Summit County, Ohio - Chapter 20: Statistics, 1908 (part 12 of 27)

Thomas Hale was born in Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio, March 22, 1839, and is a son of Austin M. and Samantha (Bellows) Hale. Austin M. Hale was born also in Springfield Township, in 1814, on what was known as the Christ place, and was a son of Thomas and Laura (Moore) Hale. The Hale family is of Welsh extraction, but the first Samuel Hale of whom there is record, settled at Glastonbury, Connecticut, in 1637, sailing from an English port as a resident of Glastonbury. He acquired nmch land and a part of it has always remained in the Hale family. The old homestead which has been kept for 250 years is the property of J. H. Hale, who also owns great peach orchards in Georgia, and is a man of large capital.

The Samuel Hale who came to the Western Resen'e from Groton, Connecticut, was the great-grandfather of Thomas Hale of Springfield Township. He was a member of the Connecticut Land Company and owned as his share, 5.000 acres of land and there are members of the family in the fifth generation, who still possess a portion of this. Great-grandfather Samuel Hale married Abigail Austin, who belonged to the old Austin family of Connecticut, which subsequently established great powder mills at Akron and Cleveland. Samuel and Abigail Hale had four sons and one daughter, the latter of whom became the wife of Martin Kent, who was one of the earliest settlers of Suffield Township, Portage County. The four sons were: Samuel, who married a member of the old Gaylord family: Thomas, who married Laura Moore;

Thomas Hale, grandfather of Thomas Hale of Springfield Township, lived on what was known as the Kent farm. He died in 1839, aged fifty-six years. He married Laura Moore, who died in 1864, aged seventy-three years. They had one son, Austin M., who died in 1889, aged seventy-four years. He married Samantha Bellows, who was born in Albany County, New York, and came to Ohio with her father, Ephraim Bellows, who was born at Groton, Connecticut. The mother of Mrs. Hale died when she was only eleven days old. The surviving children of Austin M. and Samantha Hale are: Thomas; Laura, who married Henry Stahl, residing at Hudson, have two surviving children, Howard, who is engaged in the banking business at Cleveland; and Mary, who married Frank Huff, residing at Mogadore, has two children. Albert, of the above family, died in October, 1903, aged fifty-eight years. He maried Ella Smith, of Suffield Tow-nship, and they had a family of five children. Austin M. Hale was married (second) to Laura Brown, a daughter of one of the early settlers, and they had one daughter, Nellie, who married Rev. J). D. Fennel, a minister of the Disciples Church, and they live on the old homestead in Springfield Township, Summit County, where Samuel Hale, the great-grandfather settled when an old man and where he died in 1809.

In 1827, his son Thomas Hale removed to Springfield Township, Summit County, this being two years after the great wind storm which had swept through Springfield and into Brimfield Township, Portage County. It cut a swath one-quarter of a mile in width, practically destroying miles of valuable timber. Great barricades of logs lay in this path for the following fifty years and Mr. Hale has seen these logs and has also conversed with the venerable Mr?. Sax, who witnessed the havoc made by this unusual deinonstration of nature's forces. No one was seriously injured, this being easily explained by the fact that the country was then so sparsely settled.

but iiiaiiy historic events are dated "from the year of the great storm." Mr. Hale has seen one of the great forest trees which escaped destruction, on which his grandfather, Thomas Hale, had carved his name and the date of 1828.

Thomas Hale, of Springfield Township, was reared among pioneer conditions. He attended school sixty-three years ago in a little house in Mogadore, which was subsequently moved to a farm to do duty as a barn, and the old door, which so often opened to admit the );are-footed little boys and girls of his childhood to their more or less unwelcome ta.sks over book and slate, still swings true on its hinges. In 1847-8 a new schoolhoiLse was built at Mogadore, and it probably was considered the acme of modern construction and convenience, and Mr. Hale remembers being on hand bright and early on the morning of the first session, in 1848, in order to have a first choice of seat. This schoolhouse still stands.

Mr. Hale assisted his father on the farm and in setting out a large amount of nursery stock. Austin M. Hale took a great deal of interest in growing fruit and for a number of years conducted a business which was considered a satisfactory one at that time, in the line of raising fruit and other trees, imder the firm name of A. M. Hale & Sons. When he married he was residing on the farm on which he was born, on the Akron and Mogadore road, but afterward moved to the farm on which, as mentioned above, he has lived for forty-two years. This land was the old Sax farm, Martin Sax, the first settler, having lived here all his life. The residence, which Mr. Hale has remodeled and added to, was built by the son of Mr. Sax. Mr. Hale has continued to make improvements and in 1892 he completed the erection of his substantial barn, which has dimensions of 40 l)y 60 feet. He retains 110 acres in his home farm, which he devotes mainly to wheat growing, and has sold thirty-two acres to the Granite Clay Company and some land to the Colonial Brick Company. His other land, in Mogadore and in Portage County, i.= all very valuable.

who is a daugliter of James and ^^'ilhelmina (Erdley) Hutf, who came from Pennsylvania and settled in the southern part of Springfield Township, moving later to the Siix farm, which they purchased. Mr. and Mrs. Hale have two children, Alice and Frederick. The former married Rev. G. T. Norris and they reside "at Marlboro and have two sons, Wendell and Paul. Frederick Hale is a mechanical engineer in the employ of the Westinghouse Company and is stationed at Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. Pie received his primary education at Mogadore and then entered the Ohio University and took a course in mechanical engineering, making a specialty of gas engines. He is still a young man but has attained to a fine position with the Westinghouse people. He married Jennie Hartman. of Ashtabula County, and they have had four children : Genevieve, Marguerite, Harriet, and a son, who is deceased. In politics, Thomas Hale was reared a Republican, but in local matters, votes independently. With his wife he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Mogadore.

HIRAM C. HENRY, senior member of the firm of Henry & Patterson, dealers in lumber and general contractors, at Akron, with business location at No. 282 Torrey Street, has been engaged in contracting for the past twenty-six years and is generally recognized as one of the ablest and most reliable men in his line, in this city. Mr. Henry was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1848, was reared and educated in his native place and learned the carpenter and mill-wright trade with his father, the late Samuel Henry.

In 1871 he 'came to Akron and for some eight years worked as a mill-wright, building mills for the Schumackers, and paper mills for other parties, continuing work also as a carpenter, and gradually drifting into contracting, which later became his main interest. It is estimated that Mr. Henry has proably done a larger amount of building here than any other individual contractor, For the past fourteen vears he has also been handling lumber, and tlH> firm of ITenrv & Patter- son operates a planing mill in connection with their other work. The firm wa^ established in February, 1907. Mr. Henry employs from twelve to twenty men and divides them into three gangs. He gives his personal attention to all his contracts and has been careful to keep up the standard which he established when he first started into bu.siness.

In 1873, Mr. Henrj* was married to Elizabeth Weeks, of Trumbull .County. He and his wife have two children : Carrie, who married P. H. Baldwin, of Newark, New Jersey ; and Bertha M., who married Arthur Richards, of Akron, Ohio. Mr. Henry is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Akron, and for twenty years has served on its official board.

BENJAMIN HART, a representative citizen of Springfield Township, where he owns a fine, well-improved farm of -eighty acres, has been a resident of the village of Mogadore since 1902. Mr. Hart was born June 5, 1832, and is a son of Jesse and Freelove (Ive.s) Hart.

Mr. Hart belongs to an old and honorable pioneer family of New England stock, his ancestors having been among the first settlers of Springfield Township and among the very early residents of Summit County, coming here a few years after the admission of Ohio as a .state.

Jesse Hart, father of Benjamin, was born in Connecticut, in 1773, and died in Summit County, Ohio, July 18, 1868, aged ninetyfour years. When twenty-eight years of age he married Esther Warner, in Connecticut, and they had the following children : Worthy, who wa« born March 12, 1808 ; Amy, who was born January 29, 1805; Esther, who was born -Tanuary 15, 1808 ; Patience, who was born April 10, 1809 ; and Welcome, who was born February 19, 1811. The mother of these children died March 28, 1811. Jesse Hart was married (second) also in Connecticut to Freelove Ives, September 15, 1811. She wa.s born in Vermont and died in Summit Countv. Ohio. November 7, 1863, The children of Je.sse and Freelove Hart were: Louisa, who was born August 2, 1812, married Homer Root; Jesse, who was born April 27, 1813, married Rachel Richards; Phoebe, who was born September 17, 1816, married Otis Merriman ; George, who was born October 22, 1818, married (first) Eliza Nelson, and (second) Mrs. Lizzie (Hile) Bean; Elizabeth, who was born October 18, 1821, married John Hixon; Amos, who was born April 28, 1824, died from an accident, when two years of age; Harriet, who was born August 27, 1826, married (first) William Chapman, and (second) John Smith ; Sarah, who was born August 1, 1828, married (first) Joseph Conrad, and (second) Robert Fisher; and Benjamin, who was born June 5, 1832, the youngest of a family of fourteen children.

"^In 1812, Jesse Hart left Conecticut with his family and made the journey to Summit County, Ohio, in covered wagons, bringing along many household treasures, and probably, as did many other early settlers, his cows and horses. He settled on what became known as the Hart homestead, in Springfield Township, west of Logtown, where the remainder of his life was pa.ssed. He found only a small portion of the land cleared, heavy timber covering the balance, and it required years for himself and sons to cut down this timber, blacken and then grub out the stumps and I)lace it all under cultivation. His experience was that of other pioneer settlers, a little easier in his case because he possessed more ample means than many others. His older children, however, were all daughters and years I)assed before his sons could materiallj' assist in the heavy labor. He first erected a log house of fair dimensions, and in this the family lived and increa.sed for ten years. About 1822. he erected a .substantial brick house, in which he lived until he died and which still remains on the farm in habitable condition. In all that went to promote the civilization of this section and to advance the welfare of the community in which he had been an early pioneer. -lesse Hart was a man to be def>ended upon. He lived to witness wonderful changes in tlie country to which he had come so early, and on which he left an imj)ress on account of his sterling character. The Hart connections are found all over this section, almost all of his children having married and left descendants.

Benjamin Hart was born in the brick house above mentioned and resided in it until 1892. His education was obtained in the early district schools near his home and he enjoyed one term's instruction at a private school in Mogadore. He continued to cultivate the patrimonial farm until 1892, when he passed it on to his children and grandchildren and at last the old place was sold, but it is still called the old Hart homestead. In 1892, Mr. Hart moved from the old farm, which contained 150 acres, to a farm of eighty acres, which he purchased of R. L. Ewart, and that farm he occupied and operated until he moved to Mogadore, in 1902.

On November 15, 1855, Benjamin Hart was married to Mary L. Meacham, who is a daughter of Benjamin and Prudence (Force) Meacham. Benjamin Meacham was born in Connecticut, came as an early settler to Summit County, and lived in both Tallmadge and Springfield Townships. The mother of Mrs. Hart died when she was two years old, but her father survived some forty years. The children born to Benjamin and Mary L, Hart were the following: Alice, Clara, Mary L., Sarah L., Wilbur Judd, and Raymond, Alice, who married Clark AVoolf, resides in Springfield Township, and they have three children. May, Mahlon and Bessie. Clara, deceased, married Edward Daugherty, and at death, December 12. 1886, left two sons, James Benjamin, who has become a prominent citizen of New Berlin, and Irvin Garfield, who is a succes.«ful dentist residing at New Berlin. May L., who married Homer L. Hudson, October 7, 1882, died September 7, 1888, leaving one daughter. Clara Louise; Sarah L., was married August 27, 1885, to Amos K. Douglas and they have four children, Rosamond. Ray Hayes, Ethel and Helen. Wilbur ,Tudd Hart was married .Tune 3. 1890, to Viola Funt, and they have eight children, Jennie, James, Edith, Clara, Gertrude. Trvin (deceased), Elwood. and Florence V, Wilbur

Judd Hart is engaged in farming in Tallmadge Township, Raymond Hart, the youngest member of the family, conducts a meat-market at Mogadore, On October 14, 1900, he married Mrs, Maggie (Flick) Kline.

Benjamin Hart has been a life-long Republican and was a strong supporter of the policies of the late Governor Pattison. He has always been a vigorous fighter for the cause of temperance and lives up to his convictions. He has never used into.xicants nor tobacco, and in the vigor of his seventy-five years may be read an excellent and convincing temperance lecture.

Mr. Hart is one of the prominent and substantial men of this part of Summit County, not only on account of his material possessions, but for the sturdy qualities and sterling attributes which have marked the family name. The years have touched him kindly, silvering his hair but leaving his heart young. In the friendly clasp of his hand and the hearty sound of his voice is a cheer that speaks of a well regulated life, a clear past and a hopeful future.

ROSSEAU HESS, proprietor of the Akron Nurseries, which are located on B^itler .\ venue, North Hill, and include seven and on&-half acres, was bom in Guilford Township, Medina County, Ohio, July .30, 1865, a.nd is a son of Henry and Charity (Howe) Hess.

When Ro-;seau He.«s was eight years of age. his father, who was a blacksmith by trade, moved to Akron, and the son enjoyed excellent school advantages there. Subsequently, he attended Buchtel College and later engaged for some years in teaching school, beginning in Geiauga County, Later he became principal of the schools at Frontenac, Kansas, and from there went t-o Montana, where he taught school for three years on a government resen-ation. When Mr. Hess returned to .\kron, he became secretary and treasurer of the Akron Soap Company for one year, and for two following years conducted a roofing bu.siness under the firm name of Kasch & He=s. When he .sold out his inter- est in this concern, he embarked in his present line. Mr. Hess makes a specialty of ornamental trees, shrubbery of all kinds and perennial plants. He employs five agents and is doing a large business. His natural bent led him into landscape gardening, and during the eight years in which he has been in the nursery business, he has done a large amount of work in this line, being the only landscape gardener at Akron. He is frequently called to different parts of the county to lav out grounds around country houses.

On May 26, 1892, Mr. Hess was married to Mamie Rockwell, Miho is a daughter of Dr. J. W. and Elvira (Van Evera) Rockwell. Dr. Rockwell is one of the leading phvsicians of Akron. Mrs. Rockwell died July 20, 1907. Her father, Reinhardt ^^an Evera, operated for many years the old stage coach hotel at Copley Center. Later he became proprietor of the old E.rchanyi' Hotel, at Akron, and, after it Inirned down, he bought a farm in Tallmadge Township, but later returned to Akron. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Peterson, who is the mother-in-law of Hon. Charles Dick.

DAA'ID .1. THOMAS, coal dealer, at Cuyahoga Falls, is an honored survivor of the great Civil War, from which he safely emerged after many thrilling adventures and innumerable dangers and hardships. Mr. Thomas was born at Palmyra, Portage County. Ohio, March 14, 1841, and is a son of .Tohn and Anna (Rees) Thomas.

John Thoma«, his father, was born in Wales, came to America in 1835, and died on the farm which he had cleared from the \-irgin forest, in Portage County, when aged seventy years. Prior to emigrating he had met with an accident which nece.«sitated the amputation of a leg, and, as typical of his character and showing his physical courage, lie calmly watched the surgeon at his work, disdaining to even deaden his sen.ses with the alcohol, which, at that time, was the only

Tnerciful help known in surgery. Although disabled, he held his own with men who had more advantages, and in addition to clearing up his pioneer fai'm and carrying on its cultivation, he worked as a blacksmith and was employed in this line on the old Ohio and Pennsylvania Canal. After coming to America he became interested in politics, and up to the time of the formation of the Republican party, was a strong Whig, later giving active supporti to the new organization, and for years was one of the two Republicans in his township. He married Anna Rees, who died in 1867, aged seventy-one years, and they had ten children, namely: Sarah, now deceased, who married Da\'id Williams; Rees, deceased; Ann, who married Henry Harris, both being now decea.sed; Margaret, who married Evan Hughes, of Braymer, Mi.ssouri ; David J., John, decea.sed; Martha, who married David Jenkins, both of whom are deceased, and three others that died in infancy.

David J. Thomas remained at home assistr ing in the farming, until he was nineteen years of age. He attended the district school, had one year's instruction in the High School, and then went to Tallmadge, where he worked in the coal mines until 1862. Early in this year, Mr. Thomas enlisted for service in Company C, 115th Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which organization he .«erved in the Civil War for three years, lacking a month. This re.giment was kept actively engaged and Mr. Thomas took part in all its movements until he was taken prisoner at Lavergne, Tennessee, during Greneral Hood's raid on Nashville. After ten days, with two other members of the regiment, he escaped, and a recital of the way in which this was managed is very interesting.

The weather at this time was very cold and the prisoners were guarded in the Court House at Columbia, Tennes.«ee, in which they huddled around one little fire which was totally inadequate for the .«pace it was supposed to heat. The Union prisoners were sent out to gather the wood to burn and these expeditions gave them the opportunity to learn

Mr. Thomas remembers saying to his fellow prisoners, on the day of capture: "If tliey get me to Andersonville, they are smarter than I think they are," and to this significant remark Samuel Perry replied: "Davie, I am with you," and they shook hands on it, meaning that each one should watch for an opportunity and follow up any advantage gained. The other comrade, James Cassidy, soon joined in the compact, all three deciding to stand together. While the prisoners were stamping about the room, in this way trying to keep up a circulation, Mr. Thomas and his companions were able to secretly remove the nails from a barricaded door, which happened to be imguarded, and they managed to place their blankets on the floor right by this door, pretending to go to sleep there, but they were never more wide awake. The night guard became drowsy, and Cassidy managed to slip the cap from his gun, in this way preventing his sihooting if he awakened while they were getting awaj'. As all preparations had been made to take the prisoners to Andersonville, Mr. Thomas and his comrades felt there was no time to be last. In the afternoon they had all been given full rations. As Mr. Thomas and his two friends slipped out, he threw his blanket, for which he had swapped his overcoat, over his .shoulders, a common practice among the thinly-clad Confederates, and picking up an old musket, which was really entirely useless, he marched his two comrades, apparently prisoner.'^, down the street in front of him. It was a daring venture, the night being one of bright moonlight, l)ut the ruse was never suspected by the many Confederate soldiers whom they passed, and on and on they went, cro-ssing rivers and barely escaping capture on many occasions. Once they came face to face with a Confederate officer, .whom they had thought was a Union man, but escaped from him, although fired on a number of times. On another occasion they just, got over a fence in time to escape a marching regiment of Confederates. They suffered, greatly from the drenching rains and from fording creeks where the water came up to their armpits, the intensely cold weather hut adding to their misery. By means of a compass which they had secured through trading an overcoat, they were able to shape their course, traveling by night and secretiHg themselves by day. On one occar sion they overheard one man tell another, unconscious that three half-famished Union soldiers were lying behind the cedar log by the roadside, the good news that the Confederates were retreating from Nashville. Before the conversation ended, a third man joined the others, and the horse he rode came so near Mr. Thomas that the latter thought every moment his brains would be crushed out by his hoofs. Not daring to make a motion, Mr. Thomas thinks that ten or fifteen minutes was about the most perilous of his life. Under such circumstances Mr. Thomas and his comradas managed to make their way to a point three miles back of Lavergne, where they met kind treatment from a Mr. Austin, who hid them for .several days, and in the meantime their locality was brought within the Union lines. Ever since the close of the war, these three old veterans have held an annual reunion, and it is a privilege indeed, when one of the younger generation is permitted to hear this story from the lips of the participants. Mr. Thomas is a member of Eddy Post, Grand Army of the Republic.

After the close of his army service, Mr. Thomas returned to Tallmadge, where he lived until the fall of 1867, when he came to Cuyahoga Falls and embarked in the grocery business, in partnerehip mth John I. Jones, under the firm name of Jones and Thomas. Fourteen months later, Mr. Thomas sold his interest and started a pottery opposite his present coal office, where, in partnership wiih his brother, R. J. Thomas, he engaged in the manufacture of all kinds of stoneware, under the firm name of Thomas Bros. Until the plant was destroyed by fire, .several years later, the firm did a large business. Mr. Thomas then opened up his coal office, which is the oldest coal business in ithe town, and his yards are favorably located just opposite the wire mill.

Mr. Thomas married Ruth Williams, who is a daughter of William H. Williams. She was born in Walas, where her mother died, and she was five years old when she and a sister were brought to America by her brotherin-law and her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have had seven children, the four to reach maturity being: Ella, who married William Graham, residing at Akron; Elizabeth, who married Dr. L. J. Kehres, residing at Cleveland; Sarah Jo.sephine, deceased, and Tracy David, residing at Ma.ssillon. Mrs. Thomas is a member of the Congregational Church.

Politically, Mr. Thomas is identified with the Republican party, and he ha'* served some seven years as a member of the School Board at Cuyahoga Falls, and one term in the Town Council. He is one of the directoi-s of the Agricultural Society.

JOHN GIRDEN BRITTAIN, a representative member of one of the honorable old families of Springfield Township, which has been established here for a period of seventyfive years, was born .June 16, 1847, in Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a .son of John Thomas and Hannah (Rodgers) Brittain.

John T. Brittain, residing on his farm of 135 acres, in Springfield Township, wa.s born in Pennsylvania in 1823, and was about seven years of age when he accompanied his father, John Brittain, to Ohio. He has been married twice, and has had ten childi'en, thirty grand<^ihildren and forty great-grandchildren, and in this large family, up to the present writing, there has been but one death, a remarkable proof of vitality. Mr. Brittain has long l)een regarded as one of the mast substantial men of his community.

John G. Brittain was the second eldest and only son born to his father's fii^st man-iage, there being three daughters, all of whom survive. His education obtained in the district schools. -

He was only sixteen years of age when he offered his services to his country, enlisting in Company D, First Ohio Regiment, Volunteer Light Artillery, in February, 1864, the officers of which were: Captain Cockrell, First Lieutenant Reid and Second Lieutenant Palmer. After the company was mustered in at Cleveland, it proceeded to Columbus, and thence to Knoxville, Tennessee. It took part in the engagements from Chattanooga to Atlanta, participated in the battles of Resaca and Big Sandy, and at Atlanta assisted in cutting the railroad communication. From that city the regiment returned to Tennes.see, where Mr. Brittain was detained for a time by .sickness, but rejoined his regiment at Moorehead, North Carolina, and continued to perform his duty as a brave and effective soldier until the expiration of his term of service, and in July, 1865, was mustered out at Cleveland. That was a very strenuous period for a youth of sixteen years, but Mr. Brittain has a record that would do credit to a seasoned veteran.

In 1869 Mr. Brittain was married to Frances A. Dema.^s, who is a daughter of .Jacob and Lucy Demass. Jacob Demass was a soldier in the same regiment with Mr. Brittain and he sitill survives, aged seventy-eight years. Mrs. Brittain was reared in Portage County. Mr. and Mrs. Brittain have the following children: Thomas R.. who married Minnie White, has five children; .Jud.son who married Margaret Selser, has three children: Dilla, who maried Clement Chew, has three children ; Mead, who married Lizzie Roberts, has four children: and John, who resides at home.

Mr. Brittain owns a comfortable home in one of the allotments of 'East Akron, in Springfield Township. He is a carpenter by trade. He belongs to Buckley Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Akron. In politics," he is a Republican.

ALBERT H. RUCKEL, general farmer, residing on his valuable farm "of fifty-one acres, is a well known citizen of Tallmadgo Towiiship, whore his father settled in 1849.

Albert 11. Ruckel was born on the Susqui'- liannah River, in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1843, and is a son of George and Hannah (Crivling) Ruckel.

The father of Mr. Ruckel was also born in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, and resided there until after his marriage, when he and family started to Michigan in one of the great covered wagons of pioneer days. He proposed to huy 640 acres of land at $1.25 per acre, but, after reaching Michigan, he found that climatic conditions were such that it would be difficult to establish .there a comfortable home. In six weeks' time the wagon was again on its way in the direction of Medina County, Ohio. Mr. Ruckel settled in Sharon Township, Medina County, and lived there for three years, removing then to Tallmadge Townsihip, Summit County. Here all the five children were reared, namely: Andrew, W'ho die<i in 1856; Abner, who has resided at Whitehall, Illinois, for the past thirty-five years, engaged with his son in the manufacture of pottery, married Emma Adams of Akron; Clinton, who carries on farming on his property at Fairlawn, west of Akron, married Frances, a daughter of John Hart; Albert H. ; and Wa.^hington, the latter being the only child born after the family eame to Ohio. He married Delia Baldwin and resides with his father-in-law at Akron, and is engaged in the mauufacture of sewer pipe. George Ruckel died August 25, 1878, in his .sixty-eighth year, having long suiTived his wife, wlio died in 1855, aged forty-four years.

Albert Ruckel assisted his father in cultivating his farm of 110 acres, and, after his marriage, he purchased fifty-one acres of the homestead. In addition to learning to be a first-class farmer, Albert H. Ruckel worked for some time at the carpenter trade, and also traveled for a pottery firm after finishing his education in the Sixth Ward School at Akron. However, for the past twenty-eight years he has devot-ed his attention to cultivating and improving his land. Tn 1873 he built the comfortable farm residence and as they -were needed, has added the other substantial liuiklings. Mr. Ruckel makes something of a si>ecialty of growing potatoes and he iilso liaises timothy hay.

On August 30, 1873, Mr. Ruckel was married to Mary Greenman, who was born at North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Norton and Elizabeth (Irish) Greenman. Both parents of Mrs. Ruckel were born in ^^'ashingtoll County, New York. Her father died March 22, 1901^ aged eightyfive years, and the mother died February 10, 1903, at the age of eighty-nine years. The four children of Norton Greenman and wife were: Cynthia, who is the widow of Leonard Cole; Mary, who is Mrs. Ruckel; Job, residing at Bradford, Pennsylvania, married Adell Cole; and Josephine Cole, who is deceased. The family record of Mrs. Ruckel can be traced far back. Her great-grandfather Ba.ssett followed the sea and lived at Martha's Vineyard. He was commander of a cocTsting ves,sel that touched many sihores in the course of his voyage. The paternal grandfather was Job Greenman, a farmer, and the grandfather on the mother's side was Charles Irish, who was also a farmer. All seem to have been men who left an impress that recalls them to their descendants.

Mr. and Mrs. Ruckel have two daughter*. Nora and Edith. The former is employed in the office of the American Cereal mill. The latter married Harry Feudner. who is the son of the vice-prasident of the M. O'Neil Dry Goods Company, one- of the largest business houses of Summit County. Both daughters of ^Ir. Ruckel were educated at Akron.

The Democratic partv claims Mr. Ruckel as a member, hut he is very liberal and broad-minded and usually exercises has right to support those candidates for office, who. in his judgment, will best provide good government and make wise laws.

FRANCIS HANMER WRIGHT, a leading citizen of TaJlmadge. was born in Tallmadge Township, Summit County. Ohio. July 7. 1834. and is a .son of Francis H. and Clarinda (Fenn) Wright.

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mer Wright, Elizur and Rhoda (Hanmer) Wright, came to Suiniuit County. They settled on what was known as the Southwest road, along which Mr. Wright bought a large tract of land. He built here the first frame barn in Tallinadge Township, and this structure was utilized for a time as a place in which lo hold religious exercises. He continued to acquire land until he owned a large portion of the western half of the township, including the valuable property known as Coal Hill. He had been a pi'ominent man in both church and public affairs at Canaan, Connecticut, and he continued to be held in high esteem after .settling in Summit County. He reared a family of five daughters and four sons, all of whom became more or less noted in their various communities. They were: Philo, Elizur, Francis H., James, Polly, Clarissa, Harriet, Amelia and Lucy. Philo Wright married Sally Owen and they resided in Tallmadge Township, where he practiced medicine for many j-ears. Elizur W^right (2) was a distinguished man. He resided for a time in the city of New York and was the able editor of a strong anti-slavery paper there. He became professor of mathematics at the Western Reserve University, at liudson, which position he was obliged to resign on account of his radical views against slavery-. He then removed to Denham, Massachusetts, and had an office in Bo.ston, where he was an actuary of life insurance, and for several years was Commissioner of Insurance for the state. He died in 1890, aged eighty years, at which time a biographical sketch of bis life was produced in McClure's Magazine. James Wright became a minister of the Congregational Church. After a pa«<torate at Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio, he went to California and died there in 1900. Polly Wriglit married Dr. Daniel Upson, then of Worthington, Ohio, who later came to Tallmadge, and they were the parents of William, Daniel A., James AV. and Francis H., the latter of whom died in Cleveland, and left a family of children. Clari.ssa Wright married a Mr. Rurrell, of Elyria, Ohio. Harriet Wright married Rev. John Seward, who became a minister of the Congregational Church, who was stationed at Hudson and at other points. Amelia Wright married Rev. William Hanaford, who entered the Congregational ministry, and after serving pastorates at a number of places, died at Tallmadge.

Francis H. Wright, father of Francis Hanmer, was born at Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, July 16, 1795, and died in Tallmadge, in 1886, aged ninety-one years. He accompanied his parents to Summit County and subsequently inherited a part of the valuable Coal Hill property. In partnership with his brother-in-law. Dr. Daniel Upson, he was engaged for many years in developing coal mines here, shipments being made to Cleveland and Chicago, Mr. Wright accompanying the first load of coal ever shipped to the latter city. He married Clarinda Fenn, who was born in 1802, and died in 1888.

Francis Hanmer Wright was reared in Tallmadge, attended the Tallmadge Academy and spent one year in the Cleveland Agricultural College, leaving when nineteen years of age and teaching school for a year. He then .stalled to farm and subsequently went into a dairy business, which latter industry he continued until the spring of 1897, supplying patrons at Akron for a period of twenty-two years. During the Civil War, when the governor of Ohio called out men to serve for 100 days, Mr. Wright responded and became a member of Company D, 164th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was nuL*tered in as first lieutenant. He was mustered out at Cleveland, after assisting in the defense of the forts around Washington city. He is a member of Buckley Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He belongs to the Orange.

Mr. Wright married Harriet Kilbourn, of Akron, who was a daughter of Lewis and Eliza Kilbourn. Mrs. Wright died July 27, 1904, at the age of sixty-six years. They had four children, namely: Winnifred B., w-ho died in 1882, at the age of nineteen years; Elberta, who married E. R. Hine. died in 1900, aged thirty-five years, leaving one son and two daughters, Leland W.. Winnifred and Leora; Friincis H., who was born in 1868, married Fraaices Parnialee, a daughter of Chai'les P. Parmalee, and has five cliildreii, Julia, Geneva, Kathrj'n, Doi'othy and Francis H., resides with his father at Talhnadge; and Ida, who married W. A. Osborn, lives at Akron, Ohio.

CLARENCE M. ZWISLER, a leading citizen of Springfield Township, who is engaged in farming and also follows butchering, is a representative on the maternal side of one of the oldest families in Summit County. He was born in Summit County, Ohio, November 2, 1867, and is a son of John and Irene (Norton) Zwisler.

John Zwisler, father of Clarence M., was born in Wayne County, Ohio, and came to Summit when a young man, where he died in March, 1900, at the age of seventy years. He was a son of Charles and Rebecca Zwisler. He followed agricultural pursuits all his life On January 7, 1864, John Zwisler married Irene Norton, who w'as a daughter of Lester and Susan (Johnson) Norton.

The earliest records of the Norton family trace to one De Norville, who was a soldier and wlio accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066. His descendants were early American colonists, coming from Bedfordshire to Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, to Guilford, Connecticut, and to points in New Hampshire.

Tracing the generations back, it is found that from Richard Norton descended John (1), John (2), Ebenezer, Bethuel, Peter and Lester, the latter being the grandfather of Clarence M. Zw^sle^.

Lester Norton, son of Peter, married Susan Johnson, in 1821, and thev had tlie following children : Lois, iVmanda, Perry, Lucinda, Harvey, George, Irene and Susan. The two survivore are Amanda and Mrs. Zwisler. Lester Norton accompanied his father to Ohio and they located first in Trumbull County and then came to Summit, Peter Norton purchasing the Thomas Cook place in Akron, where he died. In 1822, in the year following his marriage, Lester Norton .settled on the farm on which his grandson, Clarence M., now resides. In 1832 he built the house and made many improvements during his active years. He died in 1881 at the age of eightytwo years, survived by his widow until 1894, she dying aged ninety-two years and six months.

Clarence M. Zwisler attended the district schools and applied himself to agricultural jnirsuits. With the exception of a short time pa.«,«pd in Tallmadge Township, he has lived his life on his present farm in Springfield Township. In addition to farming he carries on a lucrative meat biisine.ss.

Mr. Zwisler married Minnie Rhodes, who is a daughter of P'rederick and Louisa (Reprogle) Rhodes. Her father was born in Pennsylvania, and her mother in Stark County. Mr. and Mrs. Zwisler have three interesting children : Esther L., who was born July 22, 1900: Milford, who was born August 4, 1903; and Herbert N., who was bom January 7, 1907.

JOHN L. CHAPMAN, president of the Tallmadge Township School Board and a prominent citizen of thLs section, resides on the old homestead farm of eighty-five acres and in the old brick residence which was built seventy-six years ago, all the material for its construction having been produced on the farm, with the exception of the lime. Mr. Chapman was born at Akron, Summit

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The Chapmfin family is of English extraction. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Chapman were John and Elizabeth (Burt) Chapman. They came to America with their children and settled at Oswego, New York, where both died. They had the following children : Kichard, who lived and died near Bloomfield, New York; Mary, who married John Rowe, lived and died at Oswego, New York: Margaret, who died unmarried, in New York; William, who died at Wilton, Wisconsin, in 1875; Susan, who survived her husband, William Merchant, who disapl>eared and was supposed to have been killed for a sum of money in his possession ; Charles, who died ait Oswego, and John. The sons all learned the milling business with their father and they ran the same mill, an old tide-water one, which had been in the possession of the family in Cornwall, England, for generations. As some families were farmers as far back as can be traced, the Chapmans were millers.

John Chapman, father of John L. Chapman, of Tallmadge, was born in Cornwall, England, in 1812, and was nineteen years of age when he left England, and with other members of his family, settled at Oswego, New York. Although little more than a boy in years, he had a good knowledge of his trade and found immediate employment in the flour mills of that place, where he remained until 1832, when he came to Akron. He was a pracitical mechanic, a natural one, and understood the wheelwright trade and ever\"thing concerning not only the operating but the consti-uction of mills and mill machinery. He came to Akron at first to start in operation the old stone mill, which was then being erected, but it had not been completed when he arrived, and he went to Middlebim' and worked some time for the firm of McNorton & Noble.

T\Tien the stone mill was completed, John Chapman took charge and he made the first flour ever ground in Akron proper, and continued to operate that mill for one year. In

1833 he returned to New York, and for one year operated a mill at Rochester and then came back to Akron, and for a sihort time resumed work at the stone mill. He was called to different points to superintend the building of mills and many of those scattered over Summit County, which, in their day, were valuable adjuncts to the comfort and convenience of se-ttlers, were either built by him or under his supervision. Mr. Chapman then bought a farm on which he lived for twenty-five years, and in 1872 he purchased the farm on which his widow and son still live.

In 1857 John -Chapman married Phoebe Budd, who still sur\-ives, and . they had six children: John, Nellie, Carrie, Cora, Alva and Charles, the latter two dying in infancy. John Chapman died in April, 1881, after a .<hort. illness, from pneumonia. His age was sixty-nine years and ten months. He was a man who commanded the respect of all who knew him.

The Budd family, of which Mrs. Chapman is a member, is an old one of the Empire State. Her grandfather, Underbill Budd, is on record as being a highly respected resident of Ithaca, New York, which city he left to accompany his son, Solomon Budd, to Ohio. He married Rebecca Townsend, and both he and wife died at Akron, Ohio. They had the following children: Debby Ann, who is deceased: John, who dded in New York; Solomon, the father of Mrs. Chapman ; Phebc, who married William B. Doyle; Hannah, who married Daniel Teeter, both died at .Tones%alle, Michigan ; Elizabeth, who married Charles Stetson, died at Cleveland, and Erastus, who died at Akron, aged twenty years.

Mrs. Phebe J. Chapman was born at Elmira. New York. June 15. 1838, and is a daughter of Solomon and Emmeline fJarvis) Budd. The father of Mrs. Chapman was bom in New York, July 4, 1813. and died at Akron, Ohio. May 21, 1891. His wife was born in New York, April IB, 1816, and died at Akron. May 1. 1883. He was a manufacturer of shingles, in the days when it was a hand indu.'^trs'. In 1839 he came tf) Ohio and lived for one year at Canal Fulton, then returned to the East for a year. la 1842 he came back to Ohio with his wife and they lived at Akron during tlie remainder of their lives.

1840, who died in childhood; Townsend C. born December 19, 1842, married Ellen Goodman, of Cleveland, and they reside at Akron ; William H., born November 10,

1841, died in childhood; Aurelia A., born January 3, 1846, who is the widow of Jacob Denaple, who died in 1889, and Julia E., born Ai)ril 18, 1848, who resides at Akron.

John L. Chapman, who bears his father's and gran df at her '.s name, lived in the city of Akron from his birth mitil 1872, when he removed with his parents to the present farm in Tallmadge Township. He was educated in the public schools of Akron, attended school in Tallmadge Township and spent several terms at Buchtel College, which institution he left in 1878.

Mr. Chapman engaged immediately in farming and hns made many improvements on the property. This farm is an old settled one, its first owner having be^n a pioneer named John Lane, who sold it to Samuel Keller, from whom John Chapman bought. It is good land and is favorably situated. Mr. Chapman raises grain, hay and potatoes and enough stock for his own use. He works along modern lines and meets with sittisfaetory results.

In June. 1901. Mr. Chapman was married to Emma Blackburn, who is a daughter of William T. and Mary (Hurst) Blackburn, of Berea, Ohio, William T. Blackburn was born at Kent and his wife at Ithaca, New Y'ork, and both are deceased, the mother dying in 1900, aged sixty-eight years, and (he father in 1904, at the age of seventy-eight years. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Chapman have one son. Earl, who was born September 9, 1905.

In political .sentiment. Mr. Chapman is a Kepublican and usually gives his support to candidates of thai parly, but in local matters occasionally votes for the man he feels is best qualified for the otRce. He is no seeker for political honors for himself, lias tastes lying in a different direction. He is connected with several fraternal organizations, belonging to Elm Grove Lodge, No. 501, Tallmadge, formerly of the Aetolia Lodge, Knights of Pythias. Apollo Lodge, No. 61, Akron, of the Odd Fellows, and to the Pathfinders. In 1904 he was elected a member of the School Board under the new law, for a term of four years, and is its president.

ZIMMERLY BROTHERS, the leading pork packers and dealers in choice meats, in Summit County, with a large retail establishment at Akron and a five-acre packing plant at Kenmore, have built up their business from a small beginning to the command of a market which covers all this section of Ohio. This success is a nionument to their business ability, clear foresight and unflagging industry. The firm of Zimmerly Brothers is made up of John, Jacob, Gottleib and Herman, all experts in the meat business. They were all born in Switzerland, and are sons of Samuel Zimmerly. who died in that land.

John Zimmerly, the eldest member of the firm, was born in 1855 and was fifteen years of age Avhen he came to Summit Countv. From 1874 until 1878, he lived at Wadsworth, coming to Akron in the latter year. Here he worked for twelve months at the harness V)usine.ss. and for the same length of time at the marble business. From then until 1891 he was in the employ of the Akron Iron Company, and in the year last mentioned became associated with his brothers in the establi.shing of the meat business which has grown to such large proportions. In 1905 John Zimmerly was married to Mrs. Augustus Reishler. He is a member of the German American club. With his brothers lie belong-s to the German Reformed Church.

Jacob Zimmerly, of Zimmerly Brothers, wholesale and retail pork packers and meat dealers, was born in 1863, and remained in Switzerland until he had completed his edu- cation. After reaching the United States he settled in Akron, and for seventeen years after was employed in the Buckeye Works, in the meanwhile hecoming interested with his brothers in the founding of their present business, to which for the past seven years he has devoted his exclusive attention. He belong-s to the German Reformed Church, as above intimated, while his social connections include a number of German societies.

In 1904, Herman Ziinmerly w^as married to Emma Brodt. The brothers are intere.sted also in tlie Depositors Savings Bank and the Akron Brewery Company.

The Zimmerly Bi-others' business, started in a small way, as above mentioned, .soon required additional buildings, and the brothers accordingly erected a brick struetxire 20 by 50 feet, two stories iri height, at No. 215 We*t Main Street, Akron. By 1904 the business had further increased to such an extent that the firm found it necessary to erect and equip a three-story brick building, 30 by 62 1-2 feet, at the same time adding a story to their former structure. This firm was the first in Akron to put in a refrigerating machine for the cooling of their meat. They own also five acres of land at Kenmore on which they have a pork-packing plant located, which is finely equipped, being installed with all modern appliances. The main building is of brick, 100 by 40 feet, and there are three refrigerating rooms attached. The thorough sanitary condition of all the surroundings ensures the wholcsomeness of the meat, which has an extensive sale all over this section. The firm slaughter 100 hogs a week and manufacture at least 3,000 pounds of Bolougna sausage. Their name i.* a .«atisfacfory guarantee of the quality and purity of their goods.

EDWIN SEEDHOUSE, pre^^ident and general manager of the Palls Rivet and Machine Company, of Cuyahoga Falls, one of its most important induf^tries, was bom at Birmingham, England, April 4, 1864, and is a son of .John and Mary (Cox) Seedhouse.

America in 1868, and settled at Wadsworth, Ohio, Avhere ho attended the public schools. He afterward became station agent for the Erie Railroad Company, at Sherman, where he .'served from 1884 to" 1887. Mr. Seedhouse was then sliipping clerk for the Akron Iron Company, holding that position for two years and then becoming salesman for the branch of this company, at Boston, Ma.ssachusetts, where he remained until 1892. He occupied the same position in New York, for the New York branch, from 1892 until 1893. His return to Akron was in the capacity of contracting agent for the same concern, but in 1897 he severed his relations with the above company, as it had been affected by the prevailing business depres.?ion, and went to New York as general ea.stern manager for the Falls Rivet and Machinery Company, where he continued until 1903. Then returning to Ohio, he became president and general manager of the Falls Rivet and Machine Company, which was organized May 16, 1903. Tt succeeded the old Falls Rivet and Machinery Company, that had been in existence for thirty years. The business was incorporated by the present board of directors - Edwin Seedhouse, Charles H. Wells and Theophilus King. This concern is one of the largest of its kind in the whole country. One plant is located at Cuyahoga Falls, where it covers four acres, with its own foundry and buildings of two, three and four .stories in height, where employment is given 250 men. Power is tran.smitted from the falls to the other plant, which is located at Kent, where employment is afforded 150 men. The product - rivets and bolts - are sold all over the wortd. The management of this large industry requires the handling of a large amount of capital and the exercise of rare business capacity. In addition to his interests connected -n-ith the above business. Mr. Seedhouse is vice president of the Cuyahoga Falls Savings Bank.

Mr. Seedhouse married T.ucy M. Miller, who is a daughter of Jacob TT. Miller, of Norton Township, and their one child. Edna A., is decoa.^ed. Both ^fr. and Mrs. Seed- house ai'e laenibers of Trinity Lutheraxi Church, and he belongs to the Church Council and to the Music Committee, of which he is chairman. The family home of Mr. Seedhouse is a handsome residence situated on North Hill, Akron. He is a member of the Portage Country club. Mr. Seedhouse has been the architect of his own fortune. His parents returned to England when he was seven years of age, and the death of his mother following, he was reared by an uncle, and after maturity practically made his own way in the world.

JOHN W. BRADY, who has resided m Tallmadge Township for many yeare and has lived on his present place for a half century, was born in Oi'ange County, New York, on the Hudson River, in December, 1831, and is a son of James and Elizabeth Brady.

The father of Mr. Brady was born in the north of Ireland, and the mother was born in Scotland. They were married in America and they had four children: Bennett, James, Elizabeth and John W. About 1850, James Brady went from Albany, New York, to St. Louis, by way of the Erie Canal, the trip consuming six weeks, including visits to Cleveland, Cincinnati and East St. Louis. He remained at the latter point, where he bought 100 acres of land and engaged in gardening. From there he removed to Jonesboro, Illinois, where he bought a half section and made a business of raising peaches for a time, but later sold this land, the timber having been bought by the railroads, and moved then to Hamilton County, Ohio. The wife of James Brady died in Illinois, and he died in Hamilton County, Ohio.

John W. Brady is the only survivor of his parents' family. He came to Akron prior to the Civil War, and worked at his trade of stone-mason until after his marriage in 1862, when he went to Pitt.sburg, where he was an employe of Andrew Carnegie for a time, and then returned to Akron. He served as a member of Company E, 50th Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under General Hayes, and remained in the service until after the battle uf Fort Donelson, in which he was severely injured. Owing to the disability thus caused, he was honorably discharged. He returned to Akron and purchased his present place on which he has lived for tifty years.

In 1862, Mr. Brady was married to Ellen O'Neill, who died March 21, 1907. She was a daughter of John O'Neill. They had the following children ; John, who died in the far West; Lois, who is deceased; Chai'les; Grace, who married Ernest Crouse, resides at Massillon ; and Bennett and Agnes, both of \vhom are deceased.

In political sentiment, Mr. Brady is a Republican. Among his many interesting reminiscences of the past, he recalls the time when the C. A. & C. 'Railroad was the only transportation line that entererd Akron.

HIRAM F. KREIGHBAUM, sole owner of the Barberton Artificial Stone Company, and the People's Coal and Feed Company, at Barberton, was born in Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, November 29, 1850, and is a son of Levi and Nancy (Gayman) Kreighbaum.

The father of Mr. Kreighbaum was also born in Green Township and both paternal and maternal grandparents settled there at an early day, when they came west from Pennsylvania. They were all people of solid character, honest and industrious and their descendants have been noted for the same virtues they possessed. They did much to hasten the development of the agricultural regions in the vicinity of Barberton.

Hiram F. Kreighbaum attended the district school and helped on the home farm until h-e was fifteen years of age, when he learned the carpenter trade, and it is estimated that during the time he worked at the same he built a larger number of bank barns than any man in the town,«hip. They still stand strong and true to line and compass, testifying silently to Mr. Kreighbaum's mechanical .'^kill. He settled on his present home place in 1875 and for a number of years followed contracting. In August, 1905, he purchased the People's Coal and Feed yard, which had been the property of Mr. McDowell, aud has made a iuccesa of thii business. Since the spring of iyU4 he has been manufacturing artilicial stone, and he has built up a very large and important industry.

ill l.b(4, -ur. Kreighbaum was married to Ann Louisa SlioUey, who was born in Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Emanuel Sholly, vvho, with his wife, was born in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mi-s. Kreighbaum have four children, namely: John Wesley, residing at Barberton, a contractor and builder; Louis Franklin, residing at Reno, Nevada, a cigannaker; Amos, residing at Elyria, Ohio; and Harry, who works as a carpenter for his eldest brother. Mr. Kreighbaum's sons are all practical, successful business men. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

A. S. GREENBAUM, proprietor of the Greenbaum Foreign Exchange Bank and Steamship Agency, and a large real estate dealer, at Bai'berton, is one of the leading capitalists of the town and one of its enterprising and progressive business men. Mr. Greenbaum was born October 14, 1877, in Austria-Hungary, where his parents still reside.

The story of Mr. Grenbaum's life is one of unusual interest, proving as it does, the intrinsic value of personal effort, for he has climbed from almost penurj' to affluence entirely through his own efforts and by steps which are everywhere recognized as entirely honorable. The old home in Hungary was a huinljle one and its resources so scant, that when the lonely boy was able to earn fifty cents a day, in a foreign land, he brought his own expenses down to five cente a day so that he could send the balance to help eke out the small amount his father was able to make by conducting a little store. He was about fourteen years of age when he left home, being the eldest of the family, and came to America, relying on himself to make his way in a country the language of which was even unknown to him. The courage of vouth is sometimes sublime.

It was at Pittsburg that Mr. Greenbaum was able to find his first steady employment, but he desired to get farther west and after securing the means, he went to Akron, where he was engaged in the clothing house of Henry Krouse. His education, thus far, had been neglected, but he soon remedied this, attending night school and devoting every spare moment to study. Thus he not only educated himself in literature, but also in law and has practiced in the local courts for some years. While at Akron, his knowledge of different German dialects made him valuable as an interpreter. At present Mr. Greenbaum has command of six languages without including English, namely: Hungarian, German, Slavish, Croatian, Servian and Krainer. He continued to reside at Akron and be connected with clothing interests in that city until 1900, w'hen he came to Barberton, where he is, as above stated, a prominent and influential business man.

Mr. Greenbaum is a very valuable assistant to his fellow-countrymen in their purchases of real estate, giving them legal advice and watching their investments, and there are now more than 200 foreign-born settlers in Summit County, who own their farms and homes through Mr. Greenbaum's agency. Mr. Greenbaum recognized how easy it w-as for even hard-working people to spend their raonej' carelessly and heedlessly, and it has been his aim to show these how a small investment will result in later independence.

On October 16, 1901, Mr. Greenbaum was married to Minnie Fuerst, who is a daughter of M. W. Fuerst, one of the pioneers of Akron. Mr. Greenbaum is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He has served as a member of the Barberton Humane Society, having been one of its organizers. In a contest recently held by the Akron Beacon-Journal, the prize of a handsome gold watch was awarded to Mr. Greenbaum, as tlie most popular man of Barberton.

WALTER C. HOLLINGER, secretary and treasurer of the HoUinger Company, at Barberton, which does a general real estate, investment, loan, collection and insurance business, has his ottices at No. 209 North Second Street. Walter C. Hollinger was born May 30, lyGo, at Clinton, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of David D. and Mary N. (Housman) Hollinger.

David Hollinger, father of Walter C, resides on the farm on which both he and his father, Jacob Hollinger, were born, in Franklin Township, Summit County, Ohio, the latter's father having been a pioneer from Pennsylvania. He took up 640 acres of government land and part of this property is now owned by his son, David D. Hollinger. It was bought for $1.25 an acre, but it would take a large amount of money to purchase it now. The mother of Walter C. Hollinger was also born in Franklin Township, and is a daughter of Jacob Ilousman, who was a native of Pennsylvania and an early settler in Summit County. The three children of David D. tlollinger and wife are : Walter 0. ; Lloyd Jacob, residing on the home farm ; and Charles A., residing on a farm in Franklin Township.

Walter C. Hollinger was reared on his father's farm and attended the district schools of the neighborhood. He was about eighteen years of age when he began to teach school and for ten years spent his winters in teaching and his summers in farming. In January, 1S94, he left the educational field to accept an appointment as deputy .-sheriff vuider Sheriff Griffin, but returned to teaching after serving in that office for two years, but was subsequently reappointed deputy .sheriff and served under Sheriff Fn\nk G. Kelly, for four years. Mr. Hollinger then entered the Guardian Savings Bank at Akron, as bookkeeper, and upon the consolidation of that bank with the Ci'ntral Savings and Trust Company, he came to Barberton, and when the Hollinger Company was organized he wxis elected to his present position. This company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio, in 1904. with a capital stock of $10,000, its officer,> being; H. M. Hollinger, of Akron, jiresident ; C. A. Brouse, of Akron, vice president, and Walter C. Hollinger, secretary and treasurer. The board of directors is made up of tlie following leading men : Fred J. Steinert, of Akron, H. M. Hollinger, of Akron, Thomas Cleinenger, of Akron, Walter C. Hollinger, of Barberton, L, N, Oberlin, of Clinton, Ohio, and C, A, Brouse, of Akron. The companv's books were open for business on September 14, 1904.

On July 11, 1907, Mr. Hollinger was united in marriage with Cora E. Grove, a native of Franklin Township, Summit County. Mrs. Hollinger taught school in Summit County for a period of fourteen years, seven of which was in the public schools of Barberton. Mr. Hollinger has many pleasant social connections at Barberton, and he is fraternally associated with the Elks and the Odd Fellows.

MTLLIAM II. LAHR, one of Norton Township's prominent citizens, and the owner and operator of ninety-three acres of excellent farming land, situated on the Wadsworth road, about one-quarter of a mile west of Norton Centre, was born April 16, 1850, on his present farm in Summit County, Ohio, and IS a son of Jolm and Mary Margaret (Miller) Lahr.

John Lahr, who was a son of John Lahr, Sr., was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and came to Norton Township in 1.S45 wlien a young man of twenty-three years. After his marriage for four years he resided at Norton Centre and then removed to the present farm of William H. Lahr, where his death occurred January 21. 1897. In 1846 John Lahr was married to Mary Margaret Miller, who was born October 19, 1825, in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of John and Susan (Bauer) Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Miller had come to Summit County, Ohio, in 1853, with a party of fifty people, but eight of whom are now living, and settled on the farm now owned by Samuel Miller, Mrs. Lahr's brother. Mrs. Lahr still survives, and makes her home with her son, and although having reached ad- vaoced years, her nieinorj- is excellent and she is well preserved both in body and mind. She has been a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Loyal Oak ever since its establishment, her father having assisted in the erection of the church building. To Mr. and Mrs. John Lahr there were born three children : Lucinda Elizabeth, who married Daniel Everhard, died in 1874; and Jonas Franklin and William H., twins, the former of whom died at the age of two years.

William H. Lahr was educated in the schools of his native section and was reared to agricultural pursuits, which he has carried on all of his mature life. Since 1904, he has lived more or less retired from the active duties of the farm, but he still takes an earnest interest in its improvement. In addition to two fine residences, there is a substantial barn on thi-^ propertv, which was built by Mr. Lahr in 1868.

On December 1, 1870, Mr. Lahr was married to Sarah J. Lerch, who is a daughter of Peter Lerch, and to this union there were born two children : Charles H., and Aletta Pearl. Charles 11. is a graduate of the Hammel Business College, at Akron, and is auditor of the Northern Ohio Traction Company. He married Lizzie Sieger. Aletta Pearl is the wife of Carman Mj'ers, and they have one child, William A.

DANIEL O'MARR, general contractor, and one of the best-known citizens of Akron, has been a resident of this city since 1881 and has been closely identified with its material upbuilding. He was born at Cleveland, in 1849, but was reared at Independence, Ohio, where he learned the brick- and stone-mason's trade.

Mr. O'Marr ha.s been interested in the stone business all his active life, with the exce])tion of his school days and the period up to seventeen years when he worked on a farm, and even during that time he did some work in the stone quarries. Later he acquired an interest in the stone quarries at Independence and Clinton, Ohio, and opened up several quarries of his own, continuing in the quarry business for about fifteen years, at those points. He came to Akron, in 1881, and wa.s engaged as foreman of the repair work in the stone construction of the Ohio Canal from Cleveland to Clinton, for three years, and since closing that contract has been occupied with general contracting. His substantial work may be seen in all parts of the city, his first structure being the big cereal mill on Howard Street, following which he built the foundation of the High School Building, and then erected the Baker-Mc- Millan Building, the National Citv Bank Building, the Gas Works of the Sixth Ward, a part of the Buckeye "Works, a part of Adamson's foundry, five buildings, for the Goodrich plant, and many others. For the past seventeen years he has also been engaged in street paving and has put down many miles of it in Akron, He estimates his present contracts as worth $30,000. He has always been and still continues to be one of the busiest of busy men and has built up a reputation for thorough work and prompt service second to no contractor in this section,

Mr. O'Marr was first married in 1873, to Mary Conners, who died in the fall of 1882. The four children of that marriage were: Jessie, deceased; Minnie, who married a Mr. Connelly, residing at Chicago, Illinois; Maud, who married Je&«e Jackson, residing at Buffalo, New York; and William, a resident of Olio, New York, Mr. O'ilarr married, second, Kate Glennon, and they have three children : John, Paul and Elinor. With his family, Mr. O'Marr belongs to St. Vincent's Catholic Church. He takes a good citizen'.s interest in politics and was appointed sanitary officer, but found the pre-ss of private bu.siness too heavy and be resigned tlie office.

JONAS BAUER, general farmer and successful grower of small fruit, who resides on his fertile farm of fifty-five acres, which adjoins the Medina County line on the west, has been a resident of Norton Township since 1882. He was born in a section that has .sent manv excellent citizens to Summit

Jonas Bauer was reared on his father's farm and remained in Pennsylvania for ten years succeeding his marriage, when he came to Summit County aud rented farms in Norton Township until 1895, when he purchased his present place.

Mr. Bauer was married in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, to Amanda Oplinger, who is a daughter of Daniel and Catherine (RaiJt) Ojalinger. She was reared near Mr. Bauer's former home. To this marriage four children have been born, three sons and one daughter, namely : Owen, who is employed at Akron; Marcus, residing at Lafayette, Indiana, who married Grace Bryan; Oliver; and Minnie, who married Earl llarter.

J. A. GEHRES, surveyor of Summit County, has been identified with this branch of the public service since 1884. He was born at Marshallville, Wayne County, Ohio, October 2, 1861. After completing his education, he taught school at Marshallville up to 1882. During 1882-83 he was enrolled as a student at the O. S. U. College of Columbus, Ohio. He entered the surveyor's office as deputy, in 1884. From 1892 imtil 1893, Mr. Gehres was engaged for the State in surveying the State i-ivers and canals, and for two years was engaged in platting for the city. With the excc]ition of these periods of special work, he has been occupied for the past eleveii years as county .surveyor. He was trained to the work in the Ohio State University, and with his public contract and extensive outside demands, has his time very fully occupied. In addition to his engineering and surveying he is interested in a number of the successful business enterprises of Akron, being a stockholder in .several and one of the officials in the German-American Building and Loan Association. In 1888 Mr. Gehres was married to JcnTiie M. Ilartoncr. He is a member

HARVEY A. SPARHAWK, whose sterling qualities and useful life made him a leading citizen of Tallmadge Township, was born in Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio, July 25, 1844, and died in 1896, on the farm of 138 26-100 acres, in Tallmadge Township, on which he had lived from the age of fourteen years. Ilis parents were Henry G. and Lucy (Baker) Sparhawk.

The Sparhawk family is of New England origin and was established in Ohio by the father of Harvey A. Sparhawk, who brought his family from Vermont. Henry G. Sparhawk came to Norton Township on horseback, his possessions consisting of his saddle bags and an ax. He took up land in Norton Township which he cleared and developed and which is now known as the Jacob Bowers farm. He married Lucy Baker and of their large family five reached maturity, namely: Lucy, who married Rev. Henry Brown, residing at East Ninety-eight Street. Cleveland; Harvey A., who is dece'ased; Hattie, twin of Harvey A., who married Rev. Newton Brown, residing at Elliott, Maine; Melanchthon. who married Phebe Beebe, residing at Columbus, Nebraska ; and Martha, unmarried, residing at Columbus, Nebraska. Henry G. Sparhawk acquired the present home farm in Tallmadge Township about fifty years ago. and he died on it in 1870, at the age of sixty years. His widow died at Ol^erlin, Ohio.

Harvey A. Sparhawk received his education in the public schools and subsequently attended school at Adrian, Michigan. He was fourteen years old when his father settled on the present family estate, and he continued to reside on it, managing and improving it, until the time of his death. He was a man of high character and was regarded with respect and esteem hv his fellow-citizens. He lielonged to Apollo Lodge. No. 51. Odd Fellows, at East Akron, and to Tallmadge Lodge of Knights of Pvthins, and wa- also a member of Tall-

In 1870 Harvey A. Sparhawk was married to Emma Wolf, who is a daughter of Aaron and Catherine Wolf. Mrs. Sparhawk was born in Pennsylvania and accompanied her parents when they moved finst, to Maryland, and later to Tallmadge, Summit County. They had the following children : Arthur, William, Frank 0., Mary Arvilla, Howard H., Ira, Elmer, and an infant, the two last named being deceased.

Arthur Sparhawk was born April 1, 1872. He attended the schools of Tallmadge Township and later took a course in Hammel's Business College, and still later spent a short time at Buchtel College. He is successfully engaged in farming. William Sparhawk was born February 20, 1874, and from the public schools entered the Ohio State University at Columbus, and is now a resident of Cleveland, where he is employed as a meat inspector for the Government. He married Lulu Arbogast and they have three children : Theoron, Mildred and Evaline. Frank 0. Sparhawk was born February 27, 1876. He first attended the public schools of Tallmadge Township and then took a course in Forestry, at the University of Colorado, and is in the employe of the Government as forest ranger and owns a section of land at Rongis, Wyoming. Mary Arvilla Sparhawk was born May 29, 1880, and married Herman T. Schlegle, of East Akron, who is the general manager of the Akron Fertilizer Company. They have one child, Harold Howard. Dr. Howard H. Sparhawk was born March 19, 1885, in the old family home in Tallmadge Town.ship and attended first the local schools and later the public schools of Akron. He then entered the Ohio State University and wa« graduated in the class of 1907, in the department of veterinary medicine. Ira Sparhawk was born July 24. 1886, was educated in the public school* of Tallmadge Township and later the common and High School at Akron. The mother of this family resides on the homestead. She is a valued member of the Congregational Church, and a lady who is highly esteemed for her many womanly qualities. The whole family ranks very high among the representative people of Tallmadge Township.

ROSWELL HOPKINS, residing on his valuable farm of 100 acres,' which is situated in Bath Township, owns a second farm of 156 acres, in the same township, and in addition to farming, has been interested in the lumber business since boyhood. Mr. Hopkins was born in the house in which he resides, Summit County, Ohio, in 1872, and is a son of Roswell and Emily (Briggs) (Case) Hopkins.

The grandparents of Mr. Hopkins, Isaac and Susannah (Harrison) Hopkins, were natives of Connecticut, from whence they moved to the State of New York, and removed from there to Summit Comity, Ohio, locating in Bath Township, September 10, 1814, where the grandfather later bought a farm on which they lived the rest of their lives. Roswell Hopkins, Sr., was born in Bath Township, and resided here until his death. In 1860 he went into the lumber business, in partnership with William Barker, .and they operated a sawmill and bending works. Mr. Hopkins sold his interest at a later date and commenced to operate the sawmill near Ghent, which his son still conducts, this old mill having been in use over seventy-five years. He married Mrs. Emily (Briggs) Case, who is also deceased.

Roswell Hopkins, son of Roswell, was reared on the home property, and ever since leaving school he has been engaged in the lumber busines.-s. In 1905 he bought the planing mill and lumber interests of former Sheriff Barker, and moved the mill to its present location on his own land, one mile west of Ghent. Here he has large lumber yards and does a great amount of business.

Mr. Hopkins married Ossie Pierson and they have seven children, namely: Cecil, Ruth, Helen, Anna, Paul, .Juanita, and Howard. Mr. Hopkins is one of the leadinig citizens of his community and is interested in all that i^LTtaiiis to its \\olfare. He is a member of the township Board of Education. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and the Maccabees.

LEVI ALLEN, formerly for many years a well-known and highly respected citizen of Akron, and a worthy repreisentative of several of the old and honored families, not only of this section of Ohio, but also of New^ England, was born February 10, 1799, in Tompkins County, New York, and was a. .son of Jesse and Catherine (Fiethrick) Allen.

Jesse Allen, father of Levi, was born at Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, in 1770. He Avas still in young manhood when he went to Tompkins County, New York, where he was married, in 1797, to Catherine Fiethrick, who was born at Trenton, New Jersey, in 177B, of Holland ancestry. Jesse Allen followed farming and shoemakmg until July, 1811, when he came to Ohio, traveling in a covered wagon and bringing along cattle and sheep with which tq stock the new farm in the wilderness. He bought land in Coventry Township. Summit County, and here developed a valuable farm on which he died September 12, 1837. He served in the War of 1812 under Maj. Miner Spicer. He was a consistent member of the Baptist Church, and in the early days, when the visits of the pioneer preachers were neces.sarily few and far between, he opened his log house to his neighbors and kept religious feeling alive. His ten children were: Jonah, deceased, whose wife was Cynthia Spicer ; Levi ; David, who married Beulah Jones ; Jacob, who married Catherine Van Sickle; John; Jesse; Catherine, who married Mills Thompson; Sarah, who married James M. Hale: Hiram; and Christiana, who married Charles Caldwell.

Levi Allen was just twelve years old when his parents and other relatives came to Summit County, Ohio, and in the exodus from the Eastern home it fell to his lot to drive cattle and .sheep over the long route. LTntil his majority he remained assisting his father.

but when his own marriage took place or was in contemplation, he purchased land of his own in Coventry Township, on which he resided vuitil 18(38, when he retired to Akron, where the rest of his life was passed, his death occurring May 11, 1887.

On December 10, 182:1 Levi Allen was married to Phebe Spicer, who was a daughter of Major Miner and Cynthia (AUyn) Spicer, and who died January 10, 1879. Major Miner Spicer was born May 29, 1776, and in 1798 married Cynthia Allyn, who died September 10, 1828. In the following year he was married (second) to Mrs. Hannah (Allyn) Williams, a sister of his first wife and the widow of Barnabas Williams. Major Spicer served as a commander of militia during the War of 1812. He came to Summit County prospecting, in 1810, bought 260 acres of land in Portage Township and established his family on it in 1811. He was a prominent man in all the affairs of Portage Township, and died September 11, 1855.

The mother of Mrs. Levi Allen was a daughter of Ephraim and Temperance (Morgan) Allyn, the latter of whom was a daughter of Captain William and Temperance (Avery) Morgan. These are old New England families of Welsh extraction. Captain William Morgan was a son of William and Mary (Axery) Morgan, the former of whom was a son of John and Elizabeth (Jone.s) Morgan, the latter of whom was a daughter of Lieutenant Governor Jones, who was governor of the New Haven Colony. The Morgans, also of Wales, were Puritans and from this same family came Edward D. Morgan, who became governor of the State of New York. Temperance .Vvery, wife of Captain Williain Morgan, was a daughter of Colonel Christ o- ]iher and Prudence (Payson) .\very, and a granddaughter of James and Dcburali (Stellyon) Avery. Ca])tain William Morgan served \mder Colonel Parsons dvn-ing several years of the Revolutionary AVar.

George Paul

GEORGE PAUL, for many years a prominent citizen of Cuyaihoga Falls, and probably the most able civil engineer who ever claimed this section as his home, was born at Cuyahoga Falls, Summit Countv, Ohio, September 8, 1837, and died January 9, 1900. His parents were Hosea and Ellen (Gamber) Paul. He was educated in the common and High schools of his native place, and in 1857 began to learn the machinist's trade. With him this natural leaning developed into something very nearly approaching genius. Going east he worked at his trade in early manhood at Boston and at Brooklyn, New York, in the meantime devoting his evenings and leisure time to the study of civil engineering, under a private tutor. When the Civil War broke out he was working as a machinist at Wilmington, Delaware, and in 1862 he enli.sted in the Federal navy, as an engineer. For three years he sensed in the South Atlantic squadron under Admiral Dupont, and was attached to the "Nahant," the "Sonama," and to other monitors. At the close of the war he came back to Cuyalioga Falls, and in 1867 purchased a small shop, which, however, he carried on but a short time, his subsequent work being all in the line of 'civil engineering. In 1871 he went to Waterloo, Iowa, where he designed the magnificent bridge across the Cedar River, which is 600 feet long and one of the largest in the country. Long before this he planned the first stoam canal boat that plied on the Ohio Canal. After the filling of his contract for the above mentioned bridge. Mv. Paul had many professional calls in Iowa, and did the surveying for a projected narrow-guage railroad running north from Waterloo. Later he was engaged in laying the .grade of a road projected from Marion, Ohio, to Chicago, but this work was stopped on account of the panic of 1873. At this time Mr. Paul was residing at Kenton, Ohio, from which city he again returned to Cuyahoga Falls, where for many years he was engaged in the practice of his profession, frequently being identified with notable feats of engineering. At the time of his death. January 9,

1900, ho had full charge of the work of constructing the Akron, Bedford and Cleveland Railroad. He died just as he would have wished, still with full mental powers, and at the head of a work of great importance. His death left a void in his profession at it did in the family and social circles. For six years he had been a m-ei^iber of the State Board of Public Works, and one of its most valued advisors.

On May 18, 1871, Mr. Paul was married to Olive A. Babcock, a member of an old Colonial family. She was bom at Cuyahoga Falls May 21, 1842, and is a daughter of Austin and Eliza (Taylor) Babcock, and a granddaughter of Chester Babcock, who was born June 9, 1781, and who lived and died at Tolland, Connecticut.

Austin Babcock was born at Tolland, Connecticut, October 28, 1810, and died in 1876. He married Eliza Taylor, who was born at Lee, Massachusetts, December 28, 1809, and who died in September, 1890. They had two children, Erskine L., residing at Springfield, Ohio, at time of his death, in June, 1907, and Olive A., who is the widow of George Paul. Both parents were members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. In boyhood, Austin Babcock learned the trades of papermalving and mill constniction. He came to Cuyahoga Falls in 1835, and was employed in the paper mill at this place for a number of years. In 1850 he made a trip to California, mainly for the benefit of his hesilth, and came back three years later much improved. Subsequently he became a member of the firm of J. M. Smith & Company, paper manufacturers, the firm later becoming Harrison, Hanford & Company. On this company's mills being burned he assisted in rebuilding them. At a still later date he and his son, Erskine, started into business as builders, and in connection with their 1)uilding operations, they conducted a planing mill. In the course of time he, with his son and several other business men, converted the planing mill into a rivet factory, and this was the first firm to manufacture riA'eta here. The old building is ."till utilized as a part of the present plant at Cuyahoga Falls. This was Mr. Babcock's last business connection, and he wa^ associated with these works at the time of his death. In early life he was a Whig, but later became identified with the Republicans.

Politically, Mr. Paul was a Republican, taking the interest of a ^ood citizen in public affairs. He always enjoyed his connection with Eddy Post, No. 137, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he was past commander. Mrs. Paul prizes very highly a number of historic relics which Mr. Paul gathered while in the service of liis country and not the least of these is a quaint little ginger jar that was picked up at Fort Sumter on the day after it was evacuated. Mr. Paul was a imember of Star Lodge, No. 187, F. & A. M., Cuyahoga Falls. Mrs. Paul is a member of the Congregational Church of this city, of which Mr. Paul was an attendant. He was a man of great mental equipment, brofld-minded in his views, and eharitable in thought, word and action.

H. G. MOON, one of Akron's retired capitalists and leading citizens, was born November 12, 1830, in Oswego County, New York, and is a son of Silas and Mary (Russell) Moon. His parents came to Northampton Town.ship, Summit County, about 1831, crossing the lakes and traveling by way of the canal to Old Portage. Their last years were spent with their el(lf'.-<t son, William Moon, in Wisconsin.

Circumstances in Mr. Moons family in his boyhood made it neces.«ary for each member to contribute to his own support, and the first effort of the suljject of this .<ketch in this direction was working as a chore boy. lie learned the carpenter's trade and in following this, visited many different points, Vjut for years his industrial activities found 'their scope in Akron.

Mr. Moon was married, first, July 16, 1853, to Fanny Cochran, who died in 1886, leaving two children, Mary E. and Alfred H. Mary E. was married (first) to Charles Pettit, and some years after his death became the wife of William tiammond. Alfred H. resides in Portage County and is engaged in farming. Mr. Mooii was married, second, June 15, 1888, to Eveline W. Mallison, who was born and reared at Akron. She is a daughter of the late Albert G. Mallison, once one of Akron's most prominent men. lie came to Summit County as a civil engineer, in 1832, and did the greater part of the surveying and platting of a large part of that section of Akron which is now most closely built, notably Market and Howard Streets. The family has been one of much prominence in the city's social life. Since retiring from business, Mr. Moon has taken much pleasure in travel and for four winters he and wife have enjoyed the genial climate of California.

DANIEL VOGT, an honorable, upright citizen of TallHiadge Township, who is successfully engaged in mixed farming on his valuable land consisting of eighty-one fertile acres, was born in Rheinish Bavaria, Germany, August 8, 1836. His parents were John and Margaret (Selzer) Vogt.

The grandparents of Mr. Vogt were Daniel and Christiana (Hass) Vogt, and their whole live.? were passed in Germany. The grandfather was a man of some consequence, being postmaster of his native town for many years. He had two sons and three daughters. The Vogts came originally from Holland, probably Daniel and his four brothers, and settled in the town of Freinsheim, in the province of Rhine Phals, Germany, where they became soldiers in the army, orje of them being formerly a guard to the king of Holland. He was embroiled in some trouble with another guard, which caused hi« leaving bis native land, and he subsequently entered the English army. One of the other brothers entered the Pnis.^ian army, where he was given charge of the commissary department and was killed while on duty. A third brother was an expert swordsman and was a teacher of fencing.

which belonged to the family for generations, at Frein.sheiin. He married a lady named More. The Selzer children were: Franz, George and Peter, sons; and the daughters were: Catherine, who married Jacob Baker, lived and died in Germany; Mrs. Barth; Mrs. Pleppihe, who came to America and in 1846 lived in Philadelphia; and Margaret, who became the mother of Daniel \'ogt. The sons of Franz Selzer were bringing their parents to America, when he died on board the vessel and hi.-i widow died later at Cleveland.

Both parents of Daniel Vogt were born in Bavaria, Germany. The}' left their native land and came to North Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio, March 28, 1852, where they jnirchased twenty acres of land of Robert and .John Gilchrist, and they resided on this until death. The father lies buried in Springfield Township and the mother at Akron. To John and Margaret Vogt were born four sons and one daughter, all natives of Germany, as follows: Daniel; Plenry, who has had charge of the city parks of Akron for the past twenty-five years, married Lovina AV alters, of Clinton, Ohio; Christina, who married John Hebert, a carriage manufacturer of Akron ; George, who was a victim of consumption, was a brave soldier during the Civil AVar, later an employe of the Collins & Fell carriage factory at Akron, married Miss Cvishman and left a son, Irvin, who has served as a member of the city council of Akron ; and Christian, who is a retired citizen of South Akron was formerly interested in carriage manufacturing. He married Mary McDonald.

Daniel Vogt was sixteen years of age when his parents came to America and he continued to reside in Springfield Township until he enlisted, in 1864, for service in the Civil War. Prior to this he had joined a company of military called the Home Guards, and in 1864 the Governor of Ohio called the men out for a service of 100 days. The mustering in was done at Cleveland, and the full quota of the 164th Regiment was filled out with a Tifiln company, after which the regiment was sent to Fort Cochran, later to Fort Woodbury, and when the term of service wa^ over, returned to Cleveland to be mustered out.

After his return from the army, Mr. Vogt resumed his business of weighing coal, on the farm which he now owns. The coal mine was the property of Dr. Amos Wright and James Chamberlin, and he was coal weigher here for fifteen years. In 1864 he purchased forty acres of his land from Mr. Chamberlin, thirty-five acres from Park Alexander at a later period, and now owns a total of eighty-one acres. He is justly proud of the fact that he has earned all he has through his own efforts, never having inherited a dollar from any one. He has made about all the improvements on his property, taking a great interest in its condition and appearance. In the spring of 1886 he built a fine modern residence containing nine rooms with slate roof, double siding and all of first-cla.ss material. It cost him $3,000, and could not be replaced now for $4,000. Its furnishings are tasteful and comfortable and it stands as one of the most attractive and desirable homes of the township.

In 1860 Mr. \"ogt was married to Mary Hebert, who is a daughter of John and Catherine (Kinne) Hebert, both of whom were !)orn in Germany. The father was a blacksmith by trade. In 1856 he came to America and located first in Coventry Township and then moved to Massillon, where he bought a flour mill, and both he and wife lived there until death, John Hebert dying in 1868, aged sixty-five years and his widow at the age of eighty-five.

Mr. and Mrs. Vogt have had six children : William H., who was horn in March, 1861, h.os been married twice, first to Metta Fenn, daughter of F. F. and Julia (Treat) Fenn. They had one son, Lewis, who married Lois Johnson, daughter of Park Johnson, and they have one son, Mr. Vogt's great-grandson. Charles Vogt, the second son, married (first) Alice Honiwell, who died without i.ssue. He married (second) Mrs. Duncan. He is a traveling salesman for the Standard "\''arnish Company and is manager of the business at Toronto, Canada. Edward Vogt. the third son, is a carpenter by trade. He married Elizabeth Seizor, vvlio is a daugliter of Lewis Selzer, and tliey have one son, Clarence. Their home is at Cleveland. Ella, Mr. ^'ogt's eldest daugliter, married Frank Bear, of the lumber firm of Bear & Collier of Canal Dover. Louisa, the second daughter, married Frederick Ellet, and they have two children, Earl and Maud. Clara, the third daughter of Mr. Vogt, married William Kenwood, a builder and contractor of Columbus.

Mr. Vogt was reared in the Protestant Reformed Church of Germany and all of his brothers are members of the German Reformed Church at the present time. Mr. Vogt, however, united with the Presbyterian Church and is one of the liberal supporters of the same at Tallmadge. He belongs to Buckley Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Akron, and enjoys talking over old times and joining in the various reunions of the veterans of the Civil War. In politics he has been identified with the Democratic party ever since he reached maturity and invariably supports its candidates. He is no seeker for political honors but takes a good citizen's interest in the election of responsible men who will carry out the laws of the land. Personally, Mr. Vogt is held in high esteem by those who have known him for many years.

L. C. KOPLIN, who is superintendent of the factory department of The Thomas Phillips Company, manufacturers of bags, has been identified with this firm since he was seventeen years of age, working up from a humble position to one of importance. He was born April 11, 1869, in Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio, a member of an old family of that region. His father, .Joel C. Koplin, now a resident of Akron, was also born in the old Koplin homestead in Norton Township.