Summit County, Ohio - Chapter 20: Statistics, 1908 (part 18 of 27)

The children born to William and Abigail Bierce were the following: Lueretia. who was born July 30, 1787, died March 10, 1847, and became the mother of Judge Robert F. Paine, of Cleveland; Hannah, who was born March 2, 1789, married Jeremiah Fuller and died at Nelson, Portage County, where they lived; Columbus, who was born at Litchfield, Connecticut, March 8, 1791, became a physician, and moved to Athens, Ohio, and later to Circleville, in Pickaway County, where he died; William, father of Lucius V., was born in Connecticut, in 1793 ; Lucinda, who was born December 20, 1796, married Dr. Hopkins, of Nelson, Ohio, where she died ; Marcus Aurelius, who was born in Litchfield County, Connecticut, August 16, 1799, settled at Nelson, Portage County, Ohio, where he was a merchant, but died in Indiana, and is survived by a son, Ambrose Bierce, who is an author, and Lucius V., who became so prominent in military life and so distinguished a citizen of Ohio.

General Bierce was bom in the family home at Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, August 4, 1801, from which place he moved to Athens, Ohio, where he entered the Ohio University, from which he was graduated September 11, 1822. He then went to the South, starting for South Carolina, October 9, 1822, carrying his grip-sack in which, along with his clothing and small necessities, he had a splendid letter of indorsement to Robert J. Fennel, a lawyer at Yorkville, under whom he began the study of law, after he had recovered from his long walk to that point. In 1823, he was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Alabama, to which State he had subsequently removed, and the whole course of his life might -have been different had he not listened to the entreaties of his father to return and comfort the latter's declining years. Again strapping the gripsack on his shoulders, the young man started on his homeward trip of 1,800 miles, and reached Ravenna, Portage Count}', in time to be admitted to the Ohio bar in 1824. In 1825, he was appointed district attorney, an office he creditably filled for eleven years, when he removed his activities to Akron. During 1837-8 he was prominently identified with the militaiy operations along the border and had command of the forces at Fort Maiden. He then returned to Akron and resumed the practice of law until the Mexican War broke out, in which he took an active part. Aside from his military record, had well-deserved notoriety for professional ability and literary accomplishment. One of the valuable results of his .studi&s is found in the two volumes of Digest cases which he compiled and arranged in alphapetical order. He also wrote a comprehensive hi.story of the ^Veste^n Reserve. He was an authority on historical matters and this interest has descended to his nephew, Lucius V., who has been identified, with the Tallmadge Historical Society since its organization, in 1858, has filled all its offices and is the only surviving member of its body of organizers. General Bierce was prominent politically and served as mayor of Akron until he declined to longer hold the office. As early as 1853, he was elected grand master of the Grand Lodge of Masons, in Ohio.

William Bierce, father of Lucius V., was married (first) in 1818, at Athens, to Lucinda Culver, and they had two children: Mary N., who was born July 30, 1820, married Derastus Harper, and died when more than eighty years of age ; and James Culver, who was born in 1822, and resides in California. The second wife of William Bierce was Harriet Hindman and they had two children, Elizabeth L. and Lucius V. Elizabeth L. Bierce was born in 1825, and is a resident of Tallmadge. She survives her husband, the late Spaulding Beach, vnth two children, Edward E. and Jessie. The latter resides with her mother. The former, Edward E. Beach, is manager of the Baldwin Piano Factory, at Chicago Heights, Illinois.

Lucius V. Bierce came from Athens County, Ohio, to Portage County, when two years of age. His education was secured in the schools of Ravenna, and in 1843, he came to Tallmadge, where he completed his education under Gov. Sidney Edgerlon. Later he learned the carriage-trimming trade, commencing his apprenticeship in the Oviatt, Sperry Carriage Works, but in 1875, he turned his attention to farming, settling then on his present property, removing from Tallmadge Center, where he had previously lived. He has long been one of the township's leading citizens, taking an active part in its educational, religious and political life. In his early years he was a Democrat, but for the whole life of the Republican party, has upheld its principles. At various times he has served in township offices and always to the satisfaction of his fellow-citizens.

Mr. Bierce was married (first) to Delia Robinson, December 11, 1850, who died November 15, 1856. They had two children, Alice Delia and Edmond Lucius, the latter of whom was born November 3, 1856, and died June 4, 1857. Alice Delia Bierce was bom December 4. 1851, and subsequently was married to A. E. Lyman, of the Lyman Lumber Company, of Akron. They have one son, Lucius Bierce Lyman, who married Laverne Bishop, of Medina County, Ohio, and they have one son, Richard.

Lucius V. Bierce was married (second) to Harriet H. Camp, who can claim kindred with a number of the oldest and most prominent families of New England. Mrs. Bierce was born in Tallmadge Township, and is a daughter of Martin and Sallie (Coe) Camp. Martin Camp was born at New Preston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, October 6, 1791, and came to Tallmadge in 1815. He resided at the home of his uncle, Asaph Whittlesey. He purchased 200 acres of land northeast of Tallmadge, which became very valuable. On March 28, 1816, he married Sallie Coe, who was born at Granville, Massachusetts, and accompanied her family who settled at Charleston, Ohio. She was a teacher at Charleston and Tallmadge Center. This , marriage was the first one celebrated at Charleston, Portage County, Ohio.

Tracing the Coe branch of Mrs. Bierce's ancestry, it is found that Robert Coe lived at Litchfield at a very early date and died at Jamaica, New York, after 1687. He was a native of England, where he was born in 1596. His wife Anna was born in England in 1591 and died prior to 1674, at Jamaica, New York. They had three sons: John, born in 1626; Robert, born in 1627, and Benjamin, born in 1629. In June, 1634, they settled at Watertown, Massachusetts, and in 1635 removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1641, to Stamford, in 1644, to Hempstead, New York, and in 1652, to Newton, New York, where the son John settled. Benjamin settled at Jamaica, New York, and there Robert Coe went in 1656. Robert, the second son, left his father at Stamford, Connecticut, in 1644, and went to Stratford, where he married Hannah Mitchell. Their son, John Coe (3), married Mary Hanley and lived at Stratford, where their fourth son, Ephraim Coe, was born. He removed to Durham, Connecticut, and later to Middletown. He married Hannah Miller and their son, fcamuel Coe, married Hope Hubbard. and they lemoved to Granville, Massachusette. Their aoii, Capt. David Coe, was born March 3, 1761, and died July '24, 1824. Captain Coe served in the Revolutionary War. He married Sarah Pratt, and in 1818, settled at Charlestown, where she died in July, 1828. Martin Camp died January 14, 1872, his wife having passed away September 17, 1850. They were pioneers in all the civilizing movements which benefitted the community.

The children of Martin Camp and wife were: Heman Coe, now aged eighty-four years, who resides at Mentor, Ohio, married Samantha Clark, of Lake County; Henry Newton, aged eighty-one years, married Celia Wright, daughter of Amos C. Wright, and resides with a daughter at Detroit, Michigan; Leroy, aged seventy-nine years, married Harriet Scott, of Tallmadge, and they reside "at Cleveland ; Mary Whittlesey, born in 1818, married Orestes "NA^right of Tallmadge, and died in February, 1883; Sarah C, born in 1821, married John Emery, of Philadelphia, and died October 29, 1895 ; and Harriet H., the youngest of the family, who is the wife of Lucius V. Bierce.

The children born to the second marriage of Lucius V. Bierce are the following, all prominent members of the communities in v.'hich the circumstances of life have placed them: Antoinette, born June 28, 1861, married Harry D. Reed of Weeping Water. Nebraska, and they have three children, Donald, Robert and Helen ; Wallace Camp, born September 5, 1863, married Mollie Hoge, of Kearney, Nebraska, and they have three children, Alice, Bruce and Marion; Flora Elizabeth, born March 27, 1868, married Thoma.s J. Dee, of Chicago; Fannie Louise, born April 26, 1872, married Carlton B. Skinner, of Tallmadge, who died October 27, 1900, leaving one daughter, Charlotte Bierce and Henry Newell, born July 30, 1874, unmarried.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Bierce have been members of tlie Congregational Church for the past fifty years and they are widely known for their practical Christianity. Since he was twenty-two years of age, Mr. Bierce has been connected with the Masonic fraternity, and has been a member of the local Grange snice its organization.

II. J. EMERMAN, senior member of the firm of H. J. Emerman and Company, of Akron, wholesale dealers in iron, steel and metals, was born in Germany, in 1880, and is a son of Benjamin Emerman.

The father of JNlr. Emerman engaged in a clothing business at Akron, after coming to the United States. Later he removed his business interests to Erie, Pennsylvania, and makes his home at Cleveland. H. J. Emerman attended school at Akron, after which he was engaged for eighteen months as a clerk m a grocery store, following which he served in the same capacity in liis father's clothing store for tw'o years. He then became a clerk for Emerman Brothers, who conducted a scrap iron business, and he continued eight years m that postition with the same firm. W^hen new yards were opened at Cleveland, H. J. lOmennan was placed in charge of the Akron Ijranch, and in 1904, the old firm was succeeded by the present one. Mr. Emerman is interested in other Akron enterprises.

On February 16, 1904, Mr. Emerman was married to Bertha B. Louer, who is a daughter of Meyer Louer. Mr. Louer is now a resident of Omaha, Nebraska, but for a number of years he was in the clothing business at Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Emerman have one son, Walter. They are members of High Street Temple, of the Akron Hebrew Congregation.

FRANK BUTLER, wlio., m partnership with his brother, John Butler, has been cultivatin,g their excellent farm of 150 acres, in Boston Township, since 1870, is one of the loading agriculturists of this section, and is a son of Thomas and Catherine (Brennan) Butler.

ford, Ireland, where he learned the trade of mason. After his marriage, he came to America and with his wife eight months later settled near Botzum, Northampton Township, Summit County. He worked at first on the old Clinton Air Line Railroad, but later purchased a farm of sixty acres, in Northampton Township. He was a very capable and industrious workman and built nearly all of the brick houses in his neighborhood, plastered himdreds of structures and built over 150 cellars in Peninsula alone. He married Catherine Brennan and they had eight children, namely: Frank, John, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Martha, Catherine and Christopher.

Frank Butler was educated in the common schools of Boston Township, and in his youth did much work in the woods at lumbering, this being a heavily timbered region at that time. In the spring of 1864, he enlisted in Company B, 188th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and his services continued until the close of the war. His brother John Butler served in Company E, 124th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Chicamauga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. While on the march from Missionary Ridge to Knoxville, he was taken prisoner by the Confederates and was sent to Richmond, from whence he was removed to the prison at Belle Island, where he was kept for four months. It is stating the truth to say that while there, John Butler was nearly starved to death. He owes his life to a comrade, whose loyal friendship and persLstent entreaty secured recognition from some Confederate officers of ^Ir. Butler's pitiable condition. Both Frank and John Butler were brave and gallant .soldiers, the cheerful, faithful, hard-fighting kind of men that made the Northern forces invincible.- Their war records are such as any man might well be proud to acknowledge.

In 1870, the Butler brothers purchased their present farm, of which seventy-five acres are under cultivation, being devoted to hay, wheat, corn and oat.«, in addition to which is an apple orchard of 100 trees. In 1877, a fine

LOUIS R. MAY, secretary and treasurer of the Frantz-Body Company, one of Akron's large and important manufacturing concerns, was born in 1876, at Akron, and is a son of R. A. May, of this city.

Mr. May's happy boyhood was spent in studj' and play, in his native city, where he completed the High School course prior to taking a commercial course in a business college at Buft'alo, New York, and later a general literary course at Buehtel College. For seven years he was connected with the Citizens National Bank, and when it was consolidated, with the Second National Bank, he remained with the new organization for one year, and then came to the Frantz-Body Manufacturing Company, with which he has been identified ever since, becoming secretary and treasurer at the time of its reorganization, in 1904.

JAMES SULLIVAN, a representative citizen of Boston Township, who owns an unusually fine farm, consisting of 151 acres, was born in County Clare, Ireland, August 14, 1847, and is a son of Michael and Bridget (Ryan) Sullivan.

Michael Sullivan, who was also a native of County Clare, Ireland, came to America in 1850, bringing his family with him, and in 1853 he purchased his first farm, which was in Twinsl)urg Township, Summit County, Ohio. In 1865, he removed to a farm on the State Road, in Boston Township, where his death occurred when he was over eighty years of age. He was a Democrat in politics. He married Bridget Ryan, who was also born in County Clare, Ireland, in 1825, and died in 1 889. They had five children : James ; John, who is deceased; Delia, who resides at J Fudson : Lawrence, who lives in Boston

James Sullivan went to school a part of a term in Boston Township, and the balance of his education was obtained at Twinsburg. He remained on his father's farm until twentysix years of age, at which time he was married. Two years before marriage he purchased a fann, with his brother Lawrence, but in 1886 he sold his interest to his brother, and purchased his present property. At that time the land seemed barren, for not even a tree was growing on it, but Mr. Sullivan soon changed its appearance. He set out all of the beautiful shade trees which now are so thrifty, built an addition to the home then standings improved all the buildings, and has a substantial barn 32x102 feet, with 18-foot posts, and built a silo 16x32x32 feet. He has made this one of the best farms in Boston Township. He cultivates about sixty-five acres, raising wheat, corn, oats and hay, and keeps about thirty head of cattle, disposing of his milk at Cleveland. Mr. Sullivan is a Democrat in politics. He is a member, of the Grange at Darrowville. For the greater part of the past twenty years he has been a member of the Board of Eudcation in Boston Township.

Mr. Sullivan was married to Mary McGuire, who is a daughter of John McGuire, of Solon, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. They have five children, namely: Charles A., who resides in Hudson Township, has one child, Mildred; Hugh A., who resides in Hudson Township; Laura, who married H. 0. Robinson, of Cuyahoga Falls, has one child, Gladys Mary; Elsie, who married H. A. Wolcott of Macedonia, Ohio; and Lawrence C, who lives at home. Mrs. Sullivan is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, and is active in church and charitable work.

CAPTAIN ADAM BOTZUM, one of the grand old men of Northampton Township, resided there for nearly a half century. He was born October 25, 1830, in Strasiburg, Germany, and died in Summit County, Ohio,

John George Botzum was born in Germany in 1796, a son of John Botzum. He married Katherine Dragaser, who was born in 1796, in the village of Urmmerspach, Germany, whose parents removed to Poland when she was seven years old, and whom she never saw again, she making her home with relatives until her marriage. In 1836, John George Botzum and his family left home and traveled by ox-team to the nearest seaport, where they took passage on the vessel Princessa for the United States, arriving at New York, November 17, 1836. Here they met an agent who persuaded Mr. Botzum to agree to go to South America, where he was told that a fortune awaited him, but before arrangements were completed, Mr. Botzum discovered from the authorities that it was merely a scheme to get Mr. Botzum and his family to that country to be sold into slavery. Soon after the family took passage on a flatboat to Albany, went thence by canal to Buffalo and by lake to Cleveland, where they , stopped for a time on account of illness in the family, and on resuming their journey traveled upon an open flat-boat to Niles, from whence they made their way to Ghent. Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio. There Mr. Botzum secured his first employment, being engaged at digging on a mill race, at fifty cents per day. There the family continued to reside for two years, and while Mr. Botzum worked at digging, his wife went out into the wheat-fields, her gleaning the first season being eight bushels of nice wheat. The family then removed to Niles, where they remained for four years, and by the .strictast economy and frugalty were able at this time to purchase a farm in Northampton Township, where Mr. Botzum continued to live until his death in 1855. He and his wife were faithful members of the Catholic denomination, and Mr. Botzum assisted to build the first church of that faith in Akron. John George and Katherine (Dragaser) Botzum had the follomng children : Michael : Susan, who was the wife of George Neiberg;

Nicholas; George; Adam; Katherine, who is the widow of Conrad Buills ot Centralia, Illinois; John A., and Conrad, who reside,3 at Akron. Michael, Susan, Nicholas, George and John A. are deceased.

Captain Adam Botzum wad six years old when the family came to America, aiid until seventeen years of age he made his home with his parents. At this time he became a driver on the Ohio Canal, an occupation he continued to follow for twenty years. In 1855 he built the canal-boat Germany, which he sold in 1860, and he built the boat Democrat, which he sold two years later. In 1861, he quit the canal and located on the farm, which he had purchased three years previously. Mr. Botzum engaged in general farming from that time until his death, his eighty acres of fine, fertile land being in a high state of cultivation and yielding good crops. He marketed wheat, corn and potatoes, while for his own use he raised hay and oats. He kept about seven head of cattle, and he also fattened calves and hogs for the market.

On June 22, 1857, Captain Botzum was married to Eliza Seeley, who was a resident of Cleveland. Ohio, and she sui'vives, as do also their six children: George A., who resides at Akron; Emma, who is the wife of Frank Averill, of Akron; Frank, who also resides at Akron; Stella, who is the wife of Clyde Bookwalter, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Lida, who resides at home; and Lillian, who is the wife of Charles Worth, of Akron.

The late Captain Botzum was a Democrat in political faith and from the age of twentyone years until his death, he never missed casting his vote believing that every good citizen should exercise this privilege. He was frequently sent as a delegate to conventions of his party and frequently was elected to township offices. He served for eight years aa township trustee and for many years as school director. In. religious belief he was liberal-minded, depending largely on the virtues included in looking after the welfare of his family and doing his full duty to his neighborhood, his state and his countrv.

DANIEL McGARRY, of the firm of Mo- Garry & McGowan, general contractors, at Akron, was born in Ireland, in 1861, and came to Akron in 1873, where he obtained his education in the parochial schools.

Mr. McGarry learned the brick-layer'a trade and worked for six years at brick-laying before entering into general contracting. For the past twelve years he has been at the head of the firm of McGarry & McGowan, which has done a large part of the important work on the Ohio Canal, and a great amount of street paving, concrete laying and sewer building, at Akron. A large contract which this firm is engaged in filling at the present writing (1907) is the putting in of ten and one-half miles of sewer, at Ravenna, Ohio. Mr. McGarry owns an interest in the Storer Land Company.

In 1884 Mr. McGarry was married to Margaret McGowan, and they have six children, namely: Stephen, who is engaged in newspaper work at San Antonio, Texas; James, who is associated with his father; Arthur, who is a student at Holy Cross College; and Belle, Elizabeth and Madge. Mr. McGarry and his family belong to St. Vincent's Catholic Church. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association. Formerly, Mr. McGarry took considerable interest in politics and at one time was a member of the city board of commissioners, but in later j-ears he has not been active in public life.

NICHOLAS KNAPP, trustee of Boston Township and a prominent agriculturist who resides on his valuable farm of 286 acres, was born in Rheinfalz, Hessen-Cassel, Germany, Augu.st 28, 1843, and is a son of Peter and Barbara (Knapp") Knapp.

The father of Mr. Knapp was born in the same place as his son and came from there to America in 1844, the voyage lasting sixtyfive davs from Liverpool to New York, joining some friends who had previously located in Portage County. Peter Knapp acquired a farm in Suffield Township some five years after locating in Ohio, on which he lived for the remainder of his life, his death occurring in October, 1856, at the age of sixty-five years, his wife, liaving died in May, 1856, aged sixty yeare. Ahhough she was named Knapp before her marriage, she was no relative of Peter Knapp. They had twelve children.

Nicholas lynapp was the youngest of the family that accompanied their parents in an old sailing ship across the ocean to New York. In those days Ohio was reached by a still further voyage up the Hudson River to Albany, across New York by the Erie Canal, over the lake to Cleveland and by way of the Ohio Canal to Portage County. The father died when Nicholas was thirteen years of age and thus he had fewer advantages than many boys who had parents to provide for them into manhood. He was strong and industrious and won the favor of neighboring farmers, for whom he worked by the month until 1859. In the early part of that year he hired himself to a farmer in Brimfield Township, where he had every rea.son to think hft would find a good home and continued employment, but the great frost of that year destroyed the crops and the farmer had no further use for his services. He then went to Ravenna, where he found work in a glass factory at six dollar's a month, and boarded himself, and remained there during one summer and in the fall he secured a better opportunity, doing chores for his Vioard. after work in the factory was done. In the following spring he retm-ned to work again by the month, in Suffield Township, and in the next year he foimd a home with his brother, with whom he remained until 1861.

At the beginning of the Civil War, Mr. Knapp -^'as on(> of the first young men to enlist in Battery A, First Ohio Light Artillery, which wa.'* sent to the western department of the army, and he served with faithfulness for four years, lacking but twelve days. He participated in many engagements and went through the Atlanta campaign, and although almost constantly exposed to danger. was able to return from his military service unharmed. It was left for times of peace and m pursuance of the quietest of avocations, that Mr. Knapp experienced an injury which lost him his good left arm. By the accidental overturning of a hay wagon, he was caught in such a manner that the injury was so serious that no mending of the shattered bones was possible. This accident occurred in 1891. Mr. Knapp has borne this affliction with fortitude very remarkable.

Mr. Knapp remained in Sufiield Township after his return from the army until 1874, when he moved to Stow Township, in Summit County, Avhere he purchased a farm and lived on it until 1878, removing then to another in Franklin Township, on -which he lived until 1888. In this year he bought 186 acres of his present farm in Boston Township, to which he added the second 100 acres in 1907. About 150 acres of this land is under cultivation and he raises hay, wheat, corn, oats and potatoes, marketing from 300 to 500 bushels of the tubers in a season. He keeps twenty head of cattle and sells his milk to the Peninsula Creamery, and has eight head of horses. In 1890 he erected his present comfortable residence.

Mr. Kna]ip married Elizabeth Pero, for his first wife, who died February 22, 1873, aged thirty-two years. She had two children: Karl, who died at the age of nineteen years; and Park, of Portage County. Mr. Knapp was married (second) to Louisa Pero, who was a cousin of his first wife. She is a daughter of Nichola Pero. To this marriage seven children have been born, five of whom reached maturity, namely: Charles E., Pearl Ellen, Albert, Ralph H.,'and Orrin P. Pearl Ellen is deceased. She was the wife of Abraham Tischer, residing at Shalersville.

For some years past Mr. Knapp ha.« been identified with the Democratic party. Formerly he voted for both Abraham Lincoln and General Grant. For the past three years he has been a trustee of Boston Township, his re-election to this ofiice taking place on November 5. 1907. While residing in Suffield Township, he served five years in the office of constable. He belongs to Northampton Grange, and to the Maccabees. No. 56, at

Peninsula. Mr. Knapp is recognized as a man of excellent business judgment. His many sterling traits of character have won him the respect and esteem of his fellowcitizens.

ness interests of Akron, and George A. also of Akron. Mr. Plumer is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a trustee for many years. He is a Thirty-second Degree Mason.

GEORGE W. PLUMER, a retired citizen of Akron, and a veteran of the Civil War, for many years was closely identified with the business and financial interests of this city. He was born at Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania, in 1840, and is a son of Hon. B. A. Plumer, formerly a prominent merchant in "Western Pennsylvania, where he was elected to responsible offices, serving for a long period a.s a judge of the courts of Venango County.

George W. Plumer was reared and educated in his native place, and for a number of years was engaged in the hardware trade at Franklin. In 1887 he came to Akron and went into the furniture business in partnership with B. L. Dodge, under the firm name of Dodge and Plumber, which a.ssociation continued until 1899. He was one of the organizers of the Security Savings Bank and continued as its president until January, 1907, when this bank was sold to the People's Savings Bank. Mr. Plumer owns stock in a number of Akron enterprises and also has busine.=s interests in Pennsylvania.

In 1862 Mr. Plumer entered the Union armj' as second lieutenant of Company E, 121st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, in which he performed the duties of a good soldier, both on the march and in battle, for two years, and was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. He is a' valued member of Buckley Post, G. A. R.. and of the Loyal Legion.

In 1867 Mr. Plumer was married to -Tennie M. AVhitaker. who is a daughter of Albert P. Whitaker, one of the prominent journalists of Western Pennsylvania for half a century. Mr. and Mrs. Plumer have three children, namelv: Marv Plumer. who married Dr. F. H. Lyder, D. D. S., of Akron; Lida Plumer, who married S. H. Kohler, who is prominently connected with the busi-

LEVI MADISON LEESER, who owns and operates a tract of 106 acres of excellent land in Green Townshij), is a leading agriculturist of this section. He was born on his father's farm in Jackson Township, Stark County, Ohio, and is a son of Peter and Sarah (Buch tel) Leeser.

Abraham Leeser,. grandfather of Levi M., came .from Pennsylvania to Stark County, Ohio, and entered a tract of land there in 1815, on which the rest of his life was passed. He was the father of six children : John, Catherine, Elizabeth, Peter, Samuel and Nathan. Catherine became the wife of Rev. J. Eby.

Peter Leeser was born in Lawrence Township, Stark County, Ohio, and like his father, cultivated land during all his active years. He died in Jackson Township in 1892, aged sixty-seven years. Peter Leeser was married to Sarah Buchtel, who was born in Summit County, Ohio, and is a daughter of John Buchtel, who was one of the pioneers of this county. Mrs. Leeser resides at Green.sburg. Five children were born to Peter Leeser and wife, namely : Catherine, who survives her husband, Samuel Devies; Eva; Levi Madison; Alma, who married Jasper Fry; and John R.

Levi M. Leeser attended the district schools in his home neighborhood and spent his youth on his father's farm. One year after bis marriage he removed to his present farm, and this property he purchased in 1894, from liLs father-in-law's heirs. He has here engaged in general farming, and has been more than ordinarily successful.

On January 27, 1881, Mr. Leeser was married to Emma Long, who was born on the present Leeser farm, and is a daughter of Christian and Anna (Heiss) Long. Mr. and ^frs. Long, who are now deceased, were married in Pennsylvania, and with two children made the long trip overland to Summit

Oounty, Ohio. To Mr. and Mk. Leeser there have been born four children : Maude, who is stenographer at the Mount Pleasant Hospital, Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Mamie, who died in infancy; and Raj' and Wihna.

Mr. Leeser is a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. With his family he attends the United Evangelical Church. Like his father, he is a Republican in politics and has been one of tlw nio.st active workers in that party's ranks in Green Township, where he has served as trustee and school director, and fills the latter office at the present time.

D. W. KENDIG, a well-known citizen of Akron, who has been finance clerk of the city postoffice for the past three years under Postmaster Ebright, was born near Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, October 16, 1846.

Mr. Kendig attended the district schools through boyhood and later entered Wittenberg College. He was eighteen years of age when he enlisted in Company H, Eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, and served until the close of the great stiniggle, his field of action being mainly West Virginia. The Kendig family was one of marked loyalty, three of his brothers also becoming soldiers in the Federal Army. One of these, Lee, enlisted in the Sixteenth Ohio Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, which was one of the first regiments to answer the call for troops, and he died in the service. Benjamin, a second brother, was a member of the 161st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and he accompanied General Sherman's army to the sea, and since the close of his military life has resided in Indian Territory. The third brother, Simon, now deceased, wa.^ in the 100-day service in Ohio.

Shortly after his return from the army, Mr. Kendig went to Missouri, where he remained for several years, and after he came back to Ohio, he was engaged in business at Mansfield for fifteen years. He came then to Akron, where he was in the employ of the Erie Railroad for one year, connected with the freight department. For the four following years he was engaged in the retail coal business, after which he became interested in life insurance, and for the next fifteen years he represented some of the best life companies of the country. Since closing out his insurance interests, he has been an official in the Akron postoffice.

In 1869 Mr. Kendig was married at Mansfield, Ohio, to Frances E. Creigh, of that city, who died June 22, 1905. They had three children, viz. : Karl, residing at Akron, who is secretary of the Werner Company; Lee, who died at the age of twenty-seven years, was associated with the Akron Iron Company for five years, at New York City; and Katherine, residing at home.

Mr. Kendig is more or less active in politics and supports the Republican party. He is a member of Buckley Post, G. A. R., and is a Master Ma.son. He belongs to the First Congregational Clnu-ch at Akron.

URIAS GARMAN, whose fine farm lies on the old Portage Path Indian Trail road, in Portage Township, about one-half mile north of the city limits of Akron, was born in Medina County, Ohio, March 27, 1853, and is a son of Benjamin and Esther (Clause) Garman.

Benjamin Garman and his wife were both born and reared in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and after their marriage they came to Medina County, Ohio, driving the long distance with a one-horse wagon. They settled on a farm of 115 acres, in two tracts, in Homer Township, and this land Mr. Garman cultivated and improved for a number of years. In the course of time he decided to remove to Summit County, and on April 1, 1862, settled on .a farm of 151 acres, in Portage Township, a portion of which is included in the farm of Urias Garman. He was accompanied to Portage Township by his seven children, who were the following: Alfred, who resides on a farm of twenty-five acres in Portage Township, married Julia A. Norton and has four children; Rose, who is the widow of Louis Esselburn ; Elizabeth, who married J. F. Weygandt; Sarah, who died in

1906, wa5 the widow of Louis Andrews; Ui'ias, of Portage Township; Irene, who married Mandus Baughman, resides in Akron; and Mrs. ^lary Starks, resides in Akron.

For several year's after moving to Portage Township, Benjamin Garman and his sons did general farming, and then he went into the stone business, in partnership with his eldest son, having excellent quarries on the land. After he retired, Alfred and Urias Garman carried on the business for some years. They also embai'ked together in a dairy business, which they conducted for six years. Benjamin Garman died in 1890, and his widow survived until December, 1902.

Urias Garman has lived on his present farm since he was nine years old. He attended the district schools through boyhood and subsequent reading and mingling with the world has made him one of the township's well-informed men. He carries on a general line of farming and meets w^ith the success that usually attends industry and the following of excellent methods. For about nine years he woi'ked in the rubber shops of Akron, otherwise his whole attention has been given to agricultural pursuits. In the spring of 1876 he erected the large frame residence which is a home of attractiveness and is full of comforts.

In October, 1875, Mr. Garman was married to ilary Rogers, who is a daughter of Peter and Susan (Heberly) Rogers, and they have five children, namely: Frank, -n'ho married Allie Buss, has two children, Ralph and Mary, and he is a carpenter and contractor; Susan, w^ho married John Gammeter, of Akron; Millie, who married Ralph Hogan. has one child, Garman; and Allie and Marjorie, both reside at home.

CHARLES MERRIMAN, M. D., formerly a prominent physician and surgeon of Akron, now lives retired on his farm in Portage Township, which is situated on the Merriman road, about three quarters of a mile northwest of the city limits. Dr. Merriman was born in Massachusetts. Mav 21. 1829, and

Dr. Merriman's parents left Berkshire County, Massachusetts, with their possessions packed in wagons, and reached Ohio May 21, 1835, and came to Summit County a few weeks later, settling on the fann in Portage Township, on which the son now lives. The father invested his money in 372 acres of land, which then was covered with native timber.

On this farm young Charles Merriman grew to manhood, assisting his father to clear a large ptu't of it and put it under cultivation. He attended the country schools and when sixteen years of age taught a term of school in Bath Township, and in the following year, two terms at Greensburg. He continued his own education at Akron and Tallmadge, and had academic training 'at West Farmington, in Trumbull County. When he made up his mind to study medicine, he placed himself under the tuition of Dr. William T. Huntington, with whom he read for two and one-half years, and in- the fall of 1849 he attended the lecture course at the Cleveland Medical School. During his absence, his preceptor. Dr. Huntington, died and he spent the summer and the following winter under Dr. Ackley, surgeon of the medical department of the Western Reserve University. He W'OS graduated at this college, in 1858, having returned for his third course during the winter of 1857-8. Prior to this, however, he had studied and to some degree practiced, with his uncle, Dr. Andrus Merriman, in Geauga, now Lake County, and in 1851 he went to Brownsville, Kentucky. He remained there until the latter part of the winter of 1853, having a third interest in the medical practice of Dr. Tra H. Keller. He gained other medical instruction and practice at the Transylvania Medical College, at Louisville, Kentucky, and at Dr. McDowell's college, at St. Louis, Missouri.

In looking over the country for a place to enter upon practice. Dr. Merriman noted that there was no physician established at Hillsl)orough, .Jefferson Coimty. Missouri, and he located there until the fall of 1857, when he returned for his la:!-t course of lectures. He practiced one year at Peninsula, and then settled at Montrose, Summit County, where he remained from the spring of 1859 until 1873, when he came to Akron. This city was but a semblance of what it has since become, and the best location the young doctor could secure was a small office in Hall's Block, where he remained for several years. He moved from there to rooms over the City drug store and later established his office in his comfortable home on West Market Street. When he retired he sold his residence to Paul E. AVerner. His practice covered a period of fifty-three years and was one of unusual success. Dr. Merriman is held in high esteem.

.JOSEPH KENDALL, who has been director of the Akron City Infirmary for more than twenty years, was born March 15, 1828, in England, and has been a resident of Akron since 1862.

The death of his father when he was young, made his boyhood one of many hardships. For three years he tended the flocks of a hard-hearted .«hepherd, in the neighborhood of his home, with whom he Avas obliged to remain until he had completed the period for which he was bound. In 1848, being then twenty years of age, he determined to make his way to America, in £)rder to better his condition, and he crosse'd the Atlantic Ocean in one of the old sailing vessels of the day, which required nine -weeks to make the voyage. He landed at New Orleans, and in search of work Mr. Kendall went up the Mississippi River, and at Evansville, Indiana, he found employment, mainly along the river, which furnished him with .support and enabled him to save a little money, with which he came to Akron in 1862. Here he engaged for twenty-five years in the metal business and then went into dealing in hay and the wholesale buying and shijiping of grain. In the meanwhile he had built up an honorable business reputation and had gained influential friends. When the Akron City Infirmary was opened, Mr. Kendall was selected its director, and so capable and so honest has been his administration of the office that a change has never been suggested. He is the oldest officeholder in the city, in point of continuous service. It is a matter of justifiaye pride with Mr. Kendall that in all this time not a single bill he has ever contracted for public use, has been questioned by the board of directors of this institution.

In 1864 Mr. Kendall was married to Frances Booth, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, who died in May, 1887. They had two children, Elizabeth and Ruth. Ruth resides at home, tenderly caring for her father. Elizabeth died in 1905. . She was a noble woman, and was deeply interested in Sunday-school work. Mr. Kendall was reared in the Episcopal Church, but for many years has been an attendant of the Presbyterian Church.

SCOTT H. MERRIMAN, whose fine truck fai'm of sixteen acres is situated on the Merriman road, about two miles northwest of Akron, was born in the old stone house in T\diich his father still resides, located on West Market Street, Akron, August 8, 1863. His parents were Wells and Alberta Merriman.

Wells Merriman was born across the road from the farm which Scott H. now owns, in Portage Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of Charles and a brother of Dr. Charles Merriman. During his younger years, Wells Merriman engaged in farming, then learned the machinist trade and for twenty-five years was employed in the stove works of the Taplin-Rice Company. He built the old stone house on West Market Street, in which he lives, and which was then surrounded by seven acres of land which was used as a truck farm. The old hoiise is a landmark in that part of the encroaching cit.y. He was married twice and the children of his first union were: Grove, residing at Akron ; Forrest, residing at Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas; and Scott IL, resid- iug in Portage Township. The mother of these children died when her youngest son was small. ' To his second marriage, Wells Merriman had three children: Jesse, Mrs. Hattio Bechtol and Ruby, wife of Royal Scott.

Scott H. Merriman was reared in the old home on West Market Street, Akron, and helped to cultivate the garden which is now covered with structures. He spent twelve years, after completing his education, in the packing business and in operating a hotel, at Omaha, Nebraska, but in 1889 he returned to Summit County and settled on his present farm. Mr. Merriman has made a success of the trucking business. He raises large crops of the choicest vegetables that can be grown in this climate and sells by wholesale.

At Omaha, Nebra.ska, Mr. Merriman was married to Gertrude Finney, who is a daughter of L. A. and Sarah (Oakley) Finney. They have four children : Claude and Byron, both born in Nebraska, and Albert and Dorothy, born in Summit County. Mr. Merriman is not active in politics, merely showing the interest of a good citizen in public matters. He takes great pleasure in improving his tidy little farm and a plenteous return is made him for his careful cultivation.

JOHN WOLF, superintendent of the Market House at Akron, was formerly engaged in the mercantile business for many years in this city and established a name for biisiness ability and strict integrity. Mr. Wolf was born in Bavaria, Germany, January 25, 1837, and was a boy of fourteen years when he came to America.

For two years prior to coming to Akron, Mr. Wolf was a clerk in a dry goods store at Aurora, Indiana, and after reaching this city, in 1853, he continued in the same capacity. In 1863 he became a member of the M. W. Henry Company, at Akron. In 1870, the firm of Wolf, Church & Beck was organized, which continued to do business until 1883, when Mr. Beck retired, the firm of Wolf & Church continuing until 1887, when Mr. Wolf became sole proprietor. He retired from the mercantile "business in 1893, and for some years devoted his attention to looking after the real estate of the Wolf family. For the past three years he has been superintendent of the Akron Market House, and has proven himself a careful and efficient officer.

In 1864 Mr. Wolf was married to Anna Howe, who is a daughter of Capt. Richard Howe, who was one of the early pioneers of Akron, and who was a valuable assistant in the building of the Ohio Canal. Two sons were born to this marriage, Charles R. and Harry Howe, both of whom are prominent business men, the former being purchasing agent for the B. F. Goodrich Company, and the latter, president of a brick company at Muncie, Indiana.

Politically, Mr. Wolf is a Republican and he has always been a patriotic supporter of the government. During the Civil War he served in the 100-day service,' as a member of Company F, 164th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and during* his period of army service was located at Fort Cochran, AVashington, D. C. He is a member of Buckley Post, Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Wolf was formerlv a member of the Lutheran Church.

NATHANIEL PETTITT. Among the many valuable farms arid hospitable homes in the environs of Akron, that owned and occupied by Nathaniel Pettitt deserves special mention in connection with its respected and esteemed owner. It lies on the Merriman road, about two and one-half miles northwest of the city limits and has been occupied by Mr. Pettitt for forty-four years. He was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1823, and is a son of Claarles and Isabella (Karr) Pettitt.

Charles Pettitt was born in New Jersey and was a son of John Pettitt, who moved to Maryland when Charles was five years old. Later he moved to Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Charles Pettitt engaged in farming in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, until 1837, when he came to Ohio and rented a farm whicli was in Copley Township, then in Medina County. This farm belonged to his brother, Rev. John Pettitt, who had come to this section in 1830, and was the pioneer founder of the Congregational Church at Akron. Some years later Charles Pettitt bought this farm but sold it in 1854, and purchased another of 150 acres, which was situated in Portage Township, subsequently selling it also. Charles Pettitt died in 1867, aged seventy-seven years. He married Isabella Karr, who died in 1863, aged seventy-three years. They were i>eople who were held in esteem and affection by their neighbors.

Nathaniel Pettitt lived on the farm in Copley Township until he w'as thirty-one j'ears of age. He attended the district schools in hiB boyhood and was trained by a strict father to be a good farmer. Pie assisted in clearing up the land and as the country was not very well settled at that time, experienced hardships which the present generation would probably consider luisupportable. With his brother, John Pettitt, he rented the farm now OTvned by Aaron Teeple, at Fairlawn, where he stayed two years and then bought the farm now owned by the Benjamin Garman heirs, on which he lived for seven years and then bought his present farm. Mr. Pettitt found a great deal of clearing had to be done and after that was completed he started improvements, and has a very valuable property.

On February 9, 1854, Nathaniel Pettitt was married to Rachel Ann Jones, who was born near Sharon Center, Medina County, Ohio, and is a daughter of John and Mary (Foster) Jones. Her father was born in Maryland and her mother in New York and they were married in Wayne County, Ohio. They moved to Sharon when Mrs. Pettitt was small and later to Copley Township, Summit County, where she was reared. Her mother lived to be a venerable lady, surviving for ninety years, passing the last eleven years with Mr. and Mrs. Pettitt, where she died in 1896. Her husband died in 1867. To Mr. and Mrs. Pettitt were born seven children, namely: Mary Alice, who married Charles Brown; Charles Nathaniel, who operates the farm; Milton Howard; Myron Grant; Emma, who married Daniel Frederick; Elsie, who married A^inton Hardy ; and Homer, residing at home. Mr. and Mrs. Pettitt have been blessed in their children and they have fourteen grandchildren.

A. II. STALL, M. I)., physician and surgeon, at Barberton, has one of the best equipped ofhces and most complete medical libraries in Summit County. Pie was born July 7, 1876, at Hudson, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of Hiram and Jennie (Gal: loway) Stall.

The father of Dr. Stall died when he was a child of three years, after which his mother moved to Montrose, Summit County, and he attended the common and High School in Copley Township, following which he spent one session at Mt. Union College, at Alliance, and also attended the Ohio Normal University at Ada for one term. When eighteen years of age he began to teach school, and continued in educational work through the township for the succeeding three years, in the meantime preparing himself, by preliminary medical study, for entering the medical department of the Western Reserve University, where he was graduated June 13, 1901, with his medical degree.

By June 16, 1901, Dr. Stall was established as assistant to Dr. E. A. Bellford, at Barberton, with whom he remained until March, 1903, T\hen he located at Johnson's Corners, in Norton Township, where he was made health officer, having previously served in that office at Barberton. He remained in that village until July, 1906, when he returned to Barberton, locating on the corner of Baird and Fourth Streets. Dr. Stall is an enthusiast in his profession and keeps fully abreast of the times, continually adding to his valuable equipment of surgical instruments and making additions to h'is already large scientific library. He is a member of the American Medical Association and the Summit County, the Ohio State and the Barberton Medical Societies.

Herman Prange, who is superintendent of the McNeil Boiler \\'orkSj of South Akron. They had one son, Arthur, who died August 18, 190l], aged eleven months, and they have a daughter, IMargaret, who was born June 22, 1907.

Dr. Stall i.s a member of the Masonic fraternity and retains his connection with his college society, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the medical fraternity society Nu Sigma Nu. He is to some degree interested in politics and since 1904 ha.s been township clerk of Norton Townsliip.

.JONATHAN HALE, a pioneer settler of Summit County, was a member of an honorable old New England family and the name is still one of note in many sections, especially in the vicinitj' of Ghxstonbury, Connecticut, where he was born, April 23, 1777, while the country was engaged in the arduous .struggle of the Revolutionary AVar.

In the summer of 1810, Jonathan Hale penetrated to Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, being the first actual settler, Mr. Hale trading property in Glastonbury, Connecticut, for 500 acres, valued at $1,200, with Thomas and Lucinda Bull, also purchasing the interest of a squatter who had located on the land to await newcomers; Later in the year he was joined by other members of liis family, and thus the Hales w^ere established in what wa.s then a wilderness of the "Western Reserve. Indians were so numerous and unfriendly that when Jonathan Hale was drafted for the War of 1812, he was released on account of the dangers that would surround his helpless family in his. absence.

On July 11, 1802, Mr. Hale was married (first) to Mercy S. Piper, who died May 14, 1829. He was married (second) November 2, 1830. to Sarah Cozad Mather. The children of the first marriage were: Sophronia, William, Pamela, Andrew, Abigail and James M. Those of the second marriage were : Jonathan D.. Mercy A. and Samuel C.

ABNER L. CALDAVELL, general farmer and formerly township trustee of Portage Township, owns thirty acres of land which is liighly valuable on accovuit of its clo^e proximity to Akron, on the north, he having already sold forty acres for building puiposes, the Caldwell School building having been erected on it. Mr. Caldwell was "born at Springfield, Indiana, January 13, 1839, and is a son of Tarlton and Julia Ann (A'rooman) Caldwell.

In 1841 the parents of Air. Caldwell moved to Missouri, where they remained for eight yeaa-s and then removed to California, where the father worked in the gold mines for twenty years. He acquired a mine of his own and after he gave up the hard life of a miner, he settled on a large rai\ch in Southern California and on that both he and hi.s wife died.

Up to the age of sixteen years, Abner L. (Jaldwell had few educational advantages, during these early years being called on to assist his father. After that, however, the family was in easy circumstances and in 1857 he returned to Ohio and entered the preparatory .school at Hudson, where he remained two years and then went back to California. Air. Caldwell made five trips across the Isthmus of I'anama. As may be judged, he takes a great deal of intercut in the progi"es6 of the Government work at that point, at present. His reminiscences of those early trips are very interesiting.

In 1861, Mr. Caldwell was married to Alary Pitkin, who is a daughter of the late Judge S. II. Pitkin, one of the early pioneers of Summit County and a man of great prominence. Judge Pitkin owned 186 acres of land in Portage Township, to which lie retired after serving as probate judge. He died at Akron. Air. and Airs. Caldwell were married at Hudson. AVhile attending school at Hudson he l)oarded in the family of Judge Pitkin. After (lieir marriage. Air. and Airs. Caldwell lived five vears in Californa and then returned to jNIr. Caldwell has taken some interest in politics and, as one of the reliable and substantial citizens, has been offered many positions of responsibilitj', but he has declined all but that of township trustee, in which he has served several terms.

DANIEL HOLIBAUGH, general farmer, residing on his excellent farm of sixty-three acres, which is favorably located just outside the city limits of East Akron, was born at Mulberry, Stark County, Ohio, March 28, 1831, and is a son of Joseph and Lydia (Hosier) Holibaugh.

Daniel Holibaugh was reared in Stark County assisting his father on the home farm and attending the district schools. His parents both died in Stark County, the father in 1879, aged 'seventy-nine years, and the mother, in 1886, at the same age.

On October 22, 1857, Daniel Holibaugh was married at Canton, Ohio, by Rev. P. A. Ilerbruck, to Mary Brumbaugh, who is a daughter of David and Mary (Zelier) Brumbaugh. The mother of Mrs. Holibaugh died when she was fifteen years of age. Her father continued to live in Stark County for a few years and then removed to Akron, where he .subsecj[ueutly married the mother of Judge J. A. Kohler. Mr. Brumbaugh was a caipenter and cabinet-maker and later a farmer. He died at Akron.

After marriage, Daniel Holibaugh and wife lived on the old Holibaugh homestead in Stark County, for twelve years. In 1869, they bought 111 acres of land in Portage 'I'ownship, sixty-three of which they still own. and in February, 1870, -they settled on it. In the same year Mr. Holil)augh built his substantial barn and in the following year his comfortal)le residence, and each year since he has done more improving. He carried on a general farming line and kept from five to ten head of cattle. On acount of his land being so well located, Mr. Holil)augh has been able to sell as much as he has cared to part with, at good prices, for town lot sites, and in 1907, he sold six acres to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the new branch passing through the land in such a way that the residence had to be moved. Mr. Holibaugh is rather proud of his orchards as he set out every tree himself.

As Mr. Holibaugh and wife had on children of their own, they decided to adopt a child and found a beautiful little daughter, in Jennie E. Ringer. She was motherless and was the child of Louis and Matilda (Royer) Ringer. She was taken by Mr. and Mrs. Holibaugh when aged four aod one-half years and was reared as their own until her marriage, in young womanhood, to "William E. Hale. Mr. and Mrs. Hale have had five children, namely: Jessie May, who married Ora Rowh, has one cliild, Cirace Lucile; Harvey C. ; Alvin F. ; Frank, who died aged ten weeks; and Lenora.

Mr. and Mrs. Llolibaugh are consistent members of Trinity Reformed Church, of North Hill. He has served both as deacon and elder in this church. They are most e.^timable people, kind, ho.spitable and charitable, and they have a wide circle of friends.

jMcCAUSLAND BROTHERS, leading brick manufacturers in Portage Town.ship, and general farmers, owning ninety acres of valuable land, succeeded their father, who was the founder of the business, in 1885. The firm is made up of John J. and James C. McCausland, sons of the late John McCauslan-d.

John McCausland was a son of James Mc- Causland, and he was born in Ireland, where he remained until 1848, when he came to America. The aged fatlier subsequently came from Ireland and died in the home of his son. For several yeai-s he worked in the agricultural districts as a farm hand and after coming to Portage Townshij), Summit County, rented the old Simon Perkins farm, now known as the Fouse farm, and then liought seventy- five acres of the present home farm. To this he added until he had 180 acres. He continued to farm after 1871. when he started his brick business, in which his sons were prac- tically brought, up. John McCausland built two brick houses ou his farm, the one in which lie resided until his death, being now the property of James Breen. He had commenced the erection of the large brick residence, in which his sons live, but did not survive to see it completed. His death occurred in NovembeXj 1884. He was a man of great business enterprise and succeeded in whatever work he undertook.

John McCausland married Mary McQuillan, who was a daughter of Charles McQuillan. She was born in Ireland and came to America in young womanhood. She died on Decoration Day, 189-1. They had six children, namely: James C, Margaret, John J., and Mary, who married James Breen. Two children died as infants.

The two sons of John McCausland, as stated above, succeeded to tlieir father's interests and have continued together as they have been since boyhood. The older brother, James C, has never married. John J. McCausland married Anna M. Doran, who was reared at Akron and is a daughter of William Doran. They have three children : Leo, aged twelve years ; Helen, aged eleven years; -and Mary, aged four years. John J. McCausland ha.s served two terms as township treasurer and enjoys the full confidence of his fellow-citizens. Both brothers are members of St. Vincent Catholic Church and belong to the order of Knights of Columbus.

The McCausland Brothers' brick plant has a capacity of about 4,000,000 building brick, and during the six months in the year that it is running, employment is given to about twenty-five men. It is one of the best established industries of Portage Township and its ownei-s are among the representative citizens.

AULTMAN BROTHERS, bankers and lirokers, with offices in the Hamilton Building, Akron, and with additional offices at Toledo and Cleveland, manage and control many large financial interests in this section of Ohio. The firm is made up of William J. and George W. Aultman.

Wayne County, Ohio, in 1875, in which place he w'as reared and educated, and wliere he was engaged for two years in the bicycle business. Then coming to Akron, he entered the employ of the B. F. Goodrich Company, Avith whom he remained for five years. In 1892 the firm of Aultman Brothers was founded for dealing in mining stock, and they have since handled the most successful stocks of this kind in this section of Ohio. They carry on a banking and brokerage business and their standing a? business men is very high. In 1902 William J. Aultman was married to Ella Hostettler, of Orrvillc, Ohio, and they have one child, Garnett Marie. Mr. and Mrs. Aultman are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Akron.

George W. Aultman, of Aultman Brothers, was born at Orrville, Wayne County, Ohio, in 1877. After leaving school he worked for three years at dentistry, later went into the bicycle business, and in 1890 came to Akron. For eighteen months he was connected wdth the Goodrich Company, and for the same length of time with the Diamond Rubber Company He then became associated with his brother, William J., in the brokerage business, making mining a specialty. In June, 1907, George W. Aultman was married to Edith McGurry, of Toledo, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Aultman belong to the First Presbyterian Church.

The material success which has attended this firm of enterprLsing young men is somewhat remarkable. Both had practical business experience and with their ambition stimulated by enlarged opportunities, they found themselves qualified to accept new responsibilities and have rapidly built up a large and important' business.

OTTO N. HARTER, president of the Akron Pure Milk Company, with business location at No. 265 Bowery Street, Akron, was born April 4, 1866, at New Beriin, Stark County, Ohio, and is a son of Jeremiah Ilixrter.

his parents moved to Western Star, Summit County, where he completed his education and then entered into a milk and butter business. For a number of years he was a member of the firm of Harter Brothers, dealers in dairy products. In April, 1904, when the Akron Pure Milk Company was reorganized and incorporated, with a capital stock of $10,- 000, which put it on a firm foundation, 0. N. Harter became president, A. II. Harter, vice-president, and A. G. Teeple, secretary and treasurer. The Akron quarters are commodious a.nd sanitary. They have their butter manufacturing plant at Killbuck, Holmes County, where fine creamery Ijutter is produced which finds a ready market on account of its superior excellence. Employment is given by this company to twenty-five people. In partnership with J. M. Sumner, Mr. Barter organized the Sumner Company, exclusive dealers in dairy products, but he has disposed of his interest in this concern. Other enterprises of considerable importance claim a part of his attention and he is a stockholder in several banks.

On June 15, 1893, Mr. Harter was married to Rose M. Spidle, of Akron, and they have five children, namely: Frederick S., Flora C, Bessie May, Bert H. and Harry Lee.

Mr. Harter is a good, solid citizen, taking an interest in all that concerns the real welfare of the country, but he has never devoted much time to politics.

GEORGE HART ROOT, a leading citizen of Tallmadge Township, was born May 21, 1833, on the farm and m the same house in which he lives, in Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of John Cole and Lydia (Hart) Root.

The Root family is of English extraction and of Puritan ancestry. John Root, the settler, came from Badby, England, to Farmmgton, Connecticut, with the first settlers of the place, in 1640. His father being decea.sed, he was adopted by a wealthy uncle, the latter of wliom was a zealous supporter of the great Protector. He insisted that his nephew, John Root, espouse Cromwell's cause against King Charles I. but the niephew was of a peaceable disposition and chose rather to ca^t in his lot with the little band of Puritans then on the verge of emigrating to the free land across the Atlantic Ocean.

In the settlement at Farmington, John Root became a man of affairs and of much prominence. About 1640, he married Mary Kilbourn, who was born in 1619, at Wood Button, England, and died in Connecticut, in 1697, aged seventy-eight years. Her parents were Thomas and Frances Kilbourn. She came to the Colonies in the good ship Increase, in 1635. John Root, the settler, died in 1684, aged seventy-six years.

The family record then goes to Ezekiol Root, who was born at Farmington, Connccti October 18, 1764, and was married February 17, 1786, to Cynthia Cole, of Kensington, Connecticut. She died at Tallmadge, Ohio, March 9, 1853. Ezekiel Root died in 1825, aged sixty years. He served for eight years dn the Patriot army during the Revolutionary troubles and for three years after the' close of the war he was an orderly sergeant at West Poijit He ciied at Farmington, in 1825. The children of Ezekiel Root and wife w^ere Horace, George, Fannie, John Cole, Cynthia and Hiram.

Horace Root, the eldest son, was never married. He was born January 8, 1787. Just prjor to the War of 1812, he was visiting i^aston, Massachusetts, and while there was pressed on board one of the British ships of war and suffered the .same shameful treatment then accorded all Americans. It became so imbearable that with three companions he resolved to attempt to swim ashore, although the distance w\as three miles. With one of liis fellow sufferers he was successful, and soon after joined the rank.? of the American army. He took part in the battle at Lundy's Lane, where Gen. Winfield Scott won his first promotion, and was with his regiment on the land near where Commodore Perry won his victory on Lake Erie. He assisted in digging the Erie Canal. His death .took place in Ohio. George Root, the second son, was Iborn at Farmington, Connecticut, February 13, 1791 . He war; a merchant and moved to Mil- ledgeville, Georgia, where he died, ;is did his wife and two children. Fannie Root was born at Farmington, April 5, 1793, and died at Freedom, Ohio. John Cole Root, was born at Farmington, October 18, 1795. Cynthia Root was born at Farmington, March 20, 1798, and died in Ohio. Hiram, deceased, was born at Farmington, August 29, 1800.

John Cole Root came intolTallmadge, Ohio, in 1828, and purchased the farm of sixtythree acres on which his son, George Hart Root resides, on which he lived until his death, December 20, 1862. He was married at New Briton, Connecticut, November 29, 1819, to Lydia Hart, who was born there. May 13, 1796, and died in Tallmadge, March 9, 1876. Her father died in Connecticut but her mother came to Summit County soon after the Roots came, and she died at St. Mar}''s, in Auglaize County. John Cole Root and wife had but one child, George Hart.

George Hart Root grew up on the farm on which he was born and gave his father all needed assistance in clearing and Cultivating the property. He was given excellent educational advantages, including a district school training, a season at the Tallmadge Academy and one year at Oberlin College. After leaving school he engaged in teaching during the winters for a time and taught six months at Akron. He then accepted employment with the Cleveland Construction Company and assisted in the building of electric railways from Akron to Cleveland, and also the IS^iagara Falls Railway, and later aided in the building of the line running from Cleveland to Willoughby. For a time he worked on the line from Lima to Piqua, as commdssarj'^ of the construction camp, and was considered a very useful man in that department. He has long since done little but look after his farming interests, and has now reached a time in his life when the labors of this industry can be easily shifted to younger shoulders.

Mr. Root was maiTied at Tallmadge, October 7, 1856, to Marie Phoebe Upson, who was born in Tallmadge, September 30. 1838, and they have had the following children : Ella Evelync : who wa~ born in Tallmadge.

July 14, 1859 ; Eddie Harland, who was born June 28, 1862, died in December of the same year; and Frank Lewis, who was born March 7, 1868. Ella E., the eldest daughter, was married to Edward L. Hinman, October 7, 1879, who is a farmer residing near Ravenna, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Hinman have children as follows: Helen ilarie, born in Tallmadge, Ohio, March 28, 1881; Lewis Edward, born at Ravenna, Ohio, October 15, 1885 ; Florence Jennie, born September 19, 1888, and Mabel Harriet, born January 16, 1891.

Frank Lewis Root wa.s married in Tallmadge, June 12, 1896, to Olive A. Skinner, also of Talldiadge, and their four children liear the following names: Charles Edward, born in Tallmadge, April 8, 1898; Gilbert Hart, born February 8, 1900; Marion Phoebe, born September 10, 1902; and Frank Oliver, born October 10, 1905. Fi-ank Lewis attended the public schools of Tallmadge and the Western ReseiTe Academy, and took a course in the Reserve Academy, and took a course in the Spencerian Business College at Cleveland. He is engaged in farming and is also the rural mail route carrier in Tallmadge.

Both Mr. Root and son are stanch Republicans and both are men of the highest personal standing in the community. Mr. Root has always taken as active interest in the development of the township's resources and has devoted time, labor and means to many public-spirited enteiprises. He has been a warm friend of the public schools, in which both he and his children enjoyed advantages. During a part of his earlier life he taught penmanship and although the winters of seventyfour years have pa.ssed over his head and bodily afflictions have fallen on him, his hand is steady enough to pen letters that show little trace of weakness, and which may be placed .«ide by side with those of a younger generation, to the latter's discredit.

GEORGE C. STANFORD, one of the representative men of Boston Township, who is carrying on agricultural operations on his fine . farm of 300 acres, was born April 18, 1839,

James Stanford, the great-grandfather of George C. Stanford, was a native of Ii-eland and his wife of Pennsylvania, and they settled at Bristol, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1802. They remained there for about three years, and then moved to Jackson Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, where they resided for one year. About this time James Stanford joined a surveying party which was appointed to locate and survey what is now Boston Township, and when the survey was completed, in 1806, he brought his family to Sujnmit County and located on 1S9 acres on the east bank of the Cuyahoga River. In the following j'ear he traded lands with Alfred . Wolcott, securing then a part of the farm now occupied by George C. Stanford, and here he spent the remainder of his life. It was James Stanford who suggested the name of Boston Township, and its acceptance happily ended a disputed question. His son, Andrew Johnson Stanford, was the first white child born in Boston Township.

George Stanford, father of George C, was born at Bristol, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, October 9, 1800, and died March 3, 1883. He was a prominent Whig and was a justice of the peace for many years. On January 17, 1828, he was married to Catherine Carter, who was born in 1809, and died December 20, 1872. She was a daughter of James and Elizabeth Carter. They had eight children : Emily, who died in infancy; James M. and Ellen, both of whom died when about twenty years of age; William Irwin, who died in childhood; Perkins W., who enlisted as a private in the Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, was promoted to be sergeant of Company A, was taken prisoner in 1864, and died at Andersonville; Eliza, who died when three years of age; George C. ; and Catherine, who is deceased.

George C. Stanford went to school in the second schoolhousc which was erected in this district, and he has always lived on his present farm, which now comprises 300 acres, 100 of which arc under cultivation, being devoted principally to wheat and hay. Mr. Stanford has a fine silo, 19x20 feet, 26 feet high. In former years he kept from twenty-five to thirty head of cattle, but he now keeps only ten or twelve cows, and has a flock of sixtyfive sheep. In politics he is a Republican, and he has sei-ved as a delegate to county conventions. He was elected justice of the peace and was re-elected, but resigned before the expiration of his second term. For three years he has been township assessor. He is a member of Meridian Sun Lodge No. 226, and Summit Royal Arch Chapter No. 74 of Masons.

Mr. Stanford was married to Eliza Lida Wefmore, daughter of William Wetmore, of Peninsula, and to this union there were born three children: Ellen, Perkins W., and Clayton J. The only daughter was born February 6, 1871, and married Edgar E. Jobe. She lives with her father, and has one child, Curtis A., who was born January 17, 1905. Perkins W., who was born May 2, 1874, resided in Indianapolis, Indiana, for eight years, where he received the main part of his schooling. He enlisted in Company D, 158th Regiment, during the Spanish-American AVar, but was never called on to leave the country. He is a general merchant at Boston village, and is postmaster. He married Stella Morgan, and has two children, namely, George J., born December 7, 1904, and Dorothy, born June -19, 1906. Clayton J., who was born August 4, 1877, married Catherine E. Coonrad, of Brecksville, Ohio. Mr. and Mi's. Stanford are members of the Methodist. Episcopal Church, of whicli Mr. Stanford is trustee and steward, in addition to having been superintendent of the Sunday-school for many years. He has been a member of the Summit County Agricultural Society for a long period.

F. B. LIVERMORE, M.D., a leading physician and surgeon, at Barberton, formerly demon-strator of Anatomy at the Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery, has Vjeen located at this place since October, 1899. Dr. Livermore was born at Port Henry, New York, December 28, 1871, and is n son of R. F. and Eliza Hester (Bates) Livermore.

In 1878, the parents of Dr. Liverinore removed from Port Henry to Corry, Pennsyl- \ania, where his father embarked in a wholesale and retail dry goods business. There Dr. Liverinore was educated, and after graduating from the Corry High School, he entered Allegheny College, at Meadville, where he took ;: preparatory course in medicine, following which he entered the Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery, at Olev'eland, Ohio, from which institution he was graduted with his degree, in March, 1895. While Dr. Livermore pjracticed at Cleveland, he held the chair of demonstrator in Anatomy in his alma mater, and was also one of the physicians attached to the Huron Street Hospital, in that city. The trainhig of two years which he enjoyed in hospital work was of inestimable benefit, giving him an opportunity to study diseases and injuries in a practical way. In October, 1899, Dr. Livermore came to Baxberton, and although a number of other practitioners of excellent repute are located at thi^ point, he has built up a most satisfactory practice and in large degree enjoys the confidence and support of the leading citizens.

Fraternally, Dr. Livermore is connected with the Maccabees and the Knights of Pythias, while also retaining membership with his college fraternity, the Delta Tau Delta. Professionally, he is a member of the Cleveland Medical Association and the Summit County Clinical Association.

A. R. LODWICK, president of The Lodwick Company, leaders in the grocery line at -Vkron. with business location at No. 10 East Market Street, has been a resident of this city for thirty-three years and during the whole period of his eommercial life has l>een identified with grocery interests. Mr. Lodwick was lorn in 1870, at Clinton, Missouri, and was four years old when his parents brought him to Akron.

in the grocery business and very early the son l)ecame his a.ssistant and learned all the practical details by the time he was ready to assume the responsibility of conducting a business of his own. For a number of years he was one of the stockholders in the Tanner Comi^any, grocers, at Akron, which was succeeded in 1907 by the Lodwick Company. The latter was incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000, with these officers: A. R. Lodwick, president; A. M. Lodwick, vicepresident; and I. A. Lodwick, .secretary and tieasurer.

Mr. Lodwick is affiliated with a number of the leading fraternal organizations. He is a 32nd degree Jlason, and belongs to the F>lue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery at Akron, to Lake Erie Consist-ory at Cleveland. He is also a member of the Odd Fellows, the Royal Arcanum, the Protected Home Circle and the National Association of Letter Carriers. He is identified with the Masonic club. He is not an active politician but always takes a good citizen's interest in public affairs, he gives liberally to charity and his civic pride is shown in the support he lends to publicspirited enterprises.

William Amos Mansfield, M.D.

physician and surgeon, at Barberton, where he has been established since 1900, is one of the leading medical men of Summit County. He wiis born at Ravenna, Muskegon County, Michigan, February 28, 1859, and is a son of A. J. and Ann ^Ellithorpe) Mansfield.

The father of Dr. Mansfield was born in Canada and was a son of Harry Mansfield, who was born near Plattsburg, New York, and was a son of an Englishman, who had settled very early in that city. The mother of Dr. Mansfield was l)orn near Toronto, Canada, where her English parents had settled. For a number of years the father of Dr. Mansfield was prominently identified with the lumber industry in Canada. He began a manufacturing business near Toronto shortly after liis marriage, but subsequently removed to Muskegon County, Michigan, where he bought large tracts of lumber and continued in the lumbering business, and the furniture manufacturing business, until his death, in 1906, the death of his wife having immediately preceded his own.

Dr. Mansfield was reared in Muskegon County, Michigan, and first attended the district schools near his home and then entered Bryant and Stratton's Business College, at Buffalo, New York, where he took a twoyears course. Equipped with a first-cla-ss commercial education, he then went to Boston, Massachusetts, and for two years Avas a student in the Emerson College of Oratory and Dramatic Art, graduating from that wellknown institution, May 3, 1889. From proba.ble succe&s in business and celebrity on the stage, he then turned his attention to the science of medicine and entered the Cleveland Universit}^ of Medicine and Surgery, graduating in the class of 1895. For the succeeding five years he practiced his profession in the city of Cleveland and then came to the prospering town of Barberton, where he has become a leading citizen. He is a member of the Summit County Medical Club, and is an enthu.siast in his profession. His fine office is equipped with modern appliances of all kinds, including an expensive X-ray machine, and he keeps thoroughly in touch with medical progress. He served one term as health officer of Barberton, liaving been appointtd by the village council.

In 1893, Dr. Mansfield was married to Lenno Mowry, and they have two children : EUithorpe and Marie. Dr. Mansfield is prominent in fraternal life, belonging to ti:c Masons, the Elks and the Knights of Fythias.

WILLIAM HENRY MIDDLETON, residing on a very valuable farm of over 200 acres, which he acquired in 1882, is one of the sub- .stantial agriculturists and leading citizens of Hudson Township. He was born. May 19, 1856, in County Kent, England, and is a son of James and Mary Ann (Grigsby) Middleton.

Both parents of Mr. Middleton wer_> born in County Kent, England, and in 1869 they came to America with their seven children. Tlie voyage was one of danger and disaster. The family set sail in the vessel the City of Hudson, which was wrecked on the banks of New Foundland and drifted backward helplessly, for 500 miles, with three feet of water in the hold. The captain had lost all hope of saving his passengers, but fortunately kq^t up their courage when he lost his own, and finally help came and in the course of time the Middleton family reached East Cleveland in safety. The father was a brick-layer by trade. He died August 4, 1906, aged seventyfive years. The mother of William H. Middleton died December 21, 1878. The father was married (second) January 7, 1880, to Mrs. Elizabeth Pincombe. The children born to his first marriage were as follows: William H. ; George, residing at Mayfield Heights, Cleveland; Sarah Jane, who died October 12, 1905; Alfred who died April 12, 1883; Elizabeth, who married George Lintern, died in 1894, at Cleveland; James, residing at Cleveland'; Charles, residing in Hudson Township ; and Hattie, who married Julian Scott, residing on the Streetsboro road in Hudson Township.

Wilham H. Middleton resided at East Cleveland and at Glenville for about two years, and started a milk route which he continued until 1884, when he came to his present farm. He bought over 202 acres and has since added about twenty-seven acres. He operates his farm mainly as a dairy farm and ships his milk to Cleveland.

On August 31, 1875, Mr. Middleton was married to Sarah Ann Pincombe, who was born at Plymouth, England, and was ten years old when her parents AVilliam and Elizabeth (Rockey) Pincombe, crossed the Atlantic Ocean. The father went back to England and died there. The mother, later in life, became the second wife of the father of Mr. Middleton, and died on the present farm in an adjoining house, December 3, 1894. The Pincombes had three children to grow to maturitv. namelv: Elizabeth, who married

John Lintern. reading at Cleveland; Selina, married W. B. Hopkins, residing at Cleveland ; and Sarah Ann, who married Mr. Middleton. Mr. and Mrs. Middleton have five children, a.s follows; May Elizabeth, who married W. S. Mills, residuig at Twinsburg, has two children, Florence Elizabeth and Winnifred Ann; William, residing in Hudson Township, married Pearl Beardsley; Emanuel Alfred, residing in Bedford, married Emma Po^t, of Macedonia; and Blanche "Winnifred and Bert Eli, both residing at home. Mr. Middleton and family belong to the Congregational Church at Hudson. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Middleton is a tApe of self-made man and enjoys the position in which he finds him.self, in middle life, because through his own efforts he has brought his prosperity about.

ELMER ROBINSON, residing on his valuable farm of ninety acres, situated in Bath Township, where he is engaged in general farming and dairying, is one of the substantial men and reliable citizens of this section. Mr. Robinson was born in Wayne County. ( )liio. October 6, 1835, and is a son of Robert ;ind Sai'ali (Clapper) Robinson.

The grandparents of Mr. Robinson were James and Sarah (Yates) Robinson, who were natives of Pennsylvania. James Robinson was a cigar-maker by trade, but after moving to Missouri in 1869, he followed farming. His children were: John and Robert, both f of whom are deceased; Jacob, residing in ' Missouri ; Benjamin, residing in Wayne County; Joseph and Abraham, both, of whom are deceased: Katherine, residing in Missouri; and Elizabeth, who is decea-ed.

Robert Robinson, father of Elmer, was born at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, October 2. 1839, * and died in Bath Town.-hip, Summit County, Ohio, July 30, 1900. He accompanied his parents to Mis.souri, where lie lived for two years and then came to Bath Township, where lie passed the rest of his life. He was a man nf education and taught school in Missouri :ind later in Wavne Countv. He was a stanch

Republican and was elected a director of the Summit County Infirmary, to which position he was re-elected, and was the only member of his party who gained popular recognition at that time in this section. He died while serv'- ing in his second term. His widow still survives and resides on the home farm in Bath Township. The children of Robert Robinson and wife were: AUie, who married Charles H. Francisco, residing in Copley Township; Elmer C, Mettie, who married Andrew Harris, residing in Copley Township, Edward, who married Lottie Leiby, resides in Sharon Township; Irene, deceased, who married James Myers; and Vera, Avho mamed Earl Rockwell, residing on the old home in Bath Township.

Elmer Robinson M-as reared on the home- .stead farm and obtained his education in the schools of Bath Township. He remained assisting his father until his marriage, when he puichased his present farm, where he has made all the improvements, including the building of the substantial residence and farm stnictures. He is a man of practical ideas and thoroughly understands how to make every part of his land produce satisfactorily, in other words, he is a successful agriculturi.st.

In 18S6, Mr. Robinson was married to Alpha L. Miller, who is a daughter of Ral.<- man and Sarah (Hershey) Miller, former residents of Bath Township, where the former died in 1897, and the latter in 1899. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have had four children, namely: Glenn, who died aged eight years; Pearl; Wayne; and a babe that died in infancy.

Mr. Roliiiison is a member of the East Granger Disciples Church, in which he is one of the deacons, and is superintendent of the Sunday-school. Politically he is a Republican and is serving in his fifth year as township trustee. He is one of the directors in the Farmers' Mutual Cyclone Association, and the Bath Horse Protective Association, and is president of the latter organization. He is aiuember of the Grange of Bafli Center.

IRA L. UNDERWOOD, residing on Lis valuable farm of 152 acres, situated on tlie township line road, between Bath and Riehfield, in Bath Township, was born in Granger Township^ Medina County, Ohio, February 18, 1857, and is a son of Henry and Hannah (Dunsha) Underwood and a grandson of Henrj^ Underwood.

The Underwood ancestors came to New York from Scotland. The grandfather was born in New York and came to Wayne County, Ohio, prior to the birth of liis son, Henry Underwood, who was a boy when his parents settled in Granger Township, Medina County. He died in Medina County, but his widow sui^v-ived some years and died on the farm of her son Ira L., in Bath Township.

Ira L. Underwood was reared in Granger Township, remaining at home until his twenty-first year, when he came to Bath Township, where he has since resided. In 1900, he came to his present property, which is a finely improved tract of lancl, and here he has engaged in general farming and dairying, keeping about twenty cows. Mr. Underwood also owns a small tract of seven acres in Ghent. He is very well known in his vicinity, and his fellow-townsmen elected him assessor for two terms.

In 1881 Mr. Underwood was married to Louisa jNIiller, who is a daughter of Ralseman jililler, and to this imion there have been born two children: Edith: and Miller H.. who married Opal Fulmer.

SMITH D. TIFFT. .senior member of the firm of Tifft and Vogan, dealers in carriages and agricultural implements, at Cuyahoga J'alls, is a leading citizen and representative Inisiness man of this section of Summit County. He was born in Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio, March 16, 1840, a,nd is a .son of John D. and Anna (Bangs) Tifft.

John D. Tifft, father of Smith D., was born in the State of New York, and died at Cuyahoga Falls, in 1876, aged seventy years. He remained on the home farm until he reached maturity and then came to Ohio, securing work at Cleveland, where he a.ssisted in clearing the virgin forest from the present sites of the beautiful Wilson and Euclid avenues of that city. After -two years at Cleveland, about 1840, he settled at Johnson's Corners, near the present site of Barberton, and in the fall following the birth of his son. Smith D., he came to Cuyahoga Falls. Here he kept a livery stable and also engaged in a meat business. The year 1847 he spent in Chicago, but returned to Cuyahoga Falls, where he became one of the substantial citizens, during the following seven or eight yeare. An unlucky speculation in hogs caused his business failure and from then to the close of his life, he engaged in the manufacture of immerous patents and machines, of which he was the inventor. He first patented a fanning mill, for cleaning grain, his rights to which he subsequently sold. Later he patented and sold his rights to a certain kind of fence and still later, he patented an invalid's spring bed, also selling his rights in this valuable invention. All of his inventions were of such recognized utility that they came into general use, and before his death he had become again a man of ample means. Early in life he was a Whig, but after 1852 he was identified with the Republican party. He was a man of Sterling character and at the time of his death was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.

The mother of Smith D. Tilft was liorn in Vermont and died in 1884. She was the youngest of a family of seven children, all of whom were remarkably long-lived, only two dying before the age of eighty-eight years, and .several living to be over ninety. The four children of John D. Tifft and wife lo reach maturity were: Smith D. ; Eliza ^L (deceased), who married W. A. Allen, of Akron ; Horace, residing in ihe Soldier's Home at Dayton, who is a veteran of the Civil War, and Alice, who married Charles Hawn, of CuyaJioga Falls. The mother of this family was a consi.stent member of the Methodist Epi.scopal Church through life.

Georcie T. Bishop

meat and cattle industry, in which he continued for eleven years. From 1867 until 1869, Mr. Tifft was in partnership with W. A. Taylor, speculating in cattle, after which he became the "Co." of the then well-known carriage and wagon shop of ^^^ A. Allen & Co. He continued with this firm for nine years and then sold out to his partner and resumed speculating in cattle. Some six months later he started a meat market and continued in the meat business until 1885, when he traded it for a farm, which he operated for one year. He left farming in order to go out on the road as the traveling representative for the milling concern of Howe & Company. Mr. Tifft i-emained with the above firm until 1891, when he engaged in an agricultural implement business beginning in a modest way and conducting it alone until January 26, 1896, T.'hen he entered into partnership with F. D. Vogan. The firm of Tifft & Vogan has prospered from the first and has desei"ved the name of being the first lousiness house at this place, to handle "everything for the fai'mer." The bu-siness ha.s increa.?ed to such proportions that it won the prize - a check for $100 - vhich was offered by the International Harvester Company, of Cleveland, for handling the largest volume of business of that company's products, through a certain area. This could not have c-ome about without excellent business management and a fine equality of goods. Mr. Tifft is interested in other enterprises which contribute to the prosperity and good name of Cuyahoga Falls. He was one of fhe organizers of the Falls Sa^^ngs and Loan Association and has been its president for the past eighteen months. He is also a director of the Cuyahoga Falls Savings Bank. On January 29, 1863, Mr. Tifft was married to Julia E. Allen, a daughter of George Allen, of Cuyahoga Falls. For forty years Mrs. Tifft has been a devoted member of the Episcopal Church, and Mr. Tifft is a liberal contributor to its various beneficent enterprises. Politically, Mr. Tifft is a Republican, and he served as village clerk for six years. In 1863, he united with the Masons and is a member of Star Lodge, No. 187, at Cuyahoga Falls.

GEORGE T. BISHOP, formerly president of the Northern Texas Traction Company, and president of the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Street Railway, for many years has been prominently identified with electric railways and has also been concerned in other important business enterprises, but since 1901 he has made his summer home on his farm in the township where his boyhood was spent. Mr. Bishop was born at Ravenna, Ohio, October 11, 1864, and is a son of Clark Benjamin and Arvilla (Taylor) Bishop.

Mr. Bishop's American ancestors were of New England birth and training. His greatgrandfather, Benjamin Bishop, on the occasion of Lafayette's visit to America, in 1824, took that Revolutionary hero and friend of Washington from Burlington, Vermont, to Montpelier, that State, in a coach drawn by four white horses, with outriders.