(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 900 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY Oats Company, the Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company, and the Taplin and Rice Company. He also carries on a general practice. He is a member of the Summit County, the Ohio State, the Cleveland, and the North Eastern Medical Societies. For three of the eleven years in which he has been engaged in practice at Akron, Dr. Rankin served as city physician. On November 1, 1898, Dr. Rankin was married to Lena J. Schreuder, of Syracuse, New York. Dr. Rankin retains membership in his Greek letter college fraternity, the D. K. E.; also belongs to the Masonic order. JOHN W. PAYNE, city engineer at Akron, was born at Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio, in 1857, and like many other men now in professional life, was educated in the district schools and was reared on the paternal farm. When Mr. Payne decided to adopt civil engineering as his profession he entered the engineering department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and was graduated in 2883, with his degree of a working Bachelor of Science. Following his departure from the university, he worked for the Government, for two years, on the Mississippi River survey, and for two years on the Missouri River. The death of his brother, who had been in the dry goods business at Port Clinton, recalled him to that city and he took charge of that business, removing to Akron, Ohio, in 1887, and disposed of it in 1894. In 1892, he first began work in the city engineer's office, as assistant, and continued in that capacity until 1899, when he was made city engineer, an office he has filled ever since. In 1886, Mr. Payne was married to Martha A. Orchard, of Lima, Ohio, and they have two children, William A. and Mildred. The latter resides at home. William A. Payne is a student in the engineering department of the University of Michigan. Mr. Payne and family belong to the Woodland Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a trustee. He has been prominent for a number of years, in the order of Odd Fellows, is a member of the Encampment, and belongs also to the Pathfinders. Formerly he was president of the Ohio Engineering Society and still retains his membership. ELMER I. McCAMAN, whose excellent farm of 100 acres is situated in Coventry Township, about two and one-half miles southeast of Barberton, is a native of Summit County, Ohio, and was born on the banks of Long Lake, in Coventry Township, August 30, 1871. He is a son of Elihu and Louisa W. (Foust) McCaman. Isaac McCaman, the grandfather of Elmer I., was the founder of this family in Ohio. He was born in Ireland and came to America accompanied by two brothers, one of whom settled first in Maryland, while the other, with Isaac, settled in Virginia. In a short time, Isaac McCaman pushed north to Ohio and settled near what is now the town of Uniontown, where he died aged forty-five years. His widow survives him into old age and died at Akron. Of their large family there are two survivors, namely : Percilla, who is the widow of Adam Cormany, and Lucinda, who is the Widow Gruber, residing at Akron. Elihu McCaman was reared on the farm on which his father had located and through youth assisted in clearing the same. In young manhood he bought the Mary Ellen, a tidy little canal boat, on which he and his mother lived for a number of years, during which time he followed a profitable business on the water. After his marriage he retired from the canal and disposed of his boat, following agricultural pursuits in Coventry Township until his death, in December, 1899, when sixty-eight years of age. In middle life he married the widow of Michael Dixon, who was a daughter of George and Nellie Foust. One of the three children of her first marriage still survives, Delilah, who married Levi. Gaugler. Two children were born to her marriage with Elihu McCaman : Elmer I., and Ella J., the latter of whom married AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 901 Charles Rhodenburger and is deceased. By a second marriage, to Orange Cook, one child was born, George L. The mother of Mr. McCaman resides at Barberton. Elmer I. McCaman was nine years old when his parents moved to the farm in the southwest corner of Coventry Township, where he went to the old District No. 9 school, after which he worked in the shops at Barberton until his marriage. After this event, he went into a sawmill business with his half-brother, George Cook, and was a partner in the G. L. Cook Lumber Company, of Barberton, which engaged in business there for four years. Mr. McCaman then sold his interest to Mr. Cook, and in 1904, he bought his present excellent farm, from the Dickerhoof heirs. The property was improved to some degree, but Mr. McCaman has added to the value of the land very materially, by his careful cultivation and excellent agricultural methods. Mr. McCaman was married February 13, 1895, to Clara N. Steffee ,who is a daughter of Amos and Alice (Fairbanks) Steffee. They have five children, namely : Carrie, Ellery, Edwin, Forest, Orwin, and Sadie B. Mrs. McCaman is the eldest of her parents' family of four children, the others being: Leon, Blanche, and Almira, the latter of whom died young. The mother of Mrs. McCaman died March 26, 1907, aged fifty-four years, but the father still survives. The maternal grandfather, Edwin Fairbanks, was a native of New York and was one of the earliest settlers in Copley Township. Mr. and Mrs. McCaman are members of the United Brethren Church at Lockwood Corners, in which he is one of the stewards. He is a Democrat. Formally he was a member of the Knights of Pythias, at Barberton. HIRAM HANCHETT WALLACE, a highly esteemed citizen of Northfield Township, was engaged in farming for many years but is now retired from active management of his farms, though still residing in a commodious residence which he built on one of them several years ago. He is the second son of the late James W. and Adeline (Hanchett) Wallace and was born February 18, 1843, in Northfield Township, Summit County, Ohio. This branch of the Wallace family became American through Robert Wallace, the great-great-grandfather of Hiram, who removed from Scotland early in the eighteenth century to Londonberry, Ireland, and thence to Londonderry, New Hampshire. To Robert was born James, and to James came two sons, George and Robert, not mentioning the numerous collateral branches. These brothers, George and Robert, having the spirit of adventure, and perhaps being restive under the strict New England discipline of those days, put good axes over their broad shoulders and fat bags of beans on their backs, and, leaving their native town of Ackworth, New Hampshire, directed their foot-steps westward. By aid of the axe they supplemented the provender in the bags and after traversing some six hundred miles of sparcely settled country they reached Youngstown, Ohio, where they were engaged by a Mr. Samuel Menough to chop wood at twelve and one-half cents per cord. The two brothers must have done more than chop well, for George captured the hand of Mr. Menough's daughter Harriet, and her sister became Robert's wife. In 1806 George Wallace removed to Cleveland and purchased twelve acres of land on what is now Superior Avenue N. W., running from the site of the old Weddell House (the present Rockefeller Building) to the river, and built thereon a log hotel building. It is said that Mr. Wallace paid three hundred dollars for this land which, with improvements at the present time, is worth millions. In the latter year Mr. Wallace removed with his family to the southern part of Northfield Township to escape the malarious air of Cleveland and to develop a fine water-power on a beautiful stream to which Mrs. Wallace gave the name of Brandywine. Here George Wallace purchased .a large tract of land and built and operated a gristmill, saw-mill, woolen-mill and a distillery, 902 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY making Brandywine the greatest business point between Cleveland and Pittsburg. He remained active in his many enterprises until his death in 1846, at the age of seventy-three. Though not a church member he was a liberal supporter of the Presbyterian Church, his day-book now in possession of his grand-son Hiram, showing among other items the entry of ten gallons of whiskey annually towards the minister's stipend; the good liquor of that day and locality being known as "Brandywine currency." He left four children : James Waugh, George Young, who was one of the early sheriffs of Portage County, Emeline, and Perkins, a physician. James W. Wallace, father of Hiram, became one of the most widely known and universally respected of the older residents of Summit County. Born in Youngsown, November 27, 1803, he was three years of age when the family removed to Cleveland and began the limited school curriculum of the time. Early in life he was intrusted with business interests by his father, at the age of fifteen managing alone the general store at Brandywine with its large and varied stock of goods. About 1825, in company with his brother George Y., he took immediate charge of the different branches of the Brandywine business including a twelve hundred acre farm on which were kept 2,000 to 2,500 sheep, seventy to seventy-five head of cattle and ten to fifteen horses. As an index to the time it is interesting to note that the total tax on this property was then but five dollars. Later, in association with his father, he built many miles of the Ohio Canal and the aqueduct at Roscoe. Large tracts of the Western Reserve were familiar to him, as for years he was the representative of the Land Company which originally owned that section of Ohio. This together with his other diversified interests, brought him wide acquaintance in the territory between Cleveland and Pittsburg. His unfailing courtesy to all, combined with just but considerate business methods, made him the grand old man of the time and section. On September 8, 1836, Mr. Wallace married Adeline Hanchett, daughter of I brain and Mary Hanchett. Previous to 1841 Air. Hanchett built the "Lady of the Lake," the first good vessel built on Lake Erie, which is said to have paid for herself in two trips to and from Buffalo. From this union there were seven children: George, deceased; Hiram Hanchett, the subject of this sketch; Mary, wife of Mr. Lorin Bliss, treasurer of Northfield Township; Warner W., a retired farmer of Lexington, Ky.; Leonard C., a retired farmer of Macedonia, Ohio; Joseph. who died in infancy; Margaret Stanhope, wife of Mr. H. R. P. Hamilton, architect, Cleveland. After residing for several years in the substantial homestead built by the head of the family and overlooking the Falls of the Brandywine, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace removed, in 1870, to Maple Mound on the road leading from Macedonia to Hudson .where in comfortable retirement, with children and grandchildren about them, they enjoyed their later years, Mrs. Wallace living until March 15, 1885, and her husband until September 28, 1887, their lives fully rounded in all relations of the home, the world and the church. Their second son, Hiram Hanchett Wallace, received his education in the Northfield public schools and at Western Reserve College, and remained at the home in Brandywine until his marriage December 1S, 1867, to Marianna Mearns, daughter of Mr. John Mearns of Cecil County, Maryland. To them were born : Adeline Rebecca, new deceased; Belle Mearns, who became the wife of Mr. Clark Dillow of Brecksville and is deceased, leaving two children, James Hiram and Elizabeth; Anna Waugh, married to the Rev. Mr. Wm. T. Hammond of Northeast, Maryland, both deceased, leaving a daughter, Rebecca; Margaret, deceased; George H., an intelligent farmer of Northfield who married Miss Emma Rudgers of Brecksville and has an infant daughter; Schuyler J., a promising young attorney of Cleveland; Harvey Baldwin, assistant manager of a large manufacturing concern in Detroit, who married Miss AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 903 Olive Snyder, and also has an infant daughter; Marianna Mearns, who since infancy been as a daughter to her aunt, Mrs. Lorin Bliss, Mrs. Wallace dying February 1887, shortly after childbirth. In 1891 Mr. Wallace married (second) ary Jane, daughter of the late Mr. James ayerweather of Boston Township. Soon after his first marriage Mr. Wallace settled in Pocahontas County, Iowa, in the same neighborhood as his brother George, where he farmed extensively until 1879, when he sold his holdings and, returning to Northfield, bought the Proctor farm, Lot 64. In 1885 he increased his acreage by the purchase of the Boyd farm, Lot 65, and on a sightly eminence well removed from the public highways, he erected his present handsome -residence, which was completed in 1891. Beautiful shade trees, fruitful orchards, well kept gardens, a large barn with the usual outbuildings, and an inexhaustible pure water supply, on an automatic system, make evident the thrift and comfort which prevail. His farms, through intelligent care and foresight, have been kept up to the high standard which might be expected and are now managed by his first son who resides in the substantial brick dwelhng built sixty years ago by Mr. Daniel Proctor. Mr. Wallace's religious training and beliefs are Presbyterian, of which church he is a supporter; his politics are Republican and he has served several terms as township trustee in Iowa and for years he was a leading spirit in the Northfield Board of Education which has brought to a high standard the schools that he attended as a child. Naturally Mr. Wallace is widely known and enjoys an enviable reputation in the esteem of his extended acquaintance. WILLIAM JACOB FRYMAN, general farmer and stockraiser, owns ninety-one acres of excellent farming land in Bath Township, which has been his home for the past twenty years. He was born January 15, 1861; in Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio. and is a son of Joel and Mary Jane (Simons) Fryman. Daniel Fryman, the grandfather of William J., was a native of Pennsylvania, who came from that State on foot, with his dog and gun, and continued his walk through Summit County to Medina County, Ohio, where he later spent many years on his farm south of Wadsworth. He subsequently returned to Summit County and settled in Copley Township, where he died in October, 1874. Joel Fryman was born and reared in Medina County, Ohio, and in early manhood came to Copley Township, Summit County, where he was married. In 1870, he went to Williams County, Ohio, but after three years returned to Summit County and purchased a farm in Portage Township, where he and his wife still live. He was married to Mary Jane Simons, who was born at Lockwood's Corners, in Coventry Township, and is a daughter of Henry Simons, a native of England, who secured the first marriage license taken out in Summit County, Ohio. He settled in Coventry Township at an early day, and there became the owner of a large tract of land. Mrs. Fryman's mother died when she was five years old, and she went to live with here uncle, William Carpenter, and was known on this account as Mary Jane Carpenter. To Mr. and Mrs. Fryman there were born eight children : Sarah, who is the wife of Frank Swift ; William J.; Arvella, who married Thomas Carter; Mary, who died when three years old; Ella, who married Henry Moeler; Homer; Frank, who died when thirteen years old; and Cora, who died aged about one year. Until twenty-one years of age, William Jacob Fryman remained on the home farm in Portage Township, and he then started to work as a farm hand. In February, 1895, he bought two-thirds of a farm of 116 acres, formerly the McMillan property, which is located one and one-half miles west of Montrose, but as there was a dispute as to the title, he was obliged to repurchase it. He cultivates 904 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY the whole 116 acres and in addition forty-six acres belonging to his father-in-law, Norton Hubbard, whose home is almost across the road from Mr. Fryman's, in Copley Township. Mr. Fryman has engaged very extensively in raising draft horses, and a number of fine animals belonging to him are in the service of the Akron Fire Department, the Lyman Lumber Company and the Akron breweries. On December 27, 1883, Mr. Fryman was married to Lena Hubbard, who was born in Copley Township, on a farm in sight of her present home, and is a daughter of Norton and Harriet (Miller) Hubbard. The mother of Mrs. Fryman died December 30, 1888, and her father November 4, 1907. Norton Hubbard was born at Batavia, New York, and on Christmas night, 1830, was brought by his uncle to Copley Township and they settled in a little log cabin. He lived in Summit County for seventy-seven years and was one of its most highly esteemed citizens. To Mr. and Mrs. Fryman one child was born: Rex, who resides at home. Mr. Fryman is a member of the National Protective Legion, to which all of the family belong. He is a deacon in the Church of Christ at Copley. PHILANDER D. HALL, JR., capitalist and traveler, who owns a vast amount of valuable realty in and about Akron and is identified with a number of the city's prosperous enterprises, was born at Bridgeport, Connecticut, July 10, 1854, and is a son of Lorenzo and Mary J. (Hubbell) Hall. The late Lorenzo Hall was one of the early merchants of Akron and for years was a member of the firm of Hall Brother, a name that for a long period stood for business acumen and commercial integrity. Lorenzo Hall acquired a large fortune and became one of Akron's most valuable citizens. He died January 9, 1892. He married Mary J. Hubbel, and they had two sons, Frank L. and Philander D., Jr., The former is one of the leading attorneys of the city of New York. He was a student in the office of David Dudley Field, in New York, and is a graduate of Yale College and of the Law School of Columbia College. Philander D. Hall, J., who bears the honored name of his uncle, the late Philander D. Hall, was four years of age when his father came to Akron. He was reared in this city, attended first the primary and then the High School here, and then became a student in the Columbia preparatory school, of New York city. He continued there for two years and completed his education at Strasberg, Germany, where he took a special course. Upon his return to his native land, he engaged in a wholesale hardware business at San Francisco, for a period and then came to Akron and took charge of the Hall Brothers store, which he managed for five years, or until the death of his venerable uncle. After selling the store, Mr. Hall was engaged for a considerable time in looking after the large amount of real estate which had come into his possession. He is interested in the Colonna Tire and Rubber Company, and the Swinehardt Rubber Company, and is a stockholder in a number of like concerns. He is one of the directors of the National City Bank of Akron and has intterests in New York. During the past year, Mr. Hall has been a resident of London, England, where he has represented the Firestone Rubber Tire Company. He has spent much time in travel and is familiar with various parts of Europe, having but recently returned from visiting France and Italy. On June 28, 1894, Mr. Hall was married to Eva M. Grant, of Cleveland, and they have one son, Frank Hurlburt. Mr. Hall was reared in the Episcopal Church and is a vestryman of the Church of Our Savior at Akron. E. C. SHAW, general manager of works of the B. F. Goodrich Company, at Akron, has been a resident of this wide-awake city since 1893, and is numbered with her successful business men. Mr. Shaw was born in 1863, at Buffalo, New York. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 905 After receiving an excellent public school training in his native city, Mr. Shaw entered Yale College, where he was graduated in the class of 1886. Upon his return to Buffalo, be engaged in an electric light business until 1893, when he came to Akron to take charge of the Akron Electric Light Company, remaining with that organization for that year and in 1894 coming to the B. F. Goodrich Company in the capacity of a mechanical and electrical engineer. Mr. Shaw soon became assistant superintendent of this great concern, later was made superintendent, and since January 1, 1907, has been general manager of works of a company whose products are of world-wide fame. In 1897, Mr. Shaw was married to Jennie L. Bond, of New York city. He is a Knight Templar Mason, and is a popular member of the Portage Country club. ISAAC LEIBY, one of Copley Township's most respected citizens, owns a valuable farm of 131 1-2 acres, which has been managed by his son since Mr. Leiby retired from active life. He was born on his father's farm in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, November 10, 1821, and is a son of Jacob and Mary Leiby. Mr. Leiby comes of Pennsylvania Dutch stock, of people noted for their industry and honesty. His father was also born in Pennsylvania and engaged in farming and distilling. He servived his wife and lived to the unusual age of ninety years. They had a family of thirteen children, and all but one of these reached maturity and all have passed to their final reward except Isaac, and his sister Emeline, who married Charles Krum. Isaac Leiby worked with his father until he was about twenty years old and then learned the carpenter trade. He has worked at this more or less all his life and even at the age of eighty-six years can do a good piece of work in this line. He had very little chance to go to school in his boyhood and never learned the English language until he was grown, the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect being used entirely in the neighborhood in which he lived. When he was twenty-five years old he was married to Mary Heimbaug, and about two year later, with his wife and two little ones, the youngest but a few weeks old, he started in a one-horse wagon, with the intention of acquiring land and settling in Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio, both of which he accomplished. When Mr. and Mrs. Leiby reached Akron they found a small village, which then had no railroad connection, and the houses then standing were not of the kind Mr. Leiby afterward built all through this section. Mr. Leiby came to Summit County a poor but honest, temperate and industrious man, and it was not very long after he settled here that he bought his first tract of land, twenty acres, from a Mr. Myers, and then forty acres from S. J. Spake, and to this he soon added thirteen and one-eighth acres, bought of David Miller. From time to time, as a good piece of land came upon the market, he bought until he owned 141 1-2 acres. Recently he has sold ten acres. When be settled here he lived for a short time in the log house that was standing, but before long put up the nice residence which has stood for fifty years. Its construction was so substantial that no repairs have been necessary until. recently, when Mr. Leiby put down a new porch floor, and it was well done. The wife of Mr. Leiby died September 14, 1899. They had seven children, as follows: Leander, who married Amanda Houghlan ; Charles, who married Mary Miller; Henry, who married Jennie Jones; Aaron, who manages the home farm; Lovena C.; Mary Elizabeth, who married L. Squires; and Samantha Jane, who married W. Stonebrook. In politics Mr. Leiby and his son Aaron are both stanch Democrats. During the time he served es road supervisor, the township profited by his good judgment and close attention to the work in hand. He is a leading member of the Reformed Church in his neighborhood, in which he has served as deacon for many years and elder for the past five years. 906 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY W. A. SACKETT, M.D., a prominent medical practitioner at Akron, was born in Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio, in 1866, and is a son of the late William C. Sackett, a well-known citizen. William C. Sackett was born at Warren, Connecticut, in October, 1827, and died in Summit County, in November, 1902. He was a son of Aaron and Huldah Camilla (Tanner) Sackett, and was ten year old when his parents emigrated to Tallmadge Township, Summit County. He was a representative man of his section, deeply interested in its development and evinced public spirit and enterprise. In 1851 he went to California, later to Oregon, and after four years in the far West, he returned to Ohio. Here he purchased a large farm from George Sackett, his brother, and carried on extensive agricultural pursuits until 1893, when he moved to a farm in Portage Township. Here he continued to reside until 1898, removing then to a farm he bought in Coventry Township, where his death occurred. For a period of five years he was president of the Summit County Agricultural Society. On March 18, 1857, he married Harriet L. Galbraith, who was a daughter of Henry H. and Ann (Lang-worthy) Galbraith. Dr. W. A. Sackett graduated from the Akron High School in 1885, and from Oberlin College, in 1890, with the degree of A. B. In 1893 he was graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and the A. M. degree has since been conferred on him by Oberlin College. Dr. Sackett immediately located at Akron, where he has met with hearty recognition. He is a member of the Summit County, the Ohio State Sixth Councilor District and the American Medical Association. Until her lamented death in January, 1906, the venerable mother of Dr. Sackett resided upon the farm in Coventry Township. She was born at Mogadore, Summit County, Ohio, July 25, 1837, and was a daughter of Henry Galbraith, who was born near Belfast, Ireland. He came to Canada in boyhood and in 1836 to Summit County, where he became a well-known citizen. He survived until 1893. Fraternally, Dr. Sackett is a Mason. Religiously, he is a member of the First Congregational Church. S. A. KEPLER, dairyman, and owner forty-three acres of excellent farming lan situated in Coventry Township, five mil south of Akron, was born December 9, 1864, on the home farm, in the old log house situated on the hill, in Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio. His parents are Samuel and Susanna (Swigart) Kepler. Samuel Kepler was born in Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of Jacob Kepler, who owned much land in Green Township and also worked as a mechanic. Samuel was the eldest son of Jacob, and on him fell many of the heavy duties of the farm. In early manhood he was married to Susanna Swigart, who was one of a family of fifteen children born to George Swigart, who lived in Franklin Township, Summit County. Samuel Kepler and wife had seven children, namely : Uriah, residing in Kansas; Anna, the widow of H. C. Preyer, residing at Cleveland; Jacob, residing at Barberton; Samuel Adam ; Minnie, who married Dr. Rodenbaugh, residing at Barberton ; and Jefferson and Rahama, both of whom died young, of scarlet fever. Mr. and Mrs. Kepler reside in a fine large residence, at No. 56 South Broadway, Akron, moving there after selling a farm of 196 acres. He still owns 138 acres in Coventry Township. Samuel Adam Kepler grew up on :the old home place and attended District School No. 6, when home duties were not too pressing. He remained assisting his father until 1888, and when he married he bought his present farm from his father. At that time there were no buildings on the place and all the improvements, house, barns and other structures he has put here. His barns, where his milk is handled, are model buildings, with cement floors and with every convenience and sanitary condition required in modern days AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 909 His dairy products are first-class in every particular and meet with ready sale. On September 23, 1893, Mr. Kepler was married to Maggie B. Grubb, who was born at Manchester, Summit County, Ohio, and is a daughter of William and Rose (Mills) Grubb. The father of Mrs. Kepler is deceased. The mother resides with Mr. and Mrs. Kepler. For twenty years she was matron of the Summit County Children's Home. They had six children: Harry, residing at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Edwin, residing at Paine, Ohio, where he is a "physician ; Maggie B.; Catherine, who married E. Baumgardner; Artie; and Elma, who married Charles Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Kepler have one son, Chester Sterling. In his fraternal relations Mr. Kepler belongs to the Masonic lodge at Barberton, and he is prominent as a Knight of Pythias. having twice represented his lodge at Sandusky and the Grand Lodge of the order at Columbus. He is one of the substantial men and successful agriculturists of Coventry Township. J. R. CAMPBELL, who is interested in a real estate and insurance business, with offices in the Arcade Building, Akron, is a survivor of the Civil War, having spent several years in the service of his country. Mr. Campbell was born in Green Township, Wayne County, Ohio, December 15, 1843, and is a son of John Campbell, who formerly conducted a tannery at Smithville, Wayne County. J. R. Campbell was reared and educated in his native place, where he learned the tanning business. On August 6, 1862, he enlisted in the Union army for three years, entering Company H, 102nd Regiment, 0. V. I. In February, 1863, he was honorably discharged on account of disability, but in May, 1864, he re-enlisted, becoming a member of Company A, 169th Regiment, 0. V. I., and was stationed at Fort Ethan Allen, Virginia, until the expiration of his second term of service, when he was again honorably discharged. He returned to his home and began work as a tanner, his father purchasing a tannery at Smithville. This plant Mr. Campbell purchased of his father in 1872, but the venture proved disastrous on account of the panic of 1873. In 1879 he came to Akron, and being without capital, went to work for James Christy & Sons for $1.25 a day, pending better business prospects. For six months he lived frugally and economically, when things took a turn for the better, and now Mr. Campbell owns property valued at $6,000. In his case, energy, patience and perseverance brought a sure reward. For eleven years he was at the head of the malleable department of the Whitman-Barnes Company, and in 1897 he was elected justice of the peace, in which office he served nine years, or three terms. He made an excellent officer and was noted for his wise decisions and incorruptible judicial attitude on all occasions. Since retiring from that office he has devoted himself to the real estate and insurance business, and although competition is keen at Akron, he has had no trouble in securing a large part of the business along these lines. He has been prominently identified with the beneficiary order of Royal Arcanum for a number of years, and has done much to build up that organization in this section. In 1867 Mr. Campbell was married to Mary M. Bacheman, who is a daughter of Rev. Bacheman, a minister of the Reformed Church, and they have three children, namely: Arletta C., Homer C. and Carrie M. The latter is the widow of Robert E. Patterson, and resides at home. The older daughter is the wife of C. F. Tobey, residing at Cleveland. Homer C. Campbell, a practicing attorney at Cleveland, graduated with second honors at the Akron High School and later at the Adelbert Law School. Mr. Campbell is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Akron and has been identified with its Charity Association. He is serving in his twelfth year as chaplain of Buckley Post, G. A. R., has been 910 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY all through the chairs of the organization, and was commander in 1895. He is serving also as secretary of the county board of the Soldiers' Relief Commission. WILLIAM SOUERS, a prominent citizen and retired agriculturist of Summit County, who resides in his beautiful home at Kenmore, was born May 16, 1841, in Franklin Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of David and Catherine (Smith) Souers. Phillip Souers, the grandfather of William Souers, brought his family from Pennsylvania to Green Township, Summit County, and settled as a pioneer in the woods, where he lived for about forty years, clearing a small farm and pursuing the carpenter trade. In his later years he removed to Roanoke, Indiana, near Fort Wayne, where he died at the ripe old age of ninety years. His first wife having died in Green Township in 1851, Phillip Souers was married a second time in Indiana. To the first union there were born five children: David; Allen; Sarah, who married Daniel Wiltrout; Mary, who married George Weston ; and Elhanon, all now deceased. David Souers, father of William, was just a boy when the trip to Ohio was made in wagons, and his youth was spent in helping his father to clear the home farm. When still a young man he learned the carpenter trade, at which he worked until his marriage, when he bought a farm of about eighty acres in Franklin Township, which he sold after a number of years, in 1857, buying 120 acres of land from John R. Buchtel. This land, now known as the Cobern Allotment, cost him fifty dollars per acre, and here he carried on operations for three years, when he traded it off and removed to the Reservoir farm in Coventry Township, where his death occurred September 29, 1888, at the age of seventy-eight years, his widow surviving him until April 17, 1892, when she died aged seventy-seven years. In 1840, Mr. Souers was married to Catherine Smith, whose family also came from the East, and to this union there were born six children : William ; Daniel, who resides in Akron; Ellen, the widow of Daniel Warner; Sanford, who is deceased; Frank, who lives at Akron; and Charles who is a resident of Coventry. William Souers was born in one of the first frame houses erected in this section of Franklin Township, and grew up on the farm, where most of his boyhood was spent. He attended the district school, which was situated about four miles from his home, and also worked for some time at New Portage. He lived with his father until thirty-one years of age, when he rented the farm where Kenmore is now located, a tract of seventy-five acres, from George Strawhecker. After living there about ten years, Mr. Souers purchased the farm at ninety dollars per acre, and here he continued to operate another ten years, when he sold the property to W. A. Johnson for about $12,000, and removed to his beautiful residence in Kenmore, where he and his wife have since lived in quiet retirement. At the time Mr. Souers first located on this property it was a barren waste of land, and he has seen it grow into one of the most beautiful sections of Coventry Township, the town of Kenmore. In business circles Mr. Souers is regarded as a man of good judgment and clear insight, while as a citizen and as a neighbor he is held in high esteem. In political life he is a Republican, but he has sought no political preferment. With his family he belongs to the Evangelical Church at Kenmore, in which he is class leader. William Souers was married in 1864, to Susan Weaver, who was born in Coventry Township, and is a daughter of Daniel E. and Rebecca (Renninger) Weaver, the former of whom was a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. Souers there have been born four children, namely: One who died in infancy; John, who died when twelve years old; George, who died at the age of nine years; and Mary, who married Aaron Faylor, and resides at Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Faylor have one child, Ray. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 911 FRED W. WOLF, dealer in staple and fancy groceries and smoked meats, who has an excellent business location at No. 41 Adams Street, Akron, was born in 1867, at Cuyahoga Falls, and was brought to Akron in his infancy, where he was reared and educated, graduating from the Akron High School in 1885. Following his graduation, Mr. Wolf became identified with a business house, the Whitman & Barnes Company, with which be remained for thirteen years, during five years of this period being employed at the branch conducted at West Pullman, Chicago, After leaving West Pullman, Mr. Wolf engaged, in 1899, in a grocery business at Akron and purchased the stock of Mr. Ely and subsequently the property at No. 41 Adams Street, a building two stories high, with basement, its dimensions being 22x60 feet. In the rear he has a warehouse which is 24x30 feet. Business men generally considered it an excellent investment. Mr. Wolf is also one of the stockholders of the Aladdin Rubber Company, the Tyler Wholesale Company, the Akron Brewing Company, and others. In 1890, Mr. Wolf was married to Helena McMullen, of Akron, and they have three children: Cecelia, Howard and Ralph. Mr. Wolf is a Mason, belonging to Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council, and Commandery, and is also a member of the Masonic club. WILIAM M. VANDERSALL, who owns a valuable farm of ninety-four acres in Coventry Township, situated about five miles south of Akron, belongs to an old pioneer family of this section and was born in Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, June 8, 1851. He is a son of Samuel and Susanna (Yearick) Vandersall. Samuel Vandersall was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of Jacob Vandersall, who was born in Germany and sailed for America, in childhood, with his parents. They were unfortunate in their choice of a sailing vessel, as it lost its course and before landing was made, many of the poor emigrants starved to death. Perhaps this would have been the fate of the Vandersall family had not Jacob found a place in the hold of the vessel where rats had a nest and at night when the rodents came out, he would catch them and thus provide food which kept the party from starving. The Vandersalls settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Jacob Vandersall, the grandfather of William M. became a preacher there in the Evangelical Church and preached also after he came to Stark County, Ohio. He had the following children: Jacob, John, David, Samuel, Mary A., Catherine and Elizabeth. On the Stark County farm, Samuel Vandersall grew to manhood, helping to clear the land and also learning the wagon-making trade, having a shop of his own for several years. After his marriage he moved to Summit County and settled on a farm in Green Township, on which he lived for forty-five years, his death taking place there in 1892, at the age of seventy-nine years. He was married January 21, 1834, to Susanna Yearick, who was born on her father's farm in Green Township and who still survives, now being the oldest woman in that township, having passed her ninety-second birthday, June 17, 1907. She has often told her children of her girlhood, when she used to pasture the cows on the site of the present great reservoir. The children of Samuel and Susanna Vandersall were the following: John, residing on his farm of 160 acres in Coventry Township; Mary, who married George Gougler; Abraham, at present preaching at Wellsville, Ohio, in the Evangelical Church; Simon, an Evangelical preacher, residing at Salem, Oregon ; Sarah, residing on the old homestead with her venerable mother; Joseph; Elias Wesley; William Madison ; Cornelius, who is deceased; and Daniel 0. William M. Vandersall grew to manhood on his father's farm in Green Township and obtained a good education for the time and locality, attending the district schools and a private school at Greensburg. He was, however, expected to do his share of farm work 912 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY and thus he was trained both physically and mentally. Shortly after his marriage he purchased his present farm, from William Shutt, his father-in-law. For a few years he lived with his family on his father's farm and for two years at Pleasant Valley, and then returned to this farm where he has remained ever since. He has always carried on a general line of farming and is numbered with the township's successful men. On September 1, 1876, Mr. Vandersall was married to Samantha Shutt, who is a daughter of William and Susan (Cook) Shutt. They have had five children, namely : Clara E., who is a successful and valued teacher in the public schools of Akron; Herman M., who is a carpenter; Gomer, who died aged fourteen months; Laura C., residing at Kenmore; and Ora, residing at home. Mr. Vandersall and family belong to the Evangelical Church at Kenmore, and at various times he has served in church offices. He is one of the sterling men of the township and he and family are all held in great esteem. CHARLES SWITZER, one of Summit County's most substantial citizens whose magnificent farm of over 200 acres is situated in the southeastern corner of Coventry Township, was born August 28, 1822, in York County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Andrew and Eva (Stumer) Switzer. The grandparents of Charles Switzer, who spelled the name Schweitzer, came from. Germany and settled in York County, Pennsylvania, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They had two sons, the youngest of whom was Andrew, the father of Charles. Andrew Schweitzer grew up on the farm in York County, Pennsylvania, but about twelve years after marriage removed with his wife and five children to Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where they settled on a rented farm. In about 1832-3 the family went to Portage County, Ohio, making the journey by four-horse team and wagon, and here Mr. Schweitzer purchased a farm of sev enty-five acres, four acres of which were cleared and a log house built thereon. With the help of his children he cleared this property, and here made his home until after the death of his first wife, when he removed to Greensburg, Ohio, south of East Liberty, and here his death occurred in his eighty-second year. Andrew Schweitzer was married (first) to Eva Sturmer, whose parents had also come from Germany to York County, Pennsylvania, where she was born. She died on the Portage County farm in her fifty-seeond year, having been the mother of six children : Elizabeth, who married a Mr. Hilderbrand; Christiana, who married George Enders, lives in California, aged ninety-three years; Catherine, who married Adam Yerick ; John, who died at the age of ten years; Charles; and Sarah, who married Franklin Tousley. Mr. Schweitzer was married (second) at Greensburg, Ohio, to Barbara Sweitzer, who survived him ten years. Charles Switzer had to contend early in life with a lack of educational opportunities, as his services were demanded on the home farm, first in York County, Pennsylvania, and later in Indiana County, even before he had reached his tenth year. In his native State he received about one month's schooling, and after the family located in Portage County, Ohio, he attended school for short periods at odd times, and later received about two and one-half months' educational training in Summit County. When about twenty years of age Mr. Switzer left home to make his own way, going to East Liberty, Ohio, where he worked for John Castitter at farming, receiving twelve dollars per month and his board, which were considered very high wages in that day. He continued with Mr. Castitter for two summers and then spent one season in the employ of Adam Yerrick. After his marriage, Mr. Switzer rented a part of his present property, which was then owned by his father-in-law, John Tousley, and here he has made his home ever since. By 1853, he had accumulated enough capital to enable AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 913 him to purchase this excellent property, a tract of over 200 acres, and here he erected a large eight-room frame house, a substantial barn and good outbuildings. Although retired from active pursuits for the past twenty years, Mr. Switzer still superintends the operation of his farm, which is conceded to be one of the finest in this section of the county. In 1880, a fine vein of coal was discovered on a part of this property, and for twelve years it was mined by the Todd Stanbaugh Company. Mr. Switzer has been a stock holder in the People's Savings Bank since that institution's organization, and is a stock holder and director in the Dime Savings Bank at Akron. On October 6, 1844, Charles Switzer was married to Rebecca Tousley, who was the daughter of John and Rebecca Tousley, and to this union there were born five children, namely: John A., who married Anna Leach; Joel B., who married Mary Yerick ; Orlando, who died at the age of three years; Almira, who married John Brown ; and Daniel Scott, who married Mazie Stoolberry. The mother of these children died in 1862, aged thirty-seven years. In October, 1864, Mr. Switzer was married (second) to Lydia M. Boone, who was the daughter of George Boone. Here death occurred in April, 1904, at the age of sixty-two years. Mr. Switzer is a Republican. He has always taken an interest in the affairs of his community and has been found at the head of movements calculated to be of public benefit although he has never sought political office. WILLIAM F. LAUBACH, treasurer and general manager of the Akron People's Telephone Company, was born at Allentown, Pennsylvania, and was four years old when his parents moved to Loyal Oak, Summit County, Ohio, where he received his early educational training. Later he attended the Copley High School. When fifteen years of age, Mr. Laubach came to Akron and began to learn the jewelry trade under one of the leading jewelers of the city, devoting his evenings to advancing his knowledge, especially along the line of com- mercial college work. From 1878 until 1883, Mr. Laubach served an apprenticeship under the supervision of the firm of Foltz & Frank, and continued with them as a clerk until 1892, when he was admitted to partnership and remained active in the business until 1900. Failing health warned him to change his occupation, and he then identified himself with the Akron People's Telephone Company, becoming treasurer and general manager. In 1898, Mr. Laubach was married to Grace Henry, who is a daughter of M. W. Henry, one of Akron's pioneer merchants. They have one daughter, Martha. Mr. Laubach is a member of the First Congregational Church and one of its board of deacons. His fraternal connections are mainly with the various Masonic bodies, as follows: member of Adoniram Lodge, No. 517; Washington Chapter, No. 25; Akron Council, No. 80; past eminent commander of Akron Commandery, No. 25; member of Lake Erie Consistory, and a thirty-second degree Mason. CHARLES E. WISE, who owns 160 acres of fine land in Franklin Township, which lies along the dividing line from Green Township, is one of the representative farmers of this section, and one of its substantial and reliable men. He was born on the farm of his grandfather, in Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio, December 29, 1865, and is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Kepler) Wise. Daniel Wise, the grandfather of Charles E., was born in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of Peter Wise, whose whole life was passed in Pennsylvania. His children were: Peter, John, Jacob, William, Daniel, Samuel, Betsey, Catherine and Lydia, all now deceased except Betsey, who married Peter Miller. Daniel Wise was the first of the family to come to Ohio, and he walked all the way to Summit County from Bucks County, Penn- 914 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY sylvania. He located in Green Township among the early pioneers and began to clear land, and when opportunity offered, worked at his trade—that of stone-mason. After a time he was joined by his brother Samuel, who made the long journey with a horse and wagon. The brothers married sisters, Samuel espousing Catherine, and Daniel, Sarah Rabe; both being daughters of Henry Raber, a pioneer farmer in the locality. At one time Henry Raber owned 1,000 acres of land in Summit County, and he gave each of his children a farm. In early times he carried his wheat by wagon, to Cleveland, where he sold it for from forty to fifty cents a bushel. He died on his original homestead farm of 160 acres, when almost ninety years of age. After his marriage, Daniel Wise gave the larger part if his attention to farming. He died in Green Township, owning at that time three farms, aged eighty-two years, and his widow died within three days of one year later. Daniel and Sarah Wise had the following children : John D.; Henry, father of Charles E.; Louisa, who married John Neal; Daniel, residing in Illinois; Frank and Cal- vin, both residing in Green Township ; and Sarah, now deceased, who married L. Preere. Henry Wise was reared on his father's farm in Green Township, assisting from boyhood in the heavy work which was made necessary by the wild condition of a large part of his father's property at that time. For a short period he attended the old log school-house and sat on the rough benches which were considered perfectly suitable in those days, but he had time to acquire no more than the rudiments of knowledge. From 1861 to 1863 he was engaged in drilling oil wells at Oil City, Pennsylvania, but with that exception, his whole life was spent in Summit County. For a time he resided south of Barberton, but later moved to the north of that town, where he died November 25, 1905, aged sixty-two years. He married Elizabeth Kepler, who was born and reared in Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Jacob and Susan (Marsh) Kepler, both of whom sur vive. They had four children: Charles Elmer, Olive, Harvey A., and Ida A., all now living, except the youngest, who died aged four years. Ida A. married Martin Ling. Charles Elmer Wise was born while his parents lived in the house now owned by Huston Keppler, which was the home of his maternal grandfather. In a short time they moved to Franklin Township and located on the farm where Harvey Wise now lives, and where the three other children were born. It was on that farm that Charles E. Wise lived until his marriage, in the meanwhile obtaining his education in the district schools. For one year following his marriage, Mr. Wise farmed for his father-in-law at Norton, removing- from there to a farm in Franklin Township, where he remained until 1891, when he settled on his present place which he secured from his father. In addition to carrying on general farming, Mr. Wise operates a portable sawmill. He has added to the original farm acreage and has much improved the property. In 1893 he built his substantial barn all of his buildings are kept in good order, his farm machinery is sufficient for his needs, and his surroundings indicate thrift and good management. In addition to this valuable property he owns the residence site at No. 76 Fay street, Akron. In February, 1888, Mr. Wise was married to Cora A. Miller, who is a daughter of Jacob J. and Theresa Miller, and they have one son, Walter A. Mr. Wise is a good citizen, but he takes no very active interest in politics. FRANK CORMANY, residing on his valuable farm of fifty-one acres in Coventry Township, is the owner of 112 acres, the balance being situated in Long Lake Park. Mr. Cormany was born March 12, 1855, on the old Cormany homestead in Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Rebecca (Harter) Cormany. John Cormany was born in Pennsylvania and died in 1859. With his brothers he came to Summit County in early days, and they bought a large tract of timber land in AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 915 Coventry Township, which they set about clearing. When the land was subsequently divided, each brother secured about forty acres. John Cormany married Rebecca Harter who was born in Pennsylvania and died in Ohio, in 1906, aged eighty-five years. She was a daughter of Jacob Harter, who settled in the green woods of Summit County, on the site of the present city of Barberton. To her marriage with John Cormany there were born eleven children, namely: Jeremiah, who died aged five months; Phillip; Catherine, who married George Pow; Mrs. Araminta Miller; Mrs. Rohama Allen ; Levi; Lushia, who is deceased; Frank; Aaron, who is deceased; Mary, deceased, who married Frank Shick ; Mrs. Emma Wartsbaucher. Mrs. Cormany later contracted a second marriage with Moses Shick, to which no children were born. Frank Cormany remained with his mother for a short time after the death of his father, and then went to assist his uncle, Samuel Cormany, with whom he remained until the latter's death. In the meantime he had become a skilled farmer and after his marriage he purchased land, first from Samuel Peifer and next from Samuel Cormany, his uncle. His land is well improved and would command a high price if placed on the market. For some years he has been practically retired from agricultural work, his stalwart sons being capable of looking after the property, and they also are engaged in all kinds of teaming. In July, 1877, Mr. Cormany was married to Malinda Sellers, who is a daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Rinninger) Sellers, both of whom, in Coventry township, died in advanced age. Mrs. Cormany has the following brothers and sisters: Mary, who married Daniel Thomas; Maria, who married Robert Bidiker; Henry; Hiram; Malinda, and Joel. Mr. and Mrs. Cormany have had five children, namely: Anna, who died in infancy; Irvin, who married Miss Wagner, resides near his father, and they have children; Samuel, who married Miss Mosier, has one child, and they reside at Barberton; and Clinton and Grace. Politically, Mr. Cormany is a Republican. In March, 1907, he was elected, with Allen Swartz and William Bergdorf, road superintendent in Coventry Township, and has proved a careful and efficient public official. JOHN ROSE, a representative citizen of Coventry Township, residing on his fine tract of 125 acres, was born on his father's farm in Lake Township, Stark County, Ohio, October 29, 1838, and is a son of George and Susan (Pontious) Rose, and a grandson of Philip Rose. George Rose was a native of Berks County, Pennsylvania, and was one of a family of five children, his only brother dying unmarried, at the age of twenty-one years. He was young when the family came to Stark County, Ohio. After his marriage, in 1867, Mr. Rose sold his farm in Stark County, and came to Coventry Township, Summit County, where the rest of his life was spent. Both he and his wife reached advanced age, and died at the home of their son John. Reared to agricultural pursuits, George Rose continued to be a farmer all his life, and prospered to such an extent that he was able to give each of his children a start in life. George Rose was married in Stark County, Ohio, to Susan Pontious, who was also a native of Pennsylvania, and who came to Stark County with her parents when about twelve years old. To Mr. and Mrs. Rose there were born three children : Jacob, who moved to Indiana, where he became a -man well thought of, and died at the age of sixty-nine years; Susan, who married Joseph Young, also moved to Indiana and later to Kansas; and John. John Rose received his education in the district schools of Stark County, and was reared on his father's farm, where his youth was spent in hard, honest toil. For about four years after his marriage he carried on farming in Stark County, and then moved to Coventry Township, Summit County, and purchased his present farm from John Donner. 916 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY He cleared off the timber, stumps and built a substantial barn, and has done much to make his farm one of the best in the township. Mr. Rose has always been an industrious, hard-working farmer, and has the respect and esteem of the entire community. Mr. Rose was married in Stark County, to Sarah Garl, who was born in Portage County, Ohio, and she died April 6, 1906, at the age of sixty-seven years. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rose, namely: Mary, who married E. P. Fouse; Christina, who married M. Fouse; Jacob, who married Amanda Focht; Lydia, who married F. Fouse; Elsie, who married Adam Warner; Amanda, who married J. Hicks ; Daniel, who married Julia Willems, resides on his father's farm, and has three children, Chester, William and Irene; Charles, who married Mary Hembauch; and Eli, who married Tillie Yanker. In political matters Mr. Rose is a Democrat, and he has served as township trustee for twenty-three years. He and his family belong to the Reformed Church. FRANCIS X. ADAMS, M.D., a very successful general medical practitioner at Akron. with well-equipped offices at No. 728 South Main Street, has been engaged in professional work in this city since 1893, and has built up a large and very satisfactory practice. He was born in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. When Dr. Adams was a youth of fifteen years, his parents removed to Kent, Portage County, Ohio, where he completed his literary education, after which he entered the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1885. Dr. Adams settled at Kent, where he continued to practice until 1888; when he removed to New Portage, Summit County, and subsequently to Akron, in September, 1893. Dr. Adams is a progressive member of his profession and keeps well posted on all matters pertaining to it, belonging to the Ohio State Eclectic and the Northeastern Ohio Eclectic Medical Societies. Dr. Adams was married, in 1877, to Catherine L. Sheridan, of Kent, Ohio, who died in October, 1903. She is survived by two daughters: Gertrude R., who married Clyde Orr, who is in business at Akron; and Geraldine, who is still at school. Dr. Adams and his daughters belong to St. Mary's Catholic Church. He is a member of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, the Knights of Columbus, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians, at Akron, and the Ohio State Eclectic Medical Society. WALTER L. SACKMANN, manufacturer, with a general machine shop located on Sweitzer Avenue, Akron, does a large business in the manufacture of steel stamps, stencils and seals, brass and aluminum checks, steel letters and figures. He was born at Cleveland, Ohio, in December, 1876, and is a son of the late Henry Sackmann, who settled in Cleveland in 1844 and carried on a manufacturing business there for a number of years. From the schoolroom, Mr. Sackmann entered the manufacturing plant of his brother, who was engaged in the manufacturing of steel stamps and stencils, and after four years of experience there, entered the employ of A. H. Dickey, in the same line. In 1900, he came to Akron and engaged in the mold lettering business for the Goodyear Rubber Company, and in May, 1901, he embarked in the stamp and stencil business. In his machine shop he manufactures special machinery, molds of all kinds, blanking and forming dies and also does punch press work. The business is one which demands special training and a large amount of care and accuracy from every employe. In 1903, Mr. Sackmann was married to Emmy M. Droz, of Cleveland. R. M. WILSON, manager of the Akron Laundry Company, which operates the largest and most modern laundry in Akron, was born in Summit County, Ohio, in 1862, and is a son of the late Jonathan Wilson . Since completing his education, Mr. Wil- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 921 son has been mainly engaged in the laundry business, operating a plant of his own. In 1901 the Akron Laundry Company was incorporated, with a capital stock of $20,000, with N. P. Goodhue, president.; E. J. Alderfer, vice-president; and R. M. Wilson, secretary and treasurer. The company has erected a fine brick building, 42 by 132 feet in dimensions, and two stories in height, which they have equipped with all modern appliances for the rapid, thorough, and sanitary conduct of their industry. They give work to forty-five employes and have five wagons .in continual use. Their efforts to please the public have been generously recognized. In 1892, Mr. Wilson was married to Sophia M. Smith, of Akron. Mr. Wilson is an Elk and is a trustee of the Akron branch of this order. CAPT. SUMNER NASH, for years secretary and treasurer of the Akron Belting Company, and a member of the board of directors of The Permanent Savings and Loan Company, and of The Abstract Guarantee & Trust Company, at Akron, is now numbered with the retired manufacturers of this city. Captain Nash was born May 10, 1836, in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of Hophni and Lovisa (King) Nash. The ancestors of Captain Nash on both paternal and maternal sides were of Scotch-Irish extraction and were early settlers in Massachusetts, where both the Nash and King families have been identified with important public affairs for generations. Hophni Nash was born in Williamsburg, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, January 10, 1797. At the age of twenty years, in the fall of 1817, he came to Ohio and during the following winter taught school in the vicinity of Ghent, Summit County. In 1819 he was elected the first township clerk of Bath. In the same year, he returned to his native State and was married to Miss Lovisa King, at Chesterfield. Soon after they settled on a farm near the center of Bath. He was re-elected and served as clerk of Bath Township for many years, which office was in later years held by each of his three sons. He followed his chosen occupation of farming during the whole of his active life. He died at the home of his son, Sumner, in Akron, April 17, 1882, at the age of eighty-five years. After his death, the widow resided with Dr. E. K. Nash at Montrose, in Bath Township, where she survived until January 6, 1892, dying at the ripe old age of ninety years. They had born to them five children, namely: Harriet, married Curtis D. Barber and settled at Plymouth, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin ; later she married a Mr. Williams, and for many years resided in Rock County, Minnesota. Again left a widow, she spent her few remaining years with her children, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Whitney, at Beaver Creek, Minnesota, where she died December 2, 1907, at the age of eighty-two. Dr. E. K. Nash entered the U. S. service in 1862 as assistant surgeon, was assigned to duty in the Fourteenth 0. V. I. Regiment, in the Department of the Cumberland. He was in service on the field and in hospital at Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Atlanta, and thence with Sherman to the sea. In July, 1865 he returned home with the rank of major. He practiced medicine at Montrose for many years, and recently removed to Akron. Nancy Ellen, widow of R. D. Pierson, now resides at Lincoln, Nebraska, with her daughter Mary A. Freeland. Thomas W., on October 3, 1861, enlisted in the 29th Regiment, 0. V. I., for three years; at the expiration of this period he re-enlisted in the same regiment. He was in service in the Department of the Potomac and participated in all important battles until captured at Port Republic. He was prisoner for four months, was transferred with the Eastern Army to the Army of the Cumberland at Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, then on to Atlanta, etc. He was discharged July, 1865, with rank of captain of Company B. He is now bookkeeper and private secretary at Akron, Ohio, for A. M. Barber, a millionaire of Chicago, Ill. He Married (second) Mrs. Clara Van Orman, of Akron. 922 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY Sumner Nash was born in a log cabin on the farm, near Bath Center, had the usual district school education and also an academic course at Richfield. He was of a somewhat venturous disposition, and when but nineteen years of age, left home and penetrated into the wilds of Wisconsin. He had many experiences with Indians, while driving the stage-coach between Oshkosh and New London. The Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Railroad Company was then constructing its line from Plymouth, Wisconsin, westward, and Mr. Nash secured the contract for clearing off the timber and making it into railroad ties and cordwood, which contract he filled to the satisfaction of both parties. In the fall and winter of 1856-57, at Oshkosh, he had entire Management of a hardware store for Mr. E. H. Barber, during the latter's absence in the Southern States. In 1857 he returned to Ohio, and again attended the Richfield Academy, later farming for his father during several summers and teaching school through the winters. On August 6, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, 115th Regiment 0. V. I., and served with courage and fidelity until the close of the war. He was mustered out July 7, 1865, as first lieutenant, although for months he had held the position of captain and was the commanding officer of Company A of said regiment. He entered the service as private of Company G, 115th Regiment, 0. V. I., August 6, 1862. He was promoted by being elected by vote of the company to Orderly Sergeant August 12, 1862; Second Lieutenant, August 21, 1862, and First Lieutenant of Company A, August 11, 1864. Service.—His regiment was organized at Camp Massillon, Ohio, and mustered into U. S. service for three years, on September 18, 1862. The regiment was ordered to Cincinnati, Ohio, September 27, 1862; to Camp Chase, Ohio, October 4, 1862; was on duty there till November; then to Maysville, Kentucky, remaining on duty there till November 18, when it was ordered to Covington, Kentucky, where it remained on duty till -June, 1863. He was detailed to command an expedition from Covingon to Boone County, Kentucky, to enforce Burnside's general order No. 6. Also in command of a detachment to follow the rebel, General Morgan, in his raid through Ohio, to collect Government property and property abandoned by him, amounting to between 1,000 and 2,000 horses and mules, together with much other property, all of which was turned over to the past quartermaster at Cincinnati, Ohio. He was on duty in Cincinnati from July, 1863 to October. He was detailed by Gen. J. D. Cox, commanding the Department of Ohio, to take command of the forces and past at Dayton, Ohio, during the October election for governor, at which time and place political strife became intensely heated, resulting in several persons being shot by "Vallandingham Copperheads." George L. Waterman, Second Lieutenant of Company C, and one of its noblest soldiers, wa fatally wounded while on duty in said city. After election he was ordered to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where Mr. Nash remained, while Hood occupied Lookout Mountain and until just before the latter was routed from the mountain never to return. Thence he went to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, First Brigade. Third Division, Twelfth Corps, Department of the Cumberland. In November, 1863, he was detached in command of sixty men to garrison Blockhouse No. 4, at Lavergne, Tentnessee. In November, 1864, he was detached on staff duty by order of General George H. Thomas. He was assigned to duty as assistant inspector of railroad defenses, under Major James R. Willetts, First U. S. Engineers He was aasigned to duty on the Nashville & Western Railroad, owing to Hood's advance and capture of said road. He was then assigned to general staff duty in Nashville, being placed in absolute charge of the Conscript Division, which was engaged in establishing and perfecting the defenses in and around that city during Hood's 'investment, December 1 to 14, and the battles of December 15th and 16th, which resulted in the defeat of Hood and complete route of his entire army of 70,000 men. After Hood's AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 923 retreat South, he was assigned as assistant inspector of railroad defenses on the Nashville & Clarksville Railroad headquarters at Springfield, Tennessee, from December, 1864, to February, 1865. After getting all garrisons on this road established and equipped, he was transferred on same duty to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and in charge of all garrisons and defenses of all railroads East and South of Chattanooga in the Department of the Cumberland, from February to June, 1865. On June 22, 1865, by order of General Thomas he returned to the regiment at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, thence forward in command of Company A, 115th .Regiment. He was honorably discharged at Cleveland, Ohio, July 7, 1865, thence home to Bath, place of enlistment. The three brothers all in the Civil War from two to four years, till the close of the war and all returned held a family reunion at the old homestead. All are members of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Sumner is a member of the Loyal Legion, Ohio Commandery, of Cincinnati. In the fall of 1865 Sumner Nash, in company with his brother, T. W., took Greeley's advice, went west and purchased a farm of 160 acres near Chatsworth, Illinois. Returning to Ohio, Sumner taught school the following winter at Bath Center. Captain Nash was married March 8, 1866, to Rebecca M. Means, daughter of Captain John A. Means, of Northfield, Summit County, Ohio, and at once they settled on their Illinois farm, which they worked till the fall of 1868, when, owing to the failing health of Mrs. Nash, they returned to Summit County, where Mrs. Nash died July 18, 1869, at her father's home, leaving one child, Maude M. Sumner Nash worked his father-in-law's farm for the following two years. In the year 1872 Mr. Nash was appointed Deputy County Clerk, which position he filled to the close of John A. Means' term, when he was reappointed and served in the same capacity through two terms of three years each for Clerk George W. Weeks. He was himself elected clerk in 1878 and in 1881, serving two full terms of three years each. Mr. Nash was married (second) June 23, 1874, to Linnie S. Cross, of. Columbus, Ohio, since which time they have resided continuously in Akron at No. 275 East Market Street. In 1891 M. Maude Nash married Dr. J. W. Rabe, of Cleveland, Ohio, after which the doctor has followed his profession in Akron. They have two children, Mary Adelaide and James W., Jr. In 1885, after the close of his second term as clerk of courts, Sumner Nash raised a stock company for the manufacture and sale of leather belting and other mill supplies. The company was duly organized and incorporated under the laws of Ohio with a capitalization of. $50,000, in the name of "The Akron Belting Company," he being chosen its secretary and treasurer, which offices he held for many years. Under his management the business prospered as a new company till the quality of its manufactured goods, the "Akron" brand of belting, had proven itself to be what was claimed for it—"Second to None," requiring only extended patronage to insure correspondingly large profits. In 1895 "The Brigger Belting Company," of South Akron, being unsuccessful financially, at its own solicitation, was purchased by "The Akron Belting Company," including its "liabilities," etc. Mr. A. S. Rinehart, former president of "The B. B. Company," was placed in charge of the Advertising and Sales Department of "The A. B. Company." Under this combined management, the anticipated increased patronage was secured. The capitalization of the company was increased to $100,000, and the building capacity has been doubled and quadrupled to keep pace with the output of the goods manufactured. These goods have given general satisfaction and gained such a reputation at home and abroad that they are now shipped to all parts of the United States and to many foreign countries. The output has increased from a few thousands to nearly half a million dollars annually. In 1904 he resigned as treasurer of said com- 924 - HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY pany. For many years the company has declared a liberal quarterly dividend from its surplus earnings, which surplus is largely in excess of its capitalization. The present officers are: President, A. B. Rinehart; vice president, Sumner Nash; secretary and treasurer, George Wince, and superintendent, Webster Thorp. Mr. Nash has visited the Island of Cuba two or three times and became so delighted with the climate that he, with an equal part- ner, purchased about 1,200 acres of timber land situated between the Cubitas Mountains and the north coast, an exceedingly fertile valley, the nearest point of which is only one mile distant from La Gloria, in Porto Principe Province, the largest and oldest American Colony in the island. The climate and soil are well adapted to citrons and other tropical fruits. Mr. Nash owns an improved farm of 280 acres near Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, 100 miles west of Kansas City, Missouri. Politically, Mr. Nash has always been a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Nash and daughter are members of the First Congregational Church of Akron. ST. CLAIR STEELE, who is successfully engaged in a general mercantile business at Silver Lake Junction, or Old Village, as the place is generally denominated by residents of Cuyahoga Falls, was born in Stow Township, Summit County, Ohio, September 13, 1842. He is a son of Isaac and Margaret C. (Steele) Steele, a grandson of Isaac, and a great-grandson of Adam Steele. Adam Steele served through the Revolutionary War and his son Isaac, in boyhood, served as a bugler and a mail carrier for the fighting patriots. Adam Steele moved to Ohio from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and settled in Stow Township, Summit County, among the pioneers, where he died in 1811. His son, Isaac, was born in Pennsylvania, and settled permanently in Stow Township, in 1820. He participated in the War of 1812. He married Betsey Galloway, and their children were: John, Isaac, Mary, Eliza, Anna, and Margaret, all long since passed away. Isaac Steele, son of Isaac, was born in 1812, and died May 27, 1883. In 1842 he married Margaret C. Steele, a distant cousin, who died September 21, 1853. They had the following children : St. Clair, Nancy, Henderson, Ellen E., and Thomas, both daughters being deceased. St. Clair Steele was educated in the district schools of Stow Township and assisted on the home farm until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he was one of the first to offer his services to his country. Mr. Steele enlisted in April, 1861, in Company K, Nine- teenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer. Infantry, but was taken sick soon after reaching Camp Taylor, and was sent home. On September 10, 1861, he re-enlisted, entering Battery D, First Ohio Light Artillery, and continued in the service until October 17, 1864. During this last summer of the war, Mr. Steele filled the position of a non-commissioned officer and for a short time acted as a commissioned officer, in the drilling of the troops. He was taken prisoner at Munfordsville, Kentucky, was paroled, on condition that he would remain with the Confederate Army until permission was given him to leave. With his comrades he ran away and joined the Union lines, 110 miles distant, subsequently reaching the parole camp at Columbus. On February 22d, following he was exchanged and then went back to the front with his regiment. Following the closing of the war, Mr. Stecle engaged in business as a wholesale butcher and bought and sold livestock for eighteen months, after which, for two years, he was with a Cleveland lumber company. He then engaged in farming, threshing and lumbering until 1880, when he took charge of the shop at the State Penitentiary for nearly two years. He then went to work for his brothers, Henderson and Thomas, as sawyer, this being about 1897. In 1892 he built his store building and stocked it with groceries, but in a short time sold that stock and rented the building. In 1897 he again took possession of his former store and since then has been engaged in a general mercantile business. He