Days. There are many lessons to be learned in considering the life of Mr. Spriggle. He left home in boyhood after the death of his mother, and without the slightest assistance in the way of counsel or financial help, has acquired valuable property and has gained a place in the community where he commands the respect and enjoys the esteem of his fellow-citizens. His success is the direct result of his own unassisted efforts. ABRAHAM SNYDER, a leading citizen of Springfield Township, who is engaged in threshing and operating both a grain and sawmill, was born May 7, 1833, on a farm but one and a quarter miles distant from the one on which he lives, in Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio. His parents were Jost A. and Salome (Baughman) Snyder. The father of Mr. Snyder was born August 25, 1791, in Low Hill Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and came to Green Township, Summit County, which was then a part of Stark County, after his marriage. He served under General Jackson in the War of 1812, and participated in the battle of New Orleans. When he settled in Summit County he had a wagon and two horses, by means of which he had transported his family and possessions over the 500 miles between the old home and the new, and a money capital of $105, all but five dollars of which he paid for twenty acres of land. To this first purchase he made seven additions of adjoining land, and at his death owned sixty-three acres. He built first a cabin of logs, 10 by 15 feet in dimensions, which was supplanted by a larger cabin having a board roof, and this in turn was followed by a hewed-log house, two and one-half stories in height, its dimensions being 30 by 20 feet, and his fourth house and the last one which he erected was also of logs, framed about, 24 by 16 feet in dimensions, with a kitche attached which was 10 by 12 feet. Mr. Snyder was a man of pioneer robu mess and was reasonably proud of his prowess in hunting bear, and frequently shot wolves and deer on the very land on which Akron now stands. He never forgot the friends of his youth, and during his subsequent residence in Ohio, walked the distance of 500 miles back to Pennsylvania to visit those left behind, on three occasions. He was welcome wherever he went, being a man of kindly nature, jovial spirit and great native intelligence. He married Salome Baughman and they had fifteen children, namely: Joshua, Elizabeth, George, Joel, Isaiah, Jacob, So- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 589 phia, Daniel, Paul, Ezra, Jonas, Abraham, Nathan and Peter, all surviving to a good age except two, one of these being an unnamed infant born next to the youngest. They grew up resembling their father, large, fine appearing men and women. The survivors are: Nathan, residing in Brimfield Township, Portage County; Paul, residing in West Township, Marshall County, Indiana, and Abraham, of Springfield Township. Abraham Snyder had few educational advantages in his youth, his real school attendance being covered by two months, but he has always made the most of his opportunities and is able to write intelligently in both the English and German languages, something very 'many of the younger generation cannot accomplish. He thinks he is probably one of the oldest threshers in all this section, as he was not more than ten years of age when he began feeding a threshing machine. During his boyhood he worked in the mill in his neighborhood, during a large part of the time when not threshing, and during the winter seasons helped operate the old loom in the kitchen, where all the cloth for the big family was woven. He grew to manhood with ingrained habits of industry and thrift. When the Civil War broke out, Mr. Snyder commenced to consider the subject of enlisting, but like many others, private duties and responsibilities stood in the way. He had been reared a Democrat by a stanch Democratic father, but both were men of loyal sentiment and, in 1863, Abraham Snyder proved that his patriotism was more than mere talk by offering his services and enlisting in Company F, Third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, with the rank of first lieutenant. He participated in many important battles and traveled thousands of miles on long and weary marches. After the close of the Civil War, Mr. Snyder returned to his home and engaged in farming and his previous occupations until 1888, when he moved on his present farm, where be is still engaged in milling and also in threshing. Snyder's mill at Millheim is a historic landmark. The darn was built in 1817 and the mill constructed shortly afterward, and it is the oldest mill in Summit County. In 1828 it was rebuilt by Michael Myers and is situated on a part of lot 7, tract 6, on the banks of Tuscarawas Creek. Mr. Snyder purchased the mill from H. J. Kreighbaum in 1899, he being the assignee of its former owner, William C. Shook. The stanch old frame work is of hewed timber. A sawmill formerly stood near, but the grain mill was built soon after the first settlement. It is a paying property under Mr. Snyder's excellent .management. He grinds chop and feed and has all he can do, keeping the mill running both day and night. On June 19, 1858, Mr. Snyder was married to Catherine Cranoble, who is a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Cranoble. She was born in Grote Township, Center County, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1831, and accompanied her parents to Suffield Township, Portage County, where they settled on the farm now owned by Jacob Mishler. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have had born to them four sons and one daughter, the survivors being: William, Stephen Douglas, Sarah and George Pendleton. William Snyder, residing at Millheim, married Mary Rodenbaugh, who is now deceased. She left two sons and one daughter, Curtis, Oscar W. and Sadie. Stephen Douglas Snyder married Mary Ellen Tritt, who is a daughter of Joseph Tritt, and they reside in the brick house near Tritt mill. They have six children, namely: Agnes, Frank, George, Stanley, Harry and Anna. Sarah Snyder married William Tritt, who has a farm and owns a home at Middlebury. He is engaged in the rural mail delivery service. Their children are: Norman, Hugh, Elton, Wilbur and Nettie, George, the youngest of Mr. Synder's family, is unmarried, and resides at home assisting his father. Both Mr. Snyder and his wife remain hale and hearty, and they both continue their usual avocations and enjoy the pleasant social life of the neighborhood with as much ease and zest as they did many years ago. They are people who stand very 590 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY high in the esteem of the community and are known from one end of the township to the other. All his mature life, Mr. Snyder has taken an interest in seeing his neighborhood advance with the rest of the world and he has willingly done his share in developing it. He has been liberal in his contributions to schools, churches and public-spirited enterprises of various kinds, while he is noted for his many acts of benevolence which he never discusses. For the past fifteen years he has served as township assessor, and in keeping his records he has preserved the ages of all the taxpayers in the township, finding it to sum up at present to 18,671 years. He is a faithful and efficient official. THE COLUMBIA CHEMICAL COMPANY, manufacturers of soda ash, caustic soda and sulphate of ammonia, with extensive works located at Barberton, is one of the most important industries of Summit County. The plant of this great company covers more than fifteen acres, and the factories are entirely of modern construction and equipment. The location of the plant is on the old Baughman farm, which was devoted to agriculture for many years. The company owns also some 300 acres of land, from which source are obtained a large part of the material consumed in the manufacture of their products. The trade field is not confined to the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, although that mighty corporation uses the bulk of their goods. Employment is given to from 400 to 500 men and boys, many of the former being expert chemists. The Columbia Chemical Company was organized and incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1899, beginning operations in 1900. Its capital stock was placed at $1,500,000. The works of this company were built at Barberton, but the main offices of the company have always remained at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The officers of the Columbia Chemical Company are all men of experience, enterprise and large capital. They are: W. L. Clause, president; William D. Hartupee, vice presi dent; Charles W. Brown, secretary; Edward Pitcairn, treasurer, and H. A. Galt, general manager, the officers making up the Board of Directors. EPHRAIM STUMP, a highly respected retired resident of Franklin Township, residing on his farm of nineteen acres near Manchester, which is particularly valuable on account of several fine veins of coal having been opened on it, was born on the old homestead north of Manchester, Franklin Township, Summit. County, Ohio, May 28, 1842, and is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Sorrick) Stump. John Stump, the grandfather of Ephraim, was born in Pennsylvania, from whence he came to Ohio, settling west of Manchester, in Franklin Township, Summit County, locating on a farm which was but partly cleared. In 1841 he replaced the original log cabin with a stone house, which is still standing, it being about the only one left of the many stone houses of the '40's. Wild game was plentiful in those days, and Mr. Stump has in his possession some turkey feet, the birds having been shot in 1850, by his grandfather. The Indians had not yet left this locality, and Mr. Stump recalls numerous interesting experiences with them. Here John Stump and his wife, Elizabeth (Grove) Stump, lived for the remainder of their lives. They had eight children, four sons, namely: Jacob, David, John and Levi; and four daughters, namely: Catherine, who married William Kauffman ; Eliza, who married Samuel Grove; Mary, who 'married P. Myers, and Sarah, who married J. W. Swigart. Jacob Stump was about ten years old when the family journeyed from Pennsylvania to Ohio. In his youth, when not engaged in farming, he frequently filled the family larder with game. After his marriage he settled on a farm near which the Brewster mines were later opened, although this did not take place until after his death. He married Catherine Sorrick, who was a daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Raber) Sorrick, who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania. Five AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 593 children were born to this marriage, as follows: Ephraim, Matilda, who married George Donnenwith; Nathaniel, William, who is deceased, and Amos, who died in infancy. Jacob Stump died at the age of sixty-seven years and the death of his widow followed a few years later. Ephraim Stump had but limited educational opportunities, as his services were re-required on the home farm, where he chopped wood, picked stones and threshed rye. From his sixteenth year until he was married he worked his father's farm, and thereafter operated rented farms until 1873, when he purchased his present farm in Manchester, a tract of nineteen acres, from the Hamm heirs. He located on this place in 1884, and until 1903 was engaged in agricultural pursuits. In that year coal was discovered on his property, which has since been mined by the Beachwood Company of Cleveland, the output of the mines being from 300 to 400 tons daily. Mr. Stump is now living in quiet retirement. In his political views he is a Democrat and supports that party's candidates on every occasion, but he has never cared for public life nor held office. His fraternal connection is with the Knights of Maccabees. On November 29, 1870, Mr. Stump was united in marriage with Louisa Smith, who is a daughter of Daniel and Eliza (Diehl) Smith, and to this union there were born three children, namely: Bertie, Clarence and Frederick. Bertie married William Sissler, and they have three children: Gerrold, Donovan and John. Mr. and Mrs. Stump are consistent members and liberal supporters of the Reformed Church. GEORGE W. HART, who, for twenty years was a highly respected resident of Cuyahoga Falls, and formerly a successful agriculturist of Stow Township, was born at Middleburg, Summit County, Ohio, July 12, 1832, and died at Cuyahoga. Falls, December 15, 1900. He was a son of Colonel John C. and Margaret (Sterling) Hart. The Hart family originated in England and came to Connecticut among the early colonists. Rufus Hart, the, grandfather of George W., was born at Goshen, Connecticut, in 1771, and in 1795 he married Esther Cotter. In 1802 he moved to Genesee County, New York, and in May, 1815, to Middlebury, Ohio, which is now the Sixth Ward of Akron, which city was then represented by less than a half dozen log cabins, the whole surrounding country being then col ered by a heavy forest growth. As an officer in the War of 1812, he participated in the battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane, and the burning of Buffalo. Colonel John C. Hart, father of George W., was born at Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, April 17, 1798, and was only fourteen years of age when he joined Captain Stone's company of cavalry. He was in his father's regiment at various points and bravely faced hardships with the veterans at the evacuation of Fort George. He continued in the service until the close of the war, and then accompanied his father to New York and subsequently to Ohio. When he was twenty-one years old he left the paternal roof and started out to seek the proverbial fortune, incidentally to find employment. He was of 'robust constitution, and the mere fact of being obliged to walk a hundred miles or so probably did not discourage him to any great degree. When he reached Steubenville he boarded a lumber raft and floated a distance down the river; from that point he walked to Cincinnati, and from there made his way to St. Louis. For about two months he worked in a mill in that city and later engaged in the manufacture of brick at a small place where malarial conditions prevailed to such an extent that he was taken ill with chills and fever, and his adventures abroad were brought to a close. He managed to return home, and when he regained his health purchased a farm of fifty acres just south of Middlebury, and there passed the rest of his active life, dying August 20, 1880. He always remained interested in military affairs and late in life he raised a regiment of cavalry of which he was elected colonel. 594 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY On February 23, 1831, John C. Hart was married to Mrs. Margaret A. Sterling, and they became the parents of the following children: George W., John S., Charles S., Hiram, Elizabeth and Fannie A. The last mentioned married Clinton Ruckel. Hiram died from disease contracted in the Civil War. The late George W. Hart was reared and educated in his native township and attended the local schools, in the meanwhile assisting on the home farm. After his marriage he settled on a farm of 160 acres situated in Stow Township, where he resided until he retired to Cuyahoga FaIls in 1880. He made his main interest dairying and sheep growing. He was a man of sterling character, strong in the advocacy of what he believed to be right, but just in his dealings with all men. For many years he was a vestryman of St. John's Episcopal Church at Cuyahoga Falls. In his political life he was a stanch supporter of the Republican party and was a man particularly well fitted for public office, but his ambitions were not in that direction. He served as township commissioner and always, took an interest in the public schools. He was connected with the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Star Lodge, No. 187, at Cuyahoga Falls. On August 18, 1853, George W. Hart was married to Anna H. Beardsley, who was born in Middlebury (Akron) July 18, 1832, and is a daughter of Talman and Temperance (Spicer) Beardsley. To this marriage six children were born, the two who reached maturity being: Emma F. and Clarissa. The latter married R. D. Morgan, and resides at Cleveland. Mrs. Hart and her daughters are members of the Episcopal Church. Talman Beardsley, father of Mrs. Hart, was born December 23, 1799, in Delhi, Delaware County, New York, and accompanied his father's family to Licking County, Ohio, in 1810, and to Middlebury in 1818, where he worked for a short time in a foundry, and then bought a farm which is the present site of the Leggett school. He disposed of that property and bought another in Coventry Township on which he lived for thirty years. He became a leading citizen in this part of Summit County, was a prominent Republican, and served many years as a justice of the peace and also as township clerk. His parents were Daniel and Hannah (Bailey). Beardsley. In 1831, Talman Beardsley married Temperance Spicer, who was a daughter of Major Minor and Cynthia (Allen) Spicer. Major Spicer was a native of Connecticut and a soldier in the War of the Revolution. He was a very early pioneer in Summit County, where he acquired large tracts of land. He donated the land on which Buchtel College now stands, it formerly -having been his private burying ground. He was twice married, Mrs. Beardsley being a child of his first union. The children of Talman Beardsley and wife were: Anna H. (Mrs. Hart) ; Emily, Mills and Avery, all of whom are deceased; and Avery, second, residing at Adrian, Michigan. The family were reared in the Universalist faith. Tillman Beardsley died July 18, 1891, surviving his wife by but three months, her death having taken place March 22, earlier in the same year. Mrs. Hart was reared at Akron and was one of the first students of the Akron High School when it was under the direction of M. D. Leggett. F. LAHMERS, M. D., physician and surgeon, at Barberton, has built up a large and lucrative practice during his residence here of nine years, and he has also become one of the leading citizens of the town. Dr. Lahmers was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, August 23, 1872, and is a son of Charles Lahmers, for many years a substantial farmer of that comity. His boyhood was spent on his father's farm, and his early education acquired in the country schools. Later he attended the Normal College at New Philadelphia, and subsequently Selo College, at' Scio, Ohio, for one year, his collegiate course extending from his seventeenth to his nineteenth year, after which he began to teach school in the vicinity of his home. During AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 595 the three years he was so engaged, he began to read medicine, and in 1894 was prepared to enter the Baltimore Medical College, where he was graduated in 1898. Dr. Lahmers immediately located at Beach City, Ohio, where he practiced medicine for six months, then coming to Barberton. In 1907 he took a post-graduate course in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School. His reputation as to professional ability extends beyond the town, and his practice requires the larger part of his time and attention. Nevertheless he finds time to show interest in matters pertaining to the general welfare of the community, and formerly served as health officer. In the spring of 1899, Dr. Lahmers was married to Florence C. Peters, who is a daughter of Dr. H. J. Peters, of Ragersville, Ohio. He is a member of the Reformed Church, having been reared in that faith. He is connected with several medical organizations, and with the fraternal orders of Elks, Maccabees and Pathfinders. JOHN W. WHITE, manager of the White Lumber Company, which is engaged in a retail lumber and repair business, and also does general contracting, with a plant on the corner of Case and River Streets, Akron, is one of the old and reliable business men of this city, one who has watched its growth for the past forty years. He was born in 1854, at Brooklyn, New York. Mr. White was thirteen years of age when he came to Akron, and in boyhood began to work in the box factory of Ohio Barber, where he remained employed for thirteen years. Later he was with the Aultanan-Miller Company for fifteen years. In 1891 he embarked in a lumber business, and since that date has been manager of the White Lumber Company. He is interested 'also in real estate and does a good business in the buying, 'building and selling of house. In 1876 Mr. White married Kate Johnston, a daughter of Thomas Johnston, who was formerly a large manufacturer of sewer pipe at Akron. Mr. White is a member of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, and for thirty-five years he has belonged to its official board. He is a man widely known and respected. CLARK A. SACKETT, a leading citizen of Tallmadge Township, residing on his farm of 136 acres, was born on this farm, in Summit County, Ohio, May 15, 1837, and is a son of Clark and Laura (Aiken) Sackett. The Sackett family is an old colonial one of New England. Benjamin Sackett, the grandfather of Clark A., died, in Connecticut. His children were as follows: Simeon, who lived and died at Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio; Myron, who died in Connecticut; Salmon, who died in Summit County; Moses and Benjamin, who lived in Connecticut; Clark and Aaron. Clark Sackett, father of Clark A., was born at Warren, Connecticut, in 1793. He was still a young man when he joined a colony of pioneer settlers who came with their possessions to make early settlement and secure homes in Summit County, driving their ox-teams through forests where they had to cut a path. They purchased lands of the great Connecticut Land Company, which, at that time, had control of the lands of a large part of the Western Reserve. Clark Sackett was a true pioneer, accepting all the hardships incident to establishing himself in a new country, and through his industry and sterling virtues, becoming a man of substance and prominence. He lived to advanced age. He first secured 100 acres of land in Tallmadge Township, to which he later added seventy-five acres, lying just west of his first purchase. He put up a log house which stood for a number of years, but was later replaced by the substantial residence which is occupied by his son, Clark A. A portion of the old house Mr. Sackett utilized to house his bees, as he took a, great deal of interest in the bee industry for many years. He cleared all his land, and also assisted greatly in promoting the civilizing agencies of this section. 596 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY In 1816 Clark Sackett was married (first) to Cynthia Preston. He was married (second) to Laura Aiken, and (third) to Jane Pierce. The mother of Clark A. Sackett, Laura Aiken, was born in 1800, at Norwalk, Connecticut, and was married in the fall of 1822. She was six years old when her father, Asher Aiken, removed to Vernon, Ohio. There were the following children born to Clark and Laura Sackett: Hiram, who died in Tallmadge Township, married (first) Eliza Treat, and (second) Mabel Fenn; Cynthia, who married Luther Heath, is survived by children residing at Genesee, New York, and also a son, Theodore, residing at Cuyahoga Falls; Edwin, residing at Genesee, New York, married Susan Pierce; Amelia, deceased, who married the late Dr. George Chapman, of New York; Benjamin who died in infancy; Benjamin (2), who died in infancy; Clark A., residing in Tallmadge Township; Charles, who married Flora Treat, and Darius. Clark A. Sackett attended the local schools and subsequently taught three terms, after which he engaged in farming and in operating a threshing machine. He owns a valuable farm of 136 acres on which he carries on a general line of agriculture, meeting with the success which has placed him among the substantial men of his section. Politically, he is a Republican and has always been a loyal supporter of the Government. During the Civil War he served through an enlistment in Company D, 164th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was mustered in at Cleveland. The services of this company were utilized around the city of Washington and when they were no longer needed, the regiment was honorably discharged at Cleveland. Clark A. Sackett was married (first) to Kate Ashmun, who was a daughter of M. Ashmun. He was married (second) to Lot-tie Austin, who was born at Newton Falls, Ohio, and is a daughter of Enos and Sarah (Sackett) Austin. The father of Mrs. Sackett was born in 1809, at Warren, Ohio, and died at Youngstown, in 1886. The mother of Mrs. Sackett was born in 1820, at Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio, was married in 1840, and died at Youngstown, in 1883. Enos Austin and wife had three children, two daughters and one son, the latter of whom died in infancy. The daughters are: Phidelia, who married Frank Stiles, a resident of Youngstown, and Mrs. Sackett. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Sackett were Myron and Orpha (Dean) Sackett, the former of whom was born at Warren, Connecticut, and the latter at Cornwall, Connecticut. This branch of the Sackett family can be traced to Simon and Isabella Sackett, members of the Pilgrim colony. Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Clark A. Sackett taught for a number of years, first in the public schools of Youngstown and later in the Blind Asylum, at Columbus. She is an accomplished lady. Both she and her sister were teachers, the latter for a period of twenty-five years.. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sackett belong to the Congregational Church at Tallmadge, in which Mrs. Sackett is the organist. Mr. Sackett has served in a number of 'public positions, and has been both supervisor and trustee of Tallmadge Township. CHARLES H. SWIGART, one of the best known and most popular citizens of Franklin Township, the talented teacher of music in the rural schools, was born on the old family homestead in Summit County, Ohio, January 9, 1863, and is a son of Joseph and Sarah (Haring) Swigart. The Swigart family is an old settled one of this section of Ohio, Joseph Swigart, the great-grandfather, having brought the family from Pennsylvania. George Swigart, the grandfather, was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and was a boy when his parents made the long overland journey, settling first near Canton, but removing later to Canal Fulton, where Joseph Swigart secured the farm now owned by Isaiah Swigart. On that farm the great-grandfather died at the age of forty-eight years. George Swigart married Elizabeth Daily and they spent their lives in Franklin Township, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 597 where he owned 206 acres of land. They died aged about eighty-two years. Their children were fifteen in number and those who survive are: Mrs. Caroline J. Cormany, Mrs. Catherine D. Grill, Mrs. Susan S. Kepler, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Surfass, George A., Henry, Jacob, Hiram and Daniel. Those deceased were: John, Joseph, David, Anna, Sarah and Margaret. Joseph Swigart was born, on his father's farm in Franklin Township, which is now owned by Aaron. A. Swigart. He married Sarah Haring, who was also born in Franklin Township, where she still survives, living on the old homestead. Joseph Swigart died in 1895, aged seventy years. He had two children: Aaron A. and Charles Hiram. Charles Hiram Swigart attended the district schools and supplemented the instruction so obtained by a period in the graded schools of Manchester. and Clinton, completing his education with two years' attendance at the Normal University at Ada, Ohio. Gifted with musical talent, Mr. Swigart has spent quite a large amount of time and money in developing and perfecting it, and has done a great. deal of musical instructing. He has also taught school in various sections. He owns a one-half interest in the old homestead place of 201 acres, which he and his brother operate together, and he also carries on general farming on the old Diehl farm. On April 19, 1894, Mr. Swigart was married to Hattie May Diehl, who is a daughter of William and Eliza (Diehl) Diehl. They have two children, Hallie and Gladys. Mr. Swigart is a member of the Lutheran Church. He belongs to the order of Maccabees. MADISON WALTZ, a successful agriculturist of Franklin Township, where he is operating the old Dice property, was born November 2, 1855, at Sharon, Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of Elias and Lucetta (Kintz) Waltz. David Waltz, the grandfather of Madison, was one of. the .early settlers of Wayne County, Ohio, where he followed the trade of a gunsmith. Ile died at Wadsworth, aged eighty-six years. Ile was married three times. his first marriage was to a Miss Baughman, and all but one of his sixteen children were born to the first union. Elias Waltz, father of Madison, was born and reared near Wadsworth, Wayne County, Ohio. bike other members of his family, he was musically gifted. He became an instructor on the violin and a member of the famous Waltz Band, a musical organization which was made up of Elias Waltz and two of his brothers, with nine cousins, who were brothers. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he entered the army as a musician. He was prostrated with typhoid fever shortly afterward and (lied in the South, where his burial took place, being then in this thirtieth year. He married Lucetta Kintz, who died in 1866, aged thirty-six years. They had eight children, namely: Sylvester, residing at Toledo, Ohio; Madison, Wilson, residing in Summit County; Luvander, residing at Akron, and four who died young.. Madison Waltz began to attend school at Sharon, where his father was there operating an old-fashioned "up and down" sawmill, and from that place went to .his grandfather Kintz's farm, in Wayne County. After his father's death he accompanied his mother to Hometown, where she soon died, leaving him an orphan when ten years of age. He was bound out to Ben Riche', north of Johnson's Corner, with whom he remained a short time, and for six and one-half years was with C. F. Meese. During this time he had little or no school advantages. For five years thereafter he worked as a hired man on different farms in that section, and after. his marriage he conducted the David Pow farm for a short time. In 1881 he located at Akron, where he followed teaming and was in the employ of the owners. of the stone mill for five years. The following four years were spent in carpenter work, with his brothers, Sylvester and Luvander. Mr. Waltz then engaged in contracting on his own account, which he followed until 1903, in which year he removed to his present place, the property of his wife's 598 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY mother and the heirs of Jeremiah Dice. Although Mr. Waltz spent a number of years in the city, he by no means forgot how to farm, and was credited in the Akron papers of 1907 with having the finest wheat field in Summit County. On December 25, 1878, Mr. Waltz was united in marriage with Mary A. Dice, who is a daughter of Jeremiah and Caroline E. Dice. One child has been born to this union, Delbert Ellsworth, who resides at home and assists his father. Mr. Waltz is a Democrat in politics. He and his wife and son attend the Reformed Church, of which they are liberal supporters. LOUIS LOEB, president of the J. Koch Company, which is the largest clothing house at Akron, has been a resident of this city, for almost forty years and is a man of prominence in its commercial life. Mr. Loeb was born in Germany, in 1853, and remained in his own land until he was seventeen years of age, securing there a good education. Mr. Loeb located at Akron after reaching the United States, entering the employ of the reliable old firm of Koch & Levi, from which Mr. Levi retired in 1878, Mr. Loeb purchasing his interest, and he remained associated with Mr. Koch, until January 1, 1907, when the latter retired. After the retirement of Mr. Koch, the business was incorporated as the J. Koch Company, with a capital stock of $50,000, the officers being: Louis Loeb, president; Philip Huber, vice president, and Solomon Goldsmith, secretary and treasurer. This is not only one of the oldest but one of the largest and most substantial houses in its line in this section of Ohio. In 1882 Mr. Loeb was married to Alice Moss, who is a daughter of H. W. Moss, of Akron, and they have three children, namely: Edna, who is the wife of Arthur L. Abt, one of the leading business men of Canton ; Joy T., who is in charge of the office of the J. Koch Company, and Irene, residing at home. Mr. Loeb and family belong to the Akron Hebrew Congregation, and he has served in various church offices. Mr. Loeb is a member of the Masonic lodge, of the Royal Arcanum, the National Union and the Elks club. I. F. ALLEN, vice president and treasurer of the R. & A. Supply Company, wholesale and retail dealers in hardware, located at No. 66 South Howard Street, is also vice president and secretary of another large business enterprise of Akron, the Jahant Heating Company. He was born in 1868, in Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of John Allen, a retired resident of Akron. Mr. Allen's father was born in 1829, on the same farm in Summit. County on which his son was born thirty-nine years later. He is a son of Jonah Allen, who came to this section of Ohio from Connecticut in 1811. The family is one of the most respected and substantial ones of the county. After completing his education, which included a full commercial course at Hammel's Business College, I. F. Allen went to Cleveland, and for seven years was connected with the George Worthington Hardware Company, of that city. In 1891 he came back to Akron and bought the interest of Mr. Williams in the hardware firm of Williams & Rohrbacher, the firm of Rohrbacher & Allen being then established. In October, 1907, the business was incorporated as the R. & A. Supply Company with a capital stock of $50,000. The officers are: A. C. Rohrbacher, president ; I. F. Allen, vice president and treasurer, and Mr. Hawkins, secretary. The members of the firm are all practical hardware men and the business is one which extends over a wide extent and does a large amount of annual trading. In 1891 Mr. Allen was married to Eva May Geddes, of Cleveland, and they have one child, Clifford I., who is a bright student in the Akron public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are members of the First Church of Christ, Akron. Fraternally, Mr. Allen is a Knight Templar Mason, affiliated with the Masonic club, also an Odd Fellow. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 599 ALFRED WOOD, a leading citizen of Northfield Township, Summit County, Ohio, who owns a farm of fifty-six acres, about thirty of which are under cultivation, was born October 23, 1842, at Independence, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and is a son of Benjamin and Charlotte (Belden) Wood. Benjamin Wood was born in 1816 on the Strand, London, England, where he attended boarding school until fourteen years of age, and at the age of twenty-one years came to America. He had learned the tailor's trade in his native land, but did not follow it to any extent, after a short residence at Cleveland settling on a farm in Independence. From 1862 until 1900 he was connected with the firm of Benjamin Stair and Son, at Cleveland, and became a man of some means, making three trips to his native country. Mr. Wood was possessed of scholarly attainments, and was elected to a number of township offices, including that of trustee. His death occurred in August, 1905. Mr. Wood was married to Charlotte Belden, whose ancestry dates back to colonial days, and they had three children: Norman, who died November 18, 1907; Alfred, subject of this sketch, and Martha, who is the widow of John R. Richardson, of Cleveland. Benjamin Wood was reared in the faith of the Episcopal Church, but there being no churches in Independence when he located there, he became a Presbyterian, and paid nearly half of the cost of erecting there the church of that denomination. Alfred Wood received a common school education in Independence, and in youth secured employment with the firm of Benjamin Stair & Son, at Cleveland, for whom he worked for a year and a half. At the end of this time he rented a farm at St Mary's, Canada, where he remained for five years, and then located at Akron, being employed in the Buckeye shops for sixteen years. Subsequently he became foreman of the Lamson and Session shops at Cleveland, but in 1893 purchased the Charles Viers farm, a tract of fifty-six acres in lot 65, about thirty acres of which Mr. Wood has under cultivation. He keeps about eight head of cattle, is largely interested in bee culture, and raises blooded horses His principal crops are oats, wheat, hay and corn, and he has a fine orchard of apple, peach, pear and plum trees. Mr. Wood has given much attention to horticulture and was one of the charter members of the Summit County Horticultural Society. He has been very active in scientific work, being associated with Prof. Claypole of Buchtel College, his studies embracing all the natural sciences. On one occasion he read a paper before the Scientific Society of Buchtel College, setting forth the theory that the Cuyahoga River has always flowed north as at present, the accepted theory at that time (Newberry's), being that in prehistoric times the river flowed south. Mr. Wood's paper aroused wide discussion, but his theory was finally accepted, and was incorporated in the reports of the State Department of Geology. Fraternally, Mr. Wood is connected with Hesperion Lodge No. 281, Knights of Pythias, of Cleveland, and he was a charter member of Etolia Lodge No. 24, Knights of Pythias, of Akron, of which he was secretary and treasurer. Mr. Wood was married to Sarah J. Johns, who is the daughter of James Johns, and to this union there were born six children: Mary, who is the wife of F. H. Fanning, of Cleveland; Charlotte, who is a well-known artist of Cleveland; Norman B., who lives at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Robert J., William H. and Amelia B., who reside in Cleveland. The family is connected with the Episcopal Church. The Johns family, which is an old one of Hatherly, Devonshire, England, was founded in America by the parents of Mrs. Woods, who came to Canada when she was a child of three years, in 1843. James Johns, Mrs. Wood's father, was a machinist by trade, an occupation which he followed at Darlington, Ontario, until 1860, and then for a few years at Cleveland, Ohio. Later he removed to Independence, where he carried on farming for two years, but he sub-