(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 851 tically brought up. John McCausland built two brick houses on his farm, the one in which he resided until his death, being now the property of James Breen. He had commenced the erection of the large brick residence, in which his sons live, but did not survive to see it completed. His death occurred in November, 1884. He was a man of great business enterprise and succeeded in whatever work he undertook. John McCausland married Mary McQuillan, who was a daughter of Charles McQuillan. She was born in Ireland and came to America in young womanhood. She died on Decoration Day, 1894. They had six children, namely : ,James C., Margaret, John J., and Mary, who married James Breen. Two children died as infants. The two sons of John McCausland, as stated above, succeeded to their father,s interests and have continued together as they have been since boyhood. The older brother, James C., has never married. John J. McCausland married Anna M. Doran, who was reared at Akron and is a daughter of William Doran. They have three children : Leo, aged twelve years ; Helen, aged eleven years ; and Mary, aged four years. John J. McCausland has served two terms as township treasurer and enjoys the full confidence of his fellow-citizens. Both brothers are members of St. Vincent Catholic Church and belong to the order of Knights of Columbus. The McCausland Brothers, brick plant has a capacity of about 4,000,000 'building brick, and during the six months in the year that it is running, employment is given to about twenty-five men. It is one of the best established industries of Portage Township and its .owners are among the representative citizens. AULTMAN BROTHERS, bankers and brokers, with offices in the Hamilton Build-. ing, Akron, and with additional offices at Toledo and Cleveland, manage and control many large financial interests in this section of Ohio. The firm is made up of William J. and George W. Aultman. William J. Aultman was born at Orrville, Wayne County, Ohio, in 1875, in which place he was reared and educated, and where he was engaged for two years in the bicycle business. Then coming to Akron, he entered the employ of the B. F. Goodrich Company, with whom he remained for five years. In 1.892 the firm of Aultman Brothers was founded for dealing in mining stock, and they have since handled the most successful stocks of this kind in this section of Ohio. They carry on a banking and brokerage business and their standing as business men is very high. In 1902 William J. Ault-man was married to Ella Hostettler, of Orrville, Ohio, and they have one child, Garnett Marie. Mr. and Mrs. Aultman are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Akron. George W. Aultman, of Aultman Brothers, was born at Orrville, Wayne County, Ohio, in 1877. After leaving school he worked for three years at dentistry, later went into the bicycle business, and in 1890 came to Akron. For eighteen months he was connected with the Goodrich Company, and for the same length of time with the Diamond Rubber Company He then became associated with his brother, William J., in the brokerage business, making mining a specialty. In June, 1907, George W. Aultman was married to Edith McCurry, of Toledo, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Aultman belong to the First Presbyterian Church. The material success which has attended this firm of enterprising young men is somewhat remarkable. Both had practical business experience and with their ambition stimulated by enlarged opportunities, they found themselves qualified to accept new responsibilities and have rapidly built up a large and important business. OTTO N. HARTER, president of the Akron Pure Milk Company, with business location at No. 265 Bowery Street, Akron, was born April 4, 1866, at New Berlin, Stark County, Ohio, and is a son of Jeremiah Harter. O. N. Harter was twelve years of age when 852 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY his parents moved to Western Star, Summit County, where he completed his education and then entered into a milk and butter business. For a number of years he was a member of the firm of Harter Brothers, dealers in dairy products. In April, 1904, when the Akron Pure Milk Company was reorganized and incorporated, with a capital stock of $10,000, which put it on a firm foundation, 0. N. Harter became president, A. H. Harter, vice-president, and A. G. Teeple, secretary and treasurer. The Akron quarters are commodious and sanitary. They have their butter manufacturing plant at Killbuck, Holmes County, where fine creamery butter is produced which finds a ready market on account of its superior excellence. Employment is given by this company to twenty-five people. In partnership with J. M. Sumner, Mr. Harter organized the Sumner Company, exclusive dealers in dairy products, but he has disposed of his interest in this concern. Other enterprises of considerable importance claim a part of his attention and he is a stockholder in several banks. On June 15, 1893, Mr. Harter was married to Rose M. Spidle, of Akron, and they have five children; namely : Frederick S. Flora C., Bessie May, Bert H. and Harry Lee. Mr. Harter is a good, solid citizen, taking an interest in all that concerns the real welfare of the country, but he has never devoted much time to politics. GEORGE HART ROOT, a leading citizen of Tallmadge Township, was born May 21, 1833, on the farm and in the same house in which he lives, in Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of John Cole and Lydia (Hart) Root. The Root family is of English extraction and of Puritan ancestry. John Root, the settler, came from Badby, England, to Farmington, Connecticut, with the first settlers of the place, in 1640. His father being deceased, he was adopted by a wealthy uncle, the latter of whom was a zealous supporter of the great Protector. He insisted that his nephew, John Root, espouse Cromwell,s cause against King Charles I. but the nephew was of a peaceable disposition and chose rather to cast in his lot with the little band of Puritans then on the verge of emigrating to the free land, across the Atlantic Ocean. In the settlement at Farmington, John Root became a man of affairs and of much prominence. About 1640, he married Mary Kilbourn, who was born in 1619, at Wood Dutton, England, and died in Connecticut, in 1697, aged seventy-eight years. Her parents were Thomas and Frances Kilbourn. She came to the Colonies in the good ship Increase, in 1635. John Root, the settler, died in 1684, aged seventy-six years. The family record then goes to Ezekiel Root, who was born at Farmington, Connecticut October 18, 1764, and was married February 17, 1786, to Cynthia Cole, of Kensington, Connecticut. She died at Tallmadge, Ohio, March 9, 1853. Ezekiel Root died in 1825, aged sixty years. He served for eight years in the Patriot army during the Revolutionary troubles .and for three years after the close of the war he was an orderly sergeant at West Point He died at Farmington, in 1825. The children of Ezekiel Root and wife were Horace, George, Fannie, John Cole, Cynthia and Hiram. Horace Root, the eldest son, was never married. He was born January 8, 1787. Just prior to the War of 1812, he was visiting Boston, Massachusetts, and while there was pressed on board one of the British ships of war and suffered the same shameful treatment then accorded all Americans. It became so unbearable that with three companions he resolved to 'attempt to swim ashore, although the distance was three miles. With one of his fellow sufferers he was successful, and soon after joined the ranks of the American army. he took part in the battle at Lundy,s Lane, where Gen. Winfield Scott won his first promotion, and was with his regiment on the land near where Commodore Perry won bis victory on Lake Erie. He assisted in digging the Erie Canal. His death took place in Ohio. George Root, the second son, was (born at Farmington, Connecticut, February 13, 1791. He was a merchant and moved to Mil- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 853 ledgeville, Georgia, where he died, as did his wife and two children. Fannie Root was horn at Farmington, April 5, 1793, and died at Freedom, Ohio. John Cole Root, was born at Farmington, October 18, 1795. Cynthia Root was born at Farmington, March 20, 1798, and died in Ohio. Hiram, deceased, was born at Farmington, August 29, 1800. John Cole Root came into Tallmadge, Ohio, in 1828, and purchased the farm of sixty-three acres on which his son, George Hart Root resides, on which he lived until his death, December 20, 1862. He was married. at New Briton, Connecticut, November 29, 1819, to Lydia Hart, who was born there, May 13, 1796, and died in Tallmadge, March 9, 1876. Her father died in Connecticut but her mother came to Summit County soon after the Roots came, and she died at St. Mary's, in Auglaize County. John Cole Root and wife had but one child, George Hart. George Hart Root grew up on the farm on which he was born and gave his father all needed assistance in clearing and cultivating the property. He was given excellent educational advantages, including a district school training, a season at the Tallmadge Academy and one year at Oberlin College. After leaving school he engaged in teaching during the winters for a time and taught six months at Akron. He then accepted employment with the Cleveland Construction Company and assisted in the building of electric railways from Akron to Cleveland, and also the Niagara Falls Railway, and later aided in the building of the line running from Cleveland to Willoughby. For a time he worked on the line from Lima to Piqua, as commissary of the construction camp, and was considered a very useful man in that department. He has long since done little but look after his farming interests, and has now reached a time in his life when the labors of this industry can be easily shifted to younger shoulders. Mr. Root was married at Tallmadge, October 7, 1856, to Marie Phoebe Upson, who was born in Tallmadge, September 30, 1838, and they have had the following children : Ella Evelyne; who was born in Tallmadge, July 14, 1859; Eddie Harland, who was born June 28, 1862, died in December of the same year; and Frank Lewis, who was born March 7, 1868. Ella, E., the eldest daughter, was married to Edward L. Hinman, October 7, 1879, who is a farmer residing near Ravenna, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Hinman have children as follows: Helen Marie, born in Tallmadge, Ohio, March 28, 1881; Lewis Edward, born at Ravenna, Ohio, October 15, 1885; Florence Jennie, born September 19, 1888, and Mabel Harriet, born January 16, 1891. Frank Lewis Root was married in Tallmadge June 12, 1896, to Olive A. Skinner, also of Tallmadge, and their four children bear the following Twines: Charles Edward. born in Tallmadge, April 8, 1898; Gilbert Hart, born February 8, 1900; Marion Phoebe, born September 10, 1902 ; and Frank Oliver, born October 10, 1905. Frank Lewis attended the public schools of Tallma.dge and the Western Reserve Academy, and took a course in the Reserve Academy, and took a course in the Spencerian Business College at Cleveland. He is engaged in farming and is also the rural mail route carrier in Tallmadge. Both Mr. Root and son are stench Republicans and both are men of the highest personal standing in the community. Mr. Root has always taken as active interest in the development of the township's resources and has devoted time, labor and means to many public-spirited enterprises. He has been a warm friend of the public schools, in which both he and his children enjoyed advantages. During a part of his earlier life he taught penmanship and although the winters of seventy-four years have passed over his head and bodily afflictions have fallen on him, his hand is steady enough to pen letters that show little trace of weakness, and which may be placed side by side with those of a younger generation, to the latter.s, discredit. GEORGE C. STANFORD, one of the representative men of Boston Township, who is carrying on agricultural operations on his fine farm of 300 acres, was born April 18, 1839, 854 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY and is a son of George and Catherine (Carter) Stanford. James Stanford, the great-grandfather of George C. Stanford, was a native of Ireland and his wife of Pennsylvania, and they settled at Bristol, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1802. They remained there for about three years, and then moved to Jackson Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, where they resided for one year. About this time James Stanford joined a surveying party which was appointed to locate and survey what is now Boston Township, and when the survey was completed, in 1806, he brought his family to Summit County and located on 169 acres on the east bank of the Cuyahoga River. In the following year he traded lands with Alfred Wolcott, securing then a part of the farm now occupied by George C. Stanford, and here he spent the remainder of his life. It was James Stanford who suggested the name of Boston Township, and its acceptance happily ended a disputed question. His son, Andrew Johnson Stanford, was the first white child born in Boston Township. George Stanford, father of George C., was born at Bristol, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, October 9, 1800, and died March 3, 1883. He was a prominent Whig and was a justice of the peace for many years. On January 17, 1828, he was married to Catherine Carter, who was born in 1809, and died December 20, 1872. She was a daughter of James and Elizabeth Carter. They had eight children Emily, who died in infancy ; James M. and Ellen, both of whom died when about twenty years of age ; William Irwin, who died in childhood; Perkins W., who enlisted as a private in the Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, was promoted to be sergeant of Company A, was taken prisoner in 1864, and died at Andersonville; Eliza, who died when three years of age ; George C.; and Catherine, who is deceased. George C. Stanford went to school in the second schoolhouse which was erected in this district, and he has always lived on his present farm, which now comprises 300 acres, 100 of which are under cultivation, being devoted principally to wheat and hay. Mr. Stanford has a fine silo, 19x20 feet, 26 feet high. In former years he kept from twenty-five to thirty head of cattle, but he now keeps only ten or twelve cows, and has "it flock of sixty-five sheep. In politics he is a Republican, and he has served as a delegate to county conventions. He was elected justice of the peace and was re-elected, but resigned before the expiration of his second term. For three years he has been township assessor. He is a member of Meridian Sun Lodge No. 226, and Summit Royal Arch Chapter No. 74 of Masons. Mr. Stanford was married to Eliza Lid Wetmore, daughter of William Wetmore, of Peninsula, and to this union there were born three children : Ellen, Perkins W., and Clayton J. The only daughter was born February 6, 1871, and married Edgar E. Jobe. She lives with her father, and has one child, Curtis A., who was born January 17, 1905. Perkins W., who was born May 2, 1874, reside in Indianapolis, Indiana, for eight years, where he received the main part of his schooling. He enlisted in Company D, 158th Regiment, during the Spanish-American War, but was never called on to leave the country. He is a general merchant at Boston village, and is postmaster. He married Stella Morgan, and has two children, namely, George J., bo December 7, 1904, and Dorothy, born Jun 19, 1906. Clayton J., who was born August 4, 1877, married Catherine E. Coonrad, of Brecksville, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Stanford is trustee and steward, in addition to having been superintendent of the Sunday-school for many years. He has been a member of the Summit County Agri cultural Society for a long period. F. B. LIVERMORE, M.D., a leading physician and surgeon, at Barberton, for merly demonstrator of Anatomy at the Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery, has been located at this place since October, 1899. Dr. Livermore was born at Port Henry, Ne York, December 28, 1871, and is a son of R. F. and Eliza Hester (Bates) Livermore. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 855 In 1878, the parents of Dr. Livermore removed from Port Henry to Corry, Pennsylvania, where his father embarked in a wholesale and retail dry goods business. There ])r. Livermore was educated, and after graduating from the Corry High School, he entered Allegheny College, at Meadville, where he took a preparatory course in medicine, following which he entered the Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery, at Cleveland, Ohio, from which institution he was gradated with his degree, in March, 1895. While Dr. Livermore practiced at Cleveland, he held the chair of demonstrator in Anatomy in his alma muter, and was also one of the physicians at tacked to the Huron Street Hospital, in that city. The training of two years which he enjoyed in hospital work was of inestimable benefit, giving him an opportunity to study diseases and injuries in a practical way. In October, 1899, Dr. Livermore came to Barberton, and although a number of other practitioners of excellent repute are located at this point, he has built up a most satisfactory practice and in large degree enjoys the confidence and support of the leading citizens. In 1895, Dr. Livermore was married to Minnie A. Creel, who is a daughter of Benjamin Creel, of Parkersburg, West Virginia. Fraternally, Dr. Livermore is connected with the Maccabees and the Knights of Pythias, while also retaining membership with his college fraternity, the Delta Tau Delta. Professionally, he is a member of the Cleveland Medical Association and the Summit County Clinical Association. A. R. LODWICK, president of The Lodwick Company, leaders in the grocery line at Akron, with business location at No. 10 East Market Street, has been a resident of this city for thirty-three years and during the whole period of his commercial life has been identified with grocery interests. Mr. Lodwick was horn in 1870, at Clinton, Missouri, and was four years old when his parents brought him to Akron. In the schools of Akron, Mr. Lodwick secured his education. His father was engaged in the grocery business and very early the son became his assistant and learned all the practical details by the time he was ready to assume the responsibility of conducting a business of his own. For a number of years he was one of the stockholders in the Tanner Company, grocers, at Akron, which was succeeded in 1907 by the Lodwick Company. The latter was incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000, with these officers: A. R. Lodwick, president; A. M. Lodwick, vice-president; and I. A. Lodwick, secretary and 1.1 ensurer. In April, 1901, Mr. Lodwick was married to Lilian Douglas who was born at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Mr. Lodwick is affiliated with a number -of the leading fraternal organizations. Ile is a 32nd degree Mason, and belongs to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery at. Akron, to Lake Eric Consistory at Cleveland. he is also a member of the Odd Fellows, the Royal Arcanum, the Protected Home Circle and the National Association of Letter Carriers. Ile is identified with the Masonic club. Ile is not an active politician but always takes a good citizen,s interest in public affairs, he gives liberally to charity and his civic pride is shown in the support he lends to public-spirited enterprises. WILLIAM AMOS MANSFIELD, M.D., physician and surgeon, at Barberton, where ho has been established since 1900, is one of the leading medical men of Summit County. he was born at Ravenna, Muskegon County, Michigan, February 28, 1859, and is a son of A. J. and Ann (Ellithorpe) Mansfield. The father of Dr. Mansfield was born in Canada and was a son of Harry Mansfield, who was born near Plattsburg, New York, and was a son of an Englishman, who had settled very early in that city. The mother of Dr. Mansfield was born near Toronto, Canada, where her English parents had settled. For a number of years the father of Dr. Mansfield was prominently identified with the lumber industry in Canada. He began a manufacturing business near Toronto 856 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY shortly after his marriage, but subsequently removed to Muskegon County, Michigan, where he bought large tracts of lumber and continued in the lumbering business, and the furniture manufacturing business, until his death, in 1906, the death of his wife having immediately preceded his own. Dr. Mansfield was reared in Muskegon County, Michigan, and first attended the dis- trict schools near his home and then entered Bryant and Stratton’s Business College, at Buffalo, New York, where he took a two-years course. Equipped with first-class commercial education, he then went to Boston, Massachusetts, and for two years was a student in the Emerson College of Oratory and Dramatic Art, graduating from that well-known institution, May 3, 1889. From probable success in business and celebrity on the stage, he then turned his attention to the science of medicine and entered the Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery, graduating in the class of 1895. For the succeeding five years he practiced his profession in. the city of Cleveland and then came to the prospering town of Barberton, where he has become a leading citizen. He is a member of the Summit County Medical Club, and is an enthusiast in his profession. His fine office is equipped with modern appliances of all kinds, including an expensive X-ray machine, and he keeps thoroughly in touch with medical progress.. He served one term as health officer of Barberton, having been appointed by the village council. In 1893, Dr. Mansfield was married to Lenno Mowry, and they have two children : Ellithorpe and Marie. Dr. Mansfield is prominent in fraternal life, belonging to the Masons, the Elks and the Knights of Pythias. WILLIAM HENRY MIDDLETON, residing on a very valuable farm of over 200 acres, which he acquired in 1882, is one of the substantial agriculturists and leading citizens of Hudson Township. He was born, May 19, 1856, in County Kent, England, and is a son of James and Mary Ann (Grigsby) Middleton. Both parents of Mr. Middleton were born in County Kent, England, and in 1869 they came to America with their seven children. The voyage was one of danger and disaster. The family set sail in the vessel the City of Hudson, which was wrecked on the banks of New Foundland and drifted backward helplessly, for 500 miles, with three feet of water in the hold. The captain had lost all hope of saving his passengers, but fortunately kept up their courage when he lost his own, and finally help came and in the course of time the Middleton family reached East Cleveland in safety. The father was a brick-layer by trade. he died August 4, 1006, aged seventy-five years. The mother of William H. Middleton died December 21, 1878. The father was married (second) January 7, 1880, to Mrs. Elizabeth Pincombe. The children born to his first marriage were as follows: William H.; George, residing at Mayfield Heights, Cleveland; Sarah Jane, who died October 12, 1905; Alfred who died April 12, 1883; Elizabeth, who married George Lintern, died in 1894, at Cleveland; James, residing at Cleveland ; Charles, residing in Hudson Township; and Hattie, who married Julian Scott, residing on the Streetsboro road in Hudson Township. William H. Middleton resided at East Cleveland and at Glenville for about two years, and started a milk route which he continued until 1884, when he came to his present farm. He bought over 202 acres and has since added about twenty-seven acres. He operates his farm mainly as a dairy farm and ships his milk to Cleveland. On August 31, 1875, Mr. Middleton was married to Sarah Ann Pincombe, who was born at Plymouth, England, and was ten years old when her parents William and Elizabeth (Rockey) Pincombe, crossed the Atlantic Ocean. The father went back to England and died there. The mother, later in life, became the second wife of the father of Mr. Middleton, and died on the present farm in an adjoining house, December 3, 1894. The Pincombes had three children to grow to maturity, namely: Elizabeth, who married AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 857 John Latent, residing at Cleveland; Selina, who married W. B. Hopkins, residing at Cleveland; and Sarah Ann, who married Mr. Middleton. Mr. and Mrs. Middleton have five children, as follows: May Elizabeth, who married W. S. Mills, residing at Twinsburg, has two children, Florence Elizabeth and Winnifred Ann; William, residing in Hudson Township, married Pearl Beardsley ; Emanuel Alfred, residing in Bedford, married Emma Post, of Macedonia; and Blanche Winnifred and Bert Eli, both residing at home. Mr. Middleton and family belong to the Congregational Church at Hudson. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Middleton is a type of self-made man and enjoys the position in which he finds himself, in middle life, because through his own efforts he has brought his prosperity about. ELMER ROBINSON, residing on his valuable farm of ninety acres, situated in Bath Township, where he is engaged in general farming and dairying, is one of the substantial men. and reliable citizens of this section. Mr. Robinson was born in Wayne County, Ohio, October 6, 1865, and is a son of Robert and Sarah (Clapper) Robinson. The grandparents of Mr. Robinson were James and Sarah (Yates) Robinson, who were natives of Pennsylvania. James Robinson was a cigar-maker by trade, but after moving to Missouri in 1869, he followed farming. His children were: John and Robert, both of whom are deceased; Jacob, residing in Missouri; Benjamin, residing in Wayne County ; Joseph and Abraham, both, of whom are deceased; Katherine, residing in Missouri ; and Elizabeth, who is deceased. Robert Robinson, father of Elmer, was born at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania., October 2, 1839, and died in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, July 30, 1900. He accompanied his parents to Missouri, where he lived for two years and then cane to Bath Township, where he passed the rest of his life. He was a man of education and taught school in Missouri and later in Wayne County. He was a stanch Republican and was elected a director of the Summit County infirmary, to which position he was re-elected, and was the only member of his party who gained popular recognition at that time in this section. He died while serving in his second term., His widow still survives and resides on the home farm in Bath Township. The children of Robert Robinson and wife were: Allie, who married Charles H. Francisco, residing in Copley Township; Elmer C., Mettie, who married Andrew Harris, residing in Copley Township, Edward,. Who married Lottie Leiby, resides in Sharon Township ; deceased, who married James Myers; and Vera, who married Earl Rockwell, residing on the old home in Bath Township. Elmer Robinson was reared on the homestead farm and obtained his education in the schools of Bath Township. He remained assisting his father until his marriage, when he purchased his present farm, where he has made all the improvements, including the building of the substantial residence and farm structures. He is a man of practical ideas and thoroughly understands how to make every part of his land produce satisfactorily, in other words, he is a successful agriculturist. In 1886, Mr. Robinson was married to Alpha L. Miller, who is a daughter of Ralsman and Sarah (Hershey) Miller, former residents of Bath Township, where the former died in 1897, and the latter in 1899. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have had four children, namely: Glenn, 'who died aged eight years; Pearl ; Wayne; and a babe that died in infancy. Mr. Robinson is a member of the East Granger Disciples Church, in which he is one of the deacons, and is superintendent of the Sunday-school. Politically he is a Republican and is serving in his fifth year as township trustee. He is one of the directors in the Farmers, Mutual Cyclone Association, and the Bath Horse Protective Association, and is president of the latter organization. He is a member of the Grange of Bath Center. 858 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY IRA L. UNDERWOOD, residing on his valuable farm of 152 acres, situated on the township line road, between Bath and Richfield, in Bath Township, was born in Granger Township, Medina County, Ohio, February 18, 1857, and is a son of Henry and Hannah (Dunsha) Underwood and a grandson of Henry Underwood. The Underwood ancestors came to New York from Scotland. The grandfather was born in New York and came to Wayne County, Ohio, prior to the birth of his son, Henry Underwood, who was a boy when his parents settled in Granger Township, Medina County. He died in Medina County, but his widow survived some years and died on the farm of her son Ira L., in Bath Township. Ira L. Underwood was reared in Granger Township, remaining at home until his twenty-first year, when he came to Bath Township, where he has since resided. In 1900, he came •to his present property, which is a finely improved tract of land, and here he has engaged in general farming and dairying, keeping about twenty cows. Mr. Underwood also owns a small tract of seven acres in Ghent. He is very well known in his vicinity, and his fellow-townsmen elected him assessor for two terms. In 1881 Mr. Underwood was married to Louisa Miller, who is a daughter of Ralseman Miller, and to this union there have been born two children: Edith; and Miller II., who married Opal Fulmer. SMITH D. TIFFT, senior member of the firm of Tifft and Vogan, dealers in carriages and agricultural implements, at Cuyahoga rails, is a leading citizen and representative business man of this section of Summit County. He was born in Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio, March 16, 1840, and is a son of John D. and Anna (Bangs) Tifft. John D. Tifft, father of Smith D., was born in the State of New York, and died at Cuyahoga Falls, in 1876, aged seventy years. He remained on the home farm until he reached maturity and then. came to Ohio, securing work at Cleveland, where he assisted in clear ing the virgin forest. from the present sites of the beautiful Wilson and Euclid avenues of that city. After two years at Cleveland, about 1840, he settled at Johnson,s Corners, near the present site of Barberton, and in the fall following the birth of his son, Smith D., he came to Cuyahoga Falls. Hero he kept a livery stable and also engaged in a meat business. The year 1847 he spent in Chicago, but returned to Cuyahoga Falls, where he became one of the substantial citizens, during the following seven or eight years. An unlucky speculation in hogs caused his business failure and from then to the Owe of his life, he engaged in the 'Manufacture of numerous patents and machines, of which he was the inventor. He first. patented a fanning mill, for cleaning grain, his rights to which he subsequently sold. Later ho patented and sold his rights to a certain kind of fence and still later, he patented an invalid,s spring bed, also selling his rights in this valuable invention. All of his inventions were of such recognized utility. that they came into general use, and before his death he had become again a man of ample means. Early in life he was a Whig, but after 1852 he was identified with the Republican party. He was a man of Sterling character find at the time of his death was a. member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. The mother of Smith D. Tifft was born in Vermont and died in 1884. She was the youngest of a family of seven children, all of whom were remarkably lung-lived, only two dying before the age of eighty-eight: years, and several living to be over ninety. The four children of John D. Tifft and wife to reach maturity were: Smith D.; Eliza M. (deceased), who married W. A. Allen, of Akron; Horace, residing in the Soldier's Home at Dayton, who is a veteran of the Civil War, and Alice, who married Charles Hawn, of Cuyahoga Falls. The mother of this family was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church through life. Smith D. Tifft was educated in the common and High Schools at Cuyahoga Falls, and en-, tered into business on his own account in the AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 861 meat and cattle industry, in which he continued for eleven years. From 1867 until 1869, Mr. Tifft was in partnership with W. A. Taylor, speculating in cattle, after which he became the "Co." of the then well-known carriage and wagon shop of W. A. Allen & Co. He continued with this firm for nine years and then sold out to his partner and resumed *speculating in cattle. Some six months later he started a meat market and continued in the meat business until 1885, when he traded it for a farm, which he operated for one year. He left farming in order to go out on the road as the traveling representative for the milling concern of Howe & Company. Mr. Tifft remained with the above firm until 1891, when he engaged in an agricultural implement business beginning in a modest way and conducting it alone until January 26, 1896, when he entered into partnership With F. D. Vogan. The firm of Tifft & Vogan has prospered from the first and has deserved the name of being the first business house at this place, to handle "everything for the farmer.". The business has increased to such proportions that it won the prize—a check for $100— which was offered by the International Harvester Company, of Cleveland, for handling the largest volume of business of that company's products, through a certain area. This could not have come about without excellent business management and a fine quality of goods. Mr. Tifft is interested in other enterprises which contribute to the prosperity and good name of Cuyahoga Falls. He was one of the organizers of the Falls Savings and Loan Association and has been its president for the past eighteen months. He is also a director of the Cuyahoga Falls Savings Bank. On January 29, 1863, Mr. Tifft was married to Julia E. Allen, a daughter of George Allen, of Cuyahoga Falls. For forty years Mrs. Tifft has been a devoted member of the Episcopal Church, and Mr. Tifft is a liberal contributor to its various beneficent enterprises. Politically, Mr. Tifft is a Republican, and he served as village clerk for six years. In 1863, he united with the Masons and is a member of Star Lodge, No. 187, at Cuyahoga Falls. GEORGE T. BISHOP, formerly president of the Northern Texas Traction Company, and president of the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Street Railway, for many years has been prominently identified with electric railways and has also been concerned in other important business enterprises, but since 1901 he has made his summer home on his farm in the township where his boyhood was spent. Mr, Bishop was born at Ravenna, Ohio, October 11, 1864, and is a son of Clark Benjamin and Arvilla (Taylor) Bishop. Mr. Bishop’s American ancestors were of New England birth and training. His great-grandfather, Benjamin Bishop, on the occasion of Lafayette's, visit to America, in 1824, took that Revolutionary" hero and friend of Washington from Burlington, Vermont, to Montpelier, that State, in a coach drawn by four white horses, with outriders. Mr. Bishop's grandfather, Orin Azro Bishop, was born at Richmond, Vermont. He married Celina, Lillie, who, like himself, graduated at. the. Jericho Academy, at Jericho, Vermont, and who after her graduation taught school. In 1831, after their marriage, they came. to Northfield Township, where life must have seemed- crude and hard in those early days, Here -Grandfather Bishop erected a log cabin west Of Northfield Center, and in 1838 built a tavern or public house, which still stands as` a landmark, on the southwest corner of the Square at Northfield Center. This was the first tavern in Northfield Township, a. commodious two-story building which was quite a notable building in its prime and was conducted under the name of the Washington Inn By the premature discharge of a cannon, on training day, Mr. Bishop was so injured that he died one year after the accident. His three children were: Clark B., George L. and Orin Azro. Clark Benjamin was born September 12, 1833, in the little log cabin home in Northfield, and was reared to his father's pursuits. After his marriage he removed to Ravenna, Ohio, where he engaged with his father-in- law, in conducting a hotel, and during the 862 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY Civil War they operated the Exchange Hotel, but in 1866 Mr. Bishop took charge of the American House, in Cleveland. Returning to Northfield in 1873 he purchased the farm one and one-fourth miles west of Northfield Center, returning to the quiet of country life as a means of regaining his health. Eight years on the farm restored him to his former robustness and on his son George T. Bishop’s seventeenth birthday, he returned to Cleveland. He died April 3, 1899. During his residence in Northfield Township, he served in public offices and was a representative man of his section. Politically, he was identified with the Republican party. He was a member of Summit Lodge, No. 281, F. & A. M., of Twinsburg. On September 17, 1862, he married Arvilla Taylor, who died February 3, 1904. She was A daughter of Timothy Taylor, of Twinsburg. They had two sons, George T. and Hal F., the latter now residing at Cleveland. George T. Bishop’s boyhood was mainly passed in Northfield Township. In his seventeenth year he accompanied his father to Cleveland, and in the following year entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, in the traffic department. He was connected with the steam railroad business until 1895, during the last few years being general agent of the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City Railroad. In the above mentioned year he became interested in financing and building electric railroads. He was president of the Northern Texas Traction Company, which built and financed the pioneer interurban electric railway of Texas, the line connecting Dallas and Fort Worth. After disposing of his interests in Texas, Mr. Bishop became interested in other sections and, as mentioned above, fills the office of president of a very important electric line, which has great future possibilities. He is a director of the Cleveland Trust Company and is concerned in a number of other enterprises in different sections. In 1901 Mr. Bishop gave way to a natural impulse in turning to the home of his child hood, purchasing the old Baum property and converting it into an elegant summer home. Mr. Bishop has not spared expense in improving the old place and his improvements include making over the public highway in the vicinity. Mr. Bishop received a hearty welcome from his fellow citizens of Northfield Township. He has named his place Sagamore Summit, the latter part of the name being suggested by its natural elevation, which is among the highest in Ohio, and the former coming from the beautiful stream of water named Sagamore Creek, which has its rise on his farm. The Common Council of Macedonia, in recognition of his public-spirted enterprise in repairing the highway, voted that henceforth it should bear the name of Sagamore Road. Mr. Bishop owns some of the finest Jersey stock in this section of Ohio, taking a great deal of interest in it, but not engaging in farming to any extent. Mr. Bishop married Anna L. Swearer, who is a daughter of Alfred Swearer, of Brownsville. He is affiliated with the Republican party but is not active. He is prominent in Masonry, belonging to Tyrian Lodge, F. & A. M., of Cleveland; Webb Chapter, R. A. M.; Oriental Commandery, K. T.; Lake Erie Consistory, and Al Koran Temple of the Mystic Shrine. THOMAS BLACKBURN, a well-known citizen and retired farmer of Hudson Township, was born October 9, 1833, near Gains-borough, on the River Trent, Lincolnshire, England, and is a son of William Blackburn, who died during the Civil War. Thomas Blackburn came to America in 1858 and located at Peninsula, with his brother John, who had come to America four years previously. In September, 1861, he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Battery D, First Ohio Light Artillery, under Captain Conkle, and after the close of his first enlistment, he re-enlisted in 1863, and w as honorably discharged July 15, 1865. His first service was in the Western army but AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 863 after the Atlanta campaign, he was connected with the Southern force. After his return from his military service Mr. Blackburn rejoined his brother at Peninsula, and in the following year was married and then settled on a farm which was owned by his father; in Hudson Township. It contained sixty-six acres and he rented the estate for five years, and cultivated it until six years since. To the original tract he added sixty-eight acres, and to this his eon has added eighty more, making 215 acres. It is well stocked, and under the careful management of Mr. Blackburn and son, has been developed into a fine place. The aged mother lived with Mr. Blackburn until her death, at the age of ninety-three years, during the latter part of her long life being blind. Mr. Blackburn has two brothers, namely: John, who lives near Peninsula; and Henry, who lives at Cleveland. On April 10, 1868, Mr. Blackburn was married to Hannah Cowley, who was also born in England, being four years of age when her parents brought her to America. They were Joseph James and Hannah (Hunt) Cowley. Her father settled at Middlebury, where he carried on a blacksmith business. Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn have had six children, as follows: Florence J., Harry James, Lotta, Mary Edna, and two who died in infancy. Florence J. married Frederick Stauffer and at her death, January 6, 1903, left two children : Alice and Louise. Harry James married Clara Shaffer, and they have four children : Grace Augusta, Meta Aileen, Helen and Harnet. On May 13, 1898, he enlisted for three years as first lieutenant of Company B, Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served under General Shafter at Santiago, Cuba and was honorably discharged at Wooster, Ohio, November 21, 1898. Prior to the Spanish-American War he had been a member of the Ohio National Guards, entering April 23, 1893, in the following July was made corporal, on May 12, 1894, sergeant, on June first, 1896, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant, July 15, 1896. After the close of the Spanish-American War he retained his commis- sion as first lieutenant, and in September, 1899, he was elected captain and so continued until he resigned his commission in 1902, when he was honorably discharged. He is bookkeeper in the First National Bank at Akron. Mr. Blackburn's second daughter, Lotta, married R. E. Miller, and they reside in Hudson and have one daughter, Claire Louise. In politics, Thomas Hudson is a Republican. For twelve yeas he served as a trustee of Hudson Township and took an active interest in public affairs. He is a member and liberal supporter of the Congregational Church. He belongs to W. T. Sherman Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and Mrs. Blackburn is serving her fifth year as president of the Woman's Relief Corps. L. H. OVIATT, county commissioner of Summit County, residing at Hudson and owning farming and cattle interests near Hudson, has his official residence in the Court House at Akron. He was born in Portage Township, Summit County, Ohio, in 1860, and is a son of Salmon F. Oviatt. The grandfather of Mr. Oviatt was Benjamin Oviatt, who, with his brother, Herman Oviatt, came to Ohio from Connecticut, and settled near Hudson, Summit County, in 1802, when this whole country was a wilderness. Benjamn Oviatt resided there until 1847, when he removed to Twinsburg Township, where he lived until his death. Salmon Oviatt, father of L. H., resided at Hudson, where he was born in 1827, until his father moved to Twinsburg Township, and he still resides on the same farm, having reached the age of eighty years. He has long been a prominent citizen of that section. L. H. Oviatt was reared and educated at Twinsburg and subsequently became an extensive farmer and cattle raiser. Ever since attaining manhood he had been active in politics, and has served in all the important township offices, having been a member of the School Board, assessor and trustee. In the fall of 1901, Mr. Oviatt was first elected county commissioner, and assumed the duties 864 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY of the office in the fall of 1902. His reelection took place in the fall of 1904. Mr. Oviatt has been chairman of the building commission for the erection of the Court House, and is also a member of the Summit County Agricultural Society. Mr. Oviatt was married in September, 1881, to Nina E. Slocum, who is a daughter of John Slocum, who was born in New York and became later a resident of Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Oviatt have two children: Ida, who is the wife of Silas. E. Sawyer, who is engaged in a grocery business at Falls Junction, Ohio, and Fayette L., residing at home. Mr. and Mrs. Oviatt are members of the Congregational Church at Twinsburg. Mr. Oviatt is a member of the. Knights of Pythias. KENT A. FULMER, a representative citizen of Bath Township, who owns forty acres of excellent farming land one mile east of Hammond's Corners, was born in Sharon Township, Medina County, Ohio, February 27, 1862, and is a son of Jacob and Matilda (High) Fulmer. Jacob Fulmer was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and as a young man removed to Wayne County, Ohio, subsequently going to Sharon, Medina County, where for thirty years he was in the potash business. He then engaged in farming, and at the time of his death, in 1892, owned a tract of seventy-one acres, in Sharon Township. Mr. Fulmer was married to Matilda High, who is a daughter of Abraham and Hettie (Whistler) High, the former of whom was an uncle of County Treasurer U. G. High, of Summit County. Mr. and Mrs. Fulmer had the following children: Ida E., who married William Wagar; Norman L., Kent A., Jennie E., who married Alexander Steese; Abbie, who married Harland Ganyard, and one child which died in infancy. Mrs. Fulmer was married (second) to Andrew Kaskey, who died in 1903. Mrs. Kaskey now makes her home with her son, Kent A. Kent A. Fulmer was reared in Sharon Township, where he carried on farming until he attained his majority, at which time he went to Akron, where, for three years, he worked in the boiler works. He then entered the employ of the Goodrich Rubber Company, with which he remained seven years, after which he worked one year at the Diamond Rubber Works, and for three years more, he was employed at the Whitman-Barnes Rubber Works. In 1900 he purchased his present farm, buying from Jeff Mull, and here he has carried on agricultural pursuits quit successfully, and in addition thereto perform the duties of constable of Bath Township, having been elected to that office in 1901, on the Republican ticket. He is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees. In January, 1884, Mr. Fulmer was married to Annie Ritchie, who is a daughter of George Ritchie, and they have one child,, Opal, who married Miller Underwood. CHARLES BOLTZ, a well known citizen of, Bath Township, who owns 178 acres of fine farming land located about one mile east and one-half mile south of Hammond's Corners, was born June 19, 1866, just south of Ghent, Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of Peter W. and Elizabeth (Sheets) Boltz. Peter W. Boltz was born and reared in Pennsylvania, where he was married. After the birth of three children, Mr. Boltz came to Ohio and settled first in Bath Township, where he engaged in work by the day. Later he rented the present property of J. Hershey, in West Bath, and there resided for eighteen years, but at the end of this time removed to William Hardy's place, one-half mile east of Botzum, in Northampton Township, renting this farm for three years. The next year was spent on the W. B. Doyle farm in Portage Township, and the family then removed to a farm of sixty-seven acres near Harris Mill, in Bath Township, which Mr. Boltz had purchased in the previous year. The house on this farm burned down while Mr. Boltz was sick, and he was removed to the old William Barker farm, where he died while his own house was in course of being rebuilt. Mr. and Mrs. Boltz were the parents of eleven AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 865 children, all of whom but one are living, namely Amelia, who is the widow of W. Bennage; Thomas, who resides at Cuyahoga Falls; Jane, who is the wife of Alfred Carver, of Akron; Charles, Sadie, who is the wife of George Snyder; John, who lives at Akron; Albert, who resides in Bath Township; Sherman and Sheridan, twins, and Carl. Clara died when eleven years of age. Mrs. Boltz still survives and makes her home in Bath Township. Charles Boltz was educated in the schools of his native section and until marriage resided at home. After this, he and his wife went to housekeeping on a rented farm in Northampton Township, where they resided for one year, then removed to a farm in Bath Township, which they rented for two years, and subsequently located on the old Stephen Dales farm in Copley Township. After two years on this place, they lived at Hammond's Corners, for a year, and then came to the present farm. Mr. Boltz rented a large part of the farm for five years before he purchased it, and to the original tract, he subsequently added sixty-three acres which adjoined it, bringing it up to 178 acres. He carries on general farming and dairying, keeping from ten to twenty cows. In 1890 Mr. Boltz married Lydia Myers, and they have three children, namely: Edith, Harley and Irma. BURT DONCASTER, funeral director at Hudson, was born -in Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio, August 1, 1865, and is a son of James and Louise (Collins) Doncaster. The grandparents of Mr. Doncaster were William and Hannah (Darley) Doncaster, who were born and married in Lincolnshire, England. After coming to America they located at Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio, but later moved to Hamden, Geauga County. The grandfather met an accidental death at Chardon. James Doncaster, father of Burt, was born July 20, 1836, in Streetsboro Township, Portage County, and died at Hudson, March 30, 1906. He learned carriage-making at Tallmadge and followed this trade after coming to Hudson, together with undertaking, becoming a member of the firm of Wadhams & Doncaster, in 1871, later buying Mr. Wadham's interest. He married Louise Collins, who was born at Brimfield, Summit County, August 7, 1837, who was a daughter of John Collins, who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania. The two children born to this marriage are: Burt and Grace, the latter of whom was born July 13, 1867, and both reside at Hudson. James Doncaster was a Republican in his political views and frequently filled public office, serving many years as township trustee, also as assessor, and for thirty years was superintendent of the Hudson cemetery. He belonged to Hudson Lodge, F. & A. M. Burt Doncaster was two years old when his parents came to Hudson, where he acquired a common school education. He became an employe of the Adams Express Company and remained with them for twenty years, during one year of that period living at Cleveland, and during three and one-half years at Cuyahoga Falls. He succeeded his father in the undertaking business, and later attended an embalming school at Sandusky. Mr. Doncaster has well-equipped quarters and is prepared to answer every call in his line of business. On October 23, 1887, Mr. Doncaster was married to Nellie Scott, who was born at Bedford and is a daughter of De Witt Clinton and Adlantha (Acker) Scott. They have four children: Hazel, born January 12, 1889; Harley, born February 3, 1891; Lena Rose, born June 22, 1898, and Gamine Mildred, born June 30, 1902. Mr. Doncaster is a Republican. HORACE LAWRENCE DEACON, residing on the old home farm, in Hudson Township, Summit County, Ohio, on which he was born May 1, 1833, is one of the representative citizens of this section. His parents were John and Julia Ann (Lawrence) Deacon. The grandfather of Mr. Deacon was Marmaduke Deacon, who was born in Ireland. In 1805 he came from Washington County, 866 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY Pennsylvania, to Summit County, Ohio, buying 160 acres of land in Hudson Township, which was a portion of the present home farm. To his original purchase he added, buying from the Connecticut Land Company, and he became a large owner of valuable lands in this section. His wife, Mary Carter, died in July, 1806, in the little log cabin which had been completed in the previous April. She left motherless the little fouryear-old son, John, who was born in Penn- sylvania. He grew to sturdy manhood and cultivated 101 acres of the land now owned by his grandson, L. W. Deacon. John Deacon married Julia Ann Lawrence, who was born at Seabrook, Connecticut, in 1813, and was a daughter of Martin Lawrence, who came to Hudson Township in 1817. They had the following children : Horace Lawrence, John Wesley, formerly a resident of Hudson Township, where he died aged sixty years; Mrs. Caroline Campbell, who is deceased; David, residing at Hudson; Mrs. Emily Slubaugh, widow, residing at Cleveland; Cyrus B., who died at Hudson ; Edmund, residing in Bath Township; Louis; Lucinda, who is deceased; Frederick, residing at Akron, and Louisa, who married John Musson. Horace L. Deacon spent his childhood in the old log house which was built by his grandfather. On this land he has continued to carry on agricultural pursuits, and is considered one of the excellent farmers of Hudson Township. He lived for a short time in Boston Township, but his home has mai•ly been in the vicinity of his birth. On May 12, 1863, he was married to Electa Johnson, who was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Clark and Polly (Ferris) Johnson. Her grandfather came from Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Deacon have three children: Emma, who married Frank Oviatt, residing in Northfield Township, have two children, Cliff and Opal; Julia May, who married Van Nostram, residing in Northfield Township, have two children, Mildred and Arleen, and Lawrence, who married Beatrice Della Van Nostram, has had two children, Harold Lawrence, deceased, and Kenneth Samuel. In politics, Mr. Deacon is an independent voter. JOHN KEMERY, a well-known resident of Bath Township, who owns a fine 160-acre farm, was born March 1, 1842, in Wayne Township, Wayne County, Ohio, and is a son of Daniel and Susanna (Yergin) Kemery. Daniel Kemery came to Wayne County, Ohio, from New York, and was here married. He rented farming land in Wayne Township, on which he lived until his death in 1850. He left a widow and five children, namely : Catherine, deceased, who was the wife of Benjamin Allman; David, who died in the fall of 1906; Caroline, who is the wife of Jared Sheldon; John and Samantha Jane, who married Silas Payne, of Richfield. John Kemery was about eight years of age when his father died, and the oldest of the children was not more than fourteen. Both he and his brother, David, were put out to work for neighboring farmers at an early age. In 1851 the mother removed to Richfield Township, where she owned a tract of fifteen acres, and there John Kemery was principally reared. The mother died in Richfield Township in 1883. Prior to his marriage, Mr. Kemery was engaged in the lumber business and in operating a sawmill, but afterward settled on a farm he bought in Richfield Township, from which he removed in 1882 to his present property, this being purchased in partnership with Israel Baumgardner, whom he later bought out. Mr. Kemery has made many improvements, in-eluding the erection of all the buildings, the clearing of about fifty acres and setting out of trees. He has one of the best cultivated farms in the township and has been very successful in his farming and dairying industries. In 1900 Mr. Kemery served as real estate appaiser of Bath Township. Mr. Kemery was married in Richfield, in 1865, to Mary A. Peach, who is a daughter of David and Elizabeth Peach, and they have one son, Melvin Orlando, who was born August 31, 1866. He is engaged in farming AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 867 the home place. He married Anna Snyder, who is a daughter of Isaac and Pauline (Powell) Snyder. WILLIAM F. MILLER, general farmer and stockraiser of Bath Township, who resides on his well-improved property of fifty-two acres, was born September 6, 1853, at Canton, Ohio, and is a son of David and Mary (Killinger) Miller. David Miller was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared, and shortly after his marriage he came to Canton, Ohio, where he worked at shoemaking and also carried on farming. In 1856 he removed to Copley Township, Summit County, where he purchased a farm of eighty acres, one mile north of Copley, on which he resided until retiring from agricultural pursuits in 1875, when he removed to Copley Center, and there his death occurred in April, 1904, aged ninety-four years. His wife had died in August, 1876. They were the parents of the following children: Mahlon, who died an infant at Canton, Ohio; Alice, who married Albertus Kellar, of Portage County, Ohio; Caroline, who is the widow of Urias Miller, lives at Battle Creek, Michigan; Elizabeth, who is the wife of William Vickers, who is a farmer of Fulton County, Michigan, and William F. William F. Miller was reared in Copley Township,. and all of his mature life has been spent in farming, with the exception of six years, when he was engaged in teaming at Akron. He- remained at home until he was married, when he rented a farm in Copley Township for one year, and then removed to Richfield Township, to what was first called Baldwin's, and later Miller's Corners, just across the Bath Township line. He purchased a farm of eighty acres in 1877, but in 1893, removed to Akron, where he lived for six years, and then returned to his farm for an equal period. In 1905 Mr. Miller sold that farm and purchased his present one. In 1876 Mr. Miller was married to Mary Goodman, who is a daughter of Peter and Mary (Jackson) Goodman. She was born and reared in Pennsylvania, and moved to Copley when about twelve years of age, at which place the father died in 1888. Her mother still lives at Copley. To Mr. and Mrs Miller the following children have been born : Clarence, who died at the age of eighteen months; Marcia, who died when twenty-five years old, was the wife of Harry Brock, and left one child, Clarence Brock, who lives with Mr. Miller; Earl, who is a shipping clerk for a large Cleveland shoe house, married Gertrude Vallen; Maude and Dana, who live at home, and Leta, who died at Akron, aged six years. PHILIP J. HEINTZ, a highly esteemed resident of Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, where he owns and operates ninety-six and three-quarters acres of excellent farming land, was born in Germany, January 20, 1839, and is a son of Philip and Mary (Baird) Heintz. Philip J. Heintz was six and one-half years old when his parents left Germany for America, and on June 15, 1845, the family arrived at Akron, Ohio. One month later they removed to Coventry Township, where the father had purchased a farm of fifty acres. On this farm the parents of Mr. Heintz spent the remainder of their lives. Philip J. Heintz was the next to the oldest and is now the oldest living, of a family of eleven children. He was reared in Coventry Township and was trained to be a farmer on the home place, on which he remained until March, 1878. On Thanksgiving Day, 1877, he purchased his present property, to which he moved when he left the homestead. He erected the house and barn, and after the destruction of the barn by fire in July, 1892, he built his present substantial one, which is 38x66 feet in dimensions. On November 23, 1865, Mr. Heintz was united in marriage with Mary Hendricks, who is a daughter of Jesse Hendricks. She was reared in Pennsylvania, and when the other members of her family removed to Iowa, she accompanied her sister to Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Heintz have one child: Henry, 868 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY who was born August 20, 1869. He is unmarried and helps his father to operate the farm. EDWARD E. ROGERS, one of Hudson's prominent citizens, who has been identified with its important interests during a long and useful life, was born in Hudson Town- ship, Summit bounty, Ohio, January 14, 1836. He is a son of Norman and Minerva (Lusk) Rogers, and a grandson of Henry and Mary (Day) Rogers, who came from Massachusetts and settled in Deerfield Township, Portage County, in 1800. Norman Rogers was born at West Springfield, Massachusetts, and he was twelve years of age when he accompanied his parents to Deerfield Township, where he lived four years and then came to Hudson Township. He became a man of influence here and for a number of terms served as a justice of the peace. In early political life, he was a Whig, but later became affiliated with the Republican party. He died in 1862. He married Minerva Lusk, who was born in New York and died in 1839. She was a daughter of Capt. Amos Lusk, who was an officer in the War of 1812, and his wife, Mary (Adams) Lusk, the latter Of whom was a cousin of John Quincy Adams. They had a farm two miles northeast of Hudson. They reared five children, namely: Amos, who died aged eighty years, residing at that time in Michigan ; Laura, who died in 1877 ; Mary, who died in 1895 ; Horace, who died in 1894; and Edward E. The late Horace Rogers resided with his brother Edward until his death. He was a well-known artist and the work of his pen and pencil may be seen in the old atlas of Summit County. Dr. Rogers has passed the greater part of his life in Hudson and is one of her most highly esteemed citizens. From the local schools he attended a preparatory course in the Western Reserve, and when twenty-four years of age began the study of dentistry, which he practiced for a short period in Medina County, but afterward returned to Hudson. Occasionally, Dr. Rogers still practices, but to no great extent. For some thirty years, he has also been interested in a fire and accident insurance business, representing some of the leading organizations of the country. Dr. Rogers is identified with the Republican party and has been a leading and influential factor for many years. He served two terms as mayor of Hudson, for twenty-five years was a justice of the peace, and for over that time served as township clerk. On March 13, 1867, Dr. Rogers was married to Catherine A. Whedon, who was born in the residence which the family occupies, at Hudson, in which she has lived all her life. Her parents were John B. and Catherine (Wells) Whedon, the latter of whom was born in Connecticut, and the former in Ohio. Her father built the present residence and a drug store adjacent, the latter of which he conducted 'for many years. Mrs. Rogers is an accomplished pianist and for a number of years taught instrumental music. They have two daughters, Elizabeth Minerva and Catherine Wells, both residing at home. The former has been a teacher in the State institution for the Feeble-minded, at Columbus. The latter has been a stenographer at Cleveland. Dr. Rogers and family belong to the Episcopal Church. COULSON MONROE FOSTER, general farmer and representative citizen of Twinsburg Township, where he operates a large farm, owning 135 1-4 acres, was born in Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio, May 13, 1846, and is a son of Edwin Francis and Ann Elizabeth (Deisman) Foster. Pardon Foster, the grandfather, came to Summit County from Rochester, New York, when Edwin Francis was nine years of age. The latter grew to manhood here and acquired a large amount of land in Summit County, one farm of seventy-five acres, one of 128 acres, a third of 135 acres, and still another of 180 acres. Coulson M. Foster atttended excellent schools through boyhood and even into manhood, enjoying advantages at Boston, Oak Hill and Brandywine. He remained with his father AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 871 until almost twenty-one years of age, and then spent ten years working by the month, after which he came to his present farm, which he purchased of his sister. This property he has managed very successfully, and in addition has bought a number of timber tracts which he has cleared and sold. Mr. Foster has had accident and sickness to contend with, and has overcome many difficulties which would have completely discouraged a less brave and cheerful man, but in spite of all these drawbacks he has prospered. On December 31, 1876, Mr. Foster was married (first) to Polly Maria Carter, who died October 4, 1904, after many years of invalidism. Two children were born to this marriage, namely : Martin Monroe, residing at Cleveland, married Blanche Strickler; and Edna Anna, residing in Bedford, who married George Strickler and has two children, Nettie and William. Mr. Foster was married (sec: ond) to Rosanna Schuerman, who was born in Germany. In politics Mr. Foster is a Republican. CHARLES E. THOMAS, vice president and secretary of the Moody & Thomas Milling Company, at Peninsula, and treasurer of both Boston Township and Peninsula corporation, is a leading citizen of this section of Summit County. He was born in Olmstead Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 14; 1861, and is a son of George C. and Rhoda M. (Burrington) Thomas. George C. Thomas was born in Bangor Township, Franklin County, New York, and died in 1902, aged seventy-eight years. In early manhood he came to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and worked for a number of years in a sawmill, then rented a mill and also purchased a farm in Middlebury. Later he disposed of his first farm and bought the farm in Olmstead Township on which his son, Charles E. was born. Here he also conducted a flour mill. In 1881, in partnership with his son Oscar, under the firm name of George Thomas & Son, he purchased the Peninsula mill, which he operated until 1885, when the property was purchased by Moody & Thomas. Mr. Thomas then retired to his farm in Olmstead Township, where the remainder of his life was spent. He was a man of local consequence, a Republican in his political faith, and for years held township offices. He married Rhoda M. Burrington, who died in 1887, aged fifty-five years.. She was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. They had four children: Oscar, residing at Peninsula; Hattie, who married George Yesberger, residing in Olmstead Township; Charles E., and Edna, who married Sumner Ryder, residing at Cleveland. Charles E. Thomas was educated in the district schools of Olmstead Township. At the age of eighteen years he went to Cleveland and entered into a flour and feed business with Chandler R. Moody, under the firm name of Moody & Thomas. He made his home at Cleveland until the firm purchased the Peninsula mill in 1885, since which time he has resided at Peninsula. The Peninsula Mills stand on the west bank of the Cuyahoga River, where there is a natural fall of about six feet. Taking advantage of this, Harmon Bronson, in 1832, tunneled through the rock and secured a good water power of considerable volume without building a dam. This mill, erected in 1832, remained standing until 1902. In 1849 the mill came into the possession of H. V. Bronson, son of the founder, who operated it until 1863, when it was sold to Pomeroy & Fisher, who operated it for three years. Afterwards it changed hands several times until, in 1872, it was bought by W. F. & C. R. Bois, who sold it in 1881 to. George Thomas & Son. In the following year it was completely remodeled, the new firm putting in a full line of rollers, this being the first mill in Northern Ohio to adopt the roller system. In 1885, as noted above, Moody & Thomas secured the mill and operated it continuously until 1902, when, as their large and increasing trade had outgrown the capacity of the old mill, it was razed and the present fine structure took its place. This fine mill, with its modern equipments, was ready for opera- 872 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY tion by the beginning of 1903. At this time the firm erected a concrete dam across the neck of the peninsula, increasing the fall of the stream to nine feet, in this way securing ample power to operate the new plant. A corporation was also formed to succeed to the old partnership, the officers being: C. R. Moody, president and treasurer, and C. E. Thomas, vice president and secretary. In" addition to the Peninsula property, the company owns a large warehouse and elevator at Cleveland, where an immense business is done in flour, feed, baled hay and straw, and from there the product of their mill is distributed all over the city. The Peninsula mill and elevator are two buildings in one and stand on a stone foundation. The dimensions of the mill house are 38 by 48 feet, three stories above the basement. The elevator part is 38 by 24 feet, while the wheat bins have a capacity of 25,000 bushels. The power for the wheat mill is furnished by a 48-inch Little Giant water-wheel, and the power for the elevator and feed side by a 36-inch wheel of the same make. The construction is such that the power of these wheels can be united at any time. The mill machinery is all of the latest and most modern type, heating is done by a steam system and power transmission is so arranged that by throwing clutches in or out, any part of the mill can be stopped and started without affecting the rest. In addition to his large interests as above stated, Mr. Thomas owns a fine stock farm of 140 acres, which he purchased in 1905 of Horace Beers. He has about one-half of the farm under cultivation, but makes a specialty of raising Duroc red swine. He also raises horses and cattle for market, keeping about twenty-one head of cattle at all times. He personally supervises operations but has two trained men to look after his farm and ''stock business. It is a fine property and his industries there would be an ample fortune for a man without additional enterprises. Mr. Thomas married Georgia Johnson, who is a daughter of Adair H. Johnson, a well-known resident of Peninsula. They have had three children, the two survivors being Amy and Henry. Mrs. Thomas is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Thomas is an ardent Republican and on many occasions has been elected to office on that ticket. He has frequently served as trustee of Boston Township, and for a decade has been treasurer both of the township and of the town. He belongs to Rising Sun Lodge, No. 206, F. & A. M., of Richfield; also to General Sheridan Lodge, K. P., of Hudson; to the Elks, at Akron, and to the Maccabees at Peninsula. HENRY MYERS, residing on his valuable farm of 159 acres, situated in Hudson Township, is a representative citizen of this section and is a man who in a large degree commands the respect and enjoys the esteem of his fellow citizens. He was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, October 19, 1832, and is a son of Philip and Margaret (Brode) Myers. The father of Mr. Myers was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of John Myers, who was born at Newark, New Jersey. The grandfather had two brothers in the Revolutionary War, both of whom were killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Philip J. Myers owned a farm of some 300 acres in Northampton County and subsequently operated a store in Luzerne County. Henry Myers has one brother and four sisters. The former resides in the old home neighborhood. His sisters are: Mrs. Christiana Lutsey, residing at Green Bay, Wisconsin; Mrs. Maria Spade, residing at Dorrance, Luzerne County ; Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, residing at Scranton, Pennsylvania; and Mrs. Priscilla Jones, residing in Slocum Township, Luzerne County. When he was about twenty-one years of age, Mr. Myers went to Shalersville, where he was clerk in a hotel for three months, and then bought a farm adjoining his wife's property in Freedom Township, and engaged in farming. For two years, while living in Luzerne County, he was fireman on the railroad, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 873 and he was the first fireman and his brother George was the first engineer that ever ran a train over that part of the Pennsylvania system. He subsequently sold both farms and came to Hudson, and bought a farm of 102 acres for a son who was educated in the Western Reserve College. In 1902, he sold his own farm of seventy-two acres. On June 20, 1857, Mr. Myers was married to Ruth Ann Woodruff, with whom, in 1907, he has had the privilege of celebrating their Golden Wedding. Mrs. Myers was born at Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, and is a daughter of Col. Daniel Woodruff, who served as an officer in the War of 1812, as coast guard in Connecticut. A cannon ball fired during that time is preserved in the family, its mission to the fort having been the killing of Col. Woodruff and his brave men, which fortunately it did not accomplish. He lived to establish a home first in Hudson and later in Freedom Township, to which he moved in the spring of 1840, where he died in 1855. He married Sarah Ann Mills, who was born in Connecticut. Colonel Woodruff was county surveyor of Portage County, before Summit was divided from Portage. Mrs. Myers is the only living cousin of John Brown, of immortal fame. Mr. and Mrs. Myers have one son, Daniel Woodruff. He was born in Freedom Township, and was a student in the Western Reserve College before it was moved to Cleveland. Daniel W. Myers was married (first) to Lelia J. Bediant, and they had four children : Maud Eliza and Mabel Anna, twins, and Marian and Daniel Woodruff, Jr. Mr. Myers was married (second) to Carris P. Downing, and their one little daughter, Margaret Janette, died aged three months and one day. Henry Myers is a Republican in politics and has served as supervisor of his district. He is a member of the Congregational Church at Freedom, and is a liberal supporter of church and educational movements. I. S. MYERS, county treasurer of Summit County, elect, is president of the I. S. Myers Company, one of the leading clothing houses at Akron, in which city he has maintained his home for about a quarter of a century. He was born in Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, in 1862, and is a son of Peter and Mary (Stump) Myers. Peter Myers was one of the early settlers in Stark County, just across the line of Summit County. In 1860 he moved to Green Township, Summit County, of which township he later became a prominent citizen, serving as one of its trustees. He was a self-made man and was very highly esteemed. The mother of I. S. Myers was a daughter of John Stump, who came with his wagons across the wild country from Pennsylvania, and settled in Franklin. Township, Summit County, in 1832. He was one of the newly-settled region's most reliable and substantial men. I. S. Myers remained on the home farm, assisting with the farm work and in the meantice acquiring a good education in the local schools, where he began teaching at the age of seventeen, when he came to Akron and engaged as a clerk in a clothing store until 1893. He then embarked in a clothing business for himself, under the firm name of Myers, Ganyard & Stump, which firm continued for one year, when Mr. Stump sold his interest and the firm name became Ganyard & Myers, until 1900, when Mr. Myers bought his partner's interest. In 1902 the firm of the I. S. Myers Company was incorporated, with a capital stock of $55,000, with I. S. Myers as president. This is an extensive business and its method are along modern line. A branch store is operated at Wadsworth, which is also doing well. The firm deals in clothing and manufactures hats, having both a large wholesale and retail trade, and gives constant employment to from twenty-eight to thirty people. A marked feature of its management is that all employes who have continued with the firm for a certain length of time, have a financial interest in the company, this liberal policy resulting in a better feeling and more satisfactory results than seem to prevail in many large concerns where different methods are followed. The Wadsworth store is a fine concrete structure, 114 by 80 feet in dimen- 874 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY sions, while their Akron establishment is a three-story building, 30 by 100 feet, with a basement. Mr. Myers is also the owner of a plant for the manufacture of concrete blocks. In the fall of 1906 Mr. Myers was elected to the important office of county treasurer, and a better selection could scarcely have been found. He is a man of great business faculty, has proven himself an able financier in his own affairs, and commands the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens for his personal high character. He assumes the duties of the office in September, 1907. In 1887, Mr. Myers was married to Mary Sisler, of Manchester, who is a daughter of the late John Sisler. They have one daughter, Ruth, who is a student at Painesville, Ohio. Mr. Myers belongs to the Odd Fellows and the Elks, both at Akron. G. E. GARDNER, M. D., an experienced physician and surgeon, who has been engaged in practice at Barberton since the autumn of 1905, coming to this place from a field of successful professional work in Wayne County, was born near Danville, Knox County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Mary (Breckler) Gardner. Dr. Gardner spent his boyhood on his father's farm and obtained his primary education in the country schools. His inclinations did not lead him in the direction of an agricultural life and as soon as the opportunity offered he began the study of medicine, reading for two years with Dr. Black, a physician located in the village of Democracy, near Danville, and two years more, with Dr. William Balmer, at Mt. Vernon, during this time also attending the Normal School at Danville. Dr. Gardner entered Starling Medical College, where he was graduated April 5, 1891. His high medical standing brought him the appointment of house physician of St. Francis Hospital, at Columbus,. where he served one year, and this was followed by a year at St. Anthony's Hospital. He thus gained what every young medical man desires, hospital practice and experience, before entering upon regular professional work. In May, 1893, Dr. Gardner took up his practice at Doylestown, Ohio, where he remained until 1905, when he came to Barberton. In 1896 he was elected county coroner of Wayne County, on the Democratic ticket, and served two years in that office. He has met with a hearty reception at Barberton, has gained the confidence, of the community and has a satisfactory professional connection. His offices are located on the corner of Baird and Fourth Streets, Barberton. On September 29, 1897, Dr. Gardner was married to Abbie M. Trotter, who is a daughter of Joseph Trotter, of Doylestown, Wayne County. They have two children, Mary and Geraldine. Dr. Gardner and family belong to St. Augustine Catholic Church. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, of the Elks, of the Knights of St. John, and of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association. HARVEY A. SNYDER, M. D., physician and surgeon, at Barberton, was born in Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of John G. and Susanna (Kepler) Snyder. Dr. Snyder had the advantage of country rearing, remaining through boyhood and youth on his father's farm in Coventry Township. After completing the common school course, he taught three terms in his native township and then entered Heidelberg College, at Tiffin, and was graduated in the classical department in 1896, when he resumed educational work. For two years he served as school superintendent at Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, and for the same length of time filled the same office at Kirkland, Washington. Prior to going to Washington, Dr. Snyder had commenced his medical studies in the Pacific Coast Medical School, now known as the Hahnemann Medical College, during this period teaching medical Latin in the institution. In 1903, he entered the senior class of the Cleveland Medical College, and was graduated in the spring of 1904. Prior to locating at Barberton, he served as an interne at the Huron Street Hospital, Cleveland, where he gained valuable experience. He is