(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 875 an active member of the Northern Ohio Medical Society. Dr. Snyder's fraternal connections are with the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen, and is examining physician for the latter organization. On September 5, 1907, Dr. Snyder was married to Bessie Banning of Stow Corners, a daughter of J. H. Banning, a resident of that place. H. B. MANTON, treasurer of the Robinson Clay Product Company, with which he has been identified ever since leaving school, was born in Summit County, Ohio, in 1867, and is a son of the late James B. Manton, who was one of the founders of this industry. M. B. Manton was reared and educated at Akron, graduating from the Akron High School in 1886, immediately becoming bookkeeper for plant No. 4, of the Robinson Brotbers Company. In 1891, he was made secretary of the Crown Fire Clay Company, at Canal Dover, Ohio, which office he held until 1894, when he came to the main office and held official postition in the different departments. When all the plants were merged under the style of the Robinson Clay Product Company, in 1902, Mr. Manton was made treasurer. He is interested in other enterprises and is a director of the Second National Bank. In 1892 Mr. Manton was married to Mary B. Seiberling, and they have two children: Margaret and Harriet. Mr. Manton and family belong to the First Presbyterian Church, of which he is a member of its Board of Trustees. He belongs to the Portage Country club. H. H. GIBBS, secretary, treasurer and general manager of The Buckeye Sewer Pipe Company, and secretary and treasurer of The Summit Sewer Pipe Company, at Akron, has been a resident of this city since he was ten years of age. He was born at East Liverpool, Ohio, in 1861, and is a son of Henry A. and Eliza (Parker) Gibbs. The late Henry A. Gibbs was born in Connecticut, October 4, 1834, and while he was a boy, after several removals, his parents settled at East Liverpool, Ohio, where Henry attended school and worked in the pottery shops, first assisting his father and later making the manufacture of pottery the main business of his life. At the time of hip death he was associated with a number of Akron's leading business enterprises and was a man of large means which he had accumulated honestly through the avenues of trade. In 1862, Henry A. Gibbs enlisted in the 115th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. During his term of service, while sick in a hospital, a mistake was made in the administration of his medicine on one occasion which produced gastric troubles from which he never recovered and which, in all probability hastened his death. He was an honored member- of Buckley Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Akron. He was connected with the Odd Fellows at East Liverpool. Mr. Gibbs was a resident of Akron for about thirty-six years, during a part of this time being employed in the Whitmore-Robinson factory. Later, when he found that the William Shenkle property was about to prove a failing investment, he showed his business acumen by purchasing the property, with his sons, and until his death the business was operated as the Ohio Stoneware Company. On March 8, 1856, Mr. Gibbs was married to Mrs. Eliza Parker, a young widow and a resident of East Liverpool, who had two children: George Parker, who is president and general manager of the Ohio Stoneware Company, and Mrs. Charles Chapman, of Akron. Mr. and. Mrs. Gibbs had two sons, E. H. and H. H. H. H. Gibbs was reared and educated at Akron -and when he entered into business it was in the capacity of bookkeeper for the Strawboard Company, with which he remained one year and for two years was associated thus with the Akron Coal and Iron Company, of Buchtel, Ohio. In 1882, he 876 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY became bookkeeper for the Buckeye Sewer Pipe Company, of which he is now so important a part, and great credit is due him for the strength which has been introduced into this business organization. He is vice-president of the Central Savings and Trust Company; is a director in the Permanent Savings and Loan Company; a director in the Cleveland-Akron Bag Company, which was consolidated with the Akron Paper Company, of which he was one of the prime movers. In July, 1889, Mr. Gibbs, with other members of the family, organized The Summit Sewer Pipe Company. In 1883, Mr. Gibbs was married to Elanor Lucretia Baldwin, who is a daughter of the late Joseph A. Baldwin. Mr. Gibbs is a member of the First Congregational Church. JOHN WINFIELD ESSIG, one of the enterprising young agriculturists of Green Township, where he is cultivating 140 acres of excellent farming land, was born on his father's farm in Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio, November 7, 1880, and is a son of John A. and Julia (Oberlin) Essig. Adam Essig, the great-grandfather of John W., secured land from the Government, in Stark County, Ohio, and his son, Jacob E. Essig, the grandfather, settled on it as one of the early pioneers. The children of Jacob E. Essig were: Sarah, John A., Ida, Simon, Curtis, Charles and two who died in infancy. Sarah married H. Bender, of Michigan and Ida married Calvin Firestone, of Stark County. John A. Essing was born in Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio, and has been en- i gaged in agricultural pursuits all of his mature life. He now resides on his 148-acre farm in Jackson Township, Stark County, and he is also a part-owner of the farm operated by his son John W., his daughter Bertha also having an interest in this property. Mr. Essig was married to Julia Oberlin, who is a daughter of John Oberlin. He came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, when Mrs. Essig was six months old, and died in this section. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Essig, namely: Henry B., of Green Township, married Clara Swartz; Bertha, residing with her brother, John W.; L. Etta, who married H. A. Hartong, resides at Zion City, Illinois; John Winfield; Magdalena, living at home; and Walter J.; Nancy O.; and William S. John Winfield Essig received a common school education, and was reared to agricultural pursuits. In the spring of 1904, with his sister, Miss Bertha Essig, he came to their present home, which their father had bought of the Samuel Wise heirs, and here he has carried on general farming and as he is enterprising and industrious, his land has proved very productive. In political matters Mr. Essig is a Democrat. Both Mr. Essig and sister belong to the Lutheran Church. SAMUEL HARING, a highly respected citizen of Green Township, who is engaged in general farming, owns 147 acres situated about one mile south of East Liberty. He was born December 2, 1844, in Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of Louis and Margaret (Kepler) Haring. Louis Haring came from Pennsylvania to Ohio with his parents in boyhood and they settled in the woods of Green Township. Here he grew to manhood and married Margaret-Kepler, who was a daughter of Andrew Kepler, who came to Green Township in 1809, where one of his brothers had settled one year before, Mr. Kepler and his brother being the first settlers in what is now known as Green Township They entered 320 acres of land lying one mile north by one-half mile east and west, and this they divided lengthwise, Andrew taking the east half, and on this the remainder of his life was spent. The Keplers were friendly with the Indians, who often came to the home of Andrew for food, for which they gave him lead, which they found around Turkeyfoot Lake. The old log barn which Was erected by Andrew Kepler is still standing, and is still in use and in good condition, being one of the oldest AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 877 barns in Summit County. After marriage Louis Haring and his wife went to housekeeping on a farm one and one-half miles south of the present farm of Samuel Haring, and here were born all of their seven children, all of whom are now deceased with the exception of Mrs. Leah Bittler and Samuel. Samuel Haring came to the farm which he now owns when ten years of age, and here he has practically been located ever since. He now carries on general farming and stock-raising, and has a well-improved, fertile property. Mr. Haring was married to Rebecca A. Wise, who was born in Green Township, and is a daughter of William Wise, one of Summit County's early pioneers. To Mr. and Mrs. Haring there were born eleven children, namely: Parvin, who lives in Akron; Orvin, who lives at Manchester, Ohio; Hattie, who married Solomon Kepler of Green Township; Minnie, who married J. O. Wagoner of Akron ; Samuel, who lived at Turkeyfoot Lake; Ida C., who married George Cesdorf ; Celia who died at the age of twenty-one years; William, who lives at home; Cassie, who married Samuel D. Wolt; Hiram, living in Franklin Township; and Clara A., who married Nelson Miller. FRANK WARNER, residing on the old Warner home place of ninety acres, which is situated in the northwest corner of Green Township, is a leading citizen of his community. Mr. Warner was born July 28, 1867, in Summit County Ohio, in the old log house that formerly stood on his present farm, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Thornton) Warner. Samuel Warner, father of Frank, was born in Coventry Township, Summit County, in 1829, his parents having settled there when they came from Pennsylvania. Samuel was the fifth in a family of eight children, the others being: John, William, Jacob, Adam. Abraham, Solomon and Daniel. Samuel Warner grew up on his father's farm and assisted to clear it of the heavy_ timber which then covered it, doing the work with teams of strong oxen. He married Sarah Thornton, who was born in Pennsylvania and died in 1900, aged sixty-three years. After marriage, Samuel Warner and wife settled on the present farm, which had belonged to the Thorntons in early days, and found domestic happiness living in the old log house that stood for many years. During the strength of youth and manhood, Samuel Warner was a very industrious man, carrying on his farming and stockraising and also threshing through the country, having one of the old-time horse-power machines, which were then considered entirely adequate. He resides with his son Frank but owns a farm of sixty acres separate from the one under considera tion. Six of his large family of children reached maturity, as follows. Harriet ; Mary, who married Henry Hauff; Ellen, who married Grant Stahl; William ; Frank; and Martha, who married Harvey Rex. Frank Warner may be said to have spent his whole life on his present farm for here his main interests have always centered. After leaving school he worked for a time in the rubber factories at Akron and the sewer pipe works at Barberton, but shortly returned to the life which makes a man independent, that of a farmer. He has a fine property and he has placed it under an excellent state of cultivation. There is a natural lake on the land which but adds to its value, and the beautiful shade trees around the residence make most attractive surroundings. Mr. Warner married Bessie Carmany, who is a daughter of Benjamin and Louisa (Bower) Carmany, and they have two children, Marie and Gertrude. Mr. and Mrs. Warner belong to the Evangelical Church. Politically, he is a Republican and for three years he served as township constable. AMI CORVIN GOUGLAR, general farmer and good citizen of Green Township, residing on his valuable farm of eighty acres, which is situated one mile south of East Liberty, belongs to an old Pennsylvania family which was established in Ohio by his grandfather.. 878 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY Ami C. Gougler was born in Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, October 8, 1869, and is a son of Samuel and Clarissa (Hartong) Gougler. Samuel Gougler was a small boy when he accompanied his father, John Gougler, to Green Township, who settled on the farm which is now owned by Henry Obelen. Later, John Gougler moved to Springfield Township, where he died aged eighty-six years. His father was a soldier in the War of 1812. The children of Jahn Gougler were the following: George, Samuel, Betsey and Elias, all deceased except Betsey, who married Jacob King. Samuel Gougler spent the great of his life in Green Township, his occupation being farming, and before he died, in October, 1903, he divided his large estate of 460 acres, situated in this township, so that each of his five children received a farm. His first wife and their one child died early. His second marriage was to Clarissa Hartong, who still survives, residing at Greensburg, where Mr. Gougler had lived retired for six years prior to his demise. The children born to the second union are: Edward, residing in Green Township on his farm; Monroe, also residing on a farm in Green Township; Corella, who married John Foltz; Anna and Clinton. Ami Corvin Gougler attended the district schools and assisted on the home farm, and has made agricultural work his business in life. Like his sister and brothers, he received his farm from his father, who also erected the fine brick house and substantial barn. In February, 1897, Mr. Gougler was married to Clara Renninger. who is a daughter of Frank and Catherine (Reese) Renninger. The Renninger family is an old and well-known one in Coventry Township. The parents of Mrs. Gougler now reside at Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Gougler belong to the Evangelical Church. JERRY J. GARMAN, an honored old veteran of the great Civil War, who is postmaster at Inland, conducts a general mer chandise business at this point. He was born on the corner where his store now stands, in Greensburg, Summit County, Ohio, September 3, 1841, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Husburger) Garman Jacob Garman was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and when a young man came with his parents to Ohio. He settled in what is now Green Township, Summit County, then a part of Stark County, but later removed to -a hotel that stood on the present site of J. J. Garman's store. This hotel was destroyed by fire in 1841. Mr. Garman was a skilled carpenter, and helped to build the brick hotel near the Little Reservoir, which is still standing. He spent his latter years on a farm near Greensburg, where he died at the age of seventy-six years. Mr. Garman was married to Elizabeth Husburger, who was a daughter of John Husburger, and she survived her husband for some time, dying at the age of seventy-seven. They were the parents of eight children: William; Margaret, who married E. Foster; Harry; Jerry J.; Frank, who died at the age of nineteen years; Catherine, who married John Souers; Samuel, who died when seventeen years old; and Jacob. Jerry J. Garman spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, and attended school, first in the old log district schoolhouse, and later a -small brick school-house. At the age of eighteen years he went to Canton and commenced work in the Aultman Harvester Company, but at the outbreak of the Civil War, in 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Captain Wallace, and served throughout the war. Throughout the long and bitter struggle Mr. Garman served his country faithfully and cheerfully, and his gallantry in action soon won him the rank of sergeant and later that of captain, the rank he held when the war ended. At the close of the war Captain Garman enlisted with the rank of sergeant in Troop M, Second United States Cavalry, and served three years in this company. After having served in the military of his country for so long a time AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 881 Mr. Garman then returned to civil life and began work for the Union Pacific Telegraph Company. He put in the first office equipment at Cheyenne Utah, which was installed in a tent. After three years spent. in the employ of this company he returned to Greensburg, and for some time afterward worked in the Buckeye Works at Akron, also at Canton, Ohio. In 1870, he settled at Greensburg, where he has since remained, for the first. five years conducting a hotel, and then embarking in tbe mercantile business. On May 12, 1897, Mr. Garman was appointed postmaster at Inland by the late President. McKinley. Mr. Garman was married in July, 1870, to Leah Harsherger, and they have two children: Mayme, who married John Haider-man, of Akron; and Kirk, who married Gertrude France, of Akron. The latter has two children, George and Mary. Mr. Garman is a Republican. A. P. JAHANT, proprietor of the Jahant Electric Company, whose plant is located at No. 121 South Howard Street, belongs to an old French family which has been established in Summit County for a period of 100 years. He was born in Akron, in 1881. A. Jahant, the father of A. P. Jahant, was born in 1845, in Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of Francis Jahant, who was one of the very early settlers here, coming to this county directly from France. He brought all his effects with him and engaged in farming as a means of livelihood. At that time Canton was a small village and Akron still smaller. A. Jahant was a boy when he came to Akron, where, for many years he was engaged in the manufacture of furnaces. A. P. Jahant was reared and educated in his native city, and his interests remain centered here. From boyhood he has been interested in experimental electricity, gradually acquiring the knowledge which enables him to safely and efficiently harness this mysterious element. He organized the Jahant Electric Company, of which he is sole owner. He deals in all kinds of electrical appliances and does electrical contracting and repairing. Mr. Jahant was married September 4, 1907, to Miss Lena M. Henry, of Akron, Ohio. Mr. Jahant is a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church and he belongs to the order of Knights of Columbus. JAMES T. FLOWER, proprietor of the Flower Mantel Company, of Akron, was born in this city in 1865, and is a son of the late James Flower, who was formerly a prominent merchant here, where he settled in 1837. James Flower was born in Sheffield, England, and died at Akron, in 1877. James T. Flower was reared at Akron and obtained his education in the schools of his native city, after which he started to learn his present business, entering the employ of the Akron Cabinet Company. Later he embarked in business for himself, continuing until 1896, when the Flower Mantel Company was organized. After fourteen months, Mr. Flower bought the interest of his partners and since that time has been sole proprietor and is the leading mantel dealer at Akron. He deals also in tile and marble flooring, and keeps a fine stock continually on hand at his place of business on South High Street. In 1889, Mr. Flower was married to Ella Rothrock, who was born in Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio, and they have three children: Esther E., James T. and Rachel S. With his family, Mr. Flower belongs to St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. Flower is a Republican and in 1901 he was elected a member of the School Board on which he has served ever since. He is a Royal Arch Mason and belong,: also to the Knights of Pythias. WILLIAM ALLEN McCLELLAN, who is engaged in a general contracting and manufacturing business at Akron, with plant located at No. 273 Water Street, was born in Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio, 882 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY December 30, 1838, and is a son of William McClellan, who settled in Springfield Township in 1818. The McClellan family has long been one of prominence in Summit County and its name frequently appears on the old records which tell the story of how Springfield Township was changed from primeval conditions to its present fertility and civilization. William McClellan married Jane Fite and they had three children, namely : Robert A., Elizabeth Jane, who married Urias Cramer, residing at Wichita, Kansas; and W. A., residing at Akron. W. A. McClellan was reared on the home farm, where he remained until the age of twenty-one years, in the meanwhile obtaining his education in the schools at Mogadore and at Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. For several years prior to coming to Akron, in 1864, he taught school during the winter seasons, but after reaching this city he learned the carpenter trade, at which he has worked ever since. In 1872, he began contracting and may be called the dean of the contracting guild in this city. For twenty-seven years he has operated his own factory on Water Street, and many of the most substantial buildings of Akron have been erected under his supervision. He is a stockholder and director in the People's Savings Bank, of Akron, and he own 2,300 acres of land in Cuba. He has ever been a man of personal enterprise and is numbered with the city's capitalists. On June 28, 1871, Mr. McClellan was married to Alice R. Russell. Fraternally he is a Mason and belongs to the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery at Akron, and for years was treasurer and a director Of the Masonic Temple. J. D. SLATER, a thoroughly representative business man of Akron, president of the Limbert-Smith Plumbing Company and superintendent of the Star Rubber Company, has been a resident of Akron for the past twenty-three years, but he was born at London, Eng land, and was eight years old when his parents came to America. Mr. Slater was reared and educated at Newton, Kansas, where he resided until the age of twenty years, when he came to Akron For eight years thereafter he worked in the Smith Chemical plant, for the next six years was employed by the Aultman-Miller Company, and then embarked in business for himself. In partnership with J. W. Miller he organized the Faultless Rubber Company, of which he was superintendent until December 15, 1906, when the plant was removed to Ashland, Ohio, Mr. Slater selling his interest in it at this time. Returning from a winter in California, in March, 1907, he re-entered the business field at Akron. In association with H. A. Hine, J. W. Miller, D. B. Duff, of Cleveland, S. E. Duff, of Beaver, Pennsylvania, and others, he organized the Star Rubber Company, an organization still in its infancy, but with every indication of healthy growth and lasting importance. A fine plant has just been erected near that of the Firestone Rubber Company, on a tract covering three and one-half acres. The company is capitalized at $100,000, and its officers are: S. E. Duff, president ; J. W. Miller, vice president; H. A. Hine, secretary and treasurer; and J. D. Slater, superintendent. The business of the Star Rubber Company is the manufacturing of druggists' sundries in the rubber line. Mr. Slater has other interests and is president of the Limbert-Smith Plumbing Company, also an important business enterprise of Akron. In September, 1895, Mr. Slater was married to Sarah A. Hall, a lady born and reared in Akron, a daughter of John W. Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Slater have one son, Ernest C. Slater. JAMES W. ORR, treasurer and manager of the Christy Steel Company, at Akron, has been associated with large manufacturing concerns in this city ever since he left college. He was born at Akron, and is a son of William A. Orr, a prominent journalist of this city. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 883 James W. Orr prepared for an active business life by attending the public schools until he was graduated from the Akron High School, and later the Hammel Commercial College. He secured employment first with D. H. McBride & Company, and second, with F. D. Kridler, remaining one year with each firm, and then became bookkeeper for the Franz Building Company for two years, for three subsequent years was associated with the Barberton Pottery Company, and later with the Sterling Boiler Company, and came from the latter to the Christy Steel Company as treasurer and general manager. Step by step Mr. Orr has steadily advanced until he has secured very substantial standing among the business men of this great manufacturing city. Mr. Orr was reared a Catholic and is a consistent member of St. Mary's Church. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus, one of the most influential fraternal organizations in America. JOSEPH E. WESENER, a resident of Akron for more than sixty years, and for a large part of that time a prominent factor in its business world, was born May 7, 1827, at Frankfort, Pennsylvania, and is one of a family of twelve children born to his parents, who were Christopher and Charlotte Wesener. The Wesener family settled at Canton, Ohio, in 1840, and there Joseph E. Wesener was employed as a clerk until 1846, when he came to Akron, making the trip on horseback. He resumed clerking here, and by 1850, he had accumulated enough capital to become a partner with the late Allen Hibbard and Gibbons J. Ackley, in a general mercantile business, their place on Howard street being known as the Old Green Store. In 1851, they lost by fire, and in the following year Mr. Wesener embarked in business for himself. He later admitted Cornelius A. Brouse and David Wahl to partnership, and continued in the general mercantile line, with some specialties, until 1878, when Mr. Wesener retired from this firm. In 1880, in partnership with Albert C. Lohman, he opened up a dry goods business in the Academy of Music Building, where the Everett Building now stands, and they conducted the leading store of its kind in Akron until 1882, when Mr. Wesener sold his interest. For over forty years Mr. Wesener was one of the prominent wool-buyers in this part of Ohio. He became a man of large capital and has been a generous distributor of the same. He formerly owned considerable valuable real estate, including a beautiful summer home and a fine farm adjacent to Akron, which have all been disposed of. Ever since becoming a resident of Akron, Mr. Wesener has been anxious to promote her best interests. In early days he was an active member of the fire department, one of the most important organizations a town could have, when much wood was employed in its construction, and he can recall 100 nights when he responded to the alarm and that on eighteen occasions he was seriously burned. He has been a liberal contributor to both public and private benevolent objects, gave generously to the Memorial Chapel, and presented the tower bell and clock to the First Congregational Church. On September 8, 1849, Mr. Wesener was married (first) to Philura Spalding, who died July 6, 1852. She was a daughter of Judge Rufus Spalding. The three children of this union all died in infancy. Mr. Wesener was married (second) to Anna J. Hopkins, who died January 1, 1876. On September 5, 1876, Mr. Wesener was married (third) to Alphonsine D. C'e Chevier. They have four children : Joseph E. Mary A., Anna C. deceased, and Henry E., The beautiful family home is situated at No. 22 Nelson Place. Mr. Wesener lived for over fifty years at No. 129 North High Street, the former home of Judge Spalding. Politically, Mr. Wesener is a Republican. In 1851 he served on the Board of Infirmary directors of Summit County, and in 1855 and 1856, he was village recorder, but for many years past he has taken no active in- 884 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY terest in politics. The family belong to the Episcopal Church. JOHN B. CAMPBELL, president and manager of the McNeil Boiler Company, at Akron, has been identified with Akron enterprises and interests since 1873. He was born at Clinton, Summit County, Ohio, in July, 1864, and is a son of John D. Campbell. Mr. Campbell bears a distinctive Scottish name and is of Scotch parentage, his father having been born in the Highlands. The latter came to Summit County about 1832, and subsequently was superintendent of the old Chippewa coal mines. He now lives retired, at the home of his son, John B., having reached the age of seventy-five years. J. B. Campbell completed his education in the Akron High School and then became an employe of the Akron Sewer Pipe Company, for one year. He then came to the McNeil Boiler Works, where, from rivet driver he worked up, step by step, until he has become president and general manager of this large industry. He is interested in other business enterprises, and is a member of the board of directors of the Akron Base Ball club. On September 15, 1886, Mr. Campbell was married to Margaret M. Berger, who is -a daughter of Alexander Berger. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Akron. Fraternally, Mr. Campbell is a 32nd degree Mason, an Odd Fellow and an Elk. JACOB LAUBY, general farmer and trucker, who cultivates seventy-one acres of land in Green Township, was born on his father's place east of Greensburg, Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, April 27, 1851, and is a son of John A. and Elizabeth (Steib) Lauby. John A. Lauby was born in Germany, and there learned the weaving trade. He came to America in 1839, settling near Canal Fulton, Ohio, but two years later removed to Green Township, Summit County, where he con tinued to follow his trade until his death in November, 1867. In his native country he was married to Elizabeth Steib, who died in 1898, and they had the following children: John G.; Caroline, deceased, who was the wife of S. Yearick; Henry, who is deceased; Levi; Jacob; and Louisa, who married J. Humbert. Jacob Lauby was eleven years old when he came with his parents to his present home in Green Township, then a wild tract of land on which was situated 'a log house, with three windows. This property he helped to clear and has cut down white oak trees that measured five feet across the stump. He attended the district school, and when he reached manhood, he learned the mason's trade, which he followed for some time, during which he assisted to build eight school-houses and many dwellings in this section. Until his marriage, he resided at home, but since then has been engaged on his own account, having purchased his property from his father's other heirs. He carries on general farming and raises early vegetables for a trucking business, finding ready sale for all he can produce, at Canton. He has replaced all the original buildings on the farm and has made many improvements. In March, 1883, Mr. Lauby was married to Mrs. Ellen Goodyear, who was born at Green-town, Stark County, Ohio, and is the widow of Charles Goodyear. She had one daughter, Pearl, who married M. Marker of Barberton, Ohio, and they have three children, Marie, Ray Benton, and Daisy Belle. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Lauby: Dora. Alice, and Walter Edwin. The former married Thomas Gross, and they have one child, Roy Edwin. Walter Edwin is a school teacher. In politics, Mr. Lauby is a Democrat. With his family, he attends the Lutheran Church. JOHN A. WARNER, residing on his excellent farm of fifty acres, which is situated in Coventry Township, is a member of one of the pioneer families of this section. He was AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 885 born in Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio, December 5, 1847, and is a son of Adam K. and Elizabeth (Renninger) Warner. Adam K. Warner was born in Pennsylvania and was brought to Ohio in infancy by his parents, Henry and Mary Warner, who settled at a very early day in Coventry Township. For a number of years they lived in the same old log house, which had been their earliest home. On one occasion the other members of the family returned to find the aged father sleeping his last sleep, in his old arm chair. He was the father of eight stalwart sons, all of whom became leading men in Summit County, and all survive, with the exception of Adam K. and Daniel. They were named as follows : John, Abraham, Solomon, William, Samuel, Daniel, Adam K. and Jacob. Two of the above, William and Jacob, served in the Union army during the Civil War and are members of the Grand Army of the Republic. Adam K. Warner assisted his father and brothers to clear off the farm and with the latter attended the old log school-house where they learned to read and write. In early manhood he was married to Elizabeth Renninger, who was born in Coventry Township and died here in 1895, aged sixty-six years. She was the eldest of eight children born to her parents, John and Mary Renninger, who journeyed to Ohio from Pennsylvania, with an ox team. They settled in the woods in Coventry Township and, like other early settlers, cut down many dollars' worth of valuable timber in clearing up their land. John Benninger died on his farm in advanced age. His widow died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Weaver, at Loyal Oak. The Renninger children were: Elizabeth, Catherine, Rebecca, Mary, Susan, Solomon, George and John. They have numerous descendants and it is a pleasant custom with them to hold family reunions at stated times. Adam K. Warner died in 1897, aged seventy-two years. The children of Adam K. Warner and wife were: Henry, who is deceased ; John A.; Mariah, who married D. Rothrock ; Jane, who married R. A. Messner; Levina, who married Frank Bowers; and George and Frank. John A. Warner attended the district school in boyhood and was well grounded in reading, writing and arithmetic, the foundation stones of all book learning, but he began hard work on the farm when but twelve years old, even then being able to handle a plow very effectively. Although he has carried on farming for many years, he has a natural talent for working with machinery, and when he was nineteen years of age he learned wagon-making and conducted a shop of his own at East Liberty, until 1874. He then turned his attention to the threshing business, and he operated a threshing machine and a steam sawmill up to recent years. He was one of the early threshers traveling through this section and was a very capable and successful one. In 1894 he purchased his present farm from George Shutt, since when he has carried on general farming and has done many dollars' worth of improving on his valuable property. On December 21, 1871, Mr. Warner was married to Hattie O. Rininger, who is a daughter of Christian and Rachel Rininger, who reared a family of seven children, namely: Lucinda, Mary, William, Christina, Maria, Hattie O. and Sadie. The father of Mrs. Warner died in Green Township, aged seventy-five years, and the mother, aged sixty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Warner have had three children, namely : Ofie, who died aged two years and five months; Chloe, who -married Byron Bowers, residing near Mr. Warner, has three children, Ralph, Howard and Myron; and Russell Glen, who resides with his father. The Warners are Democrats. They belong to the Evangelical Church. C. A. KEMPEL, one of Akron's substantial citizens and representative men of business, who is engaged in a general Mercantile line at No. 264 Wooster Avenue, was born at Akron, Ohio,' in 1860, and is a son of the late George Kempel. 886 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY The father of Mr. Kempel was born in Germany and came to Akron in boyhood. In 1849, when twenty years of age, he was one of a party of forty miners who left Akron and went to California, where he remained for three years. He then came back to Akron and subsequently married Barbara Ho-noddle. They had five children, the- three survivors being: F. J., residing at Ashtabula Harbor; C. A. and George, both living at Ak- ron. For some years the father of the above family engaged in a shoe business at Akron and later in a brewery business, continuing in the latter until within two years of his death, which occurred in 1867. He was a well-known citizen. C. A. Kempel learned the tinning trade after leaving school and followed it for four years and then went into the grocery business. This he developed, gradually adding to his stock, until now he operates a general mercantile store and for the past twenty-one years has been at his present location. He erected his present building, a commodious structure with dimensions of 38 by 57 feet. In 1885 Mr. Kempel was married to Louise M. Fricker, who is a daughter of the late John Fricker of Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Kempel have the following children: Frank, who is a student at Canisius College, at Buffalo; and Caroline, Karl, Florence, Ernest, Freda and Augustine, residing at home. The family belong to St. Mary's Catholic Church. R. H. DUNCAN, general farmer, residing in Northfield Township, was in Londonderry Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, March 13, 1858, and is a son of John and Mary Jane (Karr) Duncan. Adam Duncan, the grandfather, was an early settled in Guernsey County. John Duncan, father of R. H. continued to live on the home farm until 1878, when he moved to Adams Township, where he resided until his death, in 1905, at the age of seventy-one years. He was a man of sterling character and on account of his judgment and reliability was frequently elected to township offices. He married a daughter of Robert Karr, of Coshocton County, Ohio, and they had the following children: R. H.; Martha, deceased, who married Charles Jackson, of Michigan; Mrs. Kenney, residing in Minnesota; Laura, deceased, who married James Dewhuirst, of Huron, Ohio; Andrew Calvin, residing on the home farm in Adams Township; and James Boyd, residing at Cleveland. The mother of the above family died in 1871. She was a consistent member of the United Presbyterian Church. John Duncan was married (second) to Helen Franey, but no children were born to this union. R. H. Duncan was reared in the comfortable old home and in boyhood attended the district schools. He was nineteen years of age when, as his services were not needed on the home farm, he started out for himself, coming to Summit County. He found remunerative work as a farm hand for five years, after which he rented a farm for two years and in 1885, he operated a creamery, at New Concord. In January, 1886, Mr. Duncan married Lillis Means, who is a daughter of A. S. Means, of Northfield Township, and in April of that year settled on the Wilson farm which he rented and operated for the following thirteen years. In December, 1898, he came to the present farm which formerly belonged to his father-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan have two children : John Andrew and Lois. The family belong to the Presbyterian Church. CHARLES D. HARDY, a well-known resident of Northampton Township, who follows an agricultural life, cultivating a large body of land, was born in Summit County, Ohio, April 23, 1864, and is a son of Norton Rice and Mary Rebecca (Belden) Hardy. Norton Rice Hardy was born in Northampton Township, where he received his education in the common schools. When twenty years old he went to California by way of the isthmus of Panama, where he remained for one year, engaging in mining, and was for- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 887 tunate enough to locate a paying mine near Georgetown, from which he took considerable gold. Upon the urgent solicitation of his mother, who grieved over his absence, he started home after a year of mining, leaving prospective wealth behind. On the return trip, during a terrible storm, one of the steamer's shafts broke, and even the officers gave the ship up for lost, but good seamanship enabled it to weather the storm, and after repairs were made it completed the voyage. On his return home Mr. Hardy purchased the farm now occupied by his youngest son, Norton, and later he purchased one-half of the old homestead, on which he lived until 1872. He also bought and remodeled the residence at No. 22 West Street, Akron, where he lived retired from then until his death. His widow returned to the farm, where she resided ten years, but after her son's marriage she again made her home in Akron. Mr. Hardy was a Republican in politics, and he served as township trustee. Near the close of the Civil War, he served 100 days in the Home Guards at Cleveland. He was a member of the Odd Fellows at Akron. Mr. Hardy was married to Mary Sophia Belden, who was born in Boston Township, Summit County, July 27, 1842, and is a daughter of Champion and Mary (Pratt) Belden, natives of Quincy, Massachusetts. Mrs. Hardy's parents came to Boston Township, Summit County, with their two eldest children, and the father died when she was a small child. Their children were: Daniel Chester, Champion Edson, Charles Wright and Mary Sophia. Mr. and Mrs. Hardy had three children : Lilly Rebecca, Norton Rice and Charles D. Mrs. Hardy is a faithful member of the Congregational Church. Charles D. Hardy began. his education in Northampton Township and finished it at Akron, and then returned to the homestead to take charge, at the age of sixteen years. He has continued here ever since, renting the property from the heirs of the estate. It contains 360 acres, Mr. Hardy operating about 250 acres of this, and he owns 270 acres, which he rents out. He gives special attention to his large dairy, keeps on an average twenty-five cows, and sells his milk to the Akron Pure Milk Company. He has a circular silo 12x30 feet, raises from 300 to 400 bushels of wheat, and in addition to what he uses for his stock, markets from fifteen to twenty tons of hay. Mr. Hardy is a Republican in his political principles, and has served as township trustee for two terms and a number of years as supervisor. Mr. Hardy was united in marriage with Mary Leona Carter, who was born in Portage Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Thomas Carter, an agriculturist of that section. To Mr. and Mrs. Hardy there have been born two children, namely : Margery R. and Daniel C. CAPT. GURDEN P. HARRINGTON, postmaster at Everett, where he is engaged in a mercantile business, is a leading citizen of Boston Township. He was born in Northampton Township, Summit. County, Ohio, August 16, 1838, and is a son of Jeremiah and Hannah (Thompson) Harrington. The grandfather, Abraham Harrington, was the founder of the family in Ohio, coming from Massachusetts and settling in Northampton Township, Summit County. Jeremiah Harrington was born in Massachusetts, accompanied his father to Ohio and died in 1842, aged thirty-two years. For a number of years he lived on what is known as the Botzum farm, in Northampton Township. He married Hannah Thompson, who was born in Massachusetts, and was one of a family of eleven children. Her father, Robert Thompson, came to Summit County, where he followed shoemaking, being a traveling workman, carrying his kit of tools from one household to the other, as was the early custom. Jeremiah Harrington and wife had four children : Amanda, deceased; Gurden P.; Betsey, who married Nathaniel Point, of Boston Township, both deceased; and Russell M., deceased. Mrs. Harrington contracted a second marriage, with Walter Hawkins, and they 888 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY had one son, Perry W., who resides with Captain Harrington. The father of Captain Harrington died when he was four years old and he was taken into the family of his uncle, Dudley Thompson. Mr. Thompson shortly afterward removed from Northampton Township to Kent County, Michigan, settling near Grand Rapids, and there his nephew was reared and educated in the public schools. He was about eighteen years of age when he returned to Boston Township and began to work on the canal, beginning as a driver and continuing on the water until he became commander of several boats. For a number of years no man was better or more favorably known to canal men than was Captain Harrington. He purchased the Ararat, when it was new, which he ran for a long time, and he was captain of the Etna, in the Akron and Cleveland trade. He commanded a boat during the big wheat trade in 1862, and continued until 1867. For ten years afterward he had charge of a gang of men who made repairs on the canal. After leaving active work on the water, Captain Harrington worked at wagon-making for several years at Everett, but in 1880 he embarked in his present mercantile enterprise. He owns a first-class general store, which is equipped with modern fixtures, cash register and other improved methods of doing business, and he carries a very complete and well-selected stock of seasonable goods. In 1889 he was appointed postmaster and has continued in office ever since. He is a Republican in his political preference, but disclaims being anything of a politician. For a number of years Captain Harrington has been identified with the Masonic fraternity, and is a member of Meridian Sun Lodge, No. 266, F. & A. M., of Richfield, and North Star. Chapter, R. A. M., of Bedford. He belongs to the Disciples Church. Captain Harrington has never married. CHARLES E. BISHOP, a highly esteemed citizen of Peninsula, residing on a fine farm of 250 acres, 160 of which are under cultiva tion, was born in York Township, Medina County, Ohio, October 27, 1849, and is a son of Zephaniah and Ellen M. (Waterman) Bishop. The grandparents of Charles E. Bishop were John and Jane (Wilson) Bishop, who came to York Township from the state of New York, where they lived during the remainder of their lives. John Bishop died in 1863, aged seventy-five years. Of his children, Zephaniah, father of Charles E. Bishop, was born in New York and was eight years old when he accompanied his parents to Ohio. The family home had probably been at Whitehall, near Lake Champlain, but many of the old family records have been lost and some points cannot be clearly established. This is the case with many of the old families whose ancestors became pioneers in a far distant locality from the original home. Zephaniah Bishop attended the old Mallet Creek school. With the exception of ten years, which he spent in Litchfield Township, his whole life was passed in York Township, where he owned 125 acres of land, on which he carried on general farming and sheep-raising. In politics he was a Republican and he held various township offices. He married a daughter of Elisha Waterman, who, for many years was one of the leading citizens of Medina County, Ohio. The latter was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was a son of a Revolutionary soldier, who served through the whole seven years of that war. In 1843 Elisha Waterman brought his family from Otsego County, New York, to York Township, Medina County, Ohio. He married Diana Young and they had four children, namely: Lawson, Onesimus, Marietta and Ellen. The family of Zephaniah Bishop and wife consisted .of three children, namely: Charles E., Henry and Frederick, the latter of whom died at the age of five years. The parents were members of the United Brethren Church. Zephaniah Biship died January 11, 1901, and his widow died September 30, 1907, having reached the age of seventy-nine years. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 891 Charles E. Bishop attended the schools of Litchfield and York Townships, more or less regularly, until he was twenty years of age, after which he came to Peninsula and entered the employ of his uncle, the late Lawson Waterman, for whom he worked for seven years by the month. Since that time he has had entire control of the farm, the management of which requires the work of himself and son, with the assistance of two capable men. The great yield of grain from the farm is used in the feeding of the stock, as each year some stock is fattened and marketed. About twenty cows are kept and many Poland China hogs. The apple orchard covers about six acres and produces choice fruit. This land is valuable in many ways. There are two fine sandstone quarries, one of which was sold to the Cleveland Stone Company in 1897, while the other is leased to the Independent Stone Company, also of Cleveland. Mr. Bishop's residence was built in 1852, by his uncle, and is yet one of the finest in this section. It is situated on an elevation which commands a beautiful view and is surrounded by a well-kept sloping lawn, shaded by trees. Mr. Bishop married Catherine A. Boodey, who is a daughter of Merrill Boodey, of Peninsula, and they have one son, Fred. In politics, Mr. Bishop is nominally a Republican, but, like many thoughtful men of the times, reserves the right to vote independently on many questions. Fraternally he is connected with Meriden Sun Lodge, No. 266, F. & A. M., of Richfield. For some years Mr. Bishop has given a great deal of attention to promoting athletics at Peninsula, especially the great national game of base ball. For the past five years he has managed the ball team at •this point, which is made up entirely of local players and it has developed considerable talent. He is a broad-minded, genial man, one whom it is pleasant to know, and one who enjoys wide popularity in the community where he has passed the most important years of his life. GEORGE HEINTZ, general farmer, residing on his well-improved farm of fifty acres, situated in Coventry Township, about two miles south of the city limits of South Akron, was born in an old log house, on his present farm, January 28, 1847, and is a son of Phillip and Mary (Beard) Heintz. Phillip Heintz, father of George, was born in Germany, in 1810, and went to school until it was time to learn a self-supporting trade, when he chose that of weaver, although he was apt in almost any, kind of mechanical work. He then served his allotted time in the Germany army. He married Mary Beard and after the birth of four children, they decided to emigrate to America. They took passage in a sailing vessel March 15, 1845, and spent forty days in covering the distance which the ocean steamers of the present day cover in seven days. They landed safely, however, and in a few weeks were settled on the farm which George Heintz now owns. At the time they came here the land was not very attractive, as a large amount of timber was still standing and burnt stumps marked the spots where the trees had been cut, but the ground was fertile, and with industry the land was developed into an excellent farm. An old log house was on the place, in which the family took up their residence, and here the father died in 1876, aged sixty-six years. His wife, who was born in 1812, survived to the age of eighty-four. After coming to America the family was increased by the birth of five more children. Those born in Germany were: Catherine, who married Philip Laubert; Philip J., Louise, deceased, who married Frank Knapp, and. John. Those who were born in America were: George, subject of this sketch; Mrs. Esther Glass, Mary, who married Thies Cramer; Lena, who married Eli Peatre, and Matilda, who married Walter Sherbondy. George Heintz grew up on the old farm and began farm work while still young, in the meanwhile going to school as opportunity afforded. He then learned the potter's trade, which proved remunerative, and in eight 892 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY years he made enough to purchase the old homestead from the other heirs. This was in 1878, and ten years later he tore down the old log house and erected his present comfortable nine-room frame residence. Not stopping there, he made many other substantial improvements which have added to the value of his property. Beautiful shade trees and green lawn make it very attractive. Mr. Heintz also owns property in Akron. On November 15, 1877, Mr. Heintz was married to Mary M. Beck, who is a daughter of George and Catherine (Blose) Beck. Mrs. Heintz's parents came from Germany about 1845, but she was born in America, her parents having been married in the United States. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Heintz, namely: George Philip, who died in April, 1897, aged eighteen years; William A., who married Theresa Canfield, and Ernest Walter, Adella and Earl Forest. Mrs. Heintz is one of a family of six children, as follows: Catherine, who married F. Schultz; Christiana, deceased, who married William Gayer; Mary; Carry, who married William Thornton, and John and George. George Beck and wife died in Coventry Township. Mr.- Heintz and family belong to the German Reformed Church. They are kind, industrious and worthy people who enjoy the esteem of the community in which they lived so long. LAWSON WATERMAN. Few citizens of Peninsula, Summit County, passed off the stage of life followed with more sincere expressions of respect and esteem, or left behind a better record of a useful, blameless life than did Lawson Waterman, who was born at Decatur, Otsego County, New York, January 21, 1811, and died after a short illness, September 21, 1892. At the age of nineteen years he went to Rochester, New York, where he found employment in a ship yard, and in the following summer went on the lakes as a sailor a calling he followed for several years. In 1836 he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he met Angeline C. Roger, whom he married October 24, 1840. She was born April 11, 1821, in Kingsville, Geauga County, Ohio, and died on the home place at Peninsula, January 12, 1906. They had two children, George Lawson, and a child that died in infancy. George Lawson Waterman was a gallant soldier in the Civil War, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He died September 19, 1863, from a wound received while quelling a mob, at Dayton, Ohio. The parents of Lawson Waterman were Elisha and Diana (Young) Waterman. Elisha was a son of a Revolutionary soldier, who served through the entire seven years, settling at Decatur, Otsego County, New York, where Elisha was born. In 1791 he married Diana Young, who was born at Decatur, New York, and was a daughter of a Revolutionary soldier, the wife of a soldier of the War of 1812, and the grandmother of an officer in the Civil War. She was a woman of noble character and impressed herself on her children. Elisha Waterman enlisted at the opening of the War of 1812, and was taken prisoner by the British at the battle of Queenstown, but was soon released on parole and eventually discharged. He had four children: Lawson, Onesimus, Marietta and Ellen. In 1843 he brought his family to Ohio and settled on a farm in York Township, Medina County, where he died at the age of eighty-four years and his wife at the age of eighty-six years. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Water_ man came to Peninsula and for many years he engaged in the manufacturing of canal boats, and prospered because of his energy, prudence and upright dealing, amassing a modest but honest fortune. He was a man of sterling character, charitable to a fault, bestowing benefits in a quiet way and always giving a petitioner the benefit of the doubt. His friends were numbered only by those who had come to his acquaintance. His passing away was that of going to sleep and when he was no more, the community in which his kind and exemplary life had been led, had lost a good man. Politically he was a Democrat, for a num- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 893 ber of years was postmaster at Peninsula and served in town and township offices. He belonged to Meridian Lodge, No. 266, A. F. & A. M., West Richfield. NORMAN WISE, millwright for the Cleveland-Akron Bay Company at Boston Mill, in Boston Township, was born at East Liberty, Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, April 26, 1865, and is a son of William J. and Mary A. (Bower) Wise. William J. Wise was born January 6, 1840, and for many years carried on agricultural pursuits in Tallmadge Township, where he still owns a large farm, although he is now retired from active pursuits and is living a quiet life at Akron. He was married to Mary A. Bower, who was the daughter of John Bower, of Newheim, and they had two sons and four daughters, Norman being the eldest child. Mr. and Mrs. Wise were members of the Presbyterian Church. Norman Wise was educated in the common schools of Green Township, and when he was sixteen years old left the home farm and went to Cuyahoga Falls, where he began to learn the trade of machinist, in the plant of Turner, Vaughn and Taylor. Later he went to Cleveland, where he followed his trade in different shops, and subsequently went from place to place, both in the East and West, gaining varied and valuable experience. In 1887, when be entered the employ of the Cleveland Paper Bag Company, Mr. Wise's ability was recognized, and he held a prominent position with that firm for three years, when he went to the Taylor and Boggis Foundry Company, and was in charge of their machinery for ten and one-half years. In the spring of 1900, Mr. Wise came to his present position, to install the machinery of the paper mill, the erection of the building having been started in the fall of 1899. To gain some idea of the machinery which comes under Mr. Wise's care, one need only glance at the following equipment of the plant: one 84-inch paper machine, one 124-inch paper machine, four rotary boilers, two rope cutters, two dusters, a devil-picker, one 60-horse-power engine and coating machine, seven boilers, two feed water pumps, one fire pump with a capacity of 750 gallons per minute, one supply pump with a capacity of 1,000 gallons per minute, one rotary pump with a capacity of 550 to 600 gallons per minute, two water wheels manufactured by the Dayton Globe Iron Works with a capacity of 400 horse-power, a 1,000 horse-power cross compound Hamilton Corliss engine, one Snyder Hughes condenser, 1,398 feet of pipe line, composed of 6, 8, 10 and 12 inch pipe to a dam in the woods near the mill, which has a twelve-foot head of water and delivers water at a pressure of twenty-eight pounds, and a 4,600-gallon fire tank at an elevation of 120 feet, the plant being supplied with automatic sprinklers throughout. The plant has a machine ship equipped with drills, lathes and all other machinery necessary to make repairs on equipment, and Mr. Wise has the services of competent assistants. Mr. Wise was married to Rose Wolfe, who is the daughter of Adam Wolfe, of Cleveland, and they have three children: Daisy G., Norman and Marion, In political matters Mr: Wise is a Republican. In 1901 he was elected justice of the peace of Boston Township, and he is now serving his second term, which continues until 1910. He has been a member of the Board of Education since 1905. Fraternally Mr. Wise is connected with Pavonia Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Cuyahoga Falls. ALLEN WELTON, formerly a very prominent citizen of Boston Township, where he carried on agricultural pursuits on a large body of land which once aggregated 300 acres, was born July 18, 1809, in Vermont. Mr. Welton was given but limited educational opportunities in his youth, and for a number of years his fortunes fluctuated. As a young man he began to clerk in a store in his native state, and later went to New York. There he was variously employed, finally acquiring a wood yard and on one oc- 894 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY casion he chopped 400 cords of wood, only to see it swept away by the sudden uprising of a river. From New York he then went to Cleveland, Ohio, which city was but a small village, and from there to Bedford, and shortly afterward to Boston Township, south of Peninsula. He settled on the farm on Oak Hill, now owned by his widow, which was then covered with timber and this he cleared and cultivated in the course .of years, accumulating 300 acres. A large part of this land has since been sold, the farm now containing 187 acres. For a number of years Mr. Welton conducted a dairy, and at one time milked forty cows. He was a man of many practical ideas and began making cheese at home, the industry soon growing to such proportions that he built a cheese factory, which was the first one in Summit County, and later operated another factory at Bath, which his son Frank helped him to conduct. For many years he was a member of the Ohio Dairymen's Association. Mr. Welton was married (first) in New York, to Sarah Stricker, and they had five children, namely: Francis, who is deceased; George W., who lives at Akron; William H. H., also a resident of Akron; John N.; and Ellen E., who is the widow of Andrew Ozmun, of Bath Township. On March 17, 1852, Mr. Welton was married (second) to Louise Thompson, who is a daughter of Mills and Catherine (Allen) Thompson, who was born at Hudson, Ohio, January 14, 1831. The following children were born to this marriage: Frank E., who is a railroad conductor, residing at Akron, married Ella Hancock, and they have had three children, Park and Harry, living, and Clara, deceased; Cora A., who married Walter Hunt, who carries on the home farm, has one son, Elwin Welton; Emma C., who married Ira O. France, residing at Akron; Hattie J., who married Bert Lee, residing in Boston Township, has one child, Chester; Ira Glenn, residing at home; and Jessie and Alice, both of whom are deceased. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Welton was the first physician to settle in Summit County. Mills Thompson, her father, was born at Waterbury, Connecticut, but at the time of his marriage he lived at Akron. Dur ing the building of the Ohio Canal, he was an overseer of a part of the work for a time, but his life was mainly spent as an agriculturist. Allen Welton made two trips to Kentucky and Nashville, Tennessee, to visit his sons, who contracted serious illness during their service in the Civil War, and on one of these trips brought his son John home with him. He had many thrilling experiences, and on a number of occasions narrowly escaped capture by roving bands of guerrillas. A stanch Republican in politics, Mr. Welton was often elected to positions of trust, and served as county commissioner and township trustee. During his long and useful life he was very active in church and charitable movements, and was the founder of the Congregational Sunday-school, which is still in existence in the neighborhood of his former home. EDWARD ROEPKE, a highly esteemed retired farmer of Portage Township, Summit County, Ohio, whose comfortable home is on the Dayton Street extension, just across from the new Caldwell school, was born November 10, 1841, in Zemmen, Prussia, and is a son of William and Frederica (Dittbenner) Roepke. Edward Roepke was reared to manhood in his native country. During his youth he worked as a hired man on a farm, receiving twenty-two dollars per year and his board, and also spent two years as a waiter in a private house in Berlin, for which service he received four dollars per month, his board and washing. When he was twenty-one years of age, with his parents and their other children, Mr. Roepke started for America, from Hamburg, Germany, in the sailing vessel Washington, and after a voyage of fourteen weeks landed at Quebec, Canada, in September, 1862, In April, 1863, they removed to Ottawa, where AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 895 the men of the family endeavored to secure employment on the new Government buildings being erected there, but failing in this they came to Akron, Ohio, Mr. Roepke having seen in an advertisement that men were needed in the construction of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. On arriving in this city difficulty with the language embarrassed them as none of the family could read or write in English, nor could they speak or understand it with the exception of an occasional common word. They already had suffered misfortune. Their passage had been paid to Akron by way of Oswego and Cleveland, but between Hudson and Akron they lost all of their belongings, even their bedding and household effects, which they had brought that far from Germany, and their sole possessions were the clothes they wore. However, here the father and five sons found work, each receiving eleven shillings per day for eleven hours' labor. After three months, they entered the employ of George Wolven as quarrymen, and here their wages were one dollar and fifty cents for ten hours' work, and they continued for two years working in the quarries. In 1864, Albert Roepke, the second eldest brother, enlisted in the Sixth Ohio Cavalry, and served nine months in the Federal Army, and as in addition to his monthly salary of sixteen dollars he received a bounty of $500, he felt almost rich, and hastened to better the family fortunes. With this sum four acres of land were purchased in Akron, on which was situated a stone quarry, and Edward and Albert Roepke and a half-brother, William Most, engaged in business, the firm going into debt for an additional $500. The stone quarry was oper ated for five years, stone selling at one dollar per load, and at the end of this time they engaged in contracting, and Edward Roepke was made superintendent of the business, which proved very successful. Later this land was sold off in lots and Edward Roepke purchased a farm of 108 acres in Portage Township, on which he built a fine house and barn and engaged in general agricultural pursuits, although he still continued his contracting operations, and did much road construction work for the county. In 1900, Mr. Roepke sold his farm and took a trip to California, where he remained several months. After returning to Akron, he went to Detroit, Michigan, where he spent three summers, his winters being passed in Florida. In November, 1905, the present Mrs. Roepke purchased from Robert Turner the lot on which they now reside, at Cuyahoga Falls, and Mr. Roepke erected here a beautiful home, in which they have since lived. In 1864 Mr. Roepke was married (first) ,to Caroline Myers, who died in 1894. She was a daughter of Ernest Myers. To this union there were born eleven children, as follows: Charles, who lives at Akron; Rosa, who is the wife of John H. Rice, of Mansfield, Ohio; Edward A., who is in the fertilizing business at Akron; Emma, who married Richard Dohl, a stove and furnace merchant of Ravenna, Ohio; William, whose death occurred August 31, 1905; Clara, who is the wife of L. B. Jennings, a baker, of Ravenna, Ohio; George, who for three years was a member of the United States Army in the Philippines; John, who lives at Ravenna Ohio; Mary, who is the wife of Adam Fichter, an architect of Akron ; Ida, who is a stenographer at Mansfield, Ohio; and Harry, who also resides in Mansfield. In 1905 Mr. Roepke was united in marriage with Henrietta Huge. Mr. Roepke has been much interested in public matters in his township, and for nineteen years served on the School Board, and for four years in the office of road superintendent. He is a Republican and is Township Committeeman of his party. He is an excellent example of a self-made man. JOHN M. FOUSE, general farmer and well-known citizen, residing on his valuable farm of twenty-five acres, which is situated on Dan Street, just east of the city limits of Akron, and in Portage Township, was born in Lake Township, Stark County, Ohio, Oc- 896 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY tober 7, 1851. He is a son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Gaerte) Fouse. Frederick Fouse was born on the old Fouse homestead in Stark County, which his father, John Fouse, bought from the Government, when he came as a young man pioneering in Lake Township. He was a native of Blair County, Pennsylvania, and died on the farm he had worked so hard to secure and improve when his son Frederick was three months old. His widow remained on the farm which consisted of 140 acres, .where she reared her two children, Frederick and Savilla, the latter of whom later married Isaac Madlem. and is now deceased. Grandmother Fouse subsequently came to Portage Township, where she lived until her death, at the age of eighty-seven years. As soon as Frederick Fouse attained sufficient strength and judgment he took upon himself the management of the farm and when he reached manhood, he married Elizabeth Gaerte, who was a daughter of Jacob Gaerte and was reared in Lake Township. All of their nine children were born and reared on the Stark County farm, as follows: Malinda, who married Philip Fulmer, resides in Portage County ; John M., of Portage Township ; Reuben, Jacob, Edward P., Milton W., Fernando and William F., all reside in Portage Township; and Ira, who died at the age of twenty-seven years. In 1873, Frederick Fouse sold the farm in Stark County and bought 107 acres in Summit County, John M. Fouse's farm being a part of this tract. Mr. Fouse lived on his new purchase until his death in January, 1884. He erected new buildings and improved his land in many ways. His widow survived until April, 1904. They were worthy people in every way and enjoyed the esteem of all who knew them. John M. Fouse was trained in agricultural pursuits from his boyhood and has never turned his attention to any degree to anything else. For twenty-eight years he was in the milk business and had an Akron route, but in January, 1907, he discontinued his dairy. He married Susan Royer, who is a daughter of Abraham Royer, of Stark County, and they have a fine, intelligent family of ten children, namely: Bertha, Aquilla, Austin J., Frederick, Clarence, Claude, Mabel, Floyd, Gladys and Elva. The eldest son, Aquilla Fouse, married Edna Sprague, and they have three children : Ruth, Helen and Harold. When the home farm was divided at the time of the father's death, John M. Fouse purchased twenty-five acres of the land, which is exceedingly valuable on account of being so desirable for city building extension, together with the buildings, the substantial barn having been put up in 1880, and the fine frame dwelling, in 1881. Mr. Fouse is one of the recognized leading men of the township and is a member of the Board of Education together with the following prominent citizens: John McDowell, president, Roland Koplin, W. W. Washburn and Abner Caldwell. Mr. Fouse belongs to the order of Pathfinders. FRANK A. WILCOX, capitalist, who has been a resident of Akron since 1882, is extensively engaged in a general contracting and real estate business here and is identified with a large number of the successful enterprise from which the city has gained its name as an important commercial center: He was born at Richfield, Summit County, Ohio, May 17, 1852, and is a son of Dr. J. C. Wilcox, one of the county's pioneers. Frank A. Wilcox remained at Richfield until he was eighteen years of age, securing his preparatory education there, and then entered Oberlin College. Here he was graduated in 1878, and immediately afterward began the study of law in the office of T. E. Burton, at Cleveland, Ohio. After one year there he accepted the position of superintendent of the schools of- Glenville, which he filled for three years. Mr. Wlicox then .bought the abstract books of Summit County and from 1882 to 1898, he did the abstract, real estate and insurance business which is now controlled by the firm of Bruner, Good- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 897 hue & Cook, being associated the most of the time with A. H. Noah. He still retains an interest in the business. He was then secretary of the India Rubber Company for one year, and in 1899 took charge of the Pennsylvania Rubber Company, serving as vice-president, treasurer and general manager. He remained with this company until March 1, 1907, and is still on its board of directors. Mr. Wilcox is now engaged in a general contracting and real estate business. His large real estate interests occupy much of his time. He is a stockholder in the Akron Selle Company and in other concerns, being treasurer and general manager of the Arcturus Lithia Springs Company. In 1893, Mr. Wilcox was married to Della M. Doyle, who is a daughter of the late William B. Doyle. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox lost an interesting little son, Doyle, who died at Erie, Pennsylvania, aged but six years. They have one daughter, Margaret, and an adopted daughter, Elizabeth L. While residing at Glenville, Mr. Wilcox served as a member of the City Council, and from 1885 until 1887, he served on the Akron City Council. He was the founder of the order of Maccabees at Akron and is past master of the order here, and he is also past grand of Akron Lodge, No. 547, I. 0. 0. F., and was sent as a representative to the Grand Encampment of the state of Ohio. He belongs also to the Akron lodge of Elks At Jeannette, Pennsylvania, he united with the First Presbyterian Church. Akron has few more progressive, enterprising and public-spirited citizens than Mr. Wilcox. CLINT W. KLINE, Clerk of Courts, was born in Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, January 14, 1860; he is the second son of David and Elizabeth (Chisnell) Kline, now living in Greensburg, Ohio. Mr. Kline was reared on his father's farm and obtained the usual country school education ; subsequent to this he was a student in the Akron High School, and was a student at Buchtel college and also at Hiram college. At the age of seventeen he began teaching country schools, which profession he followed for seven years, after which he took a course in stenography at Springfield, Ohio. In 1885 he came to Akron and engaged in the retail grocery business with his brother, Oliver J. Kline, under the firm name of Kline Bros., which partnership continued until 1903 when Mr. Kline entered upon his duties as Clerk of Courts, thus terminating the partnership. Mr. Kline has always been a Republican and has always been active in local politics, having served as chairman of the Republican City Central Committee for a number of years and vice-chairman of the Summit County Executive Committee. In 1895 he was elected to the Board of Education from the famous Old Fourth ward, the Democratic stronghold of the city, in which capacity he served during 1895 and 1896; he did not stand for re-election, having received the Republican nomination for member of the General Assembly of Ohio. Mr Kline was elected to the office of Clerk of Courts at the election of 1902 and assumed his duties as such in 1903; in 1905 he was reelected to a second term, which will expire in August, 1909. Mr. Kline is connected with a number of our banking institutions and is vice-president of The Dime Savings Bank. He is also a stockholder in a number of Akron's flourishing enterprises. In 1886 Mr. Kline was married to Minnie E. Burnham, a popular teacher of the Akron public school ; they have two children, Vera B. and Helen B. Mr. Kline is prominent in fraternal matters, affiliating with a great many fraternal bodies. CHARLES TSCHANTZ, a highly esteemed citizen of Portage Township, Summit County, Ohio, who resides on the old Good farm and is engaged in farming and dairying, was born September 21, 1855, in Switzerland, and is a son of John and Christina Tschantz, both of whom died in the old country. Charles Tschantz was reared in his 898 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY native country, where he received a good education, his father being a school teacher, and at the age of sixteen years he came to America, locating at once on the farm of Abe Mosier in Wayne County, Ohio. After remaining there for two years Mr. Tschantz removed to Beaver County, Pennsylvania, where for two years he worked in a dairy, and subsequently went to Putnam County, Ohio, where he lived for seven years. After his marriage, Mr. Tschantz went to Ashtabula, Ohio, where he continued to reside for six years, and in 1897 located on the old Sacket farm in Copley Township. Two years later he purchased forty acres of land in Copley, where he resided for three years, at the end of which time he purchased a residence and ten building lots in Akron. Mr. Tschantz removed to his present home in 1899, and in 1905 purchased thirty acres of land, which he farms in connection with the 298 acres that he rents from Edward Good. He makes a specialty of dairying, having for this purpose a herd of from twenty-five to thirty finely bred cattle. Mr. Tschantz was married in Putman County, Ohio, to Anna Vungunton, and to this union there have been born seven children : Lena, who married Allen Wright; William, who married Margaret Hodgson, and has one child, Buelah Margaret; Otto, who resides in Oregon ; John, also a resident of Oregon ; Charles, who lives at home; Anna, who is a stenographer of Akron; and Lizzie. With his family Mr. Tschantz attends the Christian Church. C. H. PALMER, who is identified with a number of Akron's greatest business enterprises, is still in the vigor of middle age, having been born in 1850, in old Middlebury, now Akron, and is a son of Albert and Ann Elizabeth (Hoye) Palmer. Stephen Palmer, the grandfather of C. H., was one of the earliest manufacturers of this section. He established a fanning mill factory which his son, Albert Palmer, continued to operate until about 1850, in which year he to went to Tennessee, where, for a time he was engaged in the same business. In early manhood, Albert Palmer was a school teacher. He still survives, and resides at Akron, having reached his eighty-third year, while his wife has rounded out her seventy-seventh. C. H. Palmer was educated at Kingsville Academy. He was only twelve years old when he was sent out on his father's wagon, to sell matches, and thus from boyhood he has been connected with the great corporation now known as the Diamond Match Company. From the humble position of match boy, Mr. Palmer, through diligence and industry worked his way up, step by step, through the different grades of service until he now occupies the responsible positions of vice-president and general superintendent of the Diamond Match Company, as well as a director in the same. Mr. Palmer is largely interested in many other flourishing enterprises of this prosperous city and section. He is president and director of the Granite Clay Company; treasurer and a director of the Akron Smoking Pipe Company ; a director of the First National Bank of Akron ; a director of the Barberton Savings Bank, at Barberton, and other concerns of less magnitude. In 1876, Mr. Palmer was married to Marion Peckham, who was born, reared and edu- cated at Middlebury, and who is a daughter of Thomas H. Peckham, one of the earliest settlers at Tallmadge, Summit County. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have one son, Thomas A., who is manager of the Barberton branch of the Diamond Match factory, and vice-president and a director of the Granite Clay Company. He was educated at Case's School of Applied Science. Mr. Palmer is a member and one of the trustees of the First Church of Christ, at Akron. WILLIS G. MARSHALL, a well-known citizen and general farmer of Norton Township, residing on his farm which lies one-balf mile north of Johnson's Corners and about one-half mile south of Norton Center, was AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 899 born on this farm, in Summit County, Ohio, March 2, 1855, and is a son of Robert G. and Louisa (Vickers) Marshall. Robert Marshall was born in Perry County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Joseph Marshall. He came to Summit County as a young man and after his marriage bought the farm on which Willis G. resides. Both he and wife died on this farm. They had twleve children, Willis G. being the youngest of the family. Willis G. Marshall was reared on this fine old farm and went to school at Norton Center. In 1878 he was married to Mary S. Betz, a daughter of Alvin D. Betz, and she was reared within a half mile of the farm on which Mr. Marshall grew up. They have three children —Roy G., Leonard E., and Nellie M. The eldest son is foreman of the hose room of the Rubber Products Company, at Barberton. He married Mabel Cooper and they have three children—Ethel. M., Cloyd C., and Ruth I. Leonard, the second son, is also employed in the Rubber Works. He married Doxie Tawney. Miss Nellie resides at home. Both sons have built and are living on the place, which is now the West corporation limit of Barberton. Following his marriage, Mr. Marshall lived for two years at Norton Center, and then moved to a farm south of Johnson's Corners, on which he remained for four years. He then moved to Wayne County, for a three years' residence. He moved back to Norton for one year and then returned to Wayne County, where he remained for fourteen years. In the spring of 1902, he bought the old home farm and has carried on agriculture here ever since. For three years he also carried on a dairy, but has discontinued that industry. The family is one that is very highly respected in this neighborhood. IRVIN R. MANTON, superintendent of factory No. 3, Robinson Clay Product Company, at Akron, has been connected with this large business enterprise ever since he completed his education, and his industry, capacity and fidelity have contributed in full measure to the success of the concern. He was born at Akron, Ohio, January 24, 1874, and was educated in the schools of Akron, with three years of instruction at Saltsburg, Pennsylvania. After completing his school studies he entered the factory of the Robinson Clay Product Company, of which he has been superintendent for the past four years. He has engaged rather extensively, also, in the breeding of fine horses, at present owning about fifteen head, they possessing qualities which make them exceedingly valuable. On April 5, 1898, Mr. Manton was married to Fredericka Wickdal Hurxthal, a member of one of the old and substantial families of Canton, Ohio. They have one child, Laona. Mr. Manton is a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He has numerous social connections, being a member of the Portage Country Club, the Canton Country Club, and the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Akron. IRVING C. RANKIN, M.D., specialist in surgery and diseases of women, is a leading practitioner at Akron. He was born at Akron, Ohio, in 1871, and is a son of George T. Rankin. Following his graduation from the Akron High School, in 1888, Dr. Rankin entered the Syracuse University, where he was graduated in 1892 with his degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. He received his Master's Degree in 1894. In 1895 he was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, and after serving one year as an interne in the Allegheny General Hospital, at Allegheny, Pennsylvania, he located at Akron, in 1896. He has been in continuous practice in this city ever since, with the exception of a part of the year 1904, which he spent at Berlin and Vienna, taking a post graduate course in the famous medical institutions of those cites. Dr. Rankin is gynecologist of the Akron Hospital, and surgeon for a number of the large industries of this city, notably, the Quaker