Summit County, Ohio - Chapter 20: Statistics, 1908 (part 19 of 27)

Mr. Bishop's grandfather, Orin Azro Bi.shop, was born at Richmond, Vermont. He married Celina Lillie, who, like himself, graduated at the Jericho Academy, at Jericho, Vermont, and who after her graduation taught school. In 1831, after their marriage, they came to Northfield Township, where life mast have .seemed crude and hard in those early days. Here Grandfather Bishop erected a log cabin west of Northfield Center, and in 1838 built a tavern or public house, which still stands, as a landmark, on the southwest corner of the Square at Northfield Center. This was the first tavern in Northfield Township, a commodious two-story building which was quite a notable building in its prime, and was conducted under the name of the Washington Inn. By the premature discharge of a cannon, on training day, Mr. Bishop was so injured that he died one year after the accident. His three children were: Clark B., George L. and Orin Azro.

Clark Benjamin was born September 12, 1833, in the little log cabin home in Northfield, and was reared to his father's pursuits. .After his marriage he removed to Ravenna, Ohio, where he engaged with his father-inlaw, in conducting a hotel, and during the

Civil War they operated the Exchange Hotel, but in 1866 Mr. Bishop took charge of the American House, in Cleveland. Returning to Northfield in 1873 he purchased the farm one and one-fourth miles west of Northfield Center, returning to the quiet of country life as a means of regaining his health. Eight years on the farm restored him to his former robustness and on his son George T. Bishop's seventeenth birthday, he returned to Cleveland. He died April 3, 1899. During his residence in Northfield Township, he served in public offices and was a representative man of his section. Politically, he was identified with the Republican party. He was a member of Summit Lodge, No. 281, F. & A. M., of Twinsburg.

On September 17, 1862, he married Arvilla Taylor, who died February 3, 1904. She was a daughter of Timothy Taylor, of Twinsburg. They had two sons, George T. and Hal F., the latter now residing at Cleveland.

George T. Bishop's boyhood was mainly passed in Northfield Township. In his seventeenth year he accompanied his father to Cleveland, and in the following year entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, in the traffic department. He was connected with the steam railroad business until 1895. during the last few years being general agent of the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City Railroad. In the above mentioned year he became interested in financing and building electric railroads. He was president of the Northern Texas Traction Company, which built and financed the pioneer interurban electric railway of Texas, the line connecting Dallas and Fort Worth. After disposing of his interests in Texas, Mr. Bishop became interested in other sections and, as mentioned above, fills the office of president of a very important electric line, which has great future possibilities. He is a director of the Cleveland Trust Company and is concerned in a number of other enterprise.s in diff^erent sections.

In 1901 Mr. Bishop gave way to a natural impulse in turning to the home of his childhood, purchasing the old Baum property and converting it into an elegant summer home. Mr. Bishop has not spared expense in improving the old place and his improvements include making over the public highway in the vicinity. Mr. Bishop received a hearty welcome from his fellow citizens of Northfield Township. He has named his place Sagamore Summit, the latter part of the name being suggested by its natural elevation, which is among the highest in Ohio, and the former coming from the beautiful stream of water named Sagamore Creek, which has its rise on his farm. The Common Council of Macedonia, in recognition of his publicspirted entei-prise in repairing the highway, \oted that henceforth it should bear the name of Sagamore Road.

Mr. Bishop owns some of the finest Jersey stock in this section of Ohio, taking a great deal of interest in it, but not engaging in farming to any extent.

Mr. Bishop married Anna L. Swearer, who i.s a daughter of Alfred Swearer, of Brownsville. He is affiliated with the Republican ]iarty but is not active. He is prominent in Masonry, belonging to Tyrian Lodge, F. & A. M., of Cleveland; Webb Chapter, R. A. M. ; Oriental Commandery, K. T. ; Lake Erie Consistory, and Al Koran Temple of the Mystic Shrine.

THOMAS BLACKBURN, a well-known citizen and retired farmer of Hudson Township, was born October 9. 1833, near Gainsborough, on the River Trent, Lincolnshire, I'ngland, and is a son of William Blackburn, who died during the Civil War.

Thomas Blackburn came to America in 1858 and located at Peninsula, with his brother John, who had come to America four years previously. In September, 1861, he enlisted for seiwice in the Civil War, entering Battery D, First Ohio Light Artillery, under Captain Conkle, and after the clo.se of his first enlistment, he re-enlisted in 1863, and was honorably discharged July 15, 1865. His first service was in the Western armv but

After his return from his military service Mr. Blackburn rejoined his brother at Peninsula, and in the following year was married and then settled on a farm which was owned by his father, in Hudson Township. It contained sixty-six acres and he rented the estate for five years, and cultivated it antil six years since. To the original tract he added sixty-eight acres, and to this his son has added eighty more, making 215 acres. It is well stocked, and under the careful management of Mr. Blackburn and son, has been developed into a fine place. The aged mother lived with Mr. Blackburn until her death, at the age of ninety-three years, during the latter part of her long life being blind. Mr. Blackburn has two brothers, namely: John, who lives near Peninsula; and Henry, who lives at Cleveland.

On April 10, 1868, Mr. Blackburn was married to Hannah Cowlej^, who was also born in England, being four years of age when her parents brought her to America. They w'ere Joseph .James and Hannah (Hunt) Cowley. Her father settled at Middlebury, where he carried on a blacksmith business. Mr. and Mr.?. Blackburn have had six children, as follow.? : Florence J., Harry James, Lotta, Mary Edna, and two who died in infancy. Florence J. married Frederick Stauffer and at her death, January 6, 1903, left two children: Alice and Louise. Harry James married Clara Shaffer, and they have four children : Grace Augusta, Meta Aileen. Helen and Harnet. On May 13, 1898, he enlisted for three years as first lieutenant of Company B, Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served under General Shafter at Santiago, Cuba and was honorably discharged at Wooster, Ohio, November 21, 1898. Prior to the Spanish- American War he had been a member of the Ohio National Guards, entering April 23, 1893. in the following July was made corporal, on May 12, 1894. sergeant, on .Tune first, 1896. second lieutenant, and first lieutenant, July 15, 1896. After the close of the Spani.^h-American War he retained his commission as fii'st lieutenant, and in September, 1899, he was elected captain and so continued until he resigned his commission in 1902, when he was honorably discharged. He is bookkeeper in the First National Bank at Akron. Mr. Blackburn's second daughter, Lotta, married R. E. Miller, and they reside in Hudson and have one daughter, Claire Louise.

In politics, Thomas Hudson is a Republican. For twelve yeaxs he served as a trustee of Hudson Township and took an active interest in public affairs. He is a member and liberal supporter of the Congregational Church. He belongs to W. T. Sherman Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and Mrs. Blacktiui-n is serving her fifth year as president of the Woman's Relief Corps.

L. H. OVIATT, county commissioner of Summit County, residing at Hudson and awning farming and cattle interests near Hudson, has his official residence in the Court House at Akron. He was born in Portage Township, Summit County, Ohio, in 1860, and is a son of Salmon F. Oviatt.

The grandfather of Mr. Oviatt was Benjamin Oviatt, who, with his brother, Herman Oviatt, came to Ohio from Connecticut, and settled near Hudson, Summit County, in 1802, when this whole country was a wilderness. Benjamn Oviatt resided there until 1847, w'hen he removed to Twinsburg Township, where he lived until his death. Salmon Oviatt, father of L. H., resided at Hudson, where he was born in 1827, until his father moved to Twinsburg Township, and he still re.sides on the same farm, having reached the age of eighty years. He has long been a prominent citizen of that section,

L. H. Oviatt was reared and educated at Twinsburg and subsequently became an extensive farmer and cattle raiser. Ever since a^ttaining manhood he had been active in politics, and has served in all the important township offices, having been a member of the School Board. a.ssessor and trustee. In the fall of 1901, Mr. Oviatt was first elected countv commissioner, and assumed the duties of the office in the fall of 1902. His reelection took place in the fall of 1904. Mr. Oviatt has been chairman of the building commission for the erection of the Court House, and is also a member of the Sunmiit County Agi'icultural Socity.

Mr. Oviatt was married in September, 1881, to Nina E. Slocum, who is a daughter of John Slocum, who was born in New York and became later a resident of Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Oviatt have two children: Ida, who is the wife of Silas E. Sawyer, who is engaged in a grocery busines.s at Falls Junction, Ohio, and Fayette L., residing at home. Mr. and Mrs. Oviatt are members of the Congregational Church at Twinsburg. Mr. Oviatt is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

KENT A. FULMER, a representative citizen of Bath Town.ship, who owns forty acres of excellent farming land one mile east of Hammond's Corners, was born in Sharon Township, Medina County, Ohio, February 27, 1862, and is a son of Jacob and Matilda (High) Fulmer.

Jacob Fulmer was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and as a young man removed to Wayne County. Ohio, subsequently going to Sharon, Medina County, where for thirty years he was in the potash business. He then engaged in farming, and at the time of his death, in 1892, owned a tract of seventy-one acre.*, in Sharon Township. Mr. Fulmer was married to Matilda High, who is a daughter of Abraham and Hettie (Whistler) High, the former of whom was an uncle of County Treasurer U. G. High, of Summit County. Mr. and Mrs. Fulmer had the following children : Ida E.. who married William Wagar; Norman Ij., Kent A., Jennie E., who married Alexander Steese; Abbie, who married Harland Ganyard, and one child which died in infancy. Mrs. Fulmer was married (second) to Andrew Kaskey, who died in 1903. Mrs. Ka.skey now makes her home with her son, Kent A.

went to .Vkron, where, for three years, he worked in the boiler works. He then entered the employ of the Goodrich Rubber Company, with which he remained seven years, after which he worked one year at the Diamond Rubber Works, and for three years more, he was employed at the Whitman-Barnes Rubber Works. In 1900 he purchased his present fai'm, buying fi-om Jeff Mull, and here he has carried on agricultural pursuits quite successfully, and in addition thereto performs the duties of constable of Bath Township, having been elected to that office in 1901, on the Republican ticket. He is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees.

In January, 1884, Mr. Fulmer was married to Annie Ritchie, who is a daughter of George Ritchie, and they have one child. Opal, who married Miller Underwood.

CHARLES BOLTZ, a well known citizen of Bath Township, who owns 178 acres of fine farming land located about one mile east and one-half mile south of Hammond's Cornel's, was born Jvme 19, 1866. ju.st south of Ghent, Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of Peter W. and Elizabeth (Sheets) Boltz.

Peter W. Boltz was born and reared in Pennsylvania, where he was married. After the birth of three children, Mr. Boltz came to Ohio and settled first in Bath Township, where he engaged in work by the day. I^ater he rented the present property of J. Hershey, in West Bath, and there resided for eighteen years, but at the end of this time removed to William Hardy's place, one-half mile east of Botzum, in Northampton Township, renting this farm for three years. The next year was spent on the W. B. Doyle farm in Portage Township, and the family then removed to a farm of sixty-seven acres near Harris Mill, in Bath Township, which Mr. Boltz had purchased in the previous year. The house on this farm burned down while Mr. Boltz was sick, and he was removed to the old William Barker farm, where he died while his own house was in course of being rebuilt. Mr. and Mrs. Boltz were the parents of eleven children, all al' wLoin but unu are living, namely: ^Vmelia, who is the widow of W. Bennage; Thomas, who resides at Cuyahoga Falls ; Jane, who is the wife of Alfred Cai-ver, of Akron; Charles, Sadie, who is the wife of George Snyder; John, who lives at Akron; Albert, who resides in Bath Township; Sherman and Sheridan, twins, and Carl. Clara died when eleven years of age. Mrs. Boltz still sun'ives and makes her home in Bath Township.

Charles Boltz was educated in the schools of his native section and until marriage resided at home. After this, he and his wife went to housekeeping on a rented farm in Northampton Township, where they resided for one yeai", then removed to a farm in Bath Township, which they rented for two years, and subsequently located on the old Stephen Dales farm in Copley Township. After two years on this place, they lived at Hammond's Corners, for a year, and then came to the pi'esent farm. Mr. Boltz rented a large part of the farm for five yeai's before he purchased it, and to the original tract, he subsequently added sixty-three acres which adjoined it. bringing it up to 178 acres. He carries on general farming and dairjdng, keeping from ten to twenty cows.

BURT DONCASTER, funeral director at Hudson, was born in Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio, August 1, 1865, and is a son of James and Louise (Collins) Doncaster.

The gTandparents of Mr. Doncaster were William and Hannah (Darley) Doncaster, who Avere born and married in Lincolnshire, England. After coming to America they located at Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio, Vnit later moved to Hamden, Geauga County. The grandfather met an accidental death at Chardon.

James Doncaster. father of Burt, wa« born July 20, 1836, in Streetsboro Township, Portage County, and died at Hudson, March 30, 1906. He learned carriage-making at Tallmadge and followed this trade after coming to Hudson, together with undertaking, becoming a member of the firm of Wadhams & Doncaster, in 1871, later buying Mr. Wadham's interest. He married Louise Collins, who was born at Brimfield, Summit County, August 7, 1837, who was a daughter of John Collins, who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania. The two children born to this marriage are : Burt and Grace, the latter of whom was born July 13, 1867, and both reside at Pludson. James Doncaster was a Republican in his political views and frequently filled public office, serving many years as township trustee, also iis a.ssessor, and for thirty years was superintendent of the Hudson cemetery. He belonged to Hudson Lodge, F. & A. M.

Burt Doncaster was two years old when his parents came to Hudson, where he acquired a common school education. He became an employe of the Adams Express Company and remained with them for twenty years, during one year of that period living at Cleveland, and during three and one-half years at Cuyahoga Falls. He succeeded his father in the undertaking business, and later attended an embalming school at Sandusky. Mr. Doncaster has well-equipped quarters and is prepared to answer every call in his line of business.

On October 23, 1887, Mr. Doncaster was married to Nellie Scott, who was born at Bedford and is a daughter of De Witt Clinton and Adlantha (Acker) Scott. They have four children: Hazel, born January 12, 1889: Harlev. born Februarv 3, 1891; Lena Rose, born .June 22, 1898, and Clarine Mildred, born June 30, 1902. Mr. Doncaster is a Republican.

HORACE LAWRENCE DEACON, residing on the old home farm, in Hudson Township. Summit County. Ohio, on which he was born May 1, 1833, is one of the representative citizens of this section. His parents were -Tohn and Julia Ann (Lawrence) Deacon.

Pennsylvania, to Summit County, Ohio, buying 160 acres of land in Hudson Township, which was a portion of the present home farm. To his original purchase he added, buying from the Connecticut Land Company, and he became a large owner of valuable lands in this section. His wife, Mary Carter, died in July, 1806, in the little log cabin which had been completed in the previous April. She left motherless . the little fouryear-old son, John, who was born in Pennsylvania. He grew to sturdy manhood and cultivated 101 acres of the land now owned by his grandson, L. W. Deacon. John Deacon married Julia Ann Lawrence, who was born at Seabrook, Connecticut, in 1813, and was a daughter of Martin Lawrence, who came to Hudson Township in 1817. They had the following children: Horace Lawrence, John Wesley, formerly a resident of Hudson Township, where he died aged sixty years; Mrs. Caroline Campbell, who is deceased; David, residing at Hudson; Mrs. Emily Slubaugh, widow, residing at Cleveland; Cyrus B., who died at Hudson; Edmund, residing in Bath Township; Louis; Lucinda, who is deceased ; Frederick, residing at Akron, and Louisa, who married John Musson.

Horace L. Deacon spent his childhood in the old log house which was built by his grandfather. On this land he has continued to carry on agricultural pursuits, and is considered one of the excellent farmers of Hudson Township. He lived for a short time in Boston Township, but his home has mainly been in the vicinity of his birth. On May 12, 1863, he was married to Electa Johnson, who was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Clark and Polly (Ferris) Johnson. Her grandfather came from Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Deacon have three children: Emma, who married Frank Oviatt, residing in Northfield Township, have two children, Cliff and Opal; Julia May, who married Van Nostram, residing in Northfield Township, have two children, Mildred and Arleen, and Lawrence, who married Beatrice Delia Van Nostram, has had two children,

JOHN KEMERY, a well-known resident of Bath Township, who owns a fine 160-acre farm, was born March 1, 1842, in Wayne Township, Wayne County, Ohio, and is a son of Daniel and Susanna (Yergin) Kemery.

Daniel Kemery came to Wayne County, Ohio, from New York, and was here married. He rented farming land in Wayne Township, on which he lived until his death in 1850. He left a widow and five children, namely: Catherine, deceased, who was the wife of Benjamin Allman ; David, who died in the fall of 1906 ; Caroline, who is the wife of Jared Sheldon ; John and Samantha Jane, who married Silas Payne, of Richfield.

John Kemery was about eight years of age when his father died, and the oldest of the children was not more than fourteen. Both he and his brother, David, were put out to work for neighboring farmers at an early age. In 1851 the mother removed to Richfield Township, where she owned a tract of fifteen acres, and there John Kemery was principally reared. The mother died in Richfield Township in 1883. Prior to his marriage, Mr. Kemery was engaged in the lumber business and in operating a sawmill, but afterward settled on a farm he bought in Richfield Township, from which he removed in 1882 to his present property, this being purchased in partnership with Israel Baumgardner, whom he later bought out. Mr. Kemery has made many improvements, including the erection of all the buildings, the clearing of about fifty acres and setting out of trees. He has one of the best cultivated farms in the town.'^hip and has been very successful in his farming and dairying industries. In 1900 Mr. Kemery served as real estate appaiser of Bath Township.

Mr. Kemery was married in Richfield, in 1865, to Mary A. Peach, who is a daughter of David and Elizabeth Peach, and they have one son, Melvin Orlando, who was born August 31. 18<56. He is engaged in farming

WILLIAM F. MILLER, general farmer and stockraiser of ' Bath Township, who resides on his well-improved property of fiftytwo acres, was born September 6, 1853, at Canton, Ohio, and is a son of David and Mary (Killinger) Miller.

David Miller was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared, and shortly after his marriage he came to Canton, Ohio, where he worked at shoemaking and also carried on farmmg. In 1856 he removed to Copley Township, Summit County, where he purchased a farm of eighty acres, one mile north of Copley, on which he resided until retiring from agricultural pursuits in 1875, when he removed to Copley Center, and there his death occurred in April, 1904, aged ninety-four years. His wife had died in August, 1876. They were the parents of the following children: Mahlon, who died an infant at Canton, Ohio; Alice, who married Albertus' Kellar, of Portage County, Ohio; Caroline, who is the widow of Urias Miller, lives at Battle Creek, Michigan ; Elizabeth, who is the wife of William Vickers, who is a farmer of Fulton County, Michigan, and William F.

William F. Miller was reared in Copley Township, and all of his mature life has been spent in farming, with the exception of six years, when he was engaged in teaming at Akron. He remained at home until he was married, when he rented a farm in Copley Township for one year, and then removed to Richfield Township, to what was first called Baldi^an's, and later Miller's Corners, just across the Bath Township line. He purchased a farm of eighty acres in 1877, but in 1893, removed to Akron, where he lived for six years, and then returned to his farm for an equal period. In 1905 Mr. Miller sold that farm and purchased his present one.

and reared in Pennsylvania, and moved to Copley when about twelve yeai^ of age, at which place the father died in 1888. Her mother still lives at Copley. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller the following children have been born: Clarence, who died at the age of eighteen months; Marcia, who died when twenty-five years old, was the wife of Harry Brock, and left one child, Clarence Brock, who lives mth Mr. Miller; Earl, who is a shipping clerk for a large Cleveland shoe house, married Gertrude Vallen; Maude and Dana, who live at home, and Leta, who died at Akron, aged si.x years.

PHILIP J. HEINTZ, a highly esteemed resident of Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, where he owns and operates ninety-six and three-quarters acres of excellent farming land, was born in Germany, Januai-y 20, 1839, and is a son of Philip and Mary (Baird) Heintz.

Philip J. Heintz was six and one-half years old when his parents left Germany for America, and on June 15, 1845, the family arrived at Akron, Ohio. One month later they removed to Coventry Township, where the father had purchased a farm of fifty acres. On this farm the parents of Mr. Heintz spent the remainder of their lives.

Philip J. Heintz was the next to the oldest and is now the oldest living, of a family of. eleven children. He was reared in Coventry Township and was trained to be a farmer on the home place, on which he remained until March, 1878. On Thanksgiving Day, 1877, he purchased his present property, to which he moved when he left the homestead. He erected the house and barn, and after the destruction of the barn by fire in July, 1892, he built his present substantial one, which is 38x66 feet in dimensions.

On November 23, 1865, Mr. Heintz was united in marriage with Mary Hendricks, who is a daughter of Jesse Hendricks. She was reared in Pennsylvania, and when the other members of her family removed- to Iowa, she accompanied her sister to Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Heintz have one child : Henry,

EDWARD E. ROGERS, one of HucLion's prominent citizen.s. who has been identified with its important interests during a long and useful life, was born in Hudson Township, Summit County, Ohio, January 14, 1836. He is a son of Norman and Minerva (Lusk) Rogers, and a grandson of Henry and Mary (Day) Rogers, who came from Massachusetts and settled in Deerfield Township, Portage County, in 1800.

Norman Rogers was born at West Springfield, Massachusetts, and he was twelve yeais of age when he accompanied his parents to Deerfield Township, where he lived four years and then came to Hudson Township. He became a man of influence here and for a number of terms served as a justice of the peace. In early political life, he was a Whig, but later became affiliated with the Republican party. He died in 1862. He married Minerva Lusk, who was born in New- York and died in 1839. She was a "daughter of Capt. Amos Lusk, who was an officer in the War of 1812, and his wife, Mary (Adams) Lusk, the latter of whom was a cousin of John Quincy Adams. They had a farm two miles northeast of Hudson. They reared five children, namely: Amos, who died aged eighty years, residing at that time in Michigan ; Laura, who died in 1877 ; Mary, who died in 1895; Horace, who died in 1894: and Edward E. The late Horace Rogers resided with his brother Edward until his death. He was a well-known artist and the work of his pen and pencil may be seen in the old atlas of Summit County.

Dr. Rogers has passed the greater part of his life in Hudson and is one of her most highly esteemed citizens. From the local schools he attended a preparatory course in the Western Resen-e, and when twenty-four years of age began the study of dentistry, which he practiced for a short period in Medina County, but afterward returned to Hudson. Occasionally, Dr. Rogers still practices, but to no great extent. For some thirty years, he has also been interested in a fire and accident insurance business, repjreseuting some of the leading organizations of the country. Dr. Rogers is identified with the Republican party and has been a leading and influential factor for many years. He served two terms as mayor of Hudson, for twentyfive years was a justice of the peace, and for over that time served as township clerk.

On March 13, 1867, Dr. Rogers was marriwl to Catherine A. Whedon, who was born in the residence which the family occupies, at Hudson, in which she has lived all her life. Her parents were John B. and Catherine (Wells) Whedon, the latter of whom was horn in Connecticut, and the former in Ohio. Her father built the present residence and a drug store adjacent, the latter of which he conducted for many years. Mrs. Rogers is an accomplished pianist and for a number of years taught instrumental music. They have two daughters, Elizabeth Minerva and Catherine Wells, both residing at home. The former has been a teacher in the State institution for the Feeble-minded, at Columbus. The latter has been a stenographer at Cleveland. Dr. Rogers and family belong to the Episcopal Church.

COULSON MONROE FOSTER, general farmer and representative citizen of Twineburg Township, w'here he operates a large farm, owning 135 1-4 acres, was born in Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio. May 13, 1846, and is a son of Edwin Francis and Ann Elizabeth (Deisman) Foster.

Pardon Foster, the grandfathcT. came to Summit County from Rochester, New York, when Edwin Francis was nine years of age. The latter grew to manhood here and acquired a large amount of land in Summit County, one farm of seventy-five acres, one of 128 acres, a third of 135 acres, and still another of 180 acres.

Coulson M. Foster attended excellent schools through boyhood and even into manhood, enjoying advantages at Boston, Oak Hill and Brandvwine. He remained with his father until almost twenty-one years of age, and then spent ten yeai"s working by the month, after which he came to his present farm, which he purchased of his sister. This property he has managed very successfully, and in addition has bought a number of timber tracts which he has cleared and sold. Mr. Foster has had accident and sickness to contend with, and has overcome many difficulties which would have completely discouraged a less brave and cheerful man, but in .spite of all these drawbacks he has prospered.

On December 31, 1876, Mr. Foster was married (fii-st) to Polly Maria Carter, who died October 4, 1904, after many years of invalidism. Two children were born to this macriage, namely; Martin Monroe, residing at Cleveland, married Blanche Strickler; and Edna Anna, resdddng in Bedford, who married George Strickler and has two children, Nettie and William. Mr. Foster wa.- married (second) to Rosanna Schuerman. who was born in Gennany.

CHARLES E. THOMAS, vice president and secretary of the Moody & Thomas Milling Company, at Peninsula, and treasurer of both Boston Township and Peninsula corporation, is a leading citizen of this section of Summit County. He was born in 01mstead Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 14, 1861. and is a son of George C. and Rhoda M. (Burrington) Thomas.

George C. Thomas was born in Bangor Township, Franklin County, New York, and died in 1902. aged seventy-eight years. In early manhood he came to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and worked for a number of years in n sawmill, then rented a mill and also purchased a farm in Middlebiiry. Later he disposed of hi? first farm and bought the farm in Olmstead Township on which his son, Charles E. was born. Here he also conducted ii flour mill. In 1881, in partnership with his son Oscar, under the firm name of George Thomas & Son. he purcha.sed the Peninsula mill, which he operated until ISS,*!, when the property was purchased by Moody & Thomas.

Mr. Thomas then retired to his farm in Olmstead Township, where the remainder of his life was spent. He was a man of local consequence, a Republican in his political faith, and for yeai-s held township offices. He married Rhoda M. Burrington, who died in 1887, aged fifty-live years. She was a con- .>istent member of the Presbyterian Church. They had four children: Oscar, residing at Peninsula; Hattie, who married George Yesberger, residing in Olmstead Township; Charles E., and Edna, who married Sumner Ryder, residing at Cleveland.

Charles E. Thomas was educated in the district schools of Olmstead Township. At the age of eighteen years he went to Cleveland and entered into a flour and feed business with Chandler R. Jloody, under the firm name of Moody & Thomas. He made his home at Cleveland until the firm purchased the Peninsula mill in 1885, since which time he has resided at Peninsula.

The Peninsula Mills stand on the west bank of the Cuyahoga River, where there is a natural fall of about six feet. Taking advantage of this, Harmon Bronson, in 1832, tunneled through the rock and secured a good water power of considerable volume without building a dam. This mill, erected in 1832, remained standing until 1902. In 1849 the mill came into the possession of H. V. Bronson, son of the founder, who operated it until 1863, when it was sold to Pomeroy & Fisher, who operated it for three years. Afterwards it changed hands several times until, in 1872, it was bought by W. F. i- C. E. Bois, who sold it in 1881 to George Thomas & Son.

In the following year it was completely remodeled, the new finn putting in a full line of rollers, this being the first mill in Northern Ohio to adopt the roller system. In 188.5. as noted above. Moody & Thomas secured the mill and operated it continuously until 1902. when, as their large and increasing trade had outgrown the capacity of tho old mill, it was razed and the present fine structure took its place. This fine mill, witli it~ modern equipments, was ready for opera- tion by the beginning of 1903. At this time the firm erected a concrete dam across the neck of the peninsula, increasing the fall of the stream to nine feet, in thi? way securing ample power to operate the new plant. A corporation was also formed to succeed to the old partnership, the officers being: 0. R. Moody, president and treasurer, and 0. E. Thomas, vice president and secretary. In addition to the Peninsula property, the company owns a large warehouse and elevator at Cleveland, where an immense business is done in flour, feed, baled hay and straw, and from there the product of their mill is distributed all over the city.

The Peninsula mill and elevator are two buildings in one and stand on a stone foundation. The dimensions of the mill house are 38 by 48 feet, three stories above the basement. The elevator part is 38 by 24 feet, while the wheat bins have a capacity of 25,000 bushels. The power for the wheat mill is furnished by a 48-inch Little Giant water-wheel, and the power for the elevator and feed side by a 36-inch wheel of the same make. The construction is such that the power of these wheels can be united at any time. The mill machinery is all of the latest and most modern type, heating is done by a steam system and power transmission is so arranged that by throwing clutches in or out, any part of the mill can be stopped and started without affecting the rest.

In addition to his large interests as above stated, Mr. Thomas owns a fine stock farm of 140 acres, which he purchased in 1905 of Horace Beers. He has about one-half of the farm under cultivation, but makes a specialty of raising Duroc red swine. He also raises horses and cattle for market, keeping about twenty-one head of cattle at all times. He personally supervises operations but has two trained men to look after his farm and stock business. It is a fine property and his industries there would be an ample fortune for a man without additional enterprises.

vvell-known resident of Peninsula. They have had three children, the two survivors being Amy and Henry. Mrs. Thomas is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Thomas is an ardent Republican and on many occasions has been elected to office on that ticket. He has frequently served as trustee of Boston Township, and for a decade has been treasurer both of the township and of the town. He belongs to Rising Sun Lodge, No. 266, F. & A. M., of Richfield; also to General Sheridan Lodge, K. P., of Hudson; to the Elks, at Akron, and to the Maccabees at Peninsula.

HENRY MYERS, residing on his valuable farm of 159 acres, situated in Hudson Township, is a representative citizen of this section and is a man who in a large degree commands the respect and enjoys the esteem of bis fellow citizens. He was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, October 19, 1832, and is a son of Philip and Margaret (Erode) Myers.

The father of Mr. Myers was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of John Myers, who was born at Newark, New Jersey. The grandfather had two brothers in the Revolutionary War, both of whom were killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Philip J. Myers owned a farm of some 300 acres in Northampton County and subsequently operated a store in Luzerne County. Henry Myers has one brother and four sisters. The former resides in the old home neighborhood. His sisters are: Mrs. Christiana Lutsey, residing at Green Bay, Wisconsin; Mrs. Maria Spade, residing at Dorrance, Luzerne County; Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, residing at Scranton, Pennsylvania; and Mrs. Priscilla Jones, residing in Slocum Township, Luzerne County.

When he was about twenty-one years of age, Mr. Myers went to Shalersville, where he was clerk in a hotel for three months, and then bought a farm adjoining his wife's property in Freedom Township, and engaged in farming. For two years, while living in Luzerne County, he was fireman on the railroad, and he was the first fireman and his brother George was the first engineer that ever ran a train over that part of the Pennsylvania system. He subsequently sold both farms and came to Hudson, and bought a farm of 102 acres for a son who was educated in the Western Reserve College. In 1902, he sold his own farm of seventy-two acres.

On June 20, 1857, Mr. Myers was married to Ruth Ann Woodruff, with whom, in 1907, he has had the privilege of celebrating their Golden Wedding. Mrs. Myers was born at Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, and is a daughter of Col. Daniel AVoodruff, who served as an officer in the War of 1812, as coast guard in Connecticut. A cannon ball fired during that time is preserved in the family, its mission to the fort having been the killing of Col. Woodruff and his brave men, which fortunately it did not accomplish. He lived to establish a home fii-st in Hudson and later in Freedom Township, to which he moved in the spring of 1840, where he died in 1855. He married Sarah Ann Mills, who was born in Connecticut. Colonel Woodruff was county surveyor of Portage County, before Summit was divided from Portage. Mrs. Myers is the only living cousin of John Brown, of immortal fame. Mr. and Mrs. Myers have one son, Daniel Woodruff. He was born in Freedom Township, and was a student in the Western Reserve College before it was moved to Cleveland. Daniel W. Myers was married (first) to Lelia J. Bediant, and they had four children : Maud Eliza and Mabel Anna, twins, and Marian and Daniel AVoodruff, Jr. Mr. Myers was married (second) to Carris P. Downing, and their one little daughter, Margaret Janette, died aged three months and one day.

Henry Myers is a Republican in politics and has served as supervisor of his district. He is a member of the Congregational Church at Freedom, and is a liberal supporter of church and educational movements.

at Akron, in which city he has maintained his home for about a quarter of a century. He was born in Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, in 1862, and is a son of Peter and Jlary (Stump) Myers.

Peter Myei-s was one of the early settlers in Stark County, just across the line of Summit County. In 1860 he moved to Green Township, Summit County, of which township he later became a prominent citizen, serving as one of its trustees. He was a self-made man and was very highly esteemed. The mother of I. S. Myers was a daughter of John Stump, who came with his wagons across the wild country from Pennsylvania, and settled in Franklin Township, - Summit County, in 1832. He was one of the newly-settled region's most reliable and substantial men.

I. S. Myers remained on the home farm, assisting with the farm work and in the meantice acquiring a good education in the local schools, where he began teaching at the age of seventeen, when he came to Akron and engaged as a clerk in a clothing store until 1893. He then embarked in a clothing business for himself, under the firm name of Myers, Ganyard & Stump, which firm continued for one year, when Mr. Stump sold his inteiest and the firm name became Ganyard & Myers, until 1900, when Mr. Myers bought his partner's interest. In 1902 the firm of the I. S. Myers Company was incorporated, with a capital stock of $55,000, with I. S. Myers as president. This is an extensive business and its method are along modern line. A branch store is operated at Wadsworth, which is also doing well. The firm deals in clothing and manufactures hats, having both a -large wholesale and retail trade, and gives constant employment to from twenty-eight to thirty people. A marked feature of its management is that all employes who have continued with the firm for a certain length of time, have a financial interest in the company, this liberal policy resulting in a better feeling and more satisfactory results than seem to prevail in many large concerns where different methods are followed. The Wadsworth store is a fine concrete structure, 114 by 80 feet in dimen- sions, while their ^Vkron establishment is a three-story building, 30 by 100 feet, with a basement. Mr. Myers is also the owner of a plant for the manufacture of concrete blocks.

In the fall of 190a Mr. Myers was elected to the important office of county treasurer, and a better selection could scarcely have been found. He is a man of great business faculty, has proven himself an able financier in his own affairs, and commands the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens for his pergonal high character. He assumes the duties of the office in September, 1907.

In 1887, Mr. Myers was married to Mary Sisler, of Manchester, who is a daughter of the late John Sisler. They have one daughter, Ruth, who is a student at Painesville, Ohio.

G. E. GARDNER, M. D., an experienced physician and surgeon, who has be«n engaged in practice at Barberton since the autumn of 1905, coming to this place from a field of successful professional work in Wayne County, born near Danville, Knox County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Mary (Breckler) Gardner.

Dr. Gardner spent his boyhood on his father's farm and obtained his primary education in the country schools. His inclinations did not lead him in the direction of an agricultural life and as soon as the opportunity offered he began the study of medicine, reading for two years with Dr. Black, a physician located in the village of Democracy, near Danville, and two years more, with Dr. William Balmer, at Mt. Vernon, during this time also attending the Normal School at Danville. Dr. Gardner entered Starling Medical College, where he was graduated April 5. 1891. His high medical standing brought him the appointment of house physician of St. Francis Hospital, at Columbus, where he served one year, and this was followed by a year at St. Anthony's Hospital. He thus gained what every young medical man desires, hospital ftractice and experience, before entering upon regular professional work.

In May, 1893, Dr. Gardner took up his practice at Doylestown, Ohio, where he remained until 1905, when he came to Barberton. In 1896 he was elected county coroner of Wayne County, on the Democratic ticket, and served two years in that office. He has met with a hearty reception at Bai'berton, has gained the confidence of the community and has a satisfactory professional connection. His offices are located on the corner of Baird and Fourth Streets, Barberton.

On September 29, 1897, Dr. Gai'dner was married to Abbie M. Trotter, who is a daughter of Joseph Trotter, of Doylestown, Wayne Count3^ They have two children, Mary and Geraldine. Dr. Gardner and family belong to St. Augustine Catholic Church. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, of the Elks, of the Knights of St. John, and of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association.

HARVEY A. SNYDER, M. D., physician and surgeon, at Barberton, was born in Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of John G. and Susanna (Kepler) Snyder.

Dr. Snyder had the advantage of country rearing, remaining through boyhood and youth on his father's farm in Coventry Township. After completing the common school course, he taught three terms in his native township and then entered Heidelberg College, at Tiffin, and was graduated in the classical department in 1896, when he resumed educational work. For two yeare he served as school superintendent at Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, and for the same length of time filled the same office at Kirkland, Washington. Prior to going to Washington, Dr. Snyder had commenced his medical studies in the Pacific Coast Medical School, now known as the Hahnemann Medical College, during this period teaching medical Latin in the institutution. In 1908, he entered the senior class of the Cleveland Medical College, and was graduated in the spring of 1904. Prior to locating at Barberton, lie sen'ed'as an interne at the Huron Street Hospital, Cleveland, where he gained valuable experience. He is

Dr. Snyder's fraternal connections are with the Masons, the Knights of Pythian and the Modern Woodmen, and is examining physician for the latter organization.

H. B. MANTON, treasurer of the Robinson Claj' Product Company, with which he has been identified ever since leaving school, was born in Summit County, Ohio, in 1867, and is a son of the late James B. Manton, who was one of the founders of this industry.

M. B. Manton was reared and educated at Akron, graduating from the Akron High School in 1886, immediately becoming bookkeeper for plant No. 4, of the Robin.'«on Brothers Company. In 1891. he was made secretary of the Crown Fire Clay Comjmny, at Canal Dover, Ohio, which office he held until 1894, when he came to the main office and held official postition in the different departments. When all the plants were merge-d under the style of the Robinson Clay Product Company, in 1902, Mr. "Manton was made treasurer. He is interested in other enterprises and is a director of the Second National Bank.

In 1892 Mr. Manton was married to Mary B. Seiberling, and they have two children: Margaret and Harriet. Mr. Manton and family belong to the First Presbyterian Church, of which he is a member of its Board of Trustees. He belongs to the Portage Country club.

H. H. GIBBS, secretary, treasurer and general manager of The Buckeye Sewer Pipe Company, and secretary and treasurer of The Summit Sewer Pipe Company, at Akron, has been a resident of this city since he was ten years of age. He was born at East Liverpool, Ohio, in 1861, and is a son of Henry A. and Eliza (Parker) Gibbs.

The late Henry A. Gibbs was born in Connecticut, October 4, 1834, and while he was a boy, after several removals, his parents settled at East Livei-pool, Ohio, where Henry attended school and worked in the pottery shops, first assisting his father and later making the manufacture of pottery the main business of his life. At the time of his death he was associated with a number of Akron's leading business enterprises and was a man of large means which he had accumulated honestly through the avenues of trade. In 1862, Henry A. Gibbs enlisted in the 115th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. During his term of service, while sick in a hospital, a mistake was made in the administration of his medicine on one occasion which produced gastric troubles from which he never recovered and which, in all probability hastened hLs death. He w'as an honored member of Buckley Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Akron. He was connected with the Odd Fellows at East Liverpool. Mr. Gibbs was a resident of Akron for about thirty-six years, during a part of this time being employed in the Whitmore-Robinson factorj'. Later, when he found that the William Shenkle property was about to prove a failing investment, he showed his business acumen by purchasing the property, with his sons, and until his death the business was operated as the Ohio Stoneware Company.

On March 8, 1856, Mr. Gibbs was married to Mrs. Eliza Parker, a young widow and a resident of East Liverpool, who had two children: George Parker, who is president and general manager of the Ohio Stoneware Company, and Mrs. Charles Chapman, of Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs had two sons, E. H. and H. H.

H. H. Gibbs was reared and educated at Akron and when he entered into business it was in the capacity of bookkeeper for the Strawboard Company, with which he remained one year and for two years was associated thus with the Akron' Goal and Iron Company, of Buchtel. Ohio. In 1882, he became bookkeeper for the Buckeye Sewer Pipe Company, of which he is now so important a part, and great credit is due him for the strength which has been introduced into this business organization. He is vicepresident of the Central Savings and Trust Company; is a director in the Permanent Savings and Loan Company ; a director in the Cleveland-Akron Bag Company, which was consolidated with the Akron Paper Company, of which he was one of the prime movers. In July, 1889, Mr. Gibbs, with other members of the family, organized The Summit Sewer Pipe Company.

In 1883, Mr. Gibbs was married to Elanor Lucretia Baldwin, who is a daughter of the late Joseph A. Baldwin. Mr. Gibbs is a member of the First Congregational Church.

JOHN WINFIELD ESSIG, one of the enterprising young agriculturists of Green Township, where he is cultivating 140 acres of excellent farming land, was born on his father's farm in Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio, November 7, 1880, and is a son of John A. and Julia (Oberlin) Essig.

Adam Essig, the great-grandfather of John W., secured land from the Government, in Stark County, Ohio, and his son, Jacob E. Essig, the grandfather, settled on it as one of the early pioneers. The children of Jacob E. Essig were: Sarah, John A., Ida, Simon, Curtis, Charles and two who died in infancy. Sarah married H. Bender, of Michigan and Ida married Cahdn Firestone, of Stark County.

John A. Essing was born in Plain Township, Stark Count}', Ohio, and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits all of his mature life. He now resides on his 148-acre farm in Jackson Township, Stark County, and he is also a part-owner of the farm operated by his son John W., his daughter Bertha also having an interest in this property. Mr. Essig wa.s married to .Julia Oberlin, who is a daughter of John Oberlin. He came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, when Mrs. Essig was six months old, and died in this section. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Essig, namely: Henry B., of Green Township, married Clara Swartz; Bertha, residing with her brother, John W. ; L. Etta, who married H. A. Hartong, resides at Zion City, Illinois ; John Winfield ; Magdalena, living at home; and Walter J.; Nancy 0.; and William S.

John Winfield Essig received a common school education, and was reared to agricultural pursuits. In the spring of 1904, with his sister. Miss Bertha Essig, he came to their present home, which their father had bought of the Samuel Wise heirs, and here he has carried on general farming and as he is enterprising and industrious, his land has proved very productive. In political matters Mr. Essig is a Democrat. Both Mr. Essig and sister belong to the Lutheran Church.

SAMUEL HARING, a highly respected citizen of Green Township, who is engaged in general farming, owns 147 acres situated about one mile south of East Liberty. He was born December 2, 1844, in Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of Louis and Margaret (Kepler) Haring.

Louis Haring came from Pennsylvania to Ohio with his parents in boyhood and they settled in the woods of Green Township. Here he grew to manhood and married Margaret Kepler, who was a daughter of Andrew Kepler, who came to Green Township in 1809, where one of his brothers had settled one year before, Mr. Kepler and his brother being the first settlers in what is now known as Green Township. They entered 320 acres of land lying one mile north by one-half mile east and west, and this they divided lengthwise, Andrew taking the east half, and on this the remainder of his life was spent. The Keplei-s were friendly with the Indians, who often came to the home of Andrew for food, for which they gave him lead, which they found around Turkeyfoot Lake. The old log barn which was erected by Andrew Kepler is still standing, and is still in use and in good condition, being; one of the baxns in Summit OounU'. After marriage Louis Haring and his wife went to housekeeping on a farm one and one-half miles south of the present farm of Samuel Haring, and here were born all of their seven children, all of whom are now deceased with the exception of Mrs. Leah Bittler and Samuel.

Samuel Haring came to the farm which he now owns when ten years of age, and here he has practically been located ever since. He now carries on general farming and stockraising, and has a well-improved, fertile property. Mr. Haring was married to Rebecca A. Wise, who was born in Green Township, and is a daughter of William Wise, one of Summit County's early pioneers. To Mr. and Mrs. Haring there were born eleven children, namely : Parvin, who lives in Akron ; Orvin, lives at Manchester, Ohio; Hattie, who married Solomon Kepler of Green Township ; Minnie, who married J. 0. Wagoner of Akron ; Samuel, who lived at Turkeyfoot Lake; Ida C, who married George Cesdorf; Celia who died at the age of twenty-one years ; William, who lives at home; Cassie, who married Samuel D. Wolt: Hiram, living in Franklin Township; and Clara A., who married Nelson Miller.

FRANK WARNER, residing on the old Warner home place of ninety acres, which is situated in the northwest corner of Green Township, is a leading citizen of his community. Mr. Warner was bom July 28, 1867, in Summit County Ohio, in the old log house that formerly stood on his present farm, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Thornton) Warner.

Samuel Warner, father of Frank, was bom in Coventry Township, Summit County, in 1829. his parents having settled there when they came from Pennsylvania. Samuel wa<5 the fifth in a family of eight children, the other? being: John, William. Jacob, Adam, Abraham, Solomon and Daniel. Samuel Warner grew up on his father's farm and assisted to clear it of the heavy timber which then covered it, doing the work with teams of strong oxen. He married Sarah Thornton, who was born in Pennsylvania and died in 1900, aged sixty-three years. After marriage, Samuel Warner and wife settled on the present farm, which had belonged to the Thorntons in early days, and found domestic happiness living in the old log house that .stood for many years. During the strength of youth and manhood, Samuel Warner was a very industrious man, carrying on his farming and stockraising and also threshing through the country, having one of the oldtime horse-power machines, which were then considered entirely adequate. He resides his son Frank but owns a farm of sixty acres separate from the one under consideration. Six of his large family of children reached maturity, as follows. Harriet ; Marj', who married Henry Hauff; Ellen, who married Grant Stahl; William; Frank; and Martha, who married Harvey Rex.

Frank Warner may be said to have spent his whole life on his present farm for here his main interests have always centered. After leaving school he w^orked for a time in the rubber factories at Akron and the sewer pipe works at Barberton, but shortly returned 10 the life which makes a man independent, that of a farmer. He has a fine property and he has placed it 'under an excellent state of cultivation. There is a natural lake on the land which but adds to its value, and the beautiful shade trees around the residence make most attractive surroundings.

Mr. Warner married Bessie Carmany, who is a daughter of Benjamin and Louisa (Bower) Carmany, and they have two children, Marie and Gertrude. Mr. and Mrs. Warner belong to the Evangelical Church. Politically, he is a Republican and for three years he sen'ed as township constable.

AMI CORVIN GOUGLAR. general farmer and good citizen -of Green Town.ship, residing on his valuable farm of eighty acres, which is situated one mile south of East Liberty, belongs to an old Penn,sylvania family which was established in Ohio by his grandfather.

Samuel Gougler was a small boy when he accompanied his father, John Gougler, to Green Township, who settled on the farm which is now owned by Henry Obelen. Later, John Gougler moved to Springfield Townsnip, where he died aged eighty-six years. His father was a soldier in the War of 1812. The children of John Gougler were the following: George, Samuel, Betsey and Elias, all deceased except Betsey, who married Jacob King. Samuel Gougler spent the great of his life in Green Township, his occupation being farming, and before he died, in October, 1903, he divided his large estate of 460 acres, situated in this township, so that each of his five children received a farm. His first ^^^fe and their one child died early. His second marriage was to Clarissa Hartong, who still' survives, residing at Greensburg, where Mr. Gougler had lived retired for six years prior to his demise. The children born to the second union are: Edward, residing in Green Township on his farm; Monroe, also residing on a farm in Green Township; Corella, who married John Foltz; Anna and Clinton.

Ami Corvin Gougler attended the district schools and assisted on the home farm, and has made agricultural work his business in life. Like his sister and brothers, he received his farm from his father, who also erected the fine brick house and substantial barn. In February. 1897, Mr. Gougler was married to Clara Renninger. who is a daughter of Frank and Catherine (Reese) Renninger. The Renninger family is an old and well-known one in Coventry Township. The parents of Mrs. Gougler now reside at Akron. Mv. and Mrs. Gougler belong to the Evangelical Church.

JERRY J. GARMAN. an honored old veteran of the great Civil War, who is postmast'Cr at Inland, conducts a general merchandise business at this point. He wa-s bom on the corner where his store now stand?, in Greensburg, Summit County, Ohio, September 3, 1841, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Husburger) Garman.

Jacob Garman was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvsmia, and when a young man came mth his parents to Ohio. He seittled in what is now Green Township, Summit County, then a part, of Stark County, but later removed to a hotel that stood on the present site of J. J. Garman's store. This hotel was destroyed by fire in 1841. Mr. Garman was a skilled carpenter, and helped to build the brick hotel near the Little Reservoir, which is still standing. He spent his latter years on a farm near Greensburg, where he died at the age of seventy-six years. Mr. Garman was married to Elizabeth Husburger, who was a daughter of John Husbvu-ger, and she survived her husband for some time, dying at the age of seventy-seven. They were the parents of eight children : William ; Margaret, who married E. Foster; Harry; Jerry J. ; Frank, who died at the age of nineteen years; Catherine, who married John Souers; Samuel, who died when seventeen years old; and Jacob.

Jerry J. Gannan spent his boyhood days on liis father's farm, and attended school, first in the old log district schoolhouse, and later a small brick school-house. At the age of eighteen years he went to Canton and commenced work in the Aultman Harvester Company, but at the outbreak of the Civil War, in 1861, he enlisted in Company F. Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Captain ^^'allace, and .served throughout the war. Throughout the long and bitter stniggle Mr. Garman .sensed his country faithfully and cheerfully, and his gallantry in action soon won him the rank of sergeant and later that of captain, the rank he held when the war ended. At the close of the war Captain Garman enlisted with the rank of sergeant in Troop M. Second United States Cavalry, and .served three years in this company. After having .served in the military of his country for so long a time

Mr. Ganiian then returned to civil life and began work for the Union Pacific Telegraph Company. He put in the first office equipment at Cheyenne, Utah, which was installed in a tent. After three year.~ spent in the employ of this company he returned to Greensburg, and for some time afterward worked in the Buckeye Works at Akron, also at Canton, Ohio. In 1870, he settled at Green.sburg, where he ha.s since remained, for the first five years conducting a hotel, and then embarking in the mercantile business. On May 12, 1897, Mr. Garman was appointed postmaster ait Inland by the late President McKinley.

Mr. Garman was married in July, 1870, to Leah Harsherger, and they have two children : Mayme, who married John Haiderman, of Akron ; and Kirk, who married Gertrude France, of Akron. The latter has two children, George and Maiy. Mr. Garman is a Republican.

A. P. JAHANT, proprietor of the Jahant Electric Company, whose plant is located at No. 121 South Howard Street, belongs to an old French family which has been established in Summit County for a period of 100 years. He was born in Akron, in 1881.

A. Jahant, the father of A. P. Jahant, wa.s born in 1845, in Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of Francis Jahant, who was one of the very early settlers here, coming to this county directly from France. He brought all his effects with him and engaged in farming as a means of livelihood. At that time Canton was a small village and Akron still smaller. A. Jahant was a boy when he came to Akron, where, for many years he was engaged in the manufacture of furnaces.

A. P. Jahant was reared and educated in his native city, and his interests remain centered here. From boyhood he has been interested in experimental electricity, gradually acquiring the knowledge which enables him to safely and efficiently harness this mysterious element. He organized the Jahant Electric Company, of which he is sole

JAMES T. FLOWER, proprietor of the Flower Mantel Company, of Akron, was bom in this city in 1865, and is a .son of the late James Flower, who was formerly a prominent merchant here, where he settled in 1837. James Flower was born in Sheffield. England, and died at Akron, in 1877.

James T. Flower was reared at Akron and obtained his education in the schools of his native city, after which he started to learn Ms present business, entering the employ of the Akron Cabinet Company. Later he embarked in business for himself, continuing until 1896, when the Flower Mantel Company was organized. After fourteen months, Mr. Flower bought the interest of his partners and since that time has been sole proprietor and is the leading mantel dealer ait Akron. He deals also in tile and marble flooring, and keeps a fine stock continually on hand at his place of business on South High Street.

In 1889, Mr. Flower was married to Ella Rothrock, who was born in Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio, and they have three children : Esther E., James T. and Rachel S. With his family, Mr. Flower belong to St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

Politically, Mr. Flower is a Republican and in 1901 he was elected a member of the School Board on which he has served ever since. He is a Royal Arch Mason and belongs also to the Knights of Pythias.

engaged in a general contracting and manufacturing business at Akron, with plant located at No. 273 Water Street, was bom in Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio,

The McClellan family has long been one of prominence in Summit County and its name frequently appears on the old records which tell the story of how Springfield Township was changed from primeval conditions to its present fertility and civilization. William McClellan married Jane File and they had three children, namely: Robert A., Elizabeth Jane, who married Urias Cramer, residing at Wichita, Kansas; and W. A., residing at Akron.

W. A. McClellan was reared on the home farm, where he remained until the age of twenty-one years, in the meanwhile obtaining his education in the schools at Mogadore and at Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. For several years prior to coming to Akron, in 1864, he taught school during the winter seasons, but after reacliing this city he learned the carpenter trade, at which he has worked ever since. In 1872, he began contracting and may be called the dean of the contracting guild in this city. For twenty-seven years he has operated his own factory on Water Street, and many of the most substantial buildings of Akron have been erected under his supervision. He is a stockholder and director in the People's Savings Bank, of Akron, and he own 2,300 acres of land in Cuba. He has ever been a man of personal enterprise and is numbered with the city's capitalists.

On June 28, 1871, Mr. McClellan was married to Alice R. Russell. liVaternally he is a Mason and belongs to the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery at Akron, and for years was treasurer and a director of the Masonic Temple.

J. D. SLATER, a thoroughly representative business man of Akron, president of the Limbert-Smith Plumbing Company and superintendent of the Star Rubber Company, has been a resident of Akron for the past twentythree years, but he was born at London, England, and was eight years old when his parents came to America.

Mr. Slater was reared and educated at Newton, Kansas, where he resided until the age of twenty years, when he came to Akron For eight years thereafter he worked in the Smith Chemical plant, for the next six years was employed by the Aultman-Miller Company, and then embarked in business for himself. In partnership with J. W. Miller he organized the Faultless Rubber Company, of which he was superintendent until December 15, 1906, when the plant was removed to Ashland, Ohio, Mr. Slater selling his interest in it at this time. Returning from a winter in California, in March, 1907, he re-entered the business field at Akron. In association with H. A. Hine, J. W. Miller, D. B. Duff, of Cleveland, S. E. Duff, of Beaver, Pennsylvania, and others, he organized the Star Rubber Company, an organization still in its infancy, but with every indication of healthy growth and lasting importance. A fine plant has just been erected near that of the Firestone Rubber Company, on a tract covering three and one-half acres. The company is capitalized at .$100,000, and its officers are: S. E. Duff, president ; J. W. Miller, vice president; H. A. Hine, secretary and treasurer; and J. D. Slater, superintendent. The business of the Star Rubber Company is the manufacturing of druggists' sundries in the rubber line. Mr. Slater has other interests and is president of the Limbert-Smith Plumbing Company, also an important busine^ enterprise of Akron.

In September, 1895, Mr. Slater was married to Sarah A. Hall, a lady born and reared in Akron, a daughter of John W. Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Slater have one son, Ernest C. Slater.

JAMES W. ORR, treasurer and manager of the Christy Steel Company, at Akron, has been associated with large manufacturing concerns in this city ever since he left college. He was born at Akron, and is a son of William A. Orr, a prominent journalist of this city.

James W. Orr prepared for an active business life by attending the public schools until he was graduated from the Akron High School, and later the Hammel Commercial College. He secured employment first with D. H. McBride & Company, and second, with F. D. Kridler, remaining one year with each firm, and then became bookkeeper for the Franz Building Company for two years, for three subsequent years was associated with the Barberton Pottery Company, and later with the Sterling Boiler Company, and came from the latter to the Christy Steel Company as treasurer and general manager. Step by step Mr. Orr has steadily advanced until he has secured very substantial standing among the business men of this great manufacturing city.

Mr. Orr was reared a Catholic and is a consistent member of St. Mary's Church. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus, one of the most influential fraternal organizations in America.

JOSEPH E. WESENER, a resident of Akron for more than sixty years, and for a large part of that time a prominent factor in its business world, was born May 7, 1827, at Frankfort, Pennsylvania, and is one of a family of twelve children born to his parents, who were Christopher and Charlotte Wesener.

The Wesener family settled at Canton, Ohio, in 1840, and there Joseph E. Wesener was employed as a clerk until 1846, when he came to Akron, making the trip on horseback. He resumed clerking here, and by 1850, he had accoumulated enough capital to become a partner with the late Allen Hibbard and Gibbons J. Ackley, in a general mercantile business, their place on Howard street being known as the Old Green Store. In 1851, they lost by fire, and in the following year Mr. Wesener embarked in business for himself. He later admitted Cornelius A. Brouse and David Wahl to partnership, and continued in the general mercantile line, with some specialties, until 1878. when Mr. Wesener retired from this firm.

In 1880, in partnership with Albert C. Lohman, he opened up a dry goods business in the Academy of Music Building, where the" Everett Building now stands, and they conducted the leading store of its kind in Akron until 1882, when Mr. Wesener sold his interest. For over forty years Mr. Wesener was one of the prominent wool-buyers in this part of Ohio. He became a man of large capital and has been a generous distributor of the same. He formerly -owned considerable valuable real estate, including a beautiful summer home and a fine farm adjacent to Akron, which have all been disposed of.

Ever since becoming a resident of Akron, Mr. Wesener has been anxious to promote her best interests. In early days he was an active member of the fire department, one of the most important organizations a town could have, when much wood was employed in its construction, and he can recall 100 nights when he responded to the alarm and that on eighteen occasions he was seriously burned. He has been a liberal contributor to both public and private benevolent objects, gave generously to the Memorial Chapel, and presented the tower bell and clock to the First Congregational Church.

Oh September 8, 1849, Mr. Wesener was married (first) to Philura Spalding, who died July 6, 1852. She was a daughter of Judge Rufus Spalding. The three children of this union all died in infancy. Mr. Wesener was married (second) to Anna J. Hopkins, who died January 1, 1876. On September 5, 1876, Mr. Wesener was married (third) to Alphonsine D. C'e Chevier. They have four children : Joseph E., Marj' A., Anna C, deceased, and Henry Huntington. The beautiful family home is situated at No. 22 Nelson Place. Mr. Wesener lived for over fifty years at No. 129 North High Street, the former home of Judge Spalding.

Politicaly, Mr. Wesener is a Republican. In 1851 he served on the Board of Infirraarv directors of Summit County, and in 1855 and 1856, he was village recorder, but for many years past he has taken no active in-

JOHN B. CAMPBELL, president and manager of the McNeil Boiler Company, at Akron, has been identified with Akron enterprises and interests since 1873. He was born at Clinton, Summit County, Ohio, in July, 1864, and is a son of John D. Campbell.

Mr. Campbell beai-s a distinctive Scottish name and is of Scotch parentage, hLs father having been born in the Highland.?. The latter came to Summit County about 1832, and subsequently- was superintendent of the old Chippewa coal mines. He now lives retired, at the home of his .son, John B., having reached the age of seventy-five years.

J. B. Campbell completed his education in the Akron High School and then became an employe of the Akron Sewer Pipe Company, for one year. He then came to the McNeil Boiler Works, where, from rivet driver he worked up, step by step, until he has become president and genei'al manager of this large industry. He is interested in otiier basiness enteiprises, and is a member of the l>oard of directors of the Akron Base Ball club.

On September 15, 1886, Mr. Campbell was married to Margaret M. Berger, who is a daughter of Alexander Berger. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Akron.

JACOB LAUBY, general farmer and trucker, who cultivates seventy-one acres of land in Green Township, was born on his father's place east of Greensburg, Green Township. Summit County, Ohio, April 27, 1851, and is a son of John A. and Elizabeth (Steib) Lauby.

John A. Lauby was born in Germany, and there learned the weaving trade. He came to America in 1839, settling near Canal Fulton, Ohio, but two years later removed to Green Township, Siunniit County, where he continued to follow his trade until his death in November, 1867. In his native country he was married to Elizabeth Steib, who died in 1898, and they had the following children: John G. ; Caroline, deceased, who was the wife of S. Yearick ; Henry, who is deceased ; Levi ; Jacob; and Louisa, who married J. Humbert.

Jacob Lauby was eleven years old when he came with his parents to his present home in Green Township, then a wild tract of laud on which was situated a log hoase, with three windows. This property he helped to clear and has cut down white oak trees that measured five feet across the stump. He attended the district school, and when he reached manhood, he learned' the mason's trade, which he followed for some time, during which he assisted to build eight school-houses and many dwellings in this section.

Until his marriage, he resided at home, but since then has been engaged on his own account, having purchased his property from his father's other heirs. He carries on general fai'ming and raises early vegetables for a trucking businei^s, finding ready sale for all he can produce, at Canton. He has replaced all the original buildings on the farm and has made many improvements.

In March, 1883, Mr. Lauby was married to Mrs. Ellen Goodyear, who was born at Greentown, Stark County, Ohio, and is the widow of Charles Goodyear. She had one daughter. Pearl, who married ^l. Marker of Barberton, Ohio, and they have three children, Marie, Ray Benton, and Daisy Belle. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Lauby: Dora Alice, and AValter Edwin. The former married Thomas Gross, and they have one child, Roy Edwin. Walter Edwin is a school teacher. In politics, Mr. Lauby is a Democrat. With his family, he attends the Lutheran Church.

JOHN A. WARNER, residing on his excellent farm of fifty acres, which is situated in Coventry Town.ship, is a member of one of the pioneer families of this section. He was

Adam K. Warner was born in Pennsylvania and was brought to Ohio in infancy by his parents, Henry and Mary Wai-ner, who settled at a very early day in Coventry Township. For a number of years they lived in the same old log hoase, which had been their earliest home. On one occasion the other membei-s of the family returned to find the aged father sleeping his last sleep, in his old arm chair. He was the father of eight stalwart sons, all of whom became leading men in Summit County, and all survive, with the exception of Adam K. and Daniel. They were named as follows: John, Abraham, Solomon, William, Samuel, Daniel, Adam K. and Jacob. Two of the above, William and Jacob, served in the Union army during the Civil War and are members of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Adam K. Warner assisted his father and brothers to clear off the farm and with the latter attended the old log school-house where they learned to read and write. In early manhood he was married to Elizabeth Renninger, who was born in Coventry Township and died here in 1895, aged sixty-six years. She was the eldast of eight children born to her parents, John and Mary Renninger, who journeyed to Ohio from Pennsylvania', with an ox team. They settled in the woods in Coventry Township and, like other early settlers, cut 'down many dollars' worth of valuable timber in clearing up their land. John Renninger died on hLs farm in advanced age. His widow died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Weaver, at Loyal Oak. The Renninger children were: Elizabeth, Catherine. Rebecca, Mary, Susan, Solomon, George and John. They have numerous descendants and it is a pleasant custom mth them to hold family reunions at stated times. Adam K. Warner died in 1897, aged' seventy-two years. The children of Adam K. Warner and wife were: Henry, who is decea.«ied ; John A. ; Mariah, -who married D. Rothrock: Jane, who married

John A. Warner attended the district school in boyhood and was well grounded in reading, writing and arithmetic, the foundation stones of all book learning, but he began hard work on the farm when but twelve years old, even then being able to handle a plow very effectively. Although he has carried on farming for many years, he has a natural talent for working with machinery, and when he was nineteen years of age he learned wagon-making and conducted a shop of his own at East Liberty, until 1874. He then turned his attention to the threshing business, and he operated a threshing machine and a steam sawmill up to recent years. He was one of the early threshers traveling through this section and was a very capable and successful one. In 1894 he purchased his present farm from George Shutt, since when he has carried on general farming and has done many dollars' worth of improving on his valuable property.

On December 21, 1871, Mr. Warner was married to Hattie 0. Rininger, who is a daughter of Christian and Rachel Rininger, who reared a family of seven children, namely: Lucinda, Mary, William, Christina, Maria, Hattie 0. and Sadie. The father of Mrs. Warner died in Green Township, aged seventy-five years, and the mother, aged sixty-two years.

Mr. and Mrs. Warner have had three children, namely; Ofie, who died aged two yeai-s and five months; Chloe, who married Byron Bowers, residing near Mr. Warner, has three children, Ralph, Howard and Myron; and Ru.sj*ell Glen, who resides with his father. The Warners are Democrats. They belong to the Evangelical Church.

C. A. KEMPEL, one of Akron's substantial citizens and representative men of business, who is engaged in a general mercantile line at No. 2<34 Wooster Avenue, was born at Akron, Ohio, in I860, and is a son of the late George Kempel.

The father of Mr. Kempel was bom in Germany and came to Akron in boyhood. In 1849, when twenty years of age, he was one of a party of forty miners who left Akron and went to California, where he remained for three years. He then came back to Akron and subsequently married Barbara Honoddle. They had five children, the three survivors being: F. J., residing at Ashtabula Harbor; C. A. and George, both living at Akron. For some years the father of the above family engaged in a shoe business at Akron and later in a brewery business, continuing in the latter until within two years of his death, which occurred in 1867. He was a well-known citizen.

C. A. Kempel learned the tinning trade after leaving school and followed it for four years and then went into the grocery business. This he developed, gradually adding to his stock, until now he operates a general mercantile store and for the past twenty-one years has been at his present location. He erected his present building, a commodious structure with dimensions of 38 by 57 feet.

In 1885 Mr. Kempel was married to Louise M. Fricker, who is a daughter of the late John Fricker of Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Kempel have the following children : Frank, who is a student at Canisius College, at Buffalo; and Caroline, Karl, Florence, Ernest, Freda and Augustine, residing at home. The family belong to St. Mary's Catholic Church.

R. H. DUNCAN, general farmer, residing in Northfield Township, was in Londonderry Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, March 13, 1858, and is a son of John and Mary Jane (Karr) Duncan.

Adam Duncan, the grandfather, was an early settled in Guernsey County. John Duncan, father of R. H., continued to live on the home farm until 1878, when he moved to Adams Township, where he resided until his death, in 1905, at the age of seventy-one years. He was a man of sterling character and on account of his judgment and reliability was frequently elected to township offices.

He married a daughter of Robert Karr, of Coshocton County, Ohio, and they had the following children : R. H. ; Martha, deceased, who married Charles Jackson, of Michigan; Mrs. Kenney, residing in Minnesota; Laura, deceased, who married James Dewhuirst, of Huron, Ohio; Andrew Calvin, residing on the home farm in Adams Township ; and James Boyd, residing at Cleveland. The mother of the above family died in 1871. She was a consistent member of the United Presbyterian Church. John Duncan was married (second) to Helen Francy, but no children were born to this union.

R. H. Duncan was reared in the comfortable old home and in boyhood attended the district schools. He was nineteen years of age when, as his services were not needed on the home farm, he started out for himself, coming to Summit County. He found remunerative work as a farm hand for five yeare, after which he rented a farm for two years and in 1885, he operated a creamery, at New Concord.

In January, 1886, Mr. Duncan married Lillis Means, who is a daughter of A. S. Means, of Northfield Township, and in April of that year settled on the Wilson farm which he rented and operated for the following thirteen years. In December, 1898, he came to the present farm which formerly belonged to his father-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan have two children : John Andrew and Lois. The family belong to the Presbyterian Church.

CHARLES D. HARDY, a well-known resident of Northampton Township, who follows an agricultural life, cultivating a large body of land, was born in Summit County, Ohio, April 23, 1864, and is a son of Norton Rice and Mary Rebecca (Belden) Hardy.

Norton Rice Hardy was born in Northampton Township, where he received his education in the common schools. When twenty years old he went to California by way of the Isthmus of Panama, where he remained for one year, engaging in mining, and was for- tunate enough to locate a paying mine near Georgetown, from which he took considerable gold. Upon the urgent solicitation of his mother, who grieved over his absence, he started home after a year of mining, leaving prospective wealth behind. On the return trip, during a terrible storm, one of the steamer's shafts broke, and even the officers gave the ship up for lost, but good seamanship enabled it to weather the storm, and after repairs were made it completed the voyage. On his return home Mr. Hardy purchased the farm now occupied by his youngest son, Norton, and later he purchased one-half of the old homestead, on which he lived until 1872. He also bought and remodeled the residence at No. 22 West Street, AkrOn, where he lived retired from then until his death. His widow returned to the farm, where she resided ten years, but after her son's marriage she again made her home in Akron. Mr. Hardy was a Republican in politics, and he served as township trastee. Near the close of the Civil War, he served 100 days in the Home Guards at Cleveland. He was a member of the Odd Fellows at Akron.

Mr. Hardj' was married to Mary Sophia Belden, who was born in Boston Township, Summit County, Julj' 27, 1842, and is a daughter of Champion and Mary (Pratt) Belden, natives of Quincy, Massachusetts. Mrs. Hardy's parents came to Boston Township, Summit County, with their two eldest children, and the father died when she was a small child. Their children were: Daniel Chester, Champion Edson, Charles Wright and Mary Sophia. Mr. and Mrs. Hardy had three children : Lilly Rebecca, Norton Rice and Charles D- Mrs. Hardy is a faithful member of the Congregational Church.

Charles D. Hardy began his education in Northampton Township and finished it at Akron, and then returned to the homestead to take charge, at the age of sixteen years. He has continued here ever since, renting the property from the heirs of the estate. It contains 360 acres, Mr. Hardy operating about 250 acres of this, and he owns 270 acres.

which he rents out. He gives special attention to his large dairy, keeps on an average twenty-five cows, and sells his milk to the Akron Pure Milk Company. He has a circular silo 12x30 feet, raises from 300 to 400 bushels of wheat, and in addition to what he uses for his stock, markets from fifteen to twenty tons of hay. Mr. Hardy is a Republican in his political principles, and has served as township trustee for two terms and a number of years as supervisor.

Mr. Hardy was united in marriage with Mary Leona Carter, who was born in Portage Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Thomas Carter, an agriculturist of that section. To Mr. and Mrs. Hardy there have been born two children, namely: Margerj' R. and Daniel C.

Capt. Gurden P. Harrington

CAPT. GURDEN P. HARRINGTON, postmaster at Everett, where he is engaged in a mercantile business, is a leading citizen of Boston Township. He was born in Northampton Township, Summit County, Ohio, August 16, 1838, and is a son of .Jeremiah and Hannah (Thompson) Harrington.

The grandfather, Abraham Harrington, was the founder of the family in Ohio, coming from Massachusetts and settling in iSTorthampton Township, Summit County. Jeremiah Harrington was born in Massachusetts, accompanied his father to Ohio and died in 1842, aged thirty-two years. For a number of years he lived on what is known as the Botzirm farm, in Northampton Township. He married Hannah Thompson, who was born in Massachusetts, and was one of a family of eleven children. Her father, Robert Thompson, came to Summit County, where he followed shoemaking, being a traveling workman, carrying his kit of tools from one household to the other, as was the early custom. Jeremiah Harrington and wife had four children : Amanda, deceased ; Gurden P. ; Betsey, who married Nathaniel Point, of Boston Township, both deceased ; and Russell M., deceased. Mrs. Harrington contracted a second marriage, with Walter Hawkins, and they

The father of Captain Harrington died when he was four years old and he was taken into the family of his uncle, Dudley Thompson. Mr. Thompson shortly afterward removed from Northampton Township to Kent County, Michigan, settling near Grand Rapids, and there his nephew was reared and educated in the public schools. He was about eighteen years of age when he returned to Boston Township and began to work on the canal, beginning as a driver and continuing on the water until he became commander of several boats. For a number of years no man was better or more favorably known to canal men than was Captain Harrington. He purchased the Ararat, when it was new, which he ran for a long time, and he was captain of the Mtna, in the Akron and Cleveland trade. He commanded a boat during the big wheat trade in 1862, and continued until 1867. For ten years afterward he had charge of a gang of men who made repairs on the canal.

After leaving active work on the water. Captain Harrington worked at wagon-making for several years at Everett, but in 1880 he embarked in his present mercantile enterprise. He owns a first-class general store, which is eqviipped with modern fixtures, cash register and other improved methods of doing business, and he carries a very complete and well-selected stock of seasonable goods. In 1889 he was appointed postmaster and has continued in office ever since. He is a Republican in his political preference, but disclaims being anything of a politician.

For a number of years Captain HaiTingion has been identified with the Masonic fraternity, and is a member of Meridian Sun Lodge, No. 266, F. & A. M., of Richfield, and North Star Chapter, R. A. M., of Bedford. He belongs to the Disciples Church. Captain Harrington has never married.

CHARLES E. BISHOP, a highly esteemed citizen of Peninsula, residing on a fine farm of 250 acres, 160 of which are under cultivation, was born in York Township, Medina County, Ohio, October 27, 1849, and is a son of Zephaniah and Ellen M. (Waterman) Bishop.

The grandparents of Charles E. Bishop were John and Jane (Wilson) Bishop, who came to York Township from the state of New York, where they lived during the remainder of their lives. John Bishop died in 1863, aged seventy-five years. Of his children, Zephaniah, father of Charles E. Bishop, was born in New York and was eight years old when he accompanied his parents to Ohio. The family home had probably been at W'hitehall, near Lake Champlain, but many of the old family records have been lost and some points cannot be clearly established. This is the case with many of the old families whose ancestors became pioneers in a far distant locality from the original home.

Zephaniah Bi.shop attended the old Mallet Creek school. With the exception of ten years, which he spent in Litchfield Township, his whole life was passed in York Township, where he owned 125 acres of land, on which he carried on general farming and sheep-raising. In politics he was a Republican and he held various township offices. He married a daughter of Elisha Waterman, who, for many years was one of the leading citizens of Medina County, Ohio. The latter was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was a son of a Revolutionary soldier, who served through the whole seven years of that war. In 1843 Elisha Waterman brought his family from Otsego County, New York, to York Township, Medina County, Ohio. He married Diana Young and they had four children, namely: Lawson, Onesimus, Marietta and Ellen. The family of Zephaniah Bishop and wife consisted of three children, namely: Charles E., Henry and Frederick, the latter of whom died at the age of five years. The parents were members of the United Brethren Church. Zephaniah Biship died Januars^ 11, 1901, and his widow died vSeptember 30, 1907, having reached the age of seventy-nine years. .

Charles E. Bishop attended the schools of Litchfield and York Townships, more or less regularly, until he was twenty years of age, after which he came to Peninsula and entered the employ of his uncle, the late Lawson Waterman, for whom he worked for seven years by the month. Since that time he has had entire control of the farm, the management of which requires the work of himself and son, with the assistance of two capable men. The great jdeld of grain from the farm is used in the feeding of the stock, as each year some stock is fattened and marketed. About twenty cows are kept and many Poland China hogs. The apple orchard covers about six acres and produces choice fruit. This land is valuable in many way.s. There are two fine sandstone quarries, one of which was sold to the Cleveland Stone Company in 1897, while the other is leased to the Independent Stone Company, also of Cleveland". Mr. Bishop's residence was built in 1852, by his uncle, and is yet one of the finest in thi.s section. It is situated on an elevation which commands a beautiful view and is suri-ounded by a well-kept sloping lawn, shaded by trees.

In politics, Mr. Bishop is nominally a Republican, but, like many thoughtful men of the times, resei-\es the right to vote independently on many questions. Fraternally he is connected with Meriden Sun Lodge, No. 266, F. & A. M., of Richfield.

For some years Mr. Bishop has given a great deal of attention to promoting athletics at Peninsula, especially the great national game of ba.^e ball. For the past five years he has managed the ball team at this point, w^hich is made up entirely of local players and it ha.'^ developed considerable talent. He is a broad-minded, genial man, one whom it is pleasant to know, and one who enjoys wide popularity in the community where he ha.« pas-ed the nio.<t important years of his life.

GEORGE HEINTZ, general farmer, residing on his well-improved farm of fifty acres, situated in Coventry Township, about two miles south of the city limits of South Akron, was born in an old log house, on his present farm, January 28, 1847, and is a son of Phillip and Mary (Beard) Heiutz.