(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 725 estate, and, in turn, John F. bought it from Alexander's estate, in October, 1900. Alexander Mentzer married Amelia Blocker. Her father, Eli Blocker was a pioneer of Norton Township, and he owned the farm which is now the property of Joseph Oser, and on that farm Mrs. Mentzer was born. The fiye children of Alexander Mentzer and wife are: John F.; Charles, residing in Portage Township; Sadie, who married Edgar Poulson, residing at Warren, Trumbull County ; Harvey, residing at Garrettsville, Portage County ; and Frank, residing at Braceville, Trumbull County. John F. Mentzer was reared at home and was educated to the age of fourteen years in the country schools, after which he worked as a farmer. For two years following his marriage he lived in Medina County, otherwise, his home has always been in Norton Township. He carries on general farming, and for some years bought and sold many horses. He is considered a very good business man. In addition to farming, Mr. Mentzer frequently speds considerable time auctioneering, and his popularity is shown by his being sent for to cry sales all through the surrounding country. In 1889 Mr. Mentzer was married to Ella, Oplinger, who is a daughter of Nathan Oplinger, and they have four children, namely: Harry, Lloyd, Russell and Morris. Politically, Mr. Mentzer is a Democrat, and for the past two years has served as assessor of the township. He was a member of the School Board for four years, and at all times shows a good citizen's interest in the township's educational standing. Mr. Mentzer is a deacon in the Loyal Oak Reformed Church and for the past ten years has been church secretary. CLARENCE HOWLAND, formerly one of Akron's prominent citizens and leading manufacturers, was identified for a quarter of a century with The Thomas Phillips Company, of which he was treasurer at the time of his death, May 6, 1905. Mr. Howland was born in New York. In 1873 Mr. Howland came to Akron and began work with the company with which he continued to be connected as long as he lived, entering its employ in a humble position, and through merit, advancing until he was one of the most valued members of the firm. He was a man of broad and liberal views, and while his business sagacity made him a factor in that line, his public spirit and his recognition of a citizen's duties, both private and public, made him respected and esteemed in every circle of society. Mr. Howland was married (first) to Jennie Fouser, and the four children of this union were: Helen, Ruth, George and Frank C. Mr. Howland was married (second) to Josephine Creque, and they had one daughter, Josephine. EDWARD W. LESER, who conducts a florist business in Coventry Township, near the city limits of Akron, was horn January 11, 1875, at Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, and is a son of J. J. Loser. The parents of Mr. Leser are still residents of Bay City, where his father carries on a carpenter and contracting business. He was born at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Loser have seven children, the eldest of whom is Edward W. Until he was seventeen years of age, Edward William Leser attended the public schools of Bay City, and then entered the employ of the Irvine Company, florists, with whom he remained for nine years, during which time he made a close study of the management and rearing of plants and of all matters concerning their propagation and culture. In the spring of 1898 he came to Ale-ran. He entered the employ of E. J. Bolanz, the leading florist of this city, with whom he continued until 1905, when he purchased Mr. Bolanz's business, which he has successfully conducted ever since. Mr. Loser has 25,000 feet of space under cover and owns ten acres of ground. His buildings have modern equipments to produce the proper climatic conditions, he keeps four men employed and does a very large wholesale business, and enjoys the largest trade in his line in this city. His 726 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY greenhouses are delightful to visit, with their abundance of bloom and fragrance, and his growths include all varieties of plants, except palms. He is a self-made man and his success shows the value of industry and concentration of effort. Politically, Mr. Leser is a Republican. CHARLES ROEGER, one of the leading business men of Springfield Township, a member of the manufacturing firm of Roeger Brothers, was born in Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio, September 17, 1875. His parents are Christian and Rosanna (Ribold) Roeger. Christian Roeger was born in Germany in 1844 and came to America in 1870, locating at Akron, but removing to Tallmadge six months later, where he remained for four and one-half years working for Sperry & Baldwin. In 1875 he came to Brittain, Springfield Township, and in the following year organized the present business which is now so successfully managed by his two sons, his successors. He started with a repair shop and increased his facilities as his business grew, remaining as its active head for twenty-four years. In many ways Christian Roeger is a remarkable man. He landed at Akron with a knowledge of the blacksmith trade, but with only forty-eight cents capital. At first, to provide for his immediate wants, he cut timber in South Akron for the building of Buchtel College. He was married at Canton to Rosanna Ribold, who was born in 1850, and they had four children, the three survivors being: Charles, George W. and Archer. Elbert J., who was born in 1882, died unmarried in 1895. The parents of this family reside at Brittain, worthy and highly respected people. Charles Roeger attended the schools near his home, and as soon as old enough began to work in his father's shop, and until 1906, devoted himself almost entirely to the painting department of the business, since which time he has exercised a general superintendence. Charles Roeger married May L. McChesney, who is a daughter of Edward and Sarah (Wise) McChesney, and they have tw children, Glynn and Reginald. Mr. Roeger is a member of the East Market Street Reformed Church, in which he is a deacon. He belongs to Apollo Lodge, No. 61, East Akron, Odd Fellows. Politically, he is a. Republican. George W. Roeger, who is his brother's partner in the firm of Roeger Brothers, was born in Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio, in March, 1878. He was educated in the local schools and, like his older brother, early began work in his father's shop. He was married to Anna Brubaker, September 17, 1902, and they have one child. Politically, he is a Republican. He is a member of the East Market Street Reformed Church. The firm of Roeger Brothers does a very large business. It is one of the oldest houses of its kind in this section and it has gained the confidence of the public through honorable business dealing and high quality of goods. The factory is located at Brittain. The firm manufactures different kinds of carriages and wagons and deals also in harness and farm implements, twelve men being given constant employment. Their repair shop alone does a business of from $5,000 to $6,200 per year, and their new business amounts to from $5,000 to $6,000 annually. The present factory was built about 1892 and has been remodeled sever' times since, excellent facilities now being afforded. RUSSELL T. DOBSON, one of Akron's practical and successful business men, who is president and manager of the Dobson Building Company, has been an active and valued citizen of this place since 1892. He was born in 1861, at Battle Creek, Michigan, removing from there with his parents when eleven years of age, and settling at Toledo. Mr. Dobson was mainly educated at Toledo, both in the public schools and in that other school, a printing office. In 1880, with W. B. Dobson, his brother, he purchased the newspaper property of The Wood County Democrat, at Bowling Green, Ohio, where he, resided until 1889, serving AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 727 as postmaster during the administration of President Cleveland. He then moved to Defiance, Ohio, where he published the Defiance County Democrat, and also the Daily News. In 1891 he removed to Springfield, Ohio, and there engaged for a year in the publication of the Daily Democrat, and then came to Akron. Mr. Dobson-and his brother established here a newspaper under the name of the Daily Democrat, which is now known as the Daily Times, which he continued until 1897, when he' sold out, and in the following year took over the management of the Beacon-Journal, and was owner and manager of the same until 1903, when he sold out his newspaper interests. Mr. Dobson then turned his attention to other linos, and shortly afterward erected the Dobson Building, one of the most modern, sanitary and convenient office buildings in Akron. It is five stories in height, situated on the corner of Howard and Main Streets, occupying 74 feet on the latter, with 110 feet of depth, and with two basements. In 1885 Mr. Dobson was married to Jennie A. Wiley, of Bowling Green, Ohio, and they have one son, Russell T., Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dobson attend the Episcopal Church. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Elks and the Knights of Pythias: HARRY A. COCHRANE, one of Northfield Township's representative citizens and successful agriculturists, was born at Ligonier, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, March 9, 1866, and is a son of Huston and Rachel (Scroggs) Cochrane. Huston Cochrane was born at Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he received a common school education and learned the trade of potter, which he followed for nearly twenty-five years, owning his own kilns and making stone, china and all kinds of earthenware. About 1874 Mr. Cochrane sold his pottery, and purchased a farm at Latrobe, on which he resided for nine years, and at the end of that time came to Northfield Township, Summit County, Ohio, purchasing the old Griswold farm of 106 acres, on which he spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring July 1, 1906. Mr. Cochrane was a Republican in politics, and while at Ligonier, Pennsylvania, served as tax collector and school director for three years. He married Rachel Scroggs, who was a daughter of Rev. Joseph Scroggs, a clergyman of the United Presbyterian Church, who preached for fifty years in the Ligonier Valley. There were six children born to this union, namely : Laura, who is the wife of William McFarland, of Latrobe; James Edwin, who died in infancy; Joseph, who is deceased; Harry A.; A ggie, who is the wife of George McFarland, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania; and Thomas, who died at the age of five years. The mother of these children, who is now seventy-three years old, makes her home with her son Harry A., and is a devoted member of the United Presbyterian Church, of which her husband was an elder for thirty years. In 1885, after coining to Summit County, Harry A. Cochrane entered the Northfield High School, and after graduating there he took a course in the Cleveland Business College. For some time afterward he traveled for the Brooks Oil Company, and also handled agricultural implements for a while. About 1900 he bought a one-half interest in .the Macedonia Milling Company, taking full charge of buying and selling, also running a eider press and apple jelly factory in connection., He closed this business out in 1905. Since then he has been engaged in farming and stock-raising, devoting seventy-eight acres of his property to raising corn, oats, wheat and hay, and from twelve to fifteen acres to growing potatoes. Mr. Cochrane keeps from six to eight head of cattle, raises young stock, and keeps about nine head of horses. He uses the most modern methods in operating his farm, and is considered one of Northfield Township's good, practical agriculturists. Mr. Cochrane was married to Myrtle Nesbitt, who is a daughter of James Nesbitt, one of Northfield Township's most prominent citizens, who was county commissioner of 728 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY Summit County for seven years. Two children have been born to this union: Helen Rachel and Lucille, the latter of whom died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Cochrane are members of the United Presbyterian Church, of which he is a trustee. In political matters Mr. Cochrane is an independent Republican. M. B. SHUMAKER, of Shumaker and Company, boot and shoe merchants, at Akron, with business located at No. 17 South Howard Street, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1854, and is a son of William and Margaret (Blocker) Shumaker. William Shumaker, father of M. B., accompanied his father, also William Shumaker, to Wayne County from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1823, and resided on his farm, which his father had secured from the government, until Ms death, in February, 1907, at the age of eighty-seven years. He married Margaret Blocker, who died in 1856. They had six children, the five now living being: Amanda, who married D. T. Frank, and residing at Massillon ; Lee C., who is engaged in business at Lorain, Ohio ; John F., who is one of the infirmary directors of Medina County; M. B., of Akron ; and W. W. Shumaker, who is engaged in farming in Wayne County. M. B. Shumaker attended the country schools, and when twenty-one years of age he left the farm and came to Akron. Here he began to learn the shoe business with Bowman and McNeil, with whom he remained four years, later spending one year at Youngstown. In 1880, he went to Helena, Montana, where he remained for fifteen months, going thence to California, Washington and Oregon, and remaining in the far West until 1884. He then returned to the East and was engaged in a shoe business at Massillon, Ohio, until 1891. Ill health kept him out of business for a year, but in 1892, seeing a good opening at Akron, he embarked in a shoe business in this city, beginning on a limited scale, with one clerk and an office boy. His entrance into business was in one way at an unfavorable time, the small-pox epidemic im mediately following; nevertheless he was able to achieve progress from the first, and now owns one of the finest shoe stores in Akron. He carries a large and varied stock, to suit every taste, has modern equipments, and gives constant employment to seven assistants, and on Saturdays, when the country people come to the city to supply their needs, he requires four extra helpers. Mr. Shumaker attributes his success to fair and courteous dealing, and to the excellence of the stock he carries. He is one of the directors of the Dollar Savings Bank at Akron. On April 15, 1885, Mr. Shumaker was married to Ella B. Hawkins, who is a daughter of Nelson C. Hawkins, of Portage Township, Summit County, and they have one son, Lloyd, who is a student in the Akron High School. Mr. Shumaker is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Odd Fellows. He belongs to the West Hill Congregational Church, of which he was a trustee for several years. He is conceded to be one of Akron's representative business men. ORISON M. MOORE, general farmer and dairyman, operating his valuable farm of some seventy acres, is one of the prosperous agriculturists of Stow Township. He was born in Suffield Township, Portage County, Ohio, December 20, 1847, and is a son of Samuel Lucius and Sally H. (Randall) Moore. The father of Mr. Moore was born May 29, 1819, at Middletown, Connecticut, and accompanied his parents when they moved first to Pennsylvania, and some years later to New Portage, Ohio, where they purchased a small farm. They were Lester H. and Ruth (Smith) Moore. They had the following children : Lois B., who was born January 31, 1816; Samuel Lucius; Mary A., who was born in 1822 ; Orison Erskine, born in 1823; Rufus Spalding, who was born in 1826; John Humphrey, who was born in 1829; Juden Harrison, who was born in 1833; Polly 0., who was born in 1836; Orville Smith, who was born in 1839; and Sarah Lucretia, who was born in 1841. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 731 Samuel Lucius Moore worked in youth on his father's farm and subsequently acquired property of his own, which included a one-half interest in a pottery, in Suffield Township, where he worked for some years as a turner. He became a man of local prominence in Suffield Township and served as a trustee. In April, 1869, he came to Stow Township and purchased the farm on which his son, Orison M., resides, which was the old Wetmore homestead, and at that time contained about 120 acres. The railroad has taken some eight acres of the original farm. On this property Mr. Moore raised many sheep, having been previously engaged in this industry in Suffield Township, and also carried on general farming and dairying. He died on the present farm May 19, 1886, leaving his property to his heirs, Orison M. having the use of the present farm as long as he lives. Of his seven children, but two grew to maturity: James S., residing also in Stow Township, and Orison M. Orison M. Moore enjoyed educational advantages, completing his education in the Suffield High School, at Randolph. He assisted his father on the homestead, and has resided in Stow Township ever since his marriage. For nine years following his father's death he rented the present farm, but since 1898 has had the sole control. During this time he also cultivated a farm which Mrs. Moore inherited from her father, and which is still her personal possession. Mr. Moore raises wheat, oats, corn and potatoes, and keeps twelve head of cattle through the winter and sells his milk to the Co-operative Creamery at Stow. He is also interested in raising poultry and supplies a large demand from Silver Lake. Mr. Moore was married to Clara Wetmore, who belongs to au old and distinguished family of this section. She is a daughter of Edwin and Polly (Wetmore) Wetmore. The Wetmore family came originally from Wales, in the persons of three brothers, Seth, Chauncy, and one whose name has been lost. Seth settled in Connecticut and the Wetmores of Stow Township descended from him. His son William was the first justice of the peace in Stow Township. He was known as Judge Wetmore and was the grandfather of Mrs. Moore. His children, Edwin, William, Henry, Ogden and Clarissa, were his heirs, and Edwin owned some 200 acres. He built the house which belongs to the heirs of Mr. and Mrs. Moore. He was a justice of the peace and a man of consequence in this part of Summit County. He was born in 1798 and died December 25, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have had seven children, the three survivors being one daughter and two sons: Grace Claribel, Henry W. and Arthur Garfield. Mrs. Moore is a valued member of the Disciples Church at Stow Corners. In politics, Mr. Moore votes with the Republican party in national matters, but prefers to be independent in local affairs. He is identified with several fraternal organizations, and is past commander of the Maccabees, is past president and a trustee of the Pathfinders, at Cuyahoga Falls, is past chief ranger and a trustee of the Foresters at Cuyahoga Falls. He takes an active interest in the public affairs of his neighborhood when benevolent movements are organized. Mr. Moore and family are people who enjoy the highest measure of public esteem. AARON MORRISS, a native of Winstead, Connecticut, who died on his farm in the southeast part of Tallmadge Township, Summit County, Ohio, in 1871, aged seventy-one years, was one of the leading men of this section, and a type of that strict uncompromising integrity which makes men honored whether rich or poor. The name of Morriss is attached to that immortal document, The Declaration of Independence, and the lady who is the sole representative of the family, in Tallmadge Township, Miss America Morriss, is a lineal descendant of the signer. Her paternal grandparents died when her father, the late Aaron Morriss. was a child. He had two brothers and two sisters. One brother, Andrew Morriss, owned a home at Bridgeport, Connecticut,. adjoining 732 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY that of the late P. T. Barnum, while the other brother lived at New Haven. One sister married Mr. Hill, who was superintendent of the Marine Hospital at New Haven, and the other sister became the wife of Rev. Lewis Fisk, who was the first person to be interred in what was then called the New Evergreen Cemetery, at New Haven. Aaron Morriss spent his first twenty-one years mainly at New Haven and Winstead, where he learned the carpenter's and cabinetmaker's trades. In pursuit of business, he then accompanied Peter Hepburn to Savannah, Georgia, where he lived for thirteen years, engaged in building and contracting. He became a man of consequence there, took an active interest in the public life of the city and, on account of his sterling qualities as well as his personal appearance and dignified bearing, he was selected as one of the committee of Savannah citizens to receive and welcome General Lafayette, when he visited that city in 1824. Mr. Morriss Was known as a very liberal man and is said to have contributed fifty dollars to every church built in the community in which he lived. He made many and warm friends in the southern city, even when a cordial feeling was not the normal attitude between New England and Georgia. After he returned to New Haven, Mr. Morriss was married to Sarah Isbell, who was a daughter of Israel and Sallie (Pardee) Isbell. Her maternal grandmother was Rebecca Beecher, who was a sister of the late Dr. Lyman Beecher. Israel Isbell and wife died at Milford, Connecticut. They had the following children exclusive of Mrs. Morriss: David, who subsequently came to. Tallmadge, who married Charlotta Beach, a very aristocratic lady of Milford. After his death in Tallmadge, she married the Reverend Mr. Platt, and died at Oberlin, Ohio. Israel, a cabinet-maker by trade, also came to Tallmadge. He married Huldah Wooding, of New Haven, Connecticut. Josiah Pardee married Mary Andrew, of Connecticut, and they remained in that state. Polly married Benedict Merwin and went to reside on Long Is land. Irene, the youngest, married Clark and they remained at Milford, Co ticut. At the time of her marriage to Aaron Mo riss, Sarah Isbell was the widow of Captain Freegift Coggeshall. Mr. and Mrs. Morriss had two children—America, who was born in Tallmadge Township, Summit County, in 1835; and Corinne, born in 1836, who died December 25, 1894. Few young ladies of their day enjoyed better educational advantages than were given the Masses Morriss. They attended the Ravenna select school conducted by Miss Curtis, a graduate of Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts ; later, the Hudson Female Seminary, in charge of Miss Lee, and still later the Ontario Female Seminary, at Canadaigua, New York, where they remained until they completed their education. They returned to Tallmadge where they exerted a wholesome influence of culture and refinement. The father took great pride in his daughters, and the family relations were marked by the most perfect congeniality. The beloved mother, who was born at Milford, Connecticut, in 1801, survived to the age of seventy-eight years, passing away in 1879, having survived her husband for eight years. Aaron Morriss made an early visit to Summit County, but was not so impressed with the country at that time as to invest in land, but after his marriage he returned and settled on the farm which remained his home until the close of his life. The confinement incidental to his trade acted unfavorably on his health, and he was obliged to give it up and seek an out-door life, but his talent as a worker in wood, never permitted him to entirely lay aside his tools. Before leaving his native state he had fashioned furniture that probably still is in use in Yale College, and had also done a large amount of building. The land that Mr. Morriss purchased in Tallmadge Township was a tract of 155 acres, and of it he made a model farm. No unsightly stumps were left to mar the even beauty of his fields and meadows, while all his build- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 733 ings were kept in the best of repair and were suited to their needs and adequately equipped. He was a natural architect and when building or making repairs, first laid out a plan and followed it. As his daughter views her comfortable home she can recall how her father carefully fitted each bit of material as he was partially rebuilding, and the great pillars of the porch, of solid black walnut, were chiseled out by his skilled hands with the truest accuracy. All he did was in the same careful way. He took delight in growing fruits and vegetables, and in improving his surroundings, and enjoyed comfort in the quiet, refined peace of his home, where at last he passed peacefully away. Miss America Morriss now owns the old homestead farm which her father bought in the year preceding her birth, and she also owns city property in Akron. For many years she has admirably administered her own affairs and is known as an excellent business woman as well as a lady of great charity and of warm, true hospitality. She attends the Congregational Church at Tallmadge. DAVID R. FERGUSSON, the efficient city marshal at Barberton, is serving in his fifth successive term in his present capacity. He was born at Lockland, Ohio, August 14, 1875, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Campbell) Fergusson. The parents of Mr. Fergusson moved to Akron in 1879, and to Barberton, in 1883, his father in that year entering the employ of the American Straw Board Company at this place. He built the first house in the new part of Barberton, west of the Erie Railroad. William Fergusson still survives, but his wife died in March, 1905. David R. Fergusson was educated in the schools of Akron and of New Portage, up to the age of fourteen years, when he started to work for the American Straw Board Company, then known as the Portage Straw Board, remaining about seven years. From that company he went to the American Sewer Pipe Works, first as kiln setter and later as fireman, remaining until 1900, when he was first elected town marshal. Prior to this, from 1899 to 1900, he had served as chief of the fire department and so efficiently as to gain the confidence of his fellow-citizens. He has subsequently been re-elected marshal and his last election was by a majority of 300 votes. In June, 1904, Mr. Fergusson was married to Mary Willems, who is a daughter of Frederick Willems, and they have one son, David, Jr. Mr. Fergusson belongs to the Masons, the Elks and the Knights of Pythias, being a captain of the Uniform Rank in the latter organization. PERRY R. MILLER, who came to Barberton in 1892, one of its first home-makers, resides at No. 926 Wooster Avenue, where his beautiful dwelling is surrounded by two acres of improved land. For many years prior to that date he was a large farmer and successful dairyman in Norton Township. He was born in Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio, August 29, 1855, and is a son of Cyrus and Hannah (Reese) Miller. Cyrus Miller was also born in Norton Township, but the grandfather of Perry R. Miller was born in Ireland. He emigrated to America and lived for a time in Summit County, but later moved to Illinois, and both he and wife died there before the birth of their grandson. Cyrus Miller worked as a tailor during some of his earlier years, on account of an accident, which resulted in the loss of a leg, which for a time prevented agricultural work, but he subsequently became a farmer in Norton Township. He died at Akron, aged eighty years, his wife dying when seventy-eight years old. They had six children, namely: Wellington, residing at Barberton; Wealthy, who died in girlhood from being accidentally burned; Perry R.; Wilbur and Willis, twins, the latter of whom is deceased, the former residing at Barberton ; and Arthur, residing at Akron. Perry R. Miller was reared on the home farm in Norton Township, in which, with the exception of one year, 1865, when the family resided at Wadsworth, he has spent his life. 734 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY He at one time owned 240 acres of land, in two farms, and for many years resided on one of 190 acres, which belonged to his wife and her mother. During the winter of 1906-7 he sold that farm but retains one of fifty acres, which, with his property at Barberton, still leaves him the owner of some very valuable realty. He was educated in the district schools of Norton Township, after which he taught school for about three years, but later turned his entire attention to farming and dairying, in which he met with much success. Mr. Miller married Addie L. Dickerman, who is a daughter of Simeon and Mary Ann Dickerman, who came early to Norton Township. Mr. Dickerman is deceased, but Mrs. Dickerman resides with Mr. and Mrs. Mille'. The latter have two sons, Vernon and Leland. Mr Miller has always taken an active and intelligent interest in township affairs, and on numerous occasions has been called on by his fellow citizens to accept office, and has served most acceptably as township clerk and trustee. He is one of the leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Barberton, in which he is steward, trustee and treasurer, and also serves as assistant superintendent of the Sunday-school. He occupies himself mainly in looking after his real estate interests, which he has lately increased. He is a man of public spirit and the improvements he puts on his properties add to their value and also to the general appearance of the town. GEORGE A. BOTZUM, proprietor of one of the leading mercantile establishments at Akron, the George A. Botzum Company, dealers in dry goods and ready-to-wear garments, was born in Northampton Township, Summit County, Ohio, May 31, 1858, and is a son of Adam Botzum. The Botzum family is of German extraction and it was the grandfather, John George Botzum, who brought his family from Germany and settled in. Northampton Township, Summit County, Ohio, in 1836, securing Gov ernment land, on which he lived for the remainder of his life. The village of Botzum, in that section, is named for this respected family. The late Adam Botzum was six years old when he accompanied his father to America. He was born at Strasburg, Germany, October 25, 1830, and died in Northampton, Township, where his long, useful and honored life was passed, October 16, 1907. He was an old-school, Jeffersonian Democrat and an important factor in the political life of his community. He served as township trustee and on the School Board and both in public and private life was an ideal citizen. George A. Botzum was reared on the old homestead, and from the local schools entered Buchtel College, where he was graduated in the normal course, in 1879, in the meantime teaching school, alternating as a teacher and a pupil. In 1880 he came to Akron and entered the dry goods store of Hall Brothers. For nine years he served as manager and went from there to the Boston store, where he remained seven years, going then to A. Polsky, with whom he continued for eight years. With all this mercantile experience, Mr. Botzum felt qualified to embark in the business for himself, and September 23, 1904, he opened up his present business, under the firm name of the George A. Botzum Company. The firm is established at Nos. 9-11 South Howard Street, occupying three floors, two of which are devoted to the exhibition of cloaks and ready-to-wear garments. Fourteen people are required to show goods and the volume of trade is on the increase. Good taste in the selection of stock, honest methods and courteous treatment are all contributing causes to the success of this enterprise. On September 4, 1883, Mr. Botzum was married to Maud Fayerweather, who is a daughter of James B. Fayerweather, who was a pioneer in Boston Township. Mr. and Mrs. Botzum have three children : Floyd A., who is a graduate of the Akron High School, and assists his father in the store; Jennie B., who is a student at Mt. Union College; and Lydia E., who is a student at Buchtel College. Mr. Botzum and family belong to West Hill Con- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 735 gregational Church. He is .a member of the beneficiary order of Protected Home Circle. JOHN FREDERICK HANKEY, a general farmer residing on his well-cultivated farm of eighty acres, situated in Copley Township, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, May 24, 1855, and is a son of Samuel and Mary (Witmer) Hankey. Samuel Hankey came to Ohio in young manhood and shortly afterward was married to Mary Witmer, who, like himself, had been born in an eastern State. They lived at Akron for a short period and then moved to a farm of 163 acres, in Copley Township, where they continued to live for forty years, removing then to a farm near White Elephant, on which both died. Samuel Hankey lived to be seventy-four years old, but his wife died at the age of sixty-one. The venerable father of Samuel Hankey, Lewis Hankey, accompanied his son to Copley Township. He was a man well-known, being a shoemaker by trade and a preacher by profession. He died aged eighty-eight years. Samuel Hankey ad wife had five children, as follows: David; Ellen, who married P. G. Prentice; Catherine, deceased, who married Charles Traver; John Frederick. and Elizabeth, who married J. D. Arnold. Shortly after his birth, the father of John Frederick Hankey, bought land where South Akron now stands. When he was eight years old, Mr. Hankey remembers walking almost the whole way to the farm which his father had purchased in Copley Township, the same which he now owns. Here he was reared and the little schooling he was able to get was obtained in the district schools. On January 1, 1878, he was married, and then bought the home farm, which he has since continued to operate. He has done a great deal of improving, putting up the present substantial buildings, and has a comfortable home and valuable property. He set out the orchard and all the other trees. Mr. John F. Hankey married Emma E. Clary, who is a daughter of Amos and Sarah (Heistand) Cary, the former of whom was born in Wayne County, and the latter in Copley Township, Summit County. Mrs. Hankey's maternal grandparents were Abraham and Sarah (Arnold) Heistand. Her parents both died in Copley Township, in 1906, the father aged seventy-five years and the mother sixty-nine years. They had four children: Albert; Emma; Della M., who married Frank Lyon; and Lettie. Mr. and Mrs. Hankey have one son, Harry Wilbur, who was born September 6, 1883, and lives at home with his parents. The family belongs to the United Brethren Church, Mr. Hankey being one of the stewards. They are well-known and highly esteemed people in Copley Township. GEORGE A. PFLUEGER, president of the Enterprise Manufacturing Company, of Akron, Ohio, one of Akron's oldest and most substantial manufacturing enterprises, and the largest of its kind in this country, was horn in Akron in 1871, and is the son of the late E. F. Pflueger, the founder of the company. George A. Pflueger was reared and educated in Akron, and from the public schools of this city he entered his father's factory, where he received the technical training necessary for a business of this character. In 1889 Mr. Pflueger took charge of a branch factory at North St. Paul, Minnesota, returning to Akron in 1895, and has since been actively engaged in the various departments of the business. He was elected to the position of vice-president in May, 1901, and filled that office until November, 1903, when he was elected to his present position as president of the company. His years of training in the harness ornament and fishing tackle business, together with his natural business abilities, well fit him for the position of chief of a large industrial enterprise. In 1896 Mr. Pflueger was married to Miss Sarah J. Earhuff, of St. Paul, Minnesota. They have five children resulting from such union, namely: Marjorie, Virginia, Harriet, George and Sarah. Mr. Pflueger is a Mason 736 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY and belongs to various branches of the fraternity of Akron. The late Mr. E. F. Pflueger, father of the subject of this sketch, was born at Baden, Germany, in February, 1843, and died November 18, 1901. He was brought to America in early childhood. He was soon orphaned by the premature death of his parents, and through difficulties and privations, by force of natural ability and sterling character, developed himself into a man of prominence and fortune. At his death he left as a fitting monument to his efforts and years of industry the great manufacturing concern which his sons now operate. The Enterprise Manufacturing Company was founded by E. F. Pflueger in 1880, incorporated in 1886, and from its inception has been a leader in its line. H. H. TAYLOR, president of the Long-Taylor Company, at Akron, has been a resident of this city for twenty years and has done his part in advancing her interests. He was born at Tallmadge, Ohio, in 1872, and is a son of the late Samuel C. Taylor. The Taylor family is one of the oldest in Summit County. Samuel C. Taylor was born in Tallmadge Township in 1837, and became one of the leading men of his day in this locality. His death took place March 19, 1905. H. H. Taylor was reared and educated in Tallmadge until he prepared for college, and then spent two years at Buchtel College. When he entered into business at Akron it was as shoe salesman for C. A. Barnes and Company, proprietors of the Black Bear Hat Store, where he remained three years. He then continued two years with A. L. Bowman and Company, who purchased the shoe department of the other firm. During the next two years he was connected with S. E. Phinney & Company, and then became a member of the firm of M. S. Long & Company. This firm was succeeded by Long of Long & Taylor. which was later incorporated as The Long & Taylor Company, which is recognized as one of Akron's leading business firms. On September 21, 1905, Mr. Taylor was married to Mary A. Stoley, of Akron, and they have one daughter, Mary Alta. Mr. Taylor is a 32nd degree Mason and belongs to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery at Akron, and to Alkoran Shrine and Lake Erie Consistory, at Cleveland. HON. THOMAS WRIGHT, a prominent citizen of Springfield Township, who served in the Ohio State Legislature from 1890 until 1891, declining renomination, is a representative of a leading pioneer family of this section. Mr. Wright was born in Tompkins County, New York, February 22, 1830, and is a son of. Thomas Wright, Sr., and his wife, Lucy (Kirkman) Wright. Thomas Wright, Sr., and his wife celebrated their golden wedding in 1867. They were born and married in England. Four of their children were born in England and two after they came to America. They were: George, James, Jemima, Josiah, Thomas and Lucy. The eldest son, George Wright, died some years since at the home of his sister, in Michigan. In his earlier years he taught school and then engaged for a time in farming, later becoming a merchant. He married twice, his wives being sisters by the name of Williams. James Wright, now deceased, farmed during his earlier years, and then became a bookkeeper, residing in Akron. He married Mary Buechtel, who was a sister of John Buechtel. Jemima, the eldest daughter, residing on her farm in Michigan, is the widow of William Harris, who died on his farm in the neighborhood of Hudson, Michigan. Josiah Wright (deceased) was educated at Meadville, Pennsylvania, and then went to Virginia as a teacher. He married there, and after the death of his first wife, married again, and subsequently moved to Missouri, where he engaged in a lumber business. Lucy A., the youngest member of the family, died in the winter of 1906. Prior to her marriage with Andrew Jackson, she was a school teacher, a profession her husband also followed. Later Mr. and Mrs. Jackson moved to Akron, where he and his sons went into the lumber business. One son, Dr. Thomas Jackson, went AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 737 to the Philippine Islands in the service of the government. Thomas Wright was gifted by nature with a quick intelligence, and, although his schooling was limited to attendance at the public or district schools, by home study he became quite well informed. He prepared himself for teaching school, and taught for two terms in Coventry Township so satisfactorily that he was besought by his patrons to continue in the educational field after his marriage. He thought it best, however, to turn his attention to farming, and began on rented land in Springfield Township, but later he purchased the old Wright. homestead, on which his father had settled in 1837. This property was partly cleared but the country round about was but thinly settled. The aged parents lived in this home until death. They were typical pioneers and are remembered with the respectful affection by their children. In October, 1852, Thomas Wright was Married to Elizabeth A. Henderson, who died in May, 1904, aged seventy-two years. She was a daughter of James and Mary (Smith) Henderson residents of Springfield Township, who reared a large family which still has numerous descendants in this locality. Mrs. Wright was a teacher prior to her marriage. She was a most estimable woman, fulfilling every duty as wife, mother and neighbor. For many years she had been a consistent member of the Pleasant. Valley Methodist Episcopal Church, ad she was laid to rest in the cemetery adjoining. Her happy married life had covered fifty-two years. She was permitted to enjoy the celebration of their Golden Wedding, on October 5, 1902, a memorable occasion to all who were permitted to participate in its quiet festivities. The children born to Thomas Wright and wife who reached maturity were: James F., John F., Lucy J., Myron T. and Edwin E. All the children, both of Thomas Wright, Sr., and Thomas Wright, Jr., who attained maturity were school teachers. James F. Wright, eldest son of Thomas Wright, Jr., residing near his father and engaged in farming, is one of the leading citizens of Springfield Township. He married Mary Steese and they have three children. Lucy, the only daughter, was educated very thoroughly and became a teacher. She married Herman G. McChesney, who is in the rural mail service, and resides at Akron. Mr. McChesney owns an excellent farm of forty acres near Krumroy. Mr. and McChesney have one son in the mail service, and two other children residing at home. Edwin E., the second son of Mr. Wright, engaged in teaching prior to his marriage, but for a number of years has been prominently associated with newspaper work. He was first connected with the Akron Journal, later the Cleveland Press, then the Pitsburg Dispatch, and the New York Press, but now fills the editorial chair of the Youngstown Telegram. He married Lucy Carl of Mogadore, Ohio. In his early political life, Mr. Wright was a Whig, casting his first presidential vote for Gen. Zachery Taylor. He came into sympathy with the party that made John C. Fremont its standard-bearer, then voted for Abraham Lincoln and for every subsequent Republican candidate. He saw service during the Civil War, enlisting in Company H, 164th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1864, with the rank of corporal. He has long been an active factor in politics in Summit County, but has seldom accepted political office of any kind, although well qualified to do so. In 1889 he was elected a member of the State Legislature and served through one term with fidelity and efficiency, but no arguments were sufficient to induce him to be again a candidate. Mr. Wright's fraternal connections are with Buckley Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Akron, and with Akron Lodge, No. 83, A. F. & A. M. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. JOSIAH BROWN, funeral director and furniture dealer at Cuyahoga Falls, was born in Summit County, Ohio, April 28, 1838, and is a son of Simon and Elizabeth (Pontious) Brown. Jacob Brown, the paternal grandfather or Josiah Brown, was born in Pennsylvania, but 738 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY died in Stark County, Ohio, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He had a family of thirteen children and of these Simon was the eldest. The latter was born in Pennsylvania and came to Summit County about 1835. He died in 1895, aged eighty-four years. After reaching Cuyahoga Falls he learned the cabinet-making trade, with J. T. Holloway, and then went into partnership with Addison McConkey, under the firm name of McConkey & Brown. About 1848 he purchased his partner's interest and continued alone, also carrying on undertaking, and being the only undertaker in the place for many years. He supported the candidates of the Republican party. His wife, who was a daughter of Solomon Pontious, was born at Uniontown, Stark County, Ohio, and died December, 1901, aged eighty-four years. The three children of Simon Brown and his wife were: Josiah, subject of this sketch; Mrs. Harriet Goble, residing at Cuyahoga Falls; and Ezra, who is now deceased. The family belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church. After completing his education in the High School at Cuyahoga Falls, .Josiah Brown learned his father's trade, and continued to be associated with him until 1873, when he went to Akron, where he worked through the summer and fall as a carpenter, and then entered the employ of Turner, Vaughn & Taylor. For twenty years he remained with that firm as a carpenter and then returned to his father. After the latter's death, he managed the business for his mother until her death, when he took entire charge. It is one of the oldest business houses at the Falls. Mr. Brown is a veteran of the Civil War. On September 10, 1861, he enlisted in Battery D, First Ohio Light Artillery, and re-enlisted in the same battery, in January, 1864; and was commissioned second lieutenant at that time. He took an active part in all the engagements in which his battery was concerned and he was honorably discharged in June, 1865. Mr. Brown is a member of Eddy Post, No. 37, Grand Army of the Republic, at Cuyahoga Falls, and enjoys meeting with his old comrades and living over again the dangers and triumphs of army days. Mr. Brown married Lucy E. W arner, a daughter of John Warner, of Cuyahoga Falls, and they have had three children, namely: Ida, deceased, who married Witham Graham, of Akron ; Charles Arthur, residing at Toledo, a mechanical engineer in the employ of the Toledo Railway and Light Company; and Birdie B., who is the widow of John Wilson, residing at New York City. Mr. Brown and family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is affiliated with Howard Lodge, No. 62, Odd Fellows. Politically he is a Republican. W. C. KEENAN, one of Akron's business citizens, is established in excellent quarters on North Main Street, where he deals in buggies, wagons, harness and horses, shipping annually from six to seven carloads of the latter. He was born in Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio, on the old Ritchie homestead, September 27, 1872, and is a son of John Keenan. The father of Mr. Keenan was born in Ireland and after emigrating, settled first at Niagara Falls, and in 1857 came to Summit County. He located in Boston Township, where he has carried on agricultural pursuits ever since. W. C. Keenan was reared on the home farm and attended the district schools and then entered the Western Reserve Academy as a member of the class of 1892. In the meanwhile, as he was dependent mainly on his own efforts, he left school and taught through ten seasons, subsequently returning to the university, where he completed his course and graduated with the class of 1894. During his period of teaching he started a grocery store at Peninsula, which he gradually expanded until the commodities he handled included a general line of merchandise, buggies, agricultural implements, harness and horses. He dealt extensively in horses and at the time of his sale, in 1901, in preparation to move to Akron, he had forty-two head to dispose of. Mr. Keenan was married to Lillian Thump- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 741 son, of Cuyahoga Falls, and they have one son, William Harold. Mr. Keenan is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of St. Vincent de Paul's Catholic Church. GEORGE CRISP, of the firm of George Crisp and Son, proprietors of the Akron Storage and Warehouse Company, located at Nos. 211-215 South Broadway, has been a resident of Akron for thirty-one years. and is one of the city's most substantial and representative men. He was born in Northamptonshire, England, in 1849, and when a boy went to London, where he served an apprenticeship of six years to the brick-laying and stone-cutting trades. At the age of twenty-one he came to America, locating for a short time at Toronto, Canada. 111'1872 he removed to Cleveland, and in 1870 to Akron. For some time, in association with his brother, John Crisp, he did a small jobbing business, and they then formed the firm of Crisp Brothers and entered 'into contracting. Their first large contract was the henry school building, a fine structure for those days, and its attractive appearance and substantial construction did much to extend the business of the firm. The brothers continued together for twenty years and during that time contracted for and erected about one-third of all the prominent buildings in Akron, including many factories and seven school buildings. The firm soon became the most prominent one in their line of business in this. section of the State. Since 1896 the style of the firm has been George Crisp and Son, 'and in addition to general contracting, the firm does a large storage and coal business: They erected on South Broadway a fine brick building, 220 feet by 45, five stories high, 'with basement, it being one of the best-built buildings in the city. They have also two fine brick buildings on North Howard Street, one 66 feet by 30, three stories in height, and the other 120 by 40, all having been built after modern plans. The latter buildings are their headquarters for general supply work of all kinds. Mr. Crisp was married in 1876, to Susanna Watson, whose parents were born in England. They have four children, namely: Frederick James, who is associated with his father in business; George Raymond, who is a student at the Ohio University ; Grace E., who is employed in her father's office; and William E., who is attending school in Akron. Mr. Crisp is an old member of the Odd Fellows Fraternity, having united with the Manchester Unity order in his native land, when sixteen years of age. In 1882 he joined. Apollo. Lodge, I. 0. O. F., of Akron. He is affiliated with all :its divisions and is faithful to all its teachings. HON. DAVID TOD. Few men in American public life have attained to a nobler fain. than that Which history accords to the late Hon. David Tod, Ohio's great war governor, whose death .took place November 13, 1808. Throughout a public career which had its beginning when he was comparatively young and which continued through the trying years of the Civil War, he continued to be a type of America statesmanship at its best. David Tod was born at Youngstown, Ohio, February 21, 1805, and was a son of Hon. George' and Sally (Isaacs) Tod, and a. grandson of David and Rachel (Kent). Tod, of old New England stock. His father, Judge George Tod, was born at Suffield, Connecticut, December 11, 1773, was graduated front Yale College in 1795 and subsequently studied law at New Haven, Connecticut. 'He was there admitted to the bar and entered upon the practice of his -profession: In 1800 he accompanied a party of prospectors. to' the Western Reserve and formed so favorable an opinion of the great opportunities for business and professional development in Ohio that he made plans, which he later successfully carried out, to become a resident of this beautiful state. In 1801 Judge Tod removed, with his wife and two children, to Youngstown, and in the same year was appointed secretary for the territory of Ohio, by Governor Arthur St. Clair. Tn 1802 Ohio became a state and at the first election held thereafter at Youngstown, 742 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY George Tod was elected clerk of Youngstown Township, to which office he was subsequently re-elected. He continued in the practice of his profession but was soon called into active public life, being elected state senator from Trumbull County, serving in the session of 1804-5, and again, in the same capacity, in 1810-11. In the interim between these two terms of service, he filled for four years an important position on the bench, serving for four years as a judge of the supreme court of Ohio, which service was terminated in 1810. At the opening of the War of 1812, Judge Tod signified his intention of taking an active part in military operations and was first commissioned major of the 19th Ohio Regiment, later serving as colonel. On the field Judge Tod distinguished himself, participating in the battles of Fort Meigs and Sacketts Harbor. At the close of the war he returned once more to the practice of the law, but in 1815 he was again honored by his fellow-citizens, being elected presiding judge of the court of common pleas, an office he held until 1829. With the exception of one term as prosecuting attorney of Trumbull County, this closed Judge Tod's public career. Upon the retirement from the cares and duties which had so completely filled so many years of his life, the aged jurist sought recreation in looking after his farm, to which- he had given the name of "Brier Hill." This was appropriate on account of the abundance of briers then found there. The name remains, but in these latter days it represents a wealth of coal, and its material products are carried over a large part of the world. At a later date the farm passed into the more practical hands of his son David, and it still remains a possession of the family. It is now owned and occupied as the residence of George Tod, one of the sons of David Tod. Judge Tod was married in 1797 to Sally Isaacs, who was a daughter of Ralph and Mary Isaacs. Their long and happy companionship lasted for forty-four years, broken by the death of Judge Tod in 1841. The wife survived until 1847. Like many other distinguished American statesmen, David Tod graduated from no old-established institution of learning. His inheritance of mental ability was great but to himself, alone, was due the wide knowledge and broad culture which made him the equal of the highest in his own or other countries, and the inherent manliness, integrity and devotion to country that gained him the admiration, esteem and affection of his fellow-citizens and installed forever his memory in their hearts. In 1827 David Tod, after completing what was little more than an elementary education and spending some time in the study of the law, was admitted to the bar and entered into practice at Warren, when 22 years of age. A cotemporary, in considering the almost immediate success which met his efforts, analyzed the situation, as follows: "His success at the bar was, in the main, due to his unsurpassed ability in the examination of witnesses and to his power in gaining and holding the confidence of the jury, which he did by a manifest frankness, fairness and earnestness, together with his clear statement of the argument." For about fifteen years Mr. Tod continued in the active practice of his profession and during this period he demonstrated that it was in him to become a great lawyer and that, with his large legal knowledge, wide experience, high sense of honor and unsullied integrity, he would have been eminently successful on the bench. Other elements entered into his life, however, and in other avenues he became distinguished, political affairs claiming many years of his life. In the campaign of 1824 Mr. Tod first became an enthusiastic politician, following in the train of that popular 'hero, Andrew Jackson, and he remained an ardent Democrat until the secession movement of 1861. In 1840 he campaigned through the state, using his powerful oratory in the attempt to defeat General Harrison. The first political office to which he was elected was that of state senator, in 1838, and he grew so rapidly in public favor that in 1844 he was unanimously chosen by the Democratic party as its candidate for governor. Hon. Mordecai Bartley, the Whig AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 743 candidate defeated him with a majority of about 1,000 votes. So prominent was his position by this time, that President James K. Polk, in 1847, felt justified in appointing him United States minister to Brazil. During his five-years' residence in that country he won many a quiet diplomatic victory which brought about a much better understanding between the two countries and reflected nothing but added honor upon him as the representative of the United States. It is a matter of record that upon his departure for his own country, the ruler of Brazil, in a parting address, took occasion to speak in the highest terms of Mr. Tod both as an individual and as a public official. For the succeeding ten years Mr. Tod gave his attention mainly to business. He had taken charge of the family estates in 1841, and with remarkable business sagacity he entered into negotiations which later resulted in the developing of the great coal fields which have made Youngstown one of the noted industrial points in Ohio and incidentally brought about much of the prosperity of the Mahoning Valley. Mainly through his enterprise, the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad was constructed, and he remained its president as long as he lived. The next period of Mr. Tod's political activity belongs to the country's history. Secession was brought to light in 1860. He was made vice-president of the National Democratic Convention that met at Charleston, April 23d of that year, of which Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts, was chairman. Every state was represented, there being 303 delegates, equaling the electoral vote. The strongest candidate was Stephen A. Douglas. The two-thirds rule for nomination prevailed. By a plank in the Douglas platform it was agreed to abide by the decision of the supreme court judges on the subject of the slave-code. The minority, or Douglas platform, was substituted and adopted, whereupon the Alabama delegation withdrew, and a majority of the delegates from Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and South Carolina also retired in the same manner. After a week so spent the remainder of the convention proceeded to ballot under the two-thirds rule, and Douglas was by far the strong- est candidate, receiving as high as 152 1-2 votes several times, while 202 votes were necessary to a choice. The convention composed of those left after the seceders had withdrawn voted to adjourn to meet in Baltimore, Maryland, June 18th. The seceding delegates met in a separate convention, elected James A. Bayard, of Delaware, their chairman, and after adopting the majority platform of the committee, postponed further action to June 10th, at Richmond, Virginia. When the convention met at Baltimore, pursuant to adjournment, trouble arose about admitting delegates who had seceded at Charleston, or others who had been chosen in their place. During the discussion of this issue many delegates withdrew, among them being the chairman, Caleb Cushing. At this point Mr. Tod, with great presence of mind took possession of the deserted chair, and after an earnest appeal succeeded in restoring order. He was confirmed as chairman and the convention proceeded to its legitimate business, which resulted in the nomination of Douglas. The members who had recently seceded invited the seceders at Richmond to join them, and John C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, was nominated for president by them, and Joseph Lane of Oregon, vice-president. A "Constitutional Union Convention" met May 10th, also at Baltimore, and nominated John Bell of Tennessee, for president, and Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, for vice-president. Later Mr. Tod supported the "Little Giant," giving him his unqualified support all through the heated campaign that followed. Mr. Tod made no secret of bitterly opposing secession and when the test came he preferred the election of Lincoln to that of Breckinridge. He was quick to see the disasters sure to follow the policy of secession and when he saw that Civil War was inevitable, 744 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY he made the choice that only a man of his integrity, loyalty and devotion to what he felt was duty, could possibly have made. There came that time in the history of Ohio when, amid the beating of drums and the marching of troops, every bearded man or callow youth was a possible hero, for then patriotism was a flame and loyalty the torch. Far beyond physical heroism was the moral heroism which inspired David Tod in those memorable days. Cutting loose from old party associates, severing ties which long connection and earnest conviction had cemented, he came forward and announced his principles —an unswerving devotion to the Union. Thus he became known as a War Democrat. The times were ripe for just such a man, and when the Republicans themselves suggested Mr. Tod as a candidate, enthusiasm ran high. He was unanimously nominated by the Union Party, made up of Republicans and War Democrats, and was gloriously elected, with a majority of 55,000 votes, governor of the state of Ohio. Governor Tod came to the capitol in 1862, succeeding Governor Dennison, and upon him fell the great responsibilities that made Ohio take so prominent a rank among the Northern States during the Civil War. After the first enthusiasm passed and war, grim war, made itself manifest in every town, hamlet and country side, troops still had to be enlisted and hurried to battle, discouragements of those at the front and at home had to be overcome, seditious political influence had to be corn-batted, the state had to be saved from invasion and the public treasury had to be preserved from depletion. In Governor David Tod was found the man of the hour. It is admitted that his administration as governor won for him justly illustrious fame. Every emergency was met with the calm, judicial mind that would have given him distinction as a judge, as we have intimated. He met difficulties of every kind, and firmly, promptly and rigorously he administered the remedy. His devotion to the soldiers was so well known that his name was an inspiration to them. They learned of his constant efforts on their behalf, not only to secure for them their rights of suffrage while away from home but to obtain food, clothing, medicine and care, all that he would have labored to obtain for his own sons. When he was approached in 1863 with the urgent request that he seek renomination he positively declined to again assume the responsibilities which his acceptance would entail. When his attention was called to the fact that thousands of his fellow-citizens were not only bearing heavy responsibilities, but were endangering their lives on the field of battle, Governor Tod replied, "Then, looking at it in that light, I am also willing to sacrifice my life." He was not renominated. Ile had made many enemies, as any man with the courage to face such stern responsibilities necessarily will ; the state had the year before gone Democratic; and C. L. Vallandigham, whose arrest for seditious utterances had keen approved of by Governor Tod, had been placed in nomination by the Democratic party, and was making stirring appeals for his vindication at the polls. Under these circumstances the Republican managers thought it best for the interests of the party to place in nomination some man who had aroused fewer and less fierce antagonisms, and although eighty-eight counties had instructed their delegates to vote for his nomination, the political wires were manipulated in favor of Hon. John Brough, who was accordingly nominated. In January, 1864, Governor Tod retired from office, bearing with him the approval of the majority of his fellow-citizens, the love of the army, and the confidence and personal esteem of the public men with whom the exigencies of the times had so closely associated him. Failing health caused him to decline further honors proffered him. It was a disappointment to President Lincoln that he was unable to induce him to accept the portfolio of Secretary of the Treasury which was tedered him. His fellow citizens soon realized that his health in their behalf had indeed been broken, and when the news of his death, November 23, 1868, came to them from his Brier AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 745 Hill Farm, to which he had retired, their grief was as that of a child for a parent. Governor Tod was a man of unaffected manner, and a keen judge of men in all the changing elements of political and social conditions. Full well he knew the mettle of both friend and foe. His personal loyalty to his friends was unshakable, save when it conflicted with the higher duties of an exalted patriotism; and none of his political enemies could ever say that he was aught but a fair and open foe. Resolutions deploring his loss and speaking in appreciative terms of his high character as statesman and citizen were passed by the senate and house of representatives of the state, and the press throughout the country announced the sad news in words of sorrow and respect that found an echo in the hearts of all who knew him as he was. His name still remains one of honor in the great state he served so well, and although long years have passed away since his mortal presence has been removed, the principles he labored to sustain remain, and the country he loved is still united. At Warren, Ohio, July 24, 1832, Governor Tod was married to Maria Smith, who came from a family of early settlers in Trumbull County. The seven children of this marriage were: Charlotte, who married Gen. A. V. Kautz, of the United States army and died in 1868, in Mississippi; .John, a prominent citizen of Cleveland, Ohio; Henry, deceased, formerly president of the Second National Bank of Youngstown, of whom an extended sketch appears elsewhere in this volume; William, deceased, a prominent -manufacturer at Youngstown, a sketch of whom will also be found in this volume; George, vice-president of the Mahoning National Bank of Youngstown, and president of the Brier Hill Iron & Coal Company, who is also represented in this work ; Grace, who is the wife of Hon. George F. Arrel, a prominent attorney at Youngstown, a sketch of whom will be found in this volume; and Sally, the youngest of the family. C. E. SHELDON, president of the Whitman-Barnes Manufacturing Company, at Akron, has been a resident of this city, for the past thirty years and has been closely identified with much of its industrial expansion. He was born at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, July 18, 1850. Mr. Sheldon was reared and educated in the old Bay State, where he studied and folfowed civil engineering in his younger years, becoming connected with the company of which he is now the head, in his native place. Mr. Sheldon has a practical knowledge of his business, having entered the factory and worked up to the position of superintendent of the same, which he held when -the Whitman-Miles Manufacturing Company of Massachusetts, consolidated with the George Barnes Company of Syracuse, New York, forming the Whitman-Barnes Manufacturing Company. Mr. Sheldon came to Akron as superintendent of the plant at this city, later became general manager, then treasurer, subsequently vice-president, and for the past four years president. In addition to furthering. the interests of the concern with which he has been so long and intimately associated, Mr. Sheldon has materially assisted in promoting other successful business enterprises of this section. In 1870 Mr. Sheldon was married to Ruth L. Gifford, of Connecticut, and they have one child, Ethel, who married A. H. Commins, an attorney, residing at Akron. Mrs. Sheldon is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Mr. Sheldon is a Thirty-second Degree Mason, and belongs to the Mystic Shrine and Lake Erie Consistory, at Cleveland, and is past eminent commander of the Akron Commandery. He belongs also to the Odd Fellows and the Elks, and socially is connected with the Portage Country Club. JOHN KLEIN, who conducts a first-class meat market at No. 354 West Market Street, Akron, is one of the business men of this city who is succeeding because of his honest methods and excellent management. He was born in Germany, in September, 1863, where 746 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY he went to school in boyhood. When seventeen years of age he came to America and since June, 1880, he has resided in Akron. For several years after coming to this city, Mr. Klein worked at various places, where his industry and fidelity won him friends. Ile then engaged with his brother in the meat business, under the firm name of Klein Brothers, and at one time they operated two stores. In 1902 the firm erected a two-story building 40 by 50 feet in dimensions, on the Corner of West Market and Valley Streets. They manufacture their own prepared meats and lard, and these include American products as well as German dainties. They have gained such a reputation as reputable meat packers that there are many particular people at Akron who will buy no other hams, bacon or lard than that prepared and vouched for by Klein Brothers. In 1886 Mr. Klein was married to Minnie Hardert, who was also born in Germany, and they have an interesting family of four sons and two daughters—Louis A., John L., Elizabeth, Mary, William and Clarence. Mr. Klein is one of the liberal members of St. Bernard's Catholic Church. He belongs to the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association. RICHARD J. DALLINGA, whose highly cultivated truck farm of twenty-five acres is situated in Copley Township, Summit, County, Ohio, was born June 22, 1864, in Holland, and is a son of Jacob and Emma (Van Cingel) Dallinga. Jacob Dallinga, who was a farmer and brewer of the Netherlands, was married to Emma Van Cingel, also a native of that country, and to them were born seven children, namely: Richard Jacob; Herman, who is bookkeeper for George Crisp & Son, of Akron ; Cecelia, who is deceased; Julia, the wife of Charles DeBruyn, proprietor of the Valley City Machine Works, of Grand Rapids, Michigan ; Remina, who married Dr. W. L. Holbrook, of Wellington, Ohio; Dena, who married Elger Barnard, of Medina County, Ohio; and Grace. In 1897 Jacob Dallinga died, and his widow married for her second husband, J. G. C. Van der Wonde, with whom she came to America in 1883. She died in Copley Township, February 22, 1899, aged fifty-six years. There were no children born of her second marriage. Richard J. Dallinga was reared on his father's farm, and attended the common school until eleven years old, at which time he entered the academy. After graduation therefrom he took a general course at Ryks Hoogers Burger school, which he left just before graduation at the age of nineteen years, and where he was instructed in French, English, German and Dutch. In 1883 he came with the family to America, first settling at Grand Rapids, Michigan, where all the boys of the family found employment in the furniture factories. Being dissatisfied with this kind of work, Mr. Dallinga went to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and engaged in celery growing on a small farm purchased by his stepfather, and he also worked on a nursery farm for L. G. Bragg and Company, attending to the duties of the shipping department. While there he was engaged by W. R. Wean and 0. P. Chapman, of Wean, Horr and Company, of Medina County, Ohio, now the HorrWarner Company, to take charge of the celery department of their 1,500-acre truck farm. One year later he became general superintendent, a position which he held for nine years, when he engaged with the Copley Garden Company, located on the old Sackett estate in Copley Township. He continued with this institution for three years, at which time the business was dissolved and he purchased his present tract of twenty-five acres. At this time the property was considered worthless, but Mr. Dallinga soon cleared it and brought it under cultivation, erected new building, and made it one of the best truck farms in this section. On December 23, 1890, Mr. Dallinga was married to Lucy E. Rockenfelder, who was born in Ashland County, Ohio, and who is a daughter of William and Catherina (Yost) Rockenfelder. Five children have been born to this union : Charles, a student at Buchtel College; Rosa, who attends Copley High AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 747 School; Clarence, who died young; Mabel, and Emma Lucille. Mr. Dallinga is a Republican in politics and has always taken a great interest in educational matters, having served as president of the Board of Education of Copley Township for three years. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic order, and he is a prominent member of the local Grange. PHILANDER D. HALL, and LORENZO HALL, brothers, were two of the early merchants and leading men of Akron. They brought from their New England environment that frugality and integrity which made them both successful in their own material affairs, and influential in directing the energies of others. The best years of their lives were mainly devoted to advancing the prosperity of Akron. Philander D. Hall, the founder of the old business house of Hall Brothers, at Akron, was born October 10, 1806, at Bridgeport, Connecticut, and was a son of Richard and Sally (Hurlburt) Hall. Mr. Hall was educated at Western Academy, and as his inclinations did not lie in the direction of his father's occupations, in early age he started out to make his own way in the world. When little more than twenty years of age, he was already engaged in teaching at Saugatuck, Connecticut, where he subsequently had a mercantile experience of eighteen months, after which he returned to Bridgeport. Shortly afterward he embarked in a grocery business, which included the shipping and importing of West Indian products, and this enterprise he continued at Bridgeport, until the summer of 1834. It was about this time that Mr. Hall first visited Akron, and he evidently foresaw something of the future prosperity which has come to this city, for he immediately invested here, closed out his interests at Bridgeport, and in May, 1835, started the "Cascade Store," then a great innovation on anything in the mercantile line ever seen in the village. His location was a two-story frame building, on the corner of Howard and Market Streets, which was destroyed by fire in February, 1851. In the same year the present brick block was erected, and the business was resumed, and it is now the oldest continuous business house in this city. In 1842, Orlando Hall, a brother of Philander D., became associated in the business, and so continued until his death, in 1858, when the late Lorenzo Hall, another brother, became a partner, and the firm of Hall Brothers continued to be for years one of the leading business firms of Akron. Its policy was never changed, business integrity being the foundation stone. On December 30, 1841, Philander D. Hall was married to Martha McElhinney, who was born at Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and died at New York, February 20, 1889. In 1857, Mr. Hall established his home in the city of New York, but he continued his business interests here until his death, which occurred December 5, 1896. LORENZO HALL, who was equally prominent at Akron, with his brother, first visited the village in 1836. He was born February 22, 1812, at Bridgeport, Connecticut, and his parents were Richard and Sally (Hurlburt) Hall. He enjoyed all the educational opportunities afforded by the schools of his day, and as evidence that he. made good use of them it is recorded that when but fifteen years of age the directors of his school district urged him to become a teacher there, and, in spite of his youth, he was probably a satisfactory pedagogue, as he continued to teach school, alternating that occupation with farming for the next six years the old homestead land on which his great-great-grandfather had settled in 1635. In May, 1835, his older brother, Philander D , located as a merchant in the little village which then stood in place of the busy, important city of Akron of to-day, opening up a general store. In 1836 Lorenzo Hall visited his brother and while at Akron sold goods both in the town and the vicinity, but the prospects not being sufficiently encouraging, he returned by horseback to Connecticut, as he had come, and resumed cultivating the 748 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY homestead acres. In 1842, another brother, Orlando Hall, went to Akron and became associated in the mercantile venture with Philander D., with whom he continued until his death, in 1858. Lorenzo Hall then returned to Akron and took his late brother's place in the business as a member of the firm of Hall Brothers. For many years Lorenzo Hall continued one of Akron's prominent business men as well as upright citizens. His death took place January 9, 1892. On March 26, 1846, Lorenzo Hall was married to Mary J. Hubbel, who was born at Trumbull, Connecticut. Two sons were born to them, both of whom survive, Frank L. and Philander D. Frank L. Hall was born July 5, 1850, and for twenty years was a member of the well-known law firm of De Forest, Weeks & Company. He is still in active practice in New York City. Philander D. Hall, Jr., is one of the directors of the National City Bank at Akron, and conducts a large real estate business at No. 4 South Howard Street. He has other important interests which require a large portion of his time to be spent in Europe. WALTER WAINWRIGHT, superintendent of the foundry of The Falls Rivet and Machine Company, of Cuyahoga Falls, was born in England, February 2, 1865, and is a son of Frank and Mary (Gibson) Wainwright. The parents of Mr. Wainwright were also natives of England. The father followed the trade of pattern-maker in that country until he was forty years of age, when he came to America and settled at Cleveland. He died in England while on a visit to his old home. He belonged to the order of Foresters and the Odd Fellows. Walter Wainwright was afforded but few educational opportunities in his boyhood, as he was a child of nine years when he was sent to work in a foundry. Fortunately it was employment in which he took an Interest, and he learned the business from the ground up, gaining all the practical knowledge through personal experience, and the theoretical through study ciuring later years when he enjoyed some degree of leisure. After serving a hard apprenticeship, he came to America in 1881 and followed his trade in various parts of this country, gaining much through visiting different sections and watching the methods of work in many foundries. When only seventeen years of age,, he was made foreman of the Walker Manufacturing Company, of Cleveland, and remained in that position until 1897. He then went to Newcomerstown as foreman for J. B. Clow, remaining there two years, when he went to Massillon, Ohio, as superintendent of a foundry which he built for the Massillon Iron and Steel Company. Mr. Wainwright continued there for four years and then went to Fostoria, also as superintendent, but a short time later, September, 1903, he accepted his present position. Mr. Wainwright married Nellie Stoddard, daughter of Merrit L. Stoddard, of Cleveland, and they have one son, William Royal. The latter has nearly completed his apprenticeship as a foundryman in the foundry of which his father is superintendent. Mr. Wainwright owns a fine residence property, his lot extending 66 feet on Front Street and 105 feet on Falls. In 1906 he started a modern house of seven rooms which was completed in the spring of 1907, and he is now in the enjoyment of its many comforts. With his family he belongs to the Episcopal Church and is tenor singer in its choir. He belongs also to the Castle quartette, of the Knights of Pythias. In this order he belongs to Red Cross Lodge, of Cleveland, of which he is past chancellor, and of the Uniformed Rank of the order at Cuyahoga Falls. Politically, he is a Republican. J. S. FARNBAUCH, proprietor of a meat business at No. 391 South Main Street, Akron, has been established in this city since 1893. He was born in Suffield Township, Portage County, Ohio, in 1863, on the old Farnbauch homestead, on which his grandfather settled in pioneer days. The latter was Joseph Farnbauch, who came to Portage