(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 301 Night School in Pittsburgh. For several years he was employed in several important industrial plants in Pittsburgh and Akron, including service with the Westinghouse interests, and on January 1, 1926, was appointed director of public service at Kenmore. In this position he showed himself so capable and dependable that on January 1, 1927, he was made superintendent of the water and light company. He is now giving loyal and effective service to the city, and his record since coming here has won for him a high place in public regard and confidence. On May 3, 1917, Mr. Myers was united in marriage to Miss Florence Walker, of Barberton, and they are the parents of a daughter, Irene. Mr. Myers is a democrat in politics, while his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Malta, and has made many warm friends throughout this community. EDWARD B. SNYDER Edward B. Snyder, secretary of the Ohio Insulator Company at Barberton, has been with this well known concern for over a score of years, during which period, by loyal and efficient service, he has received deserved promotions and is now holding an important relation to the successful operation of the plant. He was born at Charleston, West Virginia, on the 5th of December, 1881, and is the only child of S. M. and Annie (Bedell) Snyder, both of whom are living. After completing the grade and high school courses in his native city, Edward B. Snyder entered Center College at Danville, Kentucky, from which he was graduated with the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in 1903. He served as assistant engineer in charge of the installation of a large electrical plant in Charleston, and in 1906 went to Mansfield, Ohio, and entered the employ of the Ohio Brass Company. He remained with this company during its merger with the Akron Hi-Potential Porcelain Company, and its later reorganization as the Ohio Insulator Company, and is now serving as assistant to A. 0. Austin, the factory manager. In 1909 Mr. Synder was united in marriage to Miss Janet Burns, of Mansfield, Ohio, and they are the parents of a son, Edward. Mr. Snyder gives his political support to the Democratic party and is a member of the Presbyterian church. He was formerly a member of the Signal Corps of the West Virginia 302 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY State Militia. He has proven himself a man of forceful individuality and strong character, and throughout the range of his acquaintance he is held in high regard. MAX SCHNEIER Among the food supply houses of Akron, Schneier's fish and oyster market at 40 North Howard street is the leader in its line, as may be inferred from the statement that it sells practically sixty per cent of the sea foods consumed in this city. It is now one of Akron's distinctive business enterprises and represents the results of the persistent industry, sound methods and progressive spirit of its owners. Max Schneier, vice president and general manager of the company, was born in Poland on the 15th of March, 1898, and is a son of Samuel and Rose (Kaleka) Schneier, also natives of that country. The family came to the United States in 1906, locating first in New York city, where the father engaged in the fish and oyster business. Later they went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was similarly engaged until 1913, when he came to Akron and has resided here continuously since. After coming to this city he had the assistance of his sons and in the course of time developed an important and prosperous business, of which he is still the head. To him and his wife were born six children, of whom five are living, namely : Charles, George, Max, Fannie and Sarah. Max Schneier received his education in the public schools of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and on putting aside his textbooks became associated with his father in the fish and oyster business. Their first location in Akron was on the West Market street viaduct, but as time passed and their business grew they secured better locations and today they have at 40 Howard street one of the largest and most complete fish markets in this section of the country. They also have two stalls at the City market and the Farmers' market at Beaver and Carroll streets. Something of the importance of the fish business may be gained from the statement that Akron consumes from eighteen to twenty tons of fish a week, the annual volume of the business amounting to nearly a half million dollars. Schneiers buy all the Lake Erie fish they can get, because of its popularity, but also buy fish from coast to coast and from Florida to Canada, shipments of these fish arriving daily. They handle over ten tons of fish a week, in order to AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 303 properly handle which they built one of the finest electric refrigeration plants in the middle west. The capacity of their refrigeration units enables them to handle three and a half carloads of fish at one time, and they now have the same facilities for preserving sea foods that they have in the most modern cold storage houses along the coast or the Great Lakes. In order to keep in constant touch with the source of supply and take advantage of conditions which vary from week to week, Max Schneier makes frequent trips to the lakes and the seashore and has been successful in maintaining a constant supply of sea food at all times. Everything in the sea food line may be found in the Schneier markets. Among their popular lines are the jumbo frogs, which come from Louisiana and of which they sell three thousand dozen every year. They specialize in oysters, of which they handle only the best, buying them from what is regarded as the headquarters of the highest grade oyster merchants at Long Island, New York. The notable growth in fish consumption in this locality is undoubtedly largely due to the fact that only the best grades of fish are being sold. The officers of Schneier's Market are Samuel Schneier, president; Max Schneier, general manager; George Schneier, vice president; Charles Schneier, sales manager; and Louis Haecker, office manager, the last named being one of the most experienced fish men in the country. On December 26, 1919, in Akron, Max Schneier was united in marriage to Miss Jeanette Mirman, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mex Mirman, a prominent and well known family of this city. Mr. Schneier is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Akron Automobile Club and the Chamber of Commerce and is a director of The City Market, Inc. He is a man of sterling character, clear headed judgment and cordial manner, and all who come in contact with him hold him in high regard as a man and citizen. CARL R. BLOOMGREN Carl. R. Bloomgren, a partner in the Porter & Reimer Machine Company of Cuyahoga Falls, possesses a thorough technical knowledge of machinery, with which he has been identified for nearly twenty-five years, and he has been an important factor in the successful operation of the business with which he is now connected. Mr. Bloomgren was born at Stockholm, Sweden, on the 4th 304 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY of May, 1888, and is the youngest son of the seven children who blessed the union of John and Emma (Burlander) Bloomgren. When he was six years of age, the family came to the United States, and the parents are now living at Ridgeway, Pennsylvania. In the public schools of that city Mr. Bloomgren secured his educational training and at the age of sixteen years began to learn the trade of a machinist. On July 16, 1912, he went to Akron, Ohio, and was there employed at his trade until 1917, when he came to Cuyahoga Falls, where he has lived continuously since. On January 1, 1925, he bought an interest in the Porter & Reimer Machine Company, which had been established by George D. Porter in 1913. In 1924 Charles L. Reimer entered the business, which has since been conducted under the present title. They do a general machine business, for which they have up-to-date equipment, and they are enjoying a good business, being one of the leading concerns in their line in Summit county. On August 1, 1910, Mr. Bloomgren was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle Avery, of Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, who is a daughter of John and Sarah (Close) Avery, the latter now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Bloomgren have a daughter, Kathryn, who is now attending high school. Mr. Bloomgren gives his political support to the republican party and has shown a good citizen's interest in public affairs. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Loyal Order of Moose, and his religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal church. A man of high personal standing and of marked business integrity and ability, the sterling worth of his character is recognized by all with whom he has been associated, and he commands the respect and good will of his fellowmen throughout his community. H. IRVING COZAD, Ph.B., M. D. Dr. H. Irving Cozad, of Cuyahoga Falls, has attained distinction in a branch of medical practice requiring unusual powers, being president and medical director of Fair Oaks Villa, a sanitarium for the treatment of nervous and mental diseases. His outstanding success has stamped him as a physician of more than ordinary ability, and he stands today in the front rank of his profession in northeastern Ohio. AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 305 The Doctor was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 22d of September, 1872, and is the only child born to Henry Irving and Lucy Emma (Hine) Cozad. His father died in 1874, when his son was but two years old, and his mother subsequently became the wife of 0. W. Hale of Akron. She now resides in Youngstown, Ohio. H. Irving Cozad attended the grade and high schools of Akron and taught school at Metz, Ohio, for one year. He then matriculated in Adelbert College of Western Reserve University at Cleveland, from which he was graduated. In 1898 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the medical school of the same university. For two years he served as assistant physician at the State Hospital in Columbus, and then continued his medical studies in Europe for one year. On his return to this country Dr. Cozad located in Akron, where he practiced medicine for three and a half years, and in 1904 came to Cuyahoga Falls to enter into a partnership with Dr. William A. Searl at the Fair Oaks Villa, with which he has been connected continuously since. Upon the death of Dr. Searl, on October 3, 1927, Dr. Cozad became president and medical director of the institution. This sanitarium has justly earned the confidence of the medical profession and the high regard of the communities it has served. Dr. Cozad is not only an able physician, with a thorough technical knowledge of his special branch of medicine, but possesses a deep and genuine sympathy for the afflicted and the happy faculty of inspiring confidence on the part of his patients, two very desirable and valuable attributes of the successful practitioner. In 1900 Dr. Cozad was united in marriage to Miss Celia Alida Humphrey, of Richfield, Summit county, a daughter of Truman and Alida ( Hale) Humphrey, the former deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Cozad are the parents of three children, namely : Pauline H., a graduate of Western Reserve University, is now the wife of Dr. Horatio W. Newell, of New York city; Florence, also a graduate of Western Reserve, is dietician and housekeeper in the Grenfell Mission Hospital at St. Anthony, Newfoundland ; and Davis S. is a senior at Hudson Academy. Dr. Cozad gives the republican party his political support and is affiliated with the Akron Masonic bodies and Lake Erie consistory. His religious membership is with the Congregational church, and he is also a member of Akron City Club. He maintains professional affiliation with the Summit County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical 306 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY Association, the Cleveland Academy of Medicine, the American Psychiatric Association, and is a member of the staff of the Akron City Hospital. During the World war he served on the medical advisory board of the first Akron district. Personally, Dr. Cozad is a man of cordial and friendly manner, enjoys a wide acquaintance throughout this section of the state, and to a marked degree commands the confidence and respect of his fellowmen, who recognize his professional ability and his worth as a man and citizen. GEORGE R. JACKSON George R. Jackson, president and general manager of the George R. Jackson Company, is thus associated with one of the large productive industries of Akron, having an extensive woodworking plant in which are built and handled all kinds of store fixtures and cabinet work and which is the center of a large contracting business specializing in alterations to business and residence property. The business has steadily developed under the guiding hand of Mr. Jackson until its trade connections are now extensive. Born in Akron, December 8, 1876, George R. Jackson is a son of Andrew and Lucy A. (Wright) Jackson, the former a native of Stark county, Ohio, and the latter of Mount Pleasant, New York, whence she came to the Buckeye state in early life. Andrew Jackson was one of the important figures in the development of Akron, being one of the city's pioneer lumber dealers in the days when lumber was cut in the north and shipped direct to Akron by the all water route—Lake Erie and the old Ohio canal. Both he and his wife have now passed away and of their five children only three are yet living. The record is as follows : George R., of this review; Mrs. Lucy E. Thurber, who is a resident of New York city; J. Bert, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio ; Dr. Ion A., who was prominent in musical circles and who died in 1926; and Dr. Thomas W., who died in 1925. The last named, a prominent physician, was a member of the Rockefeller Typhus Expedition to Servia. He also served as a member of the United States Medical Corps during the Spanish-American war and did valuable work as typhus expert in the World war. Reared in his native city, George R. Jackson attended the Akron schools, supplementing the grade work by a high school course, which he completed in June, 1895. Following his gradua- AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 309 tion he became identified with the lumber trade and subsequently turned his attention to the lumber, planing-mill and contracting business. Leaving Akron, he went to Barberton, where he was associated with his father in the lumber business and continued to conduct it for three years. He was next associated with the Webber Company of Cleveland, specializing in manufacturing store fixtures and store fronts, spending thirteen years as an executive of that company. In 1920 he returned to Akron and purchased the business of the Akron Store Fixture Company. From a small beginning he has developed his interests until the extensive business of the George R. Jackson Company has resulted. This organization succeeded the Akron. Store Fixture Company, established by his brother, J. Bert Jackson. Mr. Jackson is president and manager of the business, which specializes in the manufacture of store fixtures, operating a wood-working plant, and building store fronts and window displays, glass show cases and bank counters and partitions. The company also furnishes booths and decorations for expositions and remodels business and residence property. This service includes all kinds of carpenter work, mill work, plasterers', masons' or painters' work and in fact do anything for any branch of the building trades, and by reason of their thorough reliability and enterprising methods the business has steadily grown until it is now one of substantial proportions. The marriage of Mr. Jackson to Miss Henrietta G. Farris, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, was celebrated September 23, 1903. She is a daughter of the Rev. J. C. Farris, of Beaver Falls, and by her marriage has become the mother of two children: Robert F., who was born in Cleveland on July 29, 1911, and is now attending the Cuyahoga Falls high school; and George W., who was born in Cleveland on October 21, 1917, and is also in school. Fraternally Mr. Jackson is a Mason and his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church. His interest in Akron's development and progress is manifest in his connection with the Akron Builders Exchange, of which he is a director, and the Chamber of Commerce. He also belongs to the Kiwanis Club, the Silver Lake Country Club and is a member of the Akron Automobile Club. Since early youth Mr. Jackson has been active in musical circles of Akron and Cleveland, first having studied voice in Akron and later in Cleveland. He conducted chorus choirs in Barberton and Cleveland and also sang for a number of years in church quartettes as baritone soloist. In recent years he has be- 310 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY come a familiar figure in Akron as a "song leader" for various business organizations. There have been no esoteric phases in his life history. His business progress has been won by industry, perseverance and reliability and he enjoys the good will and respect of all with whom he has been brought in contact. He resides at 131 Seventh street, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. PAUL C. BAKER Paul C. Baker is a business man of broad experience, liberally endowed with that quality known as "the commercial sense," and exerts a strong influence in the management of the affairs of the Summit Mold & Machine Company of Akron. He was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, September 29, 1875, a son of Sylvester and Josephine (Brown) Baker, also natives of the Buckeye state. The father, who devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, is survived by the mother and two sons : Walter M., a resident of Cleveland, Ohio; and Paul C. The latter was reared on the home farm and secured his early education in a country school, afterward attending the Northern Ohio University, from which he was graduated in 1898 on the completion of a business course. Returning to Mount Vernon, he served an apprenticeship with the C. G. Cooper Machine Company and later worked for other corporations engaged in the same line of business. His tireless energy and well developed powers carried him steadily forward and he became traveling construction engineer for the Wellman, Seaver & Morgan Company of Akron, a position he filled with marked ability for twelve years. After severing his connection with that firm he was elected vice president of the Summit Mold & Machine Company, which he has since represented in that capacity, and also acts as superintendent of the plant at No. 1024 South High street. As an executive he is forceful, resourceful and farsighted, always just and considerate in his treatment of subordinates, and the spirit of harmonious cooperation which prevails throughout the institution is largely attributable to his influence and efforts. In many ways he has promoted the growth of the industry, which is one of large proportions. Mr. Baker was married on Christmas day, 1904, to Miss Maude McChesney, a daughter of F. W. McChesney of Akron, and they have become the parents of a son, Kenneth, who was AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 311 born in Mount Vernon in 1905. He was graduated from the University of Akron and is now in the employ of the Bell Telephone Company. Mr. Baker is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and adheres to the Presbyterian faith. Throughout life he has been an earnest, conscientious worker, never undertaking a task unless he considered it worthy of his best efforts, and the qualities to which he owes his success have won for him a high place in the esteem of his fellowmen. CLAIR M. TYLER Clair M. Tyler, the efficient manager of the Citizens branch at Cuyahoga Falls of the Depositors Savings & Trust Company of Akron, has had many years of practical experience in banking, and his record since coming to this city has won for him a high place in the confidence of his business associates. Mr. Tyler was born in Kendallville, Noble county, Indiana, on the 9th of January, 1888, and is a son of Willard C. and Eva (McCourd) Tyler, both of whom are living. When he was one year old, the family moved to a farm near Wooster, Ohio, and in that locality he attended school, graduating from high school. He taught school for one year and then entered the employ of the Erie Railroad, being stationed at Akron for about fifteen months. In 1910 he entered the Depositors Savings & Trust Company in that city and, through his faithful and capable service, won deserved promotions until, in 1923, he was transferred to Cuyahoga Falls as manager of the Citizens branch, the Akron institution having taken over the Citizens Bank of Cuyahoga Falls. His record here has been a most creditable one, as has been evidenced by the continued growth of the bank and the widening of its relations with the business interests of the community. On January 14, 1914, Mr. Tyler was united in marriage to Miss Anna Joseph, of Deerfield, Ohio, a daughter of Lewis Joseph of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler are the parents of a son, Willard. Mr. Tyler has always been an active supporter of the republican party and while living in Akron served as a member of the central committee of that party. He is a member of the Akron Lodge No. 83, F. & A. M., the Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of 312 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY Commerce. He is a director of the Cornwell Tool Company of Mogadore, Ohio, and has proven interested in everything relating to the progress and development of Cuyahoga Falls. Personally he is a man of integrity and fidelity in every relation of life; is cordial in his social relations and to a marked degree commands the respect and good will of his fellowmen. HINDLEY R. MYERS Hindley R. Myers has devoted his life to insurance, making steady progress in that field, and is now vice president of Insurance Underwriters Agency, Inc. He has been a lifelong resident of this city, his birth having here occurred June 26, 1893. His father, Robert A. Myers, is also a native of Ohio, while the mother, whose maiden name was Lucy L. Tomlinson, was born in Michigan and came to this state as a student in the University of Akron. While there she became acquainted with Robert A. Myers and their marriage followed. Mr. Myers later entered the insurance field, in which he has made notable progress, having for the past twenty-five years been superintendent of the Ohio Inspection Bureau. He and his wife reside at No. 167 North Portage Path in one of the exclusive residential sections of the city. Their family numbers two daughters, Mrs. Pauline Lux-more and Virginia. Their only son, Hindley R. Myers, continued his education in the public schools until graduated from the high school with the class of 1912. He then at the age of nineteen years entered the insurance field, securing a clerical position with the Bruner-Goodhue-Cooke-Cranz Agency, with which he remained for two years. He next became connected with the Ohio Inspection Bureau, an association that was maintained until 1915, when he retired to join the Brouse-Moore Agency. Two years later he became special agent for the Providence Insurance Company, his territory covering western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, western Maryland and northern Kentucky. He filled that position of responsibility until 1919, with headquarters in Pittsburgh, but in the year designated returned to Akron and became associated with the Hastings-Leonard Company, with which he remained until 1922. He then became associated with the Exchange Realty Company as representative of its insurance department and was also president of The Akron General Insurance Agency Company, AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 315 having in 1926 reincorporated the insurance business of the Exchange Realty Company. He was executive officer until April, 1928, when he severed his connection with the Akron General Insurance Agency Company and incorporated his own business—the Insurance Underwriters Agency, Inc., of which he is vice president and general manager. This company writes all kinds of insurance, covers all of Ohio and has twelve special representatives. The business is steadily growing and has already reached very gratifying proportions. There is no phase of the insurance business with which Mr. Myers is not thoroughly familiar and he has come to be regarded as one of the most forceful and effective factors in the insurance field of Ohio. In Akron, on the 2d of September, 1916, Mr. Myers was married to Miss Rhea Matthes, daughter of Adam and Hattie (Morgan) Matthes, and Mr. and Mrs. Myers have one child, Elizabeth, who was born in Akron, March 28, 1918, and is attending school. Mr. and Mrs. Myers belong to the church of our Saviour, thus holding to the Episcopal faith. Fraternally he is a member of Henry Perkins Lodge No. 611, F. & A. M., and Lodge No. 363, B. P. 0. E. He belongs to the Akron Chamber of Commerce and gives tangible evidence of his interest in the welfare and progress of his city. He finds rest and diversion through his membership in the Fairlawn Heights Golf Club, the Vista del Lago Beach & Country Club, of which he is president and a director, and in the Akron Automobile Club, and the Akron. Turners Club. He is fond of golf and horseback riding. The interests and activities of his life are evenly balanced, making a well-rounded character, and his resourcefulness and enterprise in business are matched by his popularity in social circles. LAWRENCE A. WATTS Lawrence A. Watts, who as representative of the Callaway Mills, Inc., of Gainesville, Georgia, has established a clientele of extensive proportions among the large rubber companies of Akron, maintains a fine suite of offices in the First Trust & Savings Bank building. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, July 25, 1883, his parents being Joshua and Emma (Collins) Watts, natives of England, who emigrated to America in 1880 and settled in the midwest metropolis. The father became a well known and successful general building contractor and has left many 316 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY monuments to his ability in that field in and around Chicago. The mother is still living. Lawrence A. Watts began his education in a grade school of Chicago, continued his studies in the Austin high school and subsequently matriculated in Evanston Academy, from which he was graduated in 1902. He then took a three years' course at the Northwestern. University, majoring in Greek and Latin. Before beginning his high school work, however, he was employed for two years as stock clerk in the Marshall Field Company store. After leaving the university he was employed for eighteen months as architect's superintendent during the erection of the Brevoort Hotel in Chicago. For the following three years he was a designer of mosaics and tiles. In 1910 he became a salesman in the Chicago territory for the Republic Rubber Company. Here he developed into a salesman with such success that in 1913 he was sent to Dallas, Texas, as division manager. He continued to "make good." In 1916 he was made general purchasing agent for the company at its plant and home office in Youngstown. He was familair with the selling and purchasing problems in the rubber industry. In 1921, when the Republic Rubber Company was affected by the slump and went into the hands of a receiver, he was appointed assistant receiver. He held that appointment until 1923, when the Lee Corporation purchased the assets of the company. While purchasing agent he became familiar with cotton fabrics. When he relinquished the assistant receivership he took over the account of the Callaway Mills, a Georgia concern, and opened offices in Akron in November, 1923. He sells cotton fabric to the rubber industry, principally. On the 11th of September, 1906, in Chicago, Mr. Watts was united in marriage to Miss Hazel Spaulding, daughter of George and Eudora (Sherman) Spaulding and representative of a prominent Vermont family. They are the parents of five sons, namely: Sherman, born in Chicago, August 5, 1907; Spaulding, born in Chicago, July 27, 1911; Lawrence A., Jr., who was born in Dallas, Texas, May 4, 1916; Sidney H., born at Youngstown, Ohio, July 31, 1918; and John C., born at Youngstown, June 29, 1920. The first named is a student at Ohio State University, and the second son is attending the Riverside Military Academy of Gainesville, Georgia, while the three younger sons are attending the King school on Merriman road in Akron. Mr. Watts is a thirty-second degree mason, Knight Templar and charter member of Tadmor Temple of the Mystic Shrine. AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 317 All of his Masonic degrees, with the exception of the Templar degree, were conferred on him in Dallas. He is a member of the Akron Chamber of Commerce, the Akron Automobile Club, the Akron City Club, the Portage Country Club and the Exchange Club, being a past vice president of the last named. His name is also on the membership roll of the Beta Theta Pi college fraternity and he is president of the Akron district alumni association of that society. He is likewise a member of the Northwestern Alumni Association and in 1914, 1915 and 1916, was national assistant secretary of Beta Theta Pi. In a congratulatory review of the life record of Mr. Watts, published on his forty-fifth birthday, July 25, 1928, the Akron Beacon. Journal said : "He plays `fighting par' golf, and won the Exchange Club's golf trophy. His chief hobby is building working and ornamental models of clipper ships, yachts and motor boats that 'go' and teaching his boys how to build them. They recently finished and launched a motor cabin cruiser about two feet long. It is the family's winter diversion. He has a collection of very ancient guns. He enjoys bridge, plays the piano, reads historical works, preferably books on the Civil war, biography, current literature and the Beacon Journal. In politics he is 'G. 0. P. by birth.' He enjoys travel, spent a year in England when a child, but does not crave for aviation." SCOTT DIX KENFIELD Scott Dix Kenfield, the supervising editor of this work, was born in Woodstock, Champaign county, Ohio, April 21, 1868, a son of David and Eusebia Dix Kenfield. He completed his studies in high school in his sixteenth year but continued working on his father's farm during the summer months following, when he attended Antioch College at Yellow Springs. He was a student there for three years, later for one year at Buchtel College, Akron. Following this he returned to the farm, where he read law. He was admitted to practice in 1892 but remained on the farm until 1898, when he came to Akron and established himself in the practice of law. His first office was a rented desk room in J. I. Bachtel's office at Mill and Howard streets. He never had a law partner. He is affiliated with the republican party, always taking an active part in its affairs. During the administration of Mayor Charles W. Kempel, Akron, he was appointed assistant city solic- 11-VOL. 3 318 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY itor by City Solicitor C. F. Beery. Later under the administration of Mayor Frank W. Rockwell he was appointed assistant by City Solicitor Jonathan Taylor. He was elected city solicitor in 1915 and served four years, two years under the administration of Mayor W. J. Laub and two years under the administration of Mayor I. S. Meyers. He retired in 1920. In September, 1921, following legislative enactment, creating an additional judgeship for Summit county, he was appointed to the common pleas bench by Governor Harry Davis. In the fall of 1922 he was elected for a full term beginning January 1, 1923, and which he is now serving. He is president of the board of trustees of the First Universalist church, is a Mason and member of the Elks Lodge, City Club and West Hill Walk-to-Business Club. He was married to Alma Selzer, April 11, 1925, at Covington, Kentucky. Mrs. Ken-field was born in Akron, February 18, 1890. Judge and Mrs. Kenfield reside at 56 Beck avenue, Akron. ADAM J. GUTH An old and reliable insurance agency of Akron is the visible result of the well directed labors of Adam J. Guth, a business man of high standing and a native son whose record is a credit to the city. He was born October 14, 1862, his parents being Jacob R. and Mary (Guth) Guth, who were Alsatians. The father came to the United States in 1851 and the mother arrived in this country in 1853. Jacob R. Guth was a brewer and his plant stood on the site now occupied by the Phoenix block or Wiener building of Akron. In 1871 he discontinued the business and lived retired until his death in 1876. His widow long survived him, passing away at Akron in 1907, when seventy-six years of age. To them were born five children : Jacob, August and John Guth, all of whom are deceased; Mrs. E. E. Otis and Adam J. Guth, who are living. The last named was graduated from the Jennings high school, and his first position was in a local jewelry store. Later he was a dealer in groceries and for a time was associated with E. H. Danforth in the wall paper business. On October 1, 1897, he established what is now known as The A. J. Guth & Son Agency Company and for more than thirty years his energies have been devoted to the business, which has progressed with the growth of the city. Experienced, sagacious and farsighted, Mr. Guth has AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 319 fbuilt up an efficient organization, and the patrons of the firm are served by experts, who aid them in choosing the policy which meets their requirements. He is serving as president of the company, while his son, J. Raymond Guth, is secretary and treasurer. They write various forms of insurance and are also engaged in the real estate business. Their offices are located on the ninth floor of the Akron Savings Bank building. Adam J. Guth was married October 7, 1896, in Akron to Miss Sadie D. Hill, a native of Trenton, New Jersey, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hill, prominent residents of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Guth have two children. The daughter, Mrs. Louise D. Clark, was born in Akron in 1898 and after her graduation from the West high school completed a course at Dana Hall. She resides in Akron and has one child, Eleanor Dean Clark, also a native of this city. The son, J. Raymond Guth, was born in Akron, April 24, 1901, and is a graduate of the West high school, after two years at the Culver Military Academy. Like his father, he is endowed with executive capacity as well as sound judgment and plays an important part in the conduct of their insurance business. He is .a Knight Templar Mason ; adjutant of Akron Commandery, No. 25, Drill Corps, and warder of the commandery. He is president of the Mercator Club of Akron, which he aided in organizing, and is serving as first vice president of the International Association of Mercator Clubs, whose slogan is "Better business through closer fellowship." On September 16, 1927, he was married in Akron to Miss Helen Weller, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Weller. Mrs. Guth represents one of the old families of the city and is a popular member of the Delta Gamma sorority. She was graduated from the Central high school and Akron University as also from Roosevelt Hospital as a trained nurse. Mr. and Mrs. J. Raymond Guth have one child, Anne Louise Guth. Adam J. Guth is identified with both the York and Scottish Rite bodies of Masons and Tadmor Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He has taken the thirty-second degree in the order and manifests a keen interest in its activities. Mr. Guth belongs to the Masonic Club; is a past president of the Optimist Club of Akron, which he aided in organizing, and is district governor of the Optimist International. His religious views are in harmony with the doctrines of the Lutheran church, of which he is a faithful member. By nature he is frank, genial and companionable, and a wide circle of steadfast friends attests his personal popularity. Mrs. 320 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY Guth is a member of the Eastern Star, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Beauceant of Akron and the Garden Club and figures prominently in the social life of Akron. J. EDGAR BROXON As the founder and head of a rapidly expanding wheel and rim service company J. Edgar Broxon is conducting a business of particular value to automobile owners of Akron and has a special talent for work of this character which he inherited from his forbears, who were expert wagon and carriage makers. He was born in Columbia City, Indiana, August 4, 1884, his parents being John T. and Amanda (Rousseau) Broxon, who were lifelong residents of that state. His father and grandfather were widely and favorably known as manufacturers of high grade carriages and wagons, and for a century members of the family have prospered in this line of activity. To John T. and Amanda Broxon were born nine children, seven of whom survive : Homer and Harold Broxon, who live in Fort Wayne, Indiana ; Mrs. H. A. Dinius, of Roanoke, Indiana ; Hazel Broxon, a resident of Mishawaka, that state; Mrs. Merrill Adams, whose home is in Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Dean Wygant, also of Mishawaka ; and J. Edgar Broxon. The last named attended the public schools of his native city and was also a student at a business college of Fort Wayne. After completing his course he returned home and entered his father's factory, in which he spent several years, mastering the various phases of the industry. Mr. Broxon sold the business after his father's death and located in Akron, becoming an employe of the Firestone Steel Products Company, with which he continued for eleven years. In 1924 he started out for himself, organizing the Akron Wheel & Rim Service Company, of which he has since been president and treasurer, and controls one of the fastest growing concerns in the city. His establishment is located at No. 370 Orleans street and enjoys the distinction of being the only one of the kind in Akron. From the day it was opened the shop has been busy equipping cars with new wheels and rims. Traffic accidents disable many automobiles each day and before this institution was started it was difficult to get new wheels or rims of any make. The Akron Wheel & Rim Service Company act as distributors for wheels and rims and carry a full stock of all AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 323 kinds. New laws regulating highway traffic recently made it necessary for Mr. Broxon to purchase equipment for making change-overs on trucks from solid tires to dual pneumatics, a class of work which is usually done in a factory. A short time ago he installed a three-way wheel aligner, the first appliance of the kind perfected. This machine is a simple device for lining wheels accurately in a straight away or left and right turns. It prevents wheels from wobbling and saves premature tire wearing. The shop is visited nearly every week by men who plan to engage in similar work elsewhere. This is a tribute to the model plant which Mr. Broxon has created. At Fort Wayne, Indiana, Mr. Broxon was married December 24, 1906, to Miss Eva Garver, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garver, of Paulding county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Broxon have become the parents of three children : Robert, who was born at Fort Wayne, June 28, 1908, and is a student in the engineering department of the University of Akron; Errett, who was born in Akron, February 28, 1915, and is a high school pupil; and Marjory, born November 22, 1923. Mr. Broxon is a member of the Automobile Club and a deacon in the High Street Church of Christ. Business men respect him for his enterprise, ability and integrity, while in all matters of citizenship he is loyal, patriotic and public-spirited. Mr. Broxon's residence is at 1026 Marion place. WALTER MAHAN FOX Walter M. Fox has gained a reputation as one of the most energetic and successful real estate men of Cuyahoga Falls, possessing an accurate knowledge of property values and sound judgment in practical matters. He was born at Charleston, Ohio, on the 22d of August, 1889, and is a son of Charles M. and Hattie M. (Mahan) Fox, who are now residing in Cleveland, Ohio. He secured his education in the grade and high schools of Garrettsville, which he supplemented by taking a commercial course in the Burkey & Dyke Business College in Cleveland. He was in the railway mail service for ten years, his run during the greater part of that time being on the New York Central Railroad between Cleveland and Chicago. Later he was affiliated with the Fox Buick Sales Company, at Cuyahoga Falls, where he remained for three years, and then, in 1923; formed a partnership with 324 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY Ernest C. Porter, the firm of Porter & Fox being real estate brokers and that of Fox & Porter a building agency. They also represent the Wayne Agency Company in Cuyahoga Falls and through their up-to-date methods and their square dealing they have built up a large and prosperous business in their lines. On April 1, 1912, Mr. Fox was united in marriage to Miss Bertha J. Sweet, of Garrettsville, Ohio, and they are the parents of two children, John Willard and Jean Louise. Mr. Fox is a member of Star Lodge No. 187, F. & A. M., and Cuyahoga Falls Chapter No. 225, R. A. M., and holds office in both bodies. He also belongs to Cuyahoga Falls Chamber of Commerce and the Akron Real Estate Board. He and his wife are members of the Church of Christ, Scientist, of which he has been its first reader, and they are earnest supporters of everything that tends to elevate mankind and better the public welfare. Mr. Fox has exemplified a high type of citizenship, and no resident of the city stands higher in public esteem than he. FRED W. HACHTEL Among the alert, popular and successful young business and professional men of Akron, Fred W. Hachtel is numbered. He engages in the practice of law and is also prominent in the real estate field, being secretary and treasurer of the Walter-Hachtel Company, prominent real estate operators of this city. He was born in Shanesville, Ohio, May 9, 1888, and is a son of John and Clara (Groh) Hachtel, whose family numbered three children: Fred W., Edward G. and Robert J. The father was a native of Germany and at the age of nine years left his native land to become a resident of the new world. He was reared and educated in Ohio and throughout his remaining days continued to reside in the Buckeye state, devoting his time to various business enterprises. He has now passed away, but the mother, a native of Ohio, is still living. In his youthful days Fred W. Hachtel attended the graded schools of Dundee, Ohio, but when a lad of only eight years began earning his living. For a short time he attended the high school at North Canton and was then employed one year in the Hoover Harness Company works, followed by one year with the Canton Hardware Company. In 1904 the family moved to Cuyahoga Falls and he took a business course at Buchtel College and was AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 325 then in the division office of the Pennsylvania Railroad for two years. He worked diligently and saved his earnings until his industry and economy enabled him to resume his education as a student in the Ohio Northern University, from which he was graduated as a member of the law class in 1912. He then began practice in Akron and at the same time engaged in the real estate business for five years, at the end of which time he turned his attention to the real estate business entirely, becoming associated with Curtis A. Walter under the style of the Walter & Hachtel Company. This was in 1924. Prior to this time Mr. Hachtel had engaged in real estate operations independently, as well as in the practice of law, and he is now secretary and treasurer of the Walter-Hachtel Company, which has gained many clients and is conducting a gratifying business. In 1915 he went to Columbiana and was president of the Meyer Rubber Company, but in 1920 he resigned and returned to Akron, where he still makes his home. Christmas day of 1912 was celebrated by Fred W. Hachtel in his marriage to Miss Lucille M. Meyer, of Cleveland, Ohio, a daughter of Peter and Katherine (Ritcher ) Meyer, of that city. They now have two children : Katherine Jean, born in Massillon in 1917; and Marcia Louise, born in Akron in 1924. Mr. Hachtel has membership on the Akron Real Estate Board and the Silver Lake Country Club, and is accorded a creditable place in business circles. Fraternally he is a Mason and a member of the Grotto, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his religious belief is indicated by his membership in the Congregational church. He has many sterling qualities which have won him the high esteem and warm regard of his fellow townsmen, so that he is now widely and favorably known in Akron. EDWARD S. SHECK Edward S. Sheck, senior member of the well known law firm of Sheck, Stevens & Hargreaves, was born in Akron, January 17, 1892, a son of Eugene and Lydia (Evans) Sheck, natives of Pennsylvania. In early life his parents came to Akron and were married in this city. The father was a well known foundryman and continued in the iron industry until he retired in 1918. His death occurred in August, 1926. He is survived by the mother and two sons, William H. and Edward S., all of whom are living in Akron. Edward S. Sheck attended Leggett grammar school and in 326 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY 1909 was graduated from the Central high school. He next entered the Western Reserve University, completing his course in 1912, and then enrolled as a student in Ohio State University, from which he received the degree of LL. B. in 1915. After his admission to the bar he opened an office in Akron and practiced until 1917, when he enlisted in the World war. He trained at Camp Hancock and won a commission as first lieutenant. Mr. Sheck served with a machine gun company and was discharged in 1919. Returning to Akron, he resumed his professional activities and in 1920 was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney for Summit county, a position which he filled for two years. Since that time he has followed the general practice of the law, and the extent and importance of the legal interests entrusted to his care establish his position as one of the leading attorneys of the city. In July, 1923, Mr. Sheck was married in Akron to Miss Florence McGowan, a daughter of James J. and Pauline (Dobbenfelt) McGowan, and they have become the parents of one child, Mary Louise, who was born in this city in 1925. Mr. Sheck is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks; is a thirty-second degree Mason and Shriner, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the City Club, the University Club, the Silver Lake Country Club, the Akron Automobile Association, Delta Theta Phi, a legal fraternity, and the local, state and national bar associations. Studious and diligent, he has steadily advanced in the field of professional service, faithfully and efficiently discharging the numerous trusts reposed in him, and is highly esteemed in the city in which his life has been passed. JAMES AUGUST COREY The name of James August Corey is well known to residents of Summit county owing to his activities in the field of public service, and as a member of the board of elections he maintains the high standard which has always characterized his work in official connections as well as in business affairs, while he also has to his credit an excellent military record. He was born in Massillon, Ohio, August 13, 1877, a son of John C. and Nancy (Cassler) Corey, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of Stark county, Ohio. The father became an expert mechanic and AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 329 engaged in boiler making when boilers were made by hand. Death terminated his activities in 1893, and the mother passed away in 1881. In their family were five children, four of whom survive: Charles J. and Louis F., of Canton, Ohio, and James August and Mrs. Fred Gunning, residents of Akron. The public schools of Massillon afforded James A. Corey his educational advantages and at the age of fifteen he became an apprentice in the Peters shop at Canton, where his older brother, William E., was also employed. There he learned the sheet metal trade, which he followed as a journeyman in the shop until 1898, when he volunteered for service in the Spanish-American war. As a member of Company I of the Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, known as "McKinley's Own Regiment," he participated in part of the Cuban campaign and was mustered out in November, 1898. He resumed work at his trade in Canton but reentered the army in October, 1899, enlisting in Company M, Forty-second Regiment of United States Volunteer Infantry, and went with his command to the Philippines. While stationed there he experienced many hardships and dangers but never faltered in the performance of duty and was honorably discharged July 2, 1901. Mr. Corey then returned to his work in Canton, which he left in February, 1902, and in partnership with his brother, William E., embarked in the tin roofing and sheet metal business in Akron under the name of Corey Brothers. They were associated in its conduct until 1907, when James A. Corey was appointed deputy sheriff of Summit county and acted in that capacity for three years. In November, 1912, he was elected sheriff and remained the incumbent of the office for two terms, leaving nothing undone to enforce the law according to his conscience. Soon after he assumed the responsibilities of sheriff his brother died and the business was then sold, as he was unable to give it his attention. Mr. Corey was next a county secret service officer under Arthur W. Doyle, prosecuting attorney, and later was an officer of the common pleas court. Since 1926 he has been a member of the board of elections, discharging his duties with characteristic thoroughness and efficiency, and is also a director of the Commercial Savings & Trust Company. Mr. Corey is a power in local politics and has been chairman of the republican committee of Summit county for ten years. Along fraternal lines he is connected with the Eagles, the Knights of Pythias, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Masonic order, in which he has attained 330 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY the council degree. His name also appears on the membership rolls of the Century Club, the Liedertafel, the Akron Chamber of Commerce, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Spanish-American War Veterans. Mr. Corey has been loyal to every trust reposed in him and faithful to every duty and combines in his character all of the qualities of a useful and desirable citizen. WILLIAM THOMAS SAWYER William Thomas Sawyer, ex-mayor of the city of Akron, comes from Revolutionary stock on both sides of the house. He was born December 3, 1862, in Springfield township, Summit county, Ohio, on the farm on which his grandfather settled in the fall of 1829. He attended the country schools until he was sixteen years of age, then the Akron schools and finally Buchtel College, now Akron University, from which institution he was graduated June 23, 1887. He refused a scholarship and paid his way by acting as a salesman during vacations. He was a charter member of Lone Star, a local college fraternity, which is still active and flourishing. The winter following his graduation was spent at Knoxville, Tennessee, reading law, and on May 1, 1888, he passed the examination for admission to the bar of that state. He then returned to Akron, making the trip on one of those high-wheeled bicycles of the period. He now took up newspaper work but continued to study law. About one year later he was admitted to the bar of Ohio and commenced active practice. Though he gave a period of nearly twenty years to the practice of law and gained distinct success as a counselor and trial lawyer, it has been outside of the realm of jurisprudence that Mr. Sawyer has best exemplified his initiative and administrative ability. October 15, 1889, recorded the marriage of Mr. Sawyer to Miss Bessie C. Voris, daughter of General Alvin Coe Voris, long one of the most honored and influential citizens of Akron and Summit county. Mrs. Sawyer has much of leadership in the social and cultural circles of Akron. She is a member of the New Century Club, Woman's City Club, Alumni Chapter of Delta Gamma, Daughters of Union Veterans, General Voris Circle of the Ladies of the G. A. R., Federation of Women's Clubs, life member Y. W. C. A. and Red Cross. She is state vice president of the Dames of the Loyal Legion, state vice president and organ- AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 331 izer of Portage Trail Chapter of the Daughters of the War of 1812, organizer and Regent of Temperance Avery Chapter of the D. A. R., an organizer and first elected Regent of the Akron Chapter D. A. R., and organizer and president of the Western Reserve Colony of the Descendants of the Mayflower society. Mrs. Sawyer's services as a lecturer are in demand and freely given to churches, schools, clubs and other organizations. Her subjects have to do with the countries which she has visited. Two children were born as a result of this marriage, Lucy Martha and Robert Voris Sawyer. Lucy M. Sawyer is the wife of Perry H. Stevens, a successful Akron lawyer. In the World war he was captain of a machine gun company and took part in some lively engagements. He was also with the army of occupation in Germany. Robert Voris Sawyer is a graduate of Akron University. He enlisted in the World war and is now the proprietor of the Sawyer Water Gardens near Akron. He has originated a number of new water lilies and his book on. Water Gardens, recently off the press, has attracted much favorable comment. His wife, Margaretha, is the daughter of Colonel George Childs of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Sawyer has always taken active interest in politics, having made his first political speech in 1884 in support of Grover Cleveland. He served two terms as treasurer of Portage township, and was Akron's first police court prosecutor, having been appointed to this position by Mayor William H. Miller. He served as a member of the Akron city council and was mayor of Akron four years, 1908-1911 inclusive. While in this office he procured work for all who applied. He maintained that it was better to furnish employment for all able-bodied people than to require them to accept charity. "The world owes no one a living but it owes everyone a job," was one of his epigrams. He wrote the first appropriation into the city budget that Akron ever made for children's playgrounds. He won a hard fought campaign for the purchase of the privately owned water works, selected the Big Cuyahoga river as a source of supply, and purchased the land above Kent for the new reservoir and pumping station. He thus laid the foundation for, and assured the development of Akron's splendid water system. In an address delivered at the dedication of the new plant he said, "Few cities in America have a water system as good as ours. It is an asset the value of which cannot be measured in dollars. We need not concern ourselves 332 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY with the question as to who is entitled to the credit. It is sufficient to realize that the people get the benefit." He was the last mayor of Akron who performed the duties of police judge and was the first to exercise full executive authority with power to appoint and remove the service and safety directors and their subordinates. His administration was clean, efficient and economical. He inspected the inspectors on city work and saw to it that the city hall got full value. Sabbath desecration, gambling and other forms of vice were suppressed. He upheld the Printers Union in their lawful right to picket a factory in time of strike and gave both sides full police protection. He has been a member of the democratic county committee almost continuously since 1890, and for a number of years was its chairman. He has seldom missed a county, district or state convention. He attended the Chicago convention in 1892 which nominated Grover Cleveland and was one of the assistant secretaries of the Baltimore convention which nominated President Wilson. In 1896 he was candidate for congress. He stumped his district and made speeches in many other counties in the state. His voice has been heard on the stump in every campaign since he became of age. He is not a radical partisan. Locally he has voted for the best man and has scratched one candidate of his party for governor and two for president. He served as trustee of Buchtel College for ten years. He is a Presbyterian, Odd Fellow, Elk, Eagle, Modern Woodman and is a member of the Akron City Club and the Portage Country Club. For recreation he indulges in hunting, fishing, gardening, golf and motoring. He has made a number of long trips thru the east and to Florida by auto. He and his wife believe in seeing America first. With this idea in mind, they have visited every state in the Union, Alaska, all parts of Canada, Old Mexico, Central and South America and a number of the West India Islands. Last year they completed a trip around the world, making a careful study of the many strange countries through which they passed. They usually spend their winters in Florida. While in college he was captain of the College Cadets and held this position until his graduation. During this time he served one enlistment in Company B, Eighth Regiment 0. N. G. During the Spanish-American war he organized and drilled a company of infantry and tendered his services to the government. The war ended before they were mustered in. During the World war he AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 333 was active in various campaigns for the sale of Liberty Bonds, War Saving Stamps and in raising funds for the Red Cross. In addition to the work of his profession Mr. Sawyer has been active and successful as a business man. He is financially interested in banking and manufacturing and has extensive holdings in real estate in Ohio and Florida. As owner he has laid out and developed over forty subdivisions in and around his home city; Collinwood, Homestead, Sawyerwood, Shore Acres and Cottage Grove being some of his larger undertakings. The records of the county recorder contain his name as grantor in deeds more frequently than that of any other individual. William T. Sawyer, subject of this sketch, is the youngest son of Robert V. and Martha Ann Sawyer. Their children were Mary, Robert, Adella and William T. His father became owner of the farm on which the Sawyer family settled when they came to the county in 1829. His grandfather, Thomas Sawyer, was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, in 1782. His wife was Elizabeth Day. Their children were James S., Thomas H., Margret M., John B., Ann E., Robert V., Hannah S., William G., Benjamin F., Mary J. and Margaret C. He moved from Dauphin county to Union county, Pennsylvania, in 1810, purchased a farm near Lewisburg and remained there about twenty years until he came to Ohio. The trip was made in covered wagons and required over two weeks. With them they brought ten children. Thomas Sawyer was the oldest son of Benjamin Sawyer of Dauphin county, who was born in 1748. His wife was Margret Haynes. Their children were Thomas, William, James and Hannah, who married David Peters. Benjamin Sawyer was a Revolutionary soldier mentioned in Pennsylvania archives as also was his father, William Sawyer, who was born in Ireland in 1703 and settled with his parents on the Kennebec in Maine in the fall of 1717 according to Egle, the historian. The same authority says that William Sawyer removed to Dauphin county prior to 1735. He was a farmer and in a few years became owner of over five hundred acres of land at or near the present city of Hershey, Pennsylvania. William and his son Benjamin, with their wives and many other members of the family, are buried in the old Presbyterian churchyard at that place. Martha Ann Sawyer, mother of the subject of this sketch, was the daughter of James and Mary Fife Sawyer. Prior to her marriage she was a teacher and lecturer. Some of the posters announcing her lectures are still in the possession of her descend- 334 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY ants. Her paternal grandfather, Benjamin Sawyer, and great-grandfather, William Sawyer, were Revolutionary soldiers above mentioned. Her maternal grandfather, John Fife, Jr., who married Isabel Thompson and her great-grandfather, John Fife, Sr., who married Margaret Wright, were also Revolutionary soldiers. The latter was born in Fifeshire, Scotland in 1721. He removed to Couny Tyrone, Ireland, and settled on a farm at Archill, twenty-two miles from Londonderry. In 1756 he removed to Winchester, Virginia, and to upper St. Clair township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, in 1766. They both served in the Revolutionary war from 1778 until its close. They were both in the War of 1812 and took part in the expedition which started in Western Pennsylvania, marched to Mingo Bottom and then proceeded to Upper Sandusky, at which place they were defeated by the Indians after two days' battle and their commander, Colonel William Crawford, was captured and burned at the stake. The survivors who escaped made their way back to Pennsylvania through the wilderness. Among these were the two Fifes and also Captain William Fife, a brother of John Fife, Sr. The members of the Sawyer family are usually tall, active, blue-eyed, self-reliant and democratic. They stand for majority rule and constituted authority. They are Scotch-Irish and have usually belonged to the Presbyterian church. HAROLD JAY RINGLER The constructive faculties predominate in the career of Harold Jay Ringler, who has devoted the greater part of his life to the real estate business and through his activities as a home builder is rendering service of direct value to Akron, which for twelve years has numbered him among its useful and influential citizens. He was born April 30, 1884, in Ashland county, Ohio, and is a son of Daniel N. and Polly (Edmunds) Ringler, the latter also a native of this state. The father was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio when a young man of twenty, settling in Ashland county. He became a successful farmer and dairyman and is still active, but the mother died in 1903. In their family were eight children : David E., John N, and Edward J., who are living in Akron; Cloyd D., deceased; Mrs. Mazie Rudy, of Elyria, Ohio; Mrs. Edith Jacobs, whose home is AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 337 in Lansing, Michigan; Mrs. Nova Schultz, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio; and Harold Jay. The last named acquired his early education at Clear Creek, Ohio, and attended the Sullivan high school, from which he was graduated when eighteen years of age. For a number of years he was employed in a real estate office and when he had accumulated sufficient capital embarked in the same line of business at New London, Ohio. Later he sought a broader field of activity, locating in Cleveland, where he engaged in business as a contractor and builder and also as a real estate dealer for five years, and on the expiration of that period he removed to Alliance, Ohio. At that time he directed his energies into another channel, in which he was equally successful, and at the end of five years was the owner of a chain of grocery stores in Stark county, Ohio. Disposing of them in 1916, Mr. Ringler came to Akron and reentered the contracting and real estate field, in which he has since continued. In the intervening period of twelve years he has erected and sold more than eleven hundred residences, situated in Akron, Kenmore, Barberton and Cuyahoga Falls. These dwellings are well built and combine beauty with utility. Mr. Ringler has made it possible for persons of limited means to become owners of good homes, thus stimulating an interest in community growth and advancement, which makes for better citizenship. He is doing notable work as a city builder and the extent and importance of the business is proof of his efficiency and honesty. Mr. Ringler is identified with the Akron Chamber of Commerce, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. In religious faith he is a Congregationalist and contributes liberally toward the support of the church. His has been a strong and serviceable career, and the respect accorded him is well deserved. DAVID W. BOWMAN Few business men of Akron are better known than David W. Bowman, the executive head of the Burch Directory Company and a publisher of national repute. He was born December 28, 1858, in Venango county, Pennsylvania, and his parents, James and Sara Jane (Haslet) Bowman, were lifelong residents of that state. The father was one of the original pioneers in western Pennsylvania. There were nine children in the family and four 338 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY are now living : Mrs. Mary Jones, of Diamond, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Sue B. McIntosh, a resident of Pocahontas, Illinois; and Samuel H. and David W. Bowman, of Akron, Ohio. The last named, who was the eighth in order of birth, attended the Bowman district school in his native county. He worked on the home farm until he reached the age of twenty-five and then started out for himself. Locating in Columbus, Ohio, he learned the printer's trade and afterward became a traveling salesman, filling the position for several years. In 1889 he settled in Akron, becoming associated with N. H. Burch & Company, one of the pioneer directory publishers, and subsequently took over the business, which he has since conducted successfully, retaining the original name of the Burch Directory Company. The plant, which is located on West Exchange street, contains the most improved equipment and turns out only high-grade work. Mr. Bowman is president and general manager of the company, with which he has been identified for nearly forty years, and in the administration of its affairs brings to bear the knowledge and wisdom acquired by broad experience in the business, as well as the requisite executive force. In the line in which he specializes he is an acknowledged leader, and his various publications can be found in all directory libraries in the country. He has issued directories of Akron, Canton, Youngstown, Zanesville, Mansfield, Massillon, Warren, Niles, Steubenville, Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls, Kenmore and Wadsworth, Ohio; and New Castle, Beaver Falls, New Brighton, Rochester and Beaver, Pennsylvania, for the past forty years, each book containing valuable information concerning these communities. His library of directories ranks with the largest in the country and is free to the public. In 1893 Mr. Bowman was married in Akron to Miss Amy Sill, a daughter of Byron Sill, and they have two children. The son, Byron W. Bowman, who was educated in Akron and the University of Pennsylvania, is associated in business with his father. He married Miss Helen Wright, a daughter of John B. Wright, of Akron, and they have two children, David W. (II) and Charles W. Mr. Bowman's daughter, Sara, completed a course in physical training at a school in New Haven, Connecticut, and is now physical director at the Old Trail school in Akron. Mr. Bowman is a member of the City Club, the Akron Advertising Club, the Fairlawn Golf Club, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and at the annual meeting in 1927 was elected president of the Association of North American Directory Pub- AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 339 fishers, an honor worthily bestowed. In politics he is a republican and the Golden Rule has constituted his guide throughout life. For nearly forty years he has been a resident of Akron, witnessing notable changes in the aspect of the city, whose growth and progress are matters close to his heart. Strong and purposeful, Mr. Bowman has made his own way in the world and stands deservedly high in the esteem of his fellowmen. CHARLES C. CRUMRINE Charles C. Crumrine stands today in the front rank of the enterprising and successful business men of Cuyahoga Falls and has been prominent and influential in affairs affecting the progress and welfare of this locality. He is conducting a prosperous business under the name of the Falls Auto Salvage Company and is one of the progressive and wide-awake citizens of his community. Mr. Crumrine was born in Akron, Ohio, December 7, 1876, a son of Benjamin Frank and Lydia A. (Tripp) Crumrine, both still living. The father was born July 30, 1847, and the mother June 6, 1857. For over thirty-five years the father was engaged in the monument business but is now living retired. There were two children born to them : Charles C., of this review, and Gertrude, who is now the wife of Maurice Simon of Akron. Charles C. Crumrine secured a grade school educuation and then went to work for the Goodrich Rubber Company, with which concern he remained for twenty-six years. In 1919 he organized the Eclat Rubber Company and carried on business under that name until May, 1926, when he sold out and turned his attention to real estate, in which business he is still engaged to some extent. In August, 1927, he started the business of the Falls Auto Salvage Company, which he is now conducting being associated with his two sons, Franklin and John. This has been developed into an important enterprise and is steadily growing. In 1923 Mr. Crumrine became one of the organizers of the Cuyahoga Valley Savings & Loan Company, of which he is now president. On the 20th of December, 1898, Mr. Crumrine was united in marriage to Miss Lana Herman, of Akron, a daughter of Gebhardt and Theresa (Bachman) Herman, who came to the United States from Austria-Hungary in 1865, and both are now deceased. For many years the father was in the employ of the Buckeye 340 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY Mower & Reaper Works. To Mr. and Mrs. Crumrine have been born three children. Franklin H., married Miriam Lynn and has two children, Charles and Jerry. Helen M. is now the wife of Clarence P. Reninger, and they have one child, Nancy Lane. John Joseph completes the family. There are now, in August, 1928, four generations of the family living. Mr. Crumrine gives his political support to the republican party, and his religious connection is with the Reformed church. He is a member of Star Lodge, F. & A. M., Yusef Khan Grotto and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; is past grand of the subordinate lodge and also a member of the Patriarch Militant. He belongs to the Rotary Club and the Spanish-American War Veterans, having served six months during the Spanish-American war as a non-commissioned officer in Company B, Eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, two months of which was in Cuba. Energy, industry, perseverance and sound judgment have characterized his career, and he is well worthy of the respect and esteem accorded him. CHARLES A. NEALE Charles A. Neale has practically devoted his entire life to educational work and he is now president of the Hammel Business University of Akron. His birth occurred in Wingo, Kentucky, July 1, 1884, his parents being Charles Uberdale and Louisa Jane (McDonald) Neale, who were also natives of Kentucky, where the mother resided until 1926, when she came to Akron to make her home. The father had engaged in farming and stock raising, handling fancy blooded stock, until his death, which occurred in Kentucky in 1901, when he was thirty-nine years of age. In their family were six children, of whom three are yet living: Charles A. ; E. J., who is with the Crawford Land Company of Akron; and Mrs. Ayleene Workman, also of this city. In his youthful days Charles A. Neale attended the public schools of Sedalia, Kentucky, until graduated from the high school when sixteen years of age. He next entered the Southern Normal School at Bowling Green, Kentucky, and completed the teachers' course there, winning his degree in 1906. He then took up educational work, later becoming principal of the high school of Viola, Kentucky. He taught three years altogether and then AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 343 entered the Bowling Green Business College, completing a course in that institution with the class of 1911, at which time the degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science was conferred upon him. Removing to Huntington, West Virginia, he there became principal of the West Virginia Business College, with which he was associated for two years, while later he became connected with the El Reno Business College at El Reno, Oklahoma, remaining as principal at that point until 1914, when he came to Akron to accept the position of principal of the stenographic department of the Actual Business College, with which he remained until 1918. He then became associated with Paul Short in the operation of the Hammel Business University, which was established in 1881. With the death of Mr. Short in 1923, Mr. Neale purchased his interest and has since developed the largest business school in Akron. He has remained the president of this institution and he has also added a law school, conducted under the name of the Akron Law School. Mr. Neale had acquired broad knowledge of law by private reading in a law office in Mayfield, Kentucky, and by attendance at the Baldwin-Wallace College of Berea, Ohio, from which he received his LL.B. degree in 1926. He is likewise vice president of the State Private High School, as well as president of the other two institutions previously mentioned, and there is now an annual attendance of approximately six hundred students in the business school and two hundred in the law school, while fifty are preparing for life's practical and responsible duties as students in the State Private High School. The Hammel Business University provides a complete business course, including bookkeeping and elementary accounting, business arithmetic, commercial law, business penmanship, commercial English, business correspondence, spelling, rapid calculations, shorthand (full course), typing (full course), office practice, business organization and management and advertising and salesmanship. The graduates of the school have been sent out into many important positions in which they have proved the efficiency of their training in the success which is attending their labors. The Akron Law School has been in existence since 1920 and offers to its student body a service and a training that have stood the test. Its requirements are of the highest and among its instructors are some of the most prominent lawyers and jurists of Ohio. In the schools conducted under his direction Mr. Neale has ever insisted upon the greatest thoroughness and is regarded as one of the most efficient business educators in the country. He belongs to the 344 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY National Teachers' Association and to the National Commercial Teachers' Association. On the 15th of February, 1910, Professor Neale was married to Miss Letha C. Holmes, of Wingo, Kentucky, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Holmes, of Wingo. They have one child, Sula Kenova, born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, November 28, 1911, and now a student in the North high school of Akron. Fraternally Mr. Neale is a Mason, a member of the Grotto, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the World and the Modern Woodmen of America. He likewise belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, and his religious faith is indicated in his membership in the North Hill church of the Disciples of Christ. In the work of the church he has taken active and helpful part and he is serving his seventh year as superintendent of the North Hill Church of Christ Sunday school. He cherishes high ideals and puts forth every possible effort for their fulfillment. His life work has been of far-reaching effect and benefit along various lines and has been crowned with notable achievement. His residence is at 1204 Berwyn street, Akron. CURTIS A. WALTER Curtis A. Walter, president of The Walter-Hachtel Company, prominent realtors of Akron, was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, April 21, 1868, and is a son of Frederick and Leah Katherine Teters Walter, who were also natives of Ohio, where they spent their entire lives, the father devoting his attention to farming. Both he and his wife have passed away. Their four children were : Thomas, an attorney of New Philadelphia, Ohio Louis, living in Chicago; a daughter, deceased, and Curtis A. The last named attended the country schools and early became familiar with the work of the fields, doing the chores about the place and assisting in cultivating the crops. He devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits during his early years and later branched out into the live stock business in addition to operating two large farms near Barrs Mills in Tuscarawas county. He was a large buyer in the Chicago and Kansas City markets. About 1910 he turned his attention to the mortgage loan and real estate business in Akron, being attracted by the growth of the Rubber City. It was about this time that he became associated with F. W. Hachtel, a former resident of Tuscarawas county. AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 345 The business was operated as a partnership concern under the name of Walter & Hachtel until 1924, when it was incorporated as The Walter-Hachtel Company, of which Mr. Walter is now the president. They have handled some large subdivisions, placing the Delia Park allotment on West Hill on the market, also the Broadview allotment in Cuyahoga Falls, the Bryn Mawr allotment in Stow, and State road estates where Broad street intersects with the State road in Cuyahoga Falls. They are now opening Copley Heights allotment west of Akron and building the Copley Heights golf course in connection with the allotment. Mr. Walter's long experience has gained him a wide knowledge of realty conditions and the market value of property, and few men can speak with greater authority upon real estate in this section. He is also a director of the State Savings Bank Company at Dover, Ohio, and president of the Surety Savings & Loan Company of Dover. On the 27th of September, 1892, Mr. Walter was married to Miss Lilly E. Maybach, of Dundee, a daughter of Christian Maybach. They have two children : Mrs. Mary Rinderknecht, now of Tuscarawas county, who has one child, Robert Rinderknecht; and Mrs. Katherine Weinig, a graduate of Western Reserve University, who is a teacher in North high school of Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Walter are members of the Lutheran church He has membership in the Chamber of Commerce and in the Triangle Club, both of Dover, and belongs to the Knights of Pythias. His has been an active, well spent and useful life, and his diligence and enterprise have enabled him to overcome all difficulties and obstacles in his path and work his way steadily upward until success is now his, and he is enjoying the fruits of former toil. ALBERT G. SAALFIELD Albert G. Saalfield is nationally known as perhaps the largest publisher of story books for children in the United States, having built up an extensive business of this character conducted under the name of the Saalfield Publishing Company of Akron, of which he is the president. He comes to Ohio from the eastern metropolis, his birth having occurred in New York city July 24, 1886, his parents being Arthur J. and Ada Louise (Sutton) Saalfield, the former a native of Germany, while the latter was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Both came to Akron in early life and the 346 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY father here organized and owned the publishing business which was the forerunner of the present Saalfield Publishing Company. He confined his efforts to the publication of children's story books and games, gradually developing his trade until it reached out to all sections of the country. He remained at the head of the business until his death, which occurred in 1919, when he was fifty-six years of age. He had established his business in a small way but wisely managed his affairs, so that his trade constantly grew in volume and importance. In 1897 he purchased the publishing end of the business carried on by the old Warner Publishing Company and gradually enlarged the scope of his activities until there are now one hundred and fifty employes engaged in the publication of children's books. The trade not only extended over the United States but business relations were also established abroad and in 1910 the Saalfield Publishing Company was incorporated with the father as president. He continued at the head of the business until his demise. It was then that Albert G. Saalfield succeeded him as the executive head of the company. His early education had been acquired in New York city and he also attended the schools of Akron. In his youthful days he began working in his father's establishment and has been with the business continuously since, being employed in every department. Parental authority was not exercised to win him advancement. He gained his promotions as anyone else would have done—by reason of his diligence, industry and worth. He is today regarded as a most capable business official and is familiar with every principle and detail of the establishment of which he is now the head. He studies the market as well as the manufacturing end of the business and is ready for any emergency, any contingency and any opportunity. Aside from his publishing business he is a director of the First Trust & Savings Bank of Akron. On the 7th of June, 1911, Mr. Saalfield was married to Miss Elizabeth Robinson, a daughter of Henry Robinson, of Akron, and they have four children : Henry, who was born in 1914 and is now a student in the Western Reserve Academy; James A., who was born in 1916; Mary Robinson, in 1920; and Elizabeth Robinson, in 1922. The last two are pupils in the old Trail school, of which Mr. Saalfield is one of the directors. He is also a member and a director of the Akron Rotary Club and a director of the Chamber of Commerce—all of which is indicative of his deep and helpful interest in the public welfare. He belongs to the First AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 347 Presbyterian church and socially is connected with the Portage Country Club and Akron City Club. He has business qualities which make for success, social qualities which make for friendship and a progressive spirit that has won him classification with the valued and representative business men of this section of the state. PAUL W. HOLLINGER Paul W. Hollinger, who is rendering able and appreciated service as mayor of Kenmore, is a man of business experience and sound judgment in practical matters, and his record as business man and public official has gained for him high standing among his fellowmen. He was born in Lawndale, now the western section of Kenmore, on the 28th day of June, 1893, and is a son of Levy D. and Alice M. (Spicer) Hollinger. Both parents were natives of the Buckeye state, the father having been born in Clinton and the mother in Copley. Levy D. Hollinger followed farming for many years and was also engaged in the florist business until he retired. His death occurred May 9, 1915. In the family were five children, namely: Earl, of Barberton; Dwight, of Akron; Myrven, who lives in California; Paul W., of this review, and Mrs. Belle R. Caston, of Kenmore. Paul W. Hollinger attended the grade schools at Summit Hill and Kenmore and was graduated from the Barberton high school in 1912. He then took a clerical position in the freight office of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio railroads in Barberton, where he remained for three months. During the ensuing five years he was employed in the production department of the Babcock & Wilcox Company, after which he engaged in the retail grocery business under the firm name of Rottman & Hollinger, their store being located on the Wooster road at Lawndale. During the World war, until the latter part of 1918, he served as a member of the draft board in district No. 6 and then returned to the Babcock & Wilcox office, in which he was employed for three years. On January 26, 1920, he became connected with construction work of the B. F. Goodrich Company, at plant No. 3, and a year later was transferred to the main plant in the time division. In the fall of 1927 he was elected mayor of Kenmore, whereupon he resigned his position with the Goodrich Company and is now 348 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY devoting his attention closely to his official duties, which he is discharging in a very capable and satisfactory manner. In September, 1915, at East Liverpool, Ohio, Mr. Hollinger was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Olive Cox, a daughter of Edward and Laura (High) Cox, a prominent and well known family of Sherman, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Hollinger are the parents of two children : Marjorie Grace, born in 1920; and Howard Paul, born in 1921. Mr. Hollinger has long been a member of the Masonic order, belonging to National Lodge No. 568, F. & A. M., and Porter Chapter, No. 202, R. A. M., at Barberton ; is a past commander of Akron Camp No. 27, Sons of Union Veterans, of the Civil war, and belongs to the Sons of Veterans Drum Corps. He is a republican in his political view ; served a number of years as a member of the Summit county central committee; was chosen a delegate to the republican state convention in April, 1928, and was a member of the city council in 1926-7. He is a man of sterling qualities of character and an attractive personality, and throughout the range of his acquaintance he commands confidence and respect, while socially he has a large circle of warm friends. GUSTAVUS SEIBERLING Gustavus Seiberling, a prominent representative of insurance interests, directing his labors along lines contributing to public progress and the material upbuilding of the county as well as to his individual success, is now the secretary of the Norton Mutual Fire Association of Barberton. His entire record reflects added credit and honor upon the name of a family that through several generations has been closely associated with the history of Summit county, and it was upon the old homestead farm in Norton township that his birth occurred June 19, 1854. He was the youngest of a family of fifteen children, three of whom yet survive, born of the marriage of Nathan and Catherine (Peter) Seiberling, and the ancestral history is traced back to Hans Seiberling, A. D. 1688, living at Rastatt, near Baden-Baden, Germany, and to Jonas Seiberling, who came to the new world from Wurtenburg, Germany, establishing his home in Pennsylvania in 1741. The latter's son, Christian Seiberling, became widely known in that section of the Keystone state as an Indian fighter and hunter. He was the father of Frederick Seiberling, who