Summit County, Ohio - Chapter 20: Statistics, 1908 (part 5 of 27)

Mr. Cook then returned to Ohio, his parents in the meanwhile having settled on a farm in Summit County, where he remained until he had recuperated from his long period of fatigufts a.nd exposure incidental to army life. Settling in Akron, he became interested in a pottery business with John Hichardson and David Butler, under the firm name of Richardson, Cook & Butler. This firm was afterward incorporated as the Akron Stoneware Company, of which Mr. Cook was president and general manager for three years. Failing health caused him to dispose of his interests in the company, and he took a season of rest. He subsequently retiu'ned to the pottery busines.s. however, under the firm name of Weeks, Cook & Weeks, building a pottery plant and managing the business for four years. He then sold out to F. H. Weeks, and turned his attention to improving his education, which' his early enlistment had interrupted, to that end taking a complete coui'se in Hammel's Business College, at Akron.

Mr. Cook then accepted a position as manager with the Wood Type and Novelty Company, and so continued until the business Avas clo.sed out. For .«ome four subsequent years he was associated with the Drop Hammer Forge Company, filling the office of president, and later went into business with Charles S. Hart, mider the firm name of Hart & Cook, which connection lasted for fifteen years. At the same time Mr. Cook was president and general manager of the Akron China Company, but he sold his interests therein and later became connected with the Cleveland China Company in the decoration of china and white ware. After four years Mr. Cook practically retired, in 1905, from active business life, although he owns a large amount of land, to which he gives attention, and he is also financially interested in the Aluminum Flake Company. He was for so long an active factor in the city's bu,«iness life that his name is a familiar and an honored one in the local mart* of trade. He has also been active in political life to the extent of working for ci\T[c reform and good government, but has consented to service in no oflice, except on the school board, where he continued for four years.

of Thomas Norton, and who was born in the pleasant old home at No. 1320 East Market Street, in which Mr, Cook and his family now reside. Six children have been born into their household, namely: Eva, who married Carl Trulson, residing at Cleveland; Thomas M., residing in Nevada; Mary P., who lives at home with her piuents; Martha, who married John Lemmon, and resides in Oakland, California; George W., residing in Oakland, but in business at San Francisco; and Celia, who resides with her parent*. Mr. Cook is a member of Akron Lodge, F. & A. M.; Buckley Post, No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic; the Odd Fellows, and of some purely .social organizations.

RICHARD L. MOORE, postmaster at Cuyahoga Falls, and one of the representative citizens of the place, was born at Blacklick, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, August 24. 1880, and is a. son of McConnell and Elizabeth (Mildren) ^loore.

The Moore fainilj- is of Scotch-Irish extraction. William Moore, the great-grandfather of Richard L., was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where his life was .spent, engaged in agricultural pursuits. His son, Hugh Moore, was born in Westmoreland County in 1806, and died in Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, in 1900. He followed the trade of blacksmith. His wife was Fannie, daughter of John Shryock, of Butler County, Pennsylvania, and they reared the following children : John and William, both deceased; James, residing at Johnstown, Penn.sylvania; Lavinia, deceased; Thomas H., residing at Los Angeles, California; McConnell, residing at Cuyahoga Falls; Sarah Jane, who is the wife of Captain Samuel J. Nicker.son, of Indiana, Pennsylvania: Margaret Ann, widow of John Adams, of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania; and George H., of Rimer.sburg. Pennsylvania. The mother of the above family died at the age of eighty-three years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Moore were devout Presbyterians. Mr.. Moore being an elder in the church.

was reared in Armstrong County and educated in the district schools. He was emploj-ed as clerk in a general store at Brady's Bend for several years, and then went to Oil Creek, where he had cliarge of some oil interests for about a year. Then he went to Pittsburg, where he worked at heating in a rolling mill for two and one-half years. He then returned to Brady's Bend as an inspector of ore for the Brady's Bend Iron Company, in which capacity he worked for seven years, after which he was in the oil business for himself for one year. In 1872 Mr. Moore went to Blacklick Station, in Indiana County, where he managed a firebrick business for his brother-in-law, E. J. Mildren, and he continued there until 1885, when he came to Cuyahoga Falls. For a time he was engaged with different firms in this city in more or less responsible positions, until he en teamed the employ of the Rivet and Machine Works as timekeeper, remaining with that great indu.stry until April 15, 1907, when he retired from business activity.

In 1861 Mr. Connell ^loore was married to Elizabeth Mildren, who was born in Penzance, Cornwall, England, in 1842, and is a daughter of Jacob L. Mildren, formerly of Brady's Bend. Of the thirteen children of this marriage twelve grew to maturity, namely : Fannie Jane, who is the widow of B. B. McConnaughey, of Homer City, Pennsylvania; A. Kate J., deceased; Edward J., who is a resident of Cleveland; Mel da, who was a victim of the great flood at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, May 31, 1889; Lavina, who married F. J. Creque, and resides at Cuyahoga Falls; Charles M., residing at home; Alice, who married John Young, of Muskegon. Michigan; Leroy M., a resident of Newark, New Jersey; Frank R., residing at Cuyahoga Falls; Ralph R., who is engaged in the jewelry bvisine-ss and resides at Cuyahoga Falls ; Richard L. ; and Dora, who married Rev. C. A. Coakwell, a minister of the Disciples Church, located at Lennox, Iowa.

ment as postmaster, which was made June 15, 1906, he worked in different factories in this vicinity, being a .skilled mechanic, but since he assumed his present duties, on July 1, 1906, he has given the postoffice his main attention. His success a^s a public ofhcial has been generally recognized, and he is held in high esteem by his fellow citizens.

Mr. Moore married Bessie Belle Schnee, Avho ds a daughter of Joseph and Jennie Schnee, of Cuyahoga Falls. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Moore has alwaj's been in-- terested in public matters and has been an active worker in the Republican party. Fraternally he belongs to Howard Lodge, No. 62, Odd Fellows, and to the Foresters.

JAMES M. LAFFER, vice-president of the Security Savings Bank, and vice-president of the People's Savings Bank, at Akron, is one of the city's leading financiers and business men. He is a dealer in drugs, paints and oils, and is largely interested in real estate. He was born in 1848, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, but Akron has been his home for over a half century. He is a son of John Laffer, formerly a farmer and miller, who.se .father was Henry Laffer, an early settler in Tuscarawas County.

James M. Laffer was reared and educated in his native comity, where he remained until 1861, when he moved to Millersburg, (_)hio. In 1865 he established himself in Akron. During his youth he ser\'ed for four years as a clerk in a driig store, and then went to Chicago, where he was engaged in a drug busine.-^ for about nine months, afterwards returning to Akron. In October, 1869. the W. C. Byride & Company drug house was established. Mr. Laffer being interested, which continued until 1873, when he bought the interest of Mr. Byride and has continued alone ever .«ince, having an excellent business location on the corner of Main and Exchange Streets. Mr. Laffer is one of the city's old and experienced business men - one who has witnessed and assisted in the wonderful develop-

In 1872 Mr. Laffer wa.-i married to Minnie Collins, who is a daughter of J. H. Collins, of Aki-on. He and his wife have one daughter, Josephine, who is the wife of Francis Seiberling, a well known attorney of Akron. Mr. Laffer has taken a prominent part in public affairs, and in 1884 consented to serve on the City Council, in which he proved himself a careful guardian of municipal interests. His fraternal connections include the Knights of Pythias and the Odd Fellows, of Akron.

W. W. McINTOSH, president of the Mc- Intosh-Baum Company, at Akron, has been a resident of this city for the past decade, but is a native of New York, having been born in Schoharie County, that state, in 1863.

Mr. Mcintosh was educated in the schools of Sloans^^lle, and, after attending Claverack College, Claverack, New York, was prepared to enter into busine&s. and went to Jackson, Michigan, where he learned the jewelry trade, remaining in that location for five years. He was then engaged in the jewelry business at Clinton, Illinois, for about ten years. His health failing him, he was compelled to change his business, and, accordingly, he became interested in the manufacture of furniture, in which industry he was engaged for five years, at Constantine, ilichigan. Mr. Mcintosh then came to Akron, and for a .short time was engaged in the wholesale manufacture of undertaking goods. ;\fter selling his interest in that business he became vice-president of the Hall & Harter Insurance Company, continuing as such for a period of two years, after which he organized the Mc- Intosh-Baum Company, which is now incorporated. Mr. Mcintosh is connected with a iunnh)er of other Akron enterprises, being a director in the McNeil Boiler Company, vicepresident of the S. & O. Engraving Company, director of the Beacon-Journal Company, and other succesful concerns.

Fraternally, Mr. Mcintosh is prominent in Masonry, having attained the thirty-second degree. He is a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council, Commandery, Consistory and Shrme at Cleveland. He has taken an active interest in locating a nimiber of industries at Akron since he has made this city his home, and is a valued publicnspirited citizen.

ISAAC SHELDON COWEN, one of the representative agriculturists of Northfield Township, was born on his farm in this township September 18, 1863, and is a son of John and Eliza (McNiece) Cowen.

John Cowen was born in November, 1794, on the Isle of Man, whence he came to America in 1827, and for eight years worked on the Ohio Canal. Sub-sequently he settled on a farm of forty acres in Northfield Township, where he engaged in sheep and cattle raising, and built the home now occupied by Isaac S. He died at the age of eightythree years. Mr. Cowen married Eliza McNiece, who was born in County Antrim, Ireland, and was a daughter of Isaac McNiece. Eight children were bom to Mr. and Mrs. Cowen. of whom six grew to maturity, namely: Rebecca Jane, born October 20, 1850, who married William Henry Price, of Cleveland, and who. w-ith her husband, is now decea.sed: Isaac Sheldon, .subject of this sketch ;3ViiHam Henry, who was born March LS, 1856; Minnie Eliza, who married John B. Ward, of Solon, Ohio; Elsie Ann, who lives on the home farm ; and Bertha Adele. who m-arried Ernest. E. Leslie, of Northfield Township. The mother of these children was, like her father, an adherent of the Ouaker faith, hut after coming to Northfield Town- .'hip, there being no meeting-houses here of that denomination, she attended the Presbyterian Church.

by his fatlier from the Connecticut Laud Company. He has tlirec barn.s, 26x30, with 14- foot posts; 26x42, with 14-foot posts, and 3Bx 46, with 18-foot posts, respectively, and all of his buildings are kept in the best condition. He keeps about twelve head of cattle, his milk being shipped to Cleveland, and his principal crops are potatoes, grain and hay. Since procuring his farm Mr. Cowen has added thereto by purchase, and he now owns 131 acres, about thirty-five of which are under cultivation. An up-to-date farmer, he uses the most modern methods and machinery, and is conceded to be one of the townshijis prosperous agriculturists. Mr. Cowen is a Democrat in liis political views, but he has never cared for public office.

REV. IRA A. PRIEST, I). D., who served as president of Buchtel College, at Akron, from 1897 until 1901, is one of the prominent men of this city. Dr. Priest was born at Mt. Holly, Rutland County, Vermont, and belongs to an old colonial family of that section.

After attending the public schools of his native place, Ira A. Priest entered a seminary at Barre, Vermont, where he prepared fi>r Tufts College, at Medford, Massachusetts, where he was entered in 1880, and was graduated four years later with his degree of Ph. B. In 1884 he continued his studies, in the theological department, and in 1887 he was graduated with the degree of A. M. In 1898 his alma mater conferred on him the degree of D. D.

Dr. Priest was connected exclusively with churcih work for many years and served nimieroiis pastorates prior to coming to Akron. For two years he had charge of the Universalist Churcli at Monson, ^Iassachusetts, for three years he was at Adams, Ma.ssachu.setts, and for five yeare at Newtonville, Massachusetts. In the fall of 1896 he took charge of the Akron church, and in the following year became president of Bncht^l College. Although he .still continues his pastoral work, since the close of his official connection with Buchtel College, he has been more or less interested also in business and political life. In 1901 he embarked in a real estate, loan and general insurance business, which he conducted alone until September, 1906, when the firm of Patton & Priest was organized. This has since become one of the leading firms in its line at Akron and has offices in the Everett building. Dr. Priest is a stockholder in a number of the business enterprises of the city, and has attained rank among her men of capital and commercial capacity. On June 23, 1887, he was married to Eva Hall, who was born at Lacon, Illinois. They have one child, Ruth Hall.

Dr. Priest has always taken an active and intelligent interest in politics, and has done his part in promoting good local government. On numerous occasions he has been elected to city offices, in 1903 becoming president of the City Council, to which office he was reelected in 1905, and which he .still holds. A stanch Republican, he has been trea.surer for the past year of the Summit County Central Committee, and he is his party's choice for membership on the Board of Public Service. Fraternally, Dr. Priest is a Knight Templar Mason, and he belongs also to the Odd Fellows.

WILLIS E. PETTITT, secretary and treasurer of the Petfitt Brothers Hardware Comjiany, of Akron, was born in Portage Township, Summit County, Ohio, in November, 1868, and is a son of the late Williaaii Pettitt. His father was a prominent farmer and stockraiser in Portage Town.'^hip, where lie .settled in 1830, coming from Pennsylvania. The death of AVilliam Pettitt took place in 1882. He married Lucy Cook, who died in 1892. Of their eight children seven survive, namely: Orilla (married D. N. Spellman, of Akron) ; Clara. Ida, George, Miles, Lewis M., and AVillis E., all residents of Akron.

Willis E. Pettitt was reared and educated in Summit Coimty until the age of seventeen years, when he caune to Akron and secured a po.sition a.s bookkeeper with the firm of May & Fiebeger. which he filled for sixteen years. Then, in 1903, in partner.ship -with his lirothcr, Lewis M. Pettitt, he established a hardware business under the name of Pettitt Brothers & McDo^-ell, which continued until the fall of 1906. Mr. McDowell then retired and the firm name became The Pettitt Brothers Hardware Company. The company was incorporated with a capital stock of $50^000, with L. M. Pettitt as president; AVillis E. Pettitt, secretary and treasurer; Alfred Winkler, vice-president, and W. F. Ringler. general manager. The company docs a wholesale and retail hai-dware and paint business, carrying a full and up-to-date stock, and having a wide trade ter^ito^}^

Willis E. Pettitt wasmarried in 1899 to Abbie A. Mead, who is a daughter of the late William H. Mead, of Illinois. They have one child, Grace A'irginia. Politically, Mr. Pettitt is a Republican. He is a member of the West .Vkron Congregational Church and is on its official board.

THOMAS .lEFFERSON SNYDER, owner of the East Side Dairy Farm, which comprises 150 acres of valuable land situated in Coventry Township, belongs to an old pioneer family which settled in this section of Sumnnt County eighty-eiglit years ago. Mr. Snyder was born in his father's log cabin, not far distant from his present farm, in Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio, August 16, 1857, and is a son of George M. and Mary (Rex) Snyder.

George ^I. Snyder was born in 1814, in Pennsylvania, and was five years old when his father, Yost Snyder, brought his family and possessions to Coventry Township, making the long journey through the wilderness with an ox-team. When he built his log cabin in the woods, ^^kron was a hamlet of a half dozen rude shanties, and it would have required a vivid imagination to depict in its place the present l)usy, beautiful city. The digging of the canal was a great event and George M. Snyder told his children how the whole family "walked to Akron to see the finst canal boat on its waters. Yost Snyder and wife lived to old age on this farm and reared a large family of children, George M. being among the older ones. The latter assisted in the clearing of the farm and later learned the mason trade, at which he worked for twenty-two years, during the summers, and during the long, cold and stormy winters -he would use the old loom and w-eave cloth. He acquired land of his own, and possessed the farm in the Snyder allotment, through which Snyder Avenue, Barberton, now extends. He lived to the age of eighty years, and in many ways was a remarkable man. Pie had enjoyed but few advantages of any kind in his youth and had never learned to either read or writ* the English language until the Civil War, when, on account of the deep interest he felt in public affairs, he .set himself the task of learning to read, his children being his teachers, and became thoroughly informed in this way, although, at his age, it doubtless required great perseverance. He was a stanch Democrat, of the old type.

George M. Snyder was married (first) to Catherine Harter, who bore him two children : Henry, now residing at Barberton. and George, who is deceased. He married (second) Mary Rex, whom he also survived, and they had fourteen children, namely: Jacob, Daniel, Lewis, Thomas J., William F., Mary (Mrs. Anderson), Sarah, who married H. Deisen, residing in North Dakota; Inez, who married J. H. Horner; Elvina, who married H. Pontius; Emma, who married William Stott; and four children now deceased. George M. Snyder was married (third) to Lucinda Bachman, but they had no family.

Thomas J. Snyder remained with his father on the farm on which he was l)orn until 1859, when the family moved to w-hat is now the Snyder allotment. Land then could be bought for $2.50 an acre which later has been valued at $300. During his boyhood the family endured many hardships, their home having few of the comforts or conveniences of the present day. Mr. Snyder remembers when his mother used to come with her broom and sweep away the heavy snow that had sifted through the wide cracks onto the floor, so that her many children could get out of bed without having a chill. He attended the old district school whenever farm work permitted. In 1887 he bought his present farm in Coventry Township, purchasing it from George Fouser, and settled on it in 1891. It was cleared land at the time, but he has spent a large amount of money in making the excellent improvements, which are to be seen on every side. He practically rebuilt the house, making it both attractive and comfortable, and erected commodious barns and other buildings made necessary on account of his farming operations and dairying. He is assisted in the work of the farm by his sons, and superintends the dairy himself, keeping twenty-four head of cattle, and numing a milk wagon to Barberton. He has spent almost his whole life in Coventry Township, and is interested in everything concerning its welfare. With peace and plenty on every side, congenial work, many friends, and the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens, Mr. Snyder perhaps enjoys life to a greater degree than many of those who spend their time and substance moving in a larger circle.

On October 5, 1877, Mr. Snyder was married to Mary E. Deiter, who was a daughter of Samuel and Lorinda Deiter. They have had ten children, namely: George, who married Cora Croser, and has three children - Love, Celia and Blanche; Lucy, who married 0. Nicodemus, and has three children - Hazel, Park A. and Ethel; Carrie, who is the wife of M. Hissem, and the mother of four children - Guy, Helen, Pauline and Clifford; Lillian, who married W. Nicodemus, and has three children - Chester, Roy and Elnora; Thomas R., who married Mary First; William. Nora Belle, Halley Maude, Howard, who died aged fifteen months; and Edna Fern. Mr. Snyder and family belong to the Reformed Church. Politically he is a Democrat.

ADAM HUDDILSTON, whose death on December 28, 1905, removed from Northfield Township, one of her leading citizens, was a native of Ireland, born near the city of Belfast, October 31, 1840. He was a son of

The father of Mr. Huddilston was born near Belfast, in 1798. In Ireland he had cliarge of large estates belonging to his- uncle, Adam Patterson, w-hose heir he became. The e.st.ate is still in the Chancery Court, and forty years must yet elapse before the heirs can come into possession. With his wife and three children, Gilbert Huddilston left Belfast for America, on the ship Wales, -Tune, 10, 1841, and landed at the port of New York, August 12, 1841. He settled first at Glenville, Ohio, and in 1842 bought a farm near Solon, where he died in 1878. His wife survived liiin until 1900.

Adam Huddilston was reared on the farm at Solon, which when, lie grew to manhood, he conducted, also carrying on a flour and .feed store and dealing in agricultural implements. For seventeen years prior to his marriage, he traveled over the country selling farm machinery for Warder, Bushnell, Glasser & Company. In 1886 he came to Northfield and settled on Mrs. Huddil^ton's homestead farm, and two years later he bought the Z. P. Sorter place of 100 acres, ad.i'oining the other farm. Of his land Mr. Huddilston made a dairy and .grain farm, raising over 900 Vni.shels of oats annually and other grain in proportion, cultivating 100 acres. He kept thirty head of cattle. Since his death, which was caused accidentally, his horses becoming unmanageable when stnick by a car. Mrs. Huddilston has kept up the farm and dairy.

In 1884 Mr. Huddilston married Anna McNeice, of Northfield Township, and they had five children, namely: Leigh, born March 4, 188P>: Hes.sie Marian, born March 26, 1888; Mercedes (decea.«ed), born Juno 24, 1890; Gilbert Leonard, born June 11, 1892 ; and Warren Paul, born May 12, 1895.

Leonard McNeice, father of ^Irs. Huddilston, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, and was twenty-eight years of age when ho came to .\mcrica, accompanied by his wife. For a time he worked as a molder at Cleveland, and then came to Northfield Township, where he bought the farm which Mrs.

Huddilston owns, and where she was born December 29, 1859. Mr. McNeice mamed Anna Bell, also of Count\' Antrim, and they had six children, the two who survived to maturity being: Jonathan B., residing at Solon, and Mi-s. Huddilston. Prior to her marriage she built her comfortable residence, a conimodius and attractive one, with seventeen rooms. The bank barn, 36 by 60 feet in dimensions, was built in 1898. The Lake Erie and Pennsylvania Railroad purchased ninety acres of her land when they built their cross line. This farm is one of considerable value and has always been well kept up. ^Irs. Huddilston has a magnificent apple, plum and small frait orchard. She was reared in the faith of the Presbyterian Church, and during his residence at Solon, the late Mr. Huddilston was an elder in the same. His untimely death was a terrible blow to his family, and a shock to the community in which he was so highly esteemed.

P. H. SCHNEIDER, president of the Schneider Building Company, of Akron, lielongs to that cla&s of able, far-seeing business men, whose energy and enterprise have added greatly to the reputation of this city as an important commercial and manufacturing center. He was born December 1, 1866, in Wayne County, New York, but was reared on a farm in Kent County, Michigan.

Being a farmer's boy, he attended the country schools, and was nineteen years old before he found -an opportunity to attend tlie High School, at Lowell, Michigan, where he spent one year. He then became employed in a grocery and dry goods store, first as a clerk, and later as manager of the dry goods departments of the different stores conducted bv the -T. L. Hudson Company, of Detroit, Michigan, remaining in their employ for ten years. In 1897 he came to Akron in the capacity of manager for the dry goods store of William Taylor, Son & Company, at 155 and 157 South Howard Street, a position 'e filled for eighteen months. He organized t'e P. H. Schneider Company, purcha'iing the Taylor .store. Of this company Mr. Schneidi-r was president, treasurer and general manager, and he contmued to operate the store for seven years, in the meantime doing an extensive dry goods business. Disposing in August, 1905, of his mercantile interests to the M. O'Neil Compiiny, he decided to enjoy a period of rest from the demands of busiiie-is life. In March, 1903, the Schneider Building Company was organized, of which Mr. Schneider is president and treasurer. Subsequently, Mr. Schneider bought the buildings between the Central Savings and Trust Company and the Odd Fellows' Temple, on South Main Street, one of them being a six-story, and the other a five-story building, both valuable and paying properties. Mr. Schneider is a director, and member of the executive committee of the Central Savings and Trust Company, and took a prominent part in the consolidation of the Central Savings Bank and the Akron Trust Company, 'at which time he was director of the Akron Trust Company. He is interested in other succes.sful enterprises in this vicinity.

In 1880 Mr. Schneider was married to Jennie Winegar, who was born in Michigan. He and his wife reside in a beautiful home at 120 Adoiph Avenue.

Fraternally, Mr. Schneider is a Thirty-second Degree Mason, and belongs to the Blue Lodge. Chapter, Council and Commandery at Akron and to Lake Erie Consistorv at Cleveland.

tlie leading practitioners of medicine and surgery at Akron, was born in this city, September 6, 1875, and is a "Son of George T. and Mary C. (Shumaker) Rankin.

The father of Dr. Rankin was born at Hudson, New York, where he learned building and contractine. In 1872 he came to Summit County, Ohio; he followed contracting at Akron and became superintendent of the improvements made in the public school buildings.

read medicine. His medical education was completed in the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, where he was graduated in June, 1899, following which he sen'ed six months as an interne in the Allegheny Hospital, and two year.-; in the Kings County Hospital at Brooklyn, New York/ In 1901 Dr. Rankin returned to hLs native city and opened an office. He is surgeon of the Akron City Hospital, and also of the Mary Day Ho.S'pital. He occupies well-appointed offices in the Hamilton Block, being well equipped to handle any case of modern surgery involving the most complicated treatment. Dr. Rankin is a member of the American Medical Association and of the Ohio State, and Summit County Medical Societies. Politically, he is identified with the Reiniblican party. Fraternally, he is a Thirty-second Degree Mason, and belongs also to the Elks.

MILTON A. YA^ HORN, clerk of Northfield Township, which position he has ably filled since the spring of 1904, was bom in Summit County, Ohio, March 27, 1843, and is a son of Robert, and Catherine (Kuhn) Van Horn, and a graiidson of Edward Van Horn.

Edward Van Horn, the grandfather, was born in Mifflin County. Pennsylvania, in 1778, and died in Ohio in 18.")4. He came to Ha.rri.son County,Ohio, in all probability, immediately after hLs marriage to Margaret Hamilton, who was a woman of rare gifts and noble character. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, being stationed near Toledo, where either wounds or sickness prostrated him, and word was pent to his wife far away in her little log cabin, that her husband was dving. The coairageous woman stopped only long enough to wrap her infant son w-armly, and, with him in her arms, in the dead of winter, .she rode alone through the dee)) virgin forasts until she reached the military camp. There she found preparations were being made to bury one whom his comrades believed to be past help, but the sight of his brave wife and babe created a reajction, and he recovered and lived many years afterward to show his devotion to so faithful a wife. He was one of tlie first men to banish liquor from the harvest field, going against a popular custom of the day.

Robert Van Horn was born at New Athens, Harrison County, Ohio, January 10, 1812, and died in November 24, 1905. He wa< a man of excellent parts, well educated for his day, having spent a year at Franklin College. In 1837 he came to Northfield and taught school, and he siibsequently jiurcha-ied a farm of eighty-six acres north\\est of Northfield Center, on which he raised cattle and slieep. He was an on t-sj token Free-Soil man and attended many of the early conventions as a delegate and subsequently became a zealous Republican. He served in many local offices and was a truly representative citizen. He married a daughter of Archibald Kuhn, a prominent man in his dav, who represented Allegheny County in the Pennsylvania State Legislature. To this marriage three children were born : Archibald, who died in 1889, aged fifty-eight years; Jennie A., who married Joseph Boyd, residing at Northfield ; and Milton A. The mother of this family was born in Pennsvlvania in 1809 and died in Northfield in ]\iarch, 1889.

Milton Van Horn attended school in Northfield Township and continued to on the home farm imtil his marriage. He owns a farm of fifty acres on which ho resided until 1903, condiicting it mainly as a dairy farm, making a choice grade of butter and cheese. He erected a comfortable and attractive home residence at Northfield Center, where he has resided since retiring from the farm in 1903. For nearly thirtv years he served as a member of the school board, being elected by the Republican partv in 1878. He is a progressive, public-spirited citizen and has continually shown a commendable interest in public affairs.

Mr. Van Horn was married (first) in 1804 to Harriet Thompson, who died in 1872. aged twenty-nine years. She left two children, namely: Rev. Francis J., D. D., who is a minister of the Congregational Church, stationed at Seattle, Washington ; and Jen- nie, who married Bird Waite, a farmer in Northfield Township. Mr. Van Horn was married (second) to Mary Rinear, who died in 1889, leaving no issue. Mr. Van Horn was married (third) in 1890 to Cynthia Honey, who died October 16, 1906. Mr. Van Horn is an active member of the United Presbyterian Church, of which he is clerk. For a period of forty years he was choir master of this church nnd is now Sunday-school superintendent.

JOSEPH COl'RTNEY, a general farmer and extensive dairyman, owns 190 acres of valuable land in Sunnnit County, 159 acres lying in Portage Township, and 31 acres in Northampton Township, the township line jiassing through his land. Mr. Courtney was born in Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio, July 13, 1862, and is a son of James and Julia (Bergin) Courtney. His parents were born in Ireland. James Courtney came to America in early manhood, settling in Boston Township. His .second wife, Julia, mother of Joseph Courtney, was married first in Ireland to John Hogan, and with him came to America. Mr. Hogan died in New York and his widow, with her children, came to Summit County. Three of the latter still survive, namely : Stephen ; Nora, who married Francis Courtney, a son of James Courtnej' by his iirst marriage; and Mary, who married James McGuire, of Peninsula. By his fir.st marriage .lames Courtney had three" children - Francis, who married Nora Hogan ; James, who was killed in the Civil War; and Ellen (Mrs. Tosier), who is now deceased. Two children were born of the second marriage of James and Julia Courtney - .loseph and Julia, the latter of whom married Charles Martin, of Akron. James Courtney acquired a farm of eighty acres, in Boston Township, which he sold in 1864, at which time he bought ninety-six acres of the present home farm, later adding ninety-one acres, his son Joseph also adding five acres. When James Courtney came to America he was a poor boy, entirely dependent upon his own efforts, but he was industrious and prudent and when he died in February, 1878, he possessed what was for him an ample fortune. He was survived by his widow until December, 1903. At her death she was almost eighty-three years old. Both were earnest Christian people.

Joseph Courtney was reared on the farm he now owns, and with the exception of a few years, when he lived at Akron, he has been continuously engaged in farming. In 1893 he entered into the dairy business, and now keeps from twenty to twenty-five head of cows. In April, 1894, Mr. Courtney was married to Maud Cassidy, who is a daughter of William Cassidy, and they have seven children: James, William, Julia, Joseph, George, Mary and Margaret. Mr. Courtney, with his family, belongs to the Catholic Church at Akron. He is one of the leading agriculturist men of this section and is held in esteem by all who know him.

WILLIAM H. STONER, secretary and general manager of the Baker-McMillen Company, at Akron, -was born in this city, in September, 1870, and is a son of Samuel D. and Lucinda E. (Shirk) Stoner, the former of whom is deceased.

William H. Stoner completed his education in his native city, and when sixteen years of age, entered the employ of the Baker-McMillen Company, with which he is .still identified, having risen step by step from the humblest position to that of general manager, which he has ably filled for the pa.st four and one-half years.

In 1895 Mr. Stoner was married to .Julia A . Pardee, who is a sister of Judge Pardee, of the Summit County Probate Court, and a daughter of the late George K. Pardee, who wa-^ for many years one of Akron's prominent attorneys.

Mr. Stoner has long been considered a reprasentative citizen of Akron, and has taken nart in public movements of various kinds, For four years he served on the Board of Jury Commi.ssioners, of which he was .secretary. He is a member of the First Disciples Church of Akron.

ANDREW HALE, who bore the distinction of being the first white child born in Bath Township, died in the same township, July 29, 1884, aged seventy-three years. He was a son of Jonathan and Mercy S. (Piper) Hale.

The father of Mr. Hale was the first permanent settler in Bath Tcnvnship, Summit County, to which he had come from Gla-tonbury, Connecticut, in 1810. Andrew attended the subscription schools and spent his life engaged in clearing and improving the lands belonging to himself and father. He was a man of sterling character, and is mentioned as a faithful friend and good neighbor. Like his father, he possessed the qualities wihich marked the representative settlers of those times - men to whom we like to point as 'Our ancestors of unpretentious honesty, dauntless courage and untiring perseverance. Mr. Hale was married April" 12, 1838, to Jane Mather. Of this union there were six children : Pamela L. Oviatt, Sophronia J. Ritchie, Clara Ashmun, Charles 0. Halo, Alida Humphrey and John P. Hale. Mr. Hale, with his family, belonged to the Congregational Church.

GEORGE A. McCONNELL, dairy farmer of Northfield Township, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio. April 8, 1856, and is a son of John and Jane L. (Shannon) McConnell.

John McConnell was born in Comity Donegal, Ireland, and was brought to America by his parents when he was eight years of age. He died March 6, 1905, aged within a few days of hLs eightieth birthday. He lived on the home farm in Coshocton County, where his parents had settled, until 18B4. Prior to his marriage, with his brother Alexander, he operated the home farm of 480 acres. After coming to Northfield Township he l)ought one tract of land after another until he owned 367 acres, on which he wintered from sixty to seventy head of cattle, and raised many horses and hogs and some 200 sheep. Later he turned his attention to raising wheat, at which he was very successful, and he also engaged in dairying. He took an intelligent interest in public, matters, but he was never a politician. In Coshocton County he married a daughter of Is9,ac Shannon. She died March 30, 1896, aged sixty-five years. They had nine children, namely: John, who is deceased; Isaac, of Northfield Township; George A., subject of this sketch; Hervey A., jusitice of the peace in Northfield Township; LaGrande, a physician, now deceased; James and Albert, deceased; Sarah, who married H. R. Boyden, of Northfield; and Charles, of Magnolia, Colorado.

George A. McCoiniell attended school in Northfield Township until he was sixteen years of age, in the meanwhile assisting on the home farm, as did also his brothers, all working for the common benefit. He then learned cheese-making, an industry that he followed for six years, and with the exception of that period, has ever since been a farmer. He keeps from thirty to thirty-five head of cattle and ships milk to Cleveland. He raises nearly all his own cows and is making plans to keep only the Ayreshire stock, having purchased a thorough-bred Ayreshire bull. He has had a valuable silo constructed with dimensions of 16 by 18 feet, 27 feet high. In 1892 he built his present comfortable residence.

Mr. McConnell married Jane A. AVillcy, of Northfield Township, and they have a family of five promising children: Albert A., Carl W., Ella L., Clark and Lucy. Mrs. McConnell is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. McConnell is affiliated with the Republican party. He has never served in any office except one connected with educational affairs, including a number of terms on the school board, and for a few years as towii.ship trustee. He is giving his children every educational and socifl advantage in his power.

FR.VNK S. PRIOR, secretary and treasurer of the Akron Plumbing and ITeatinu- Company, at Akron, was born in ISSO, in Summit County, Oliio, and belontrs to a family which was numbered among the first .settlers in the county. His grandfather, Samuel S. Prior, was a native of Massachusetts, and his father, Frederick S. Prior, was born in Summit County, in January, 1848. He resides at Akron, where he follows the profession of stationary engineer. He is active in Republican political circles.

Before becoming identified with the Akron Plumbing and Heating Company Frank S. Prior was mainly engaged in securing a good education, attending the schools of Cuyahoga Falls and Hammel's Business College. He was connected with his present business house before it was incorporated in March, 1907, at which time he became its secretary and treasurer. He is one. of the younger set of business men at Akron, who are injecting much vigor into the city's commercial and industrial life. In 1905 Mr. Prior was married to Leota J. Zink, who was born at Akron and who is a daughter of Z. E. Zink, foreman at the plant of the American Cereal Company. Mr. Prior is a member of the Disciples Church at Cuyahoga Falls. He belongs to the beneficiary order of the Protected Home Circle.

JOHN P. HALE, one of Akron's prominent business men, proprietor of a large jewelry establishment, belongs to one of the earliest pioneer families in Summit County, his father having been the first white child born in Bath Township. He was born in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, in 1862, son of Andrew and Jane (Mather) Hale. He was reared on the home farm and was mainly educated in the schools of Tallniadge. spending one year in the Ohio State University at Columbus. After completing his college cour.*e, he spent three years on the farm, and then, in 1887, came to Akron and embarked in a jewelry business with a Mr. George Jackson, with whom he remained as.-*ociated for two years. Since then he has been establi.shed alone, doing a large retail business at his convenient location. No. 54 South !Main Street. He has made an extensive study of optics and lens-fitting, and, like his forefathers, is used to hard work. He is engaged in 'both the manufacturing and repairing of jewelry-, and can-ies a large and

In 1891 Mr. Hale was married to Zedella Frank, who was born and reared in Copley Township, and is a daughter of the late David Frank. Mr. and Mrs. Hale have one son, Andrew. They are members of the West Congregational Church, of Akron, Mr. Hale being a member of its present board of trustees.

The parents of Mr. Jaite settled at Cleveland in 1860, where he attended the public schools ^intil he was thirteen years of age. He then went to work in a paper mill. Being suited with this employment, he set out to master every detail of the business, and in time became a thorough expert. He later became president of the Standard Bag and Paper Company and vice-president of the Cleveland Paper Company. In 1902. when the two companies were consolidated with the Akron Paper Company, the new style of The Cleveland-Akron Paper Company was assumed. Mr. Jaite had charge of the manufactiu'ing part of the business, and located the plant in Bo.ston Township, Summit Countv. He continued to be thus occupied until July, 1905, when he resigned as director and manager, at the same time disposing of his stock. He had, however, no idea of going out of the paper basiness, bvit merely desired an establishment organized according to his own plans, and on September 18, 1905, he founded the .Jaite Company. The officers of this new company are: Charles H. Jaite, president; Robert H. Jaite, vice-president ; Emil W. Jaite, .secretary; and Julius Kreckel, treasurer. The business was incorporated September 18. 1905, and was followed immediateh' afterward by the erection of their plant in Northfield Township, which they placed on the Cuyahoga River. They now own one of the most substantial manufacturing buildings in Summit Countv. The machine room of the plant is 50 by 200 feet in dimensions and over this, in the second story, is located tlie bag factory. The boiler room for heating is 60 by 157 feet in dimensions; the boiler room for the 580 horse-power steam engine and engine room is 61 by 74 feet; the bleach room is 37 by 60 feet, and the office is 16 by 20 feet. The building is two stories in height, with a warehouse 60 by 164 feet. The plant is equipped wdth a capacity of eight tons of manufactured paper a day, which is made into paper bags, the product being sold direct to manufacturers of flour and cement. The company has drilled five productive gas wells, each 900 feet deep, and thus they get abundant heat, their power being obtained by a gas and a steam engine.

The quality and purity of the water used is a factor of importance in the manufacture of paper and this company has an artesian well, 390 feet in depth, which flows 400,000 gallons of water a day. It ls of such purity that the paper manufactured with its use is many points stronger than paper made heretofore by the same formula, wdth ordinary water. The company has built five two-flat buildings just across the line, in Brecksville Township, for the housing of their employes. This is one of the most important business enterprises of this section, and its success must be attributed to the quiet, resourceful man who has studied the manufacture of paper in a practical way from boyhood.

Mr. Jaite married a daughter of E. L. Peebles, of Cuyahoga Falls, and they have had six children, namely: Grace May, Rov W., Giles, Edna E., Nettie and Fern J. "Giles died at the age of three years. Mr. Jaite built a beautiful home in Boston Township in 1904, in which he has resided since the spring of 1905. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce at Cleveland, the Royal Arcanum in Cleveland, and of Criterian Lodge, K. of P. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JOSEPH C. HILL, formerly county commissioner of Summit County, and a leading citizen of Akron, carries On a large contracting business liere, and has been a resident of the city since 1882. He is a prominent member of Buckley Post, Grand Army of tlie Republic, having served as a soldier in the Union army during the entire period of the Civil War. He was born in Pennsylvania, March 9, 1844. When a youth of but seventeen years, in June, 1861, he voluntarily assiuned the dangers and hardships that fell to the lot of those who took active part as soldiers in the great Civil War, which he faced with courage and endurance that would have been creditable in one much older and more seasoned.

As a member of Company E, Seventy- .seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Colonel F. H. Stambaugh, and under command of General Negley, he left Pittsburg on October 26, 1861, going directly to Kentucky. He served under some of the greatest commanders of the war - Generals Grant, Sherman, Rosecrans and Buell - and participated in some of the most memorable engagements, including those of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Perryville, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta., Jonesboro, Sherman's March to the Sea, through the Carolina.*, and in the last' struggle at Bentonville. He was honorably discharged and was mustered out of the service at Louisville, Kentucky, in September, 1865. During all this period of almost constant exposure to danger, Mr. Hill was wounded but once, and then slightly. He was captured once, at Chickamauga, but fortunately made his ftscape on the same day.

After the close of his very creditable military serve, Mr. Hill returned to-Pennsylvania, and in 1867 went West. , There he soon found profitable employment in building, and his work was so approved that he became concerned in the building of all the bridges for the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad, from Chetopn, Kansas, to Fort Gibson. He subsequently built the Plaza hotel at Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Palace hotel at Las Vegas, New Mexico; the Adelia Silver Mill, for the Adelia Mining Company, at Silver Cliff, Colorado. After completing the last mentioned contract, in January, 1882, he returned east to "Ohio and located permanently at Akron. Here Mr. Hill has had a good share of the general building and contracting work of the city, and has erected some of the finest residences here, including those of M. 11. Crumrine, Charles Berry, on Portage Path ; H. H. Bender, on Batch Street, and that of Dr. Rose, on Rhodes Avenue. He is a stockholder in the Dos-De-Atril Mining Company, of Chico, New Mexico.

In 1870 Mr. Hill was married at Clinton, Summit County, Ohio, to Belle Whittlesey, of that place. He and his wife have four sons and two daughters, namely: Clarence M., who is a conductor on the A. B. & C. Railroad; Charles R., who is connected with the firm of Yeager Company, as windoiw dresser; William W., residing at home with his parents; Kathrj'n, who married Charles Ellet, residing at Akron; and Mabel, who is a graduate nurse, connected with the Akron City Hospital ; and Frank, who is a stenographer in the offices of the Goodrich Rubber Com-

Formerly Mr. Hill was quite active in politics, and served very efficien'tly as a commissioner of Summit County, but latterly has given the larger part of his attention to business affairs.

A. POLSKY, one of .Vkron',-; entei-prising men and successful merchants, dealing in dry goods, cloaks and milliners', and carrying tlie largest and most exclusive stock of its kind in this city, occupies a three-story and basement building, at Nft«. 51-53 South Howard Street, where he ha^ a floor space of 40 bv 90 feet.

Mr. Polsky was born in 1848 in Polish Russia, where he remained until twenty years of age, >when he emigrated to America. After landing in the United States be remained for six months in New York and then wpnt on a tour through Iowa, Minnesota and -other states in search of a d&sirable location, finally, irt 1877, coming to Ohio and engaging in a general mercantile business at Orwell, Asht'abula County. He entered into partnenship with Samuel Myers, under the firm name of Myere & PoLsky, and they continued there for eight years. In 1885 they came to Akron and contirmed the business until 1893, when Mr. Polsky became sole proprietor, and has since continued the business alone. Mr. Polsky has demonstrated his fine business qualities, and in the face of much competition, has attaim d a place in the front rank of local merchant-. Good judgment in buying, honest methods in selling and courteous treatment to all have been the leading factors in his success.

In his native land Mr. Polsky was married to Molly Bloch, who died in 1803, leaving children as follows: Anna, who married C. R. Finn, a wholesale grocer of Cleveland; Eva, who married I. Sands, who is in the confectionery business at Cleveland; Rose, wife of Dr. Morgenrath, of Akron ; Harry, who is manager of the cloak department of A. Pol- .sky; and Bertram, who is also an a-ssistant in his father's bu.siness. Mr. Polsky is a member of the Akron Hebrew Congregation. Fraternally, he Ls connected with Adoniram Masonic Lodge and Akron Lodge of Odd Fellows.

JAMES B. SENTER, one of the prominent citizens of Northfield Township, who is serving his second term as township trustee, was born November 14, 1850, in Northfield Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of .lohn and Jane (Boyle) Sentcr.

John Senter, who was a native of Ireland, came to America as a young man, and settled at Cleveland, Ohio, where he was offered two acres of land, on which the Case Block now stands, for one year's work. After a short time in Cleveland, Mr. Senter caime to Northfield Township, where he purcha-ed a farm of eighty acres, to which he later added from time to time. Here he .spent the re-t of his life in dairy farming, his death o-^- curring in his seventy-.sixth year. He wa« married in Stow Township, Summit County, Ohio, to .lane Boyle, who was also a native of Trelatid. They had ten children, of whom seven grew to maturity, namelv: Sarah Jane, whrr' married' IIibl)ard : William.

who resides in Bedford Township; Edward, Jiuiies B., Ellen, Robert, Delia, who married Frank Southwick, of Twinsburg Township; Caroline, who married Chai'les Belong, and resides on Ihe home farm; and three others, who died in infancy. The family are members of the Baptist Church.

James B. Senter was educated in Northfield Township, where for two years he carried on agricultural pursuits with his brother, Edward. In 1880, however, he sold his interests to his brother, and purchased his present farm of 100 acreis on the road between Center and Macedonia, where he has been engaged in dairy and general farming to the present time. He raises hay, corn, wheat and oats, using everything for feed, except wheat, and keeps about forty head of thoroughbred Holstein cattle. He has shipped milk to Cleveland for thirty years. Mr. Senter was a member of the Northfield Grange until the disbandment of that organization, and he is now connected with Bedford Lodge, Knights of Pythias. In politics Mr. Senter is an independent Democrat, and he is now serving his second term as town.¥hip trustee. For about eight years he has been a member of the board of directors of the Children's Home. Mr. Senter was married to Adda L. Sheppard, who is a daughter of Simeon Sheppard, of Solon, Ohio, and five children have been bo:n to this union, of whom three survive, namely: May, who is the wife of Clarence Jones, of Macedonia; Clyde, who resides in Bedford, and who married Dortha Barn^; in S?])t?mber, 1907; and Opal.

FRED S. VIALL, president of tlie Akron Plumbing & Heating Company, of Akron, has been a resident of this city for the past .seventeen years. He was born in Summit County, Ohio, in 1873, and is a son of Sylvester Viall. The father of Mr. Viall was also born in Summit Coimty. in 1844, and is a son of Sullivan Yiall, who settled early in Summit County. Sylvester Viall re=ides on his farm in Boston Township and is one of the prominent citizens of the coimtv.

farm and obtained his education in the country schools. He came to Akron when he was years old, and, deciding to learn the plumbing business, entered the employ of Kraus & Oberlin, with which firm he remained three years. For one year afterward he traveled through Vermont and Massachusetts, working at his trade, and then returning to Akron, and was connected with the firm of Kraus & Kirn for four years. About this time, in association with other practical men, he formed the Akron Plumbing & Heating Company, which was incorporated in the spring of 1907, with a capital stock of $15.- 000. The officers are: Fred S. Viall, pre-ident ; R. H. A^iall, vice-president and managei'; and F. S. Pryor, secretary and treasurer. The business of the company is' general contracting and plumbing of the most approved style.

In 1897 Mr. Viall was married to Kate M. Watson, a daughter of Frank Watson, who came originally from Scotland. They have four children : Irene, Blanche, Mary Frances and Carl Sylvester. Mr. Viall has a fine lai-- iness record and is numbered with tlie i)rngressive bu.sine.ss men of this city.

C. P. FRAIN, of the firm of Frain & Manbeck, leading dealers at Akron in fine groceries, fruit "and meats, with extensive quarters at Nos. 422-424 East Market Street, is a prominent man in the city's commercial life and a citizen of most reliable character. He was born at Middleburg, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, in 1853, and was reared and educated in his native place, where he lived to the age of twenty-one vears. He then went to Lewistown, Pennsvlvania, where for five years he was engaged in a clerical capacity in a dry goods .store. In 1879 he came to Akron, and for the five following years was with the firm of O'Neil & Dyas. Then, in partnership with Frank J. Mell, he established his present business at the same location. The firm name of Mell & Frain was continued until the .spring of 1885. Mr. Mell then sold his interest to Harry J. Shreffler, and the business was conducted for two years under the name of Shreffler & Frain, when Mr. Shreffler sold out his interest to C. D. Manbeck. The business has been conducted under the present style since 1887. Mr. Frain has remained continuously a member of the firm and the business is one of the oldest in the city in its line.

In 1878 Mr. Frain was man-ied to Margaret C. Brenneman. In 1892 Mr. Frain erected his handsome residence at 92 Forge Street, on which street he has resided since coming to Akron.

AVILLIAM COOPER, for many ycar.s connected with the industrial interests of Akron a.^ a manufacturer of brick, but now retired, was born in Staffordshire, England. March 19, 1845.

His knowledge of brick-making \va.s ac- (juired in his native land, where he served an early and thorough apprenticeship to the trade. Coming to this country in 1865, at tlie age of twenty, Mr. Cooper found employment in Akron in Brewster's coal mines, in which he worked for six years, gaining the reputation of being one of the most skillful coal miners in this section.

He then returned to England, where for the next seven years he was employed in the mines. At the end of that period he came again to the United States and took up his permanent residence in Akron, where he was employed by Dr. .Jewett, on contract, to manufacture brick. In this line of industry he proved himself an expert, and probably no better brick was ever made here than that turned out by him.

About the same time two of Mr. Cooper's brothers, Samuel and Joseph, botli practical Itrick-makers, were working at Akron, and the. three brothers decided to embark in the manufacturing business for themselves. Though posessing but a small amount of capital, the most of which was absorbed in leasing their plant and buying a horse, they all had the requisite knowledge, industry and perseverance to make the business a success, and they were rewarded by early and long continued prosperity. Under the style of the

Cooper Brick Company they carried on the business for sixteen or seventeen years, at the end of which time Mr. William Cooper bought out his brothers' interests, afterwards conducting the business alone until 1905. He then sold the plant to George W. Crouse, Jr., and retired. He is now living in the enjoyment of the ease earned by his long years of honest labor, which is sanctified by the blessings which accrue to those who lead a sincere Christian life.

Mr. Cooper was married in 1864, near Portsmouth, England, to Elizabeth A. Baggott. He and his wife have been the parents of eleven children, of whom seven still survive, namely: Hattie, Emily J., Rose, Edwin T., Amanda, Charles Ford, and Eva (Irace. Hattie, who Ls the wife o/ William Leoder, of Akron, has one child by a former marriage - Grace Mattocks. Emily J., wife of Charles Tewksberry, of Akron, by her finst marriage to Charles Spellman, had four children - Clarissa, William, Eva, and Pearl - of whom Clarissa and William are deceased. Ro-e, who married Jesse Schofield, of Akron, has had five children, namely: Edith, Ellen, Ethel, Mabel, and Park, of whom Edith and Ethel are now deceased. Amanda, who is the wife of Eugene Spellman, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, has two 'children - Ruth and William. Edwin T., who is an engineer at the Weeks Pottery, Akron, is married and has one child - William. Charles Ford, an engineer, residing in Akron, has two children - Viola and Edwin. Eva Grace is the wife of Thomas Johnson, of Akron, and has one child - Elizabeth.

Mr. and Mrs. William Cooper, whose portraits appear in this connection, are memljers of the United Brethren Church. Mr. Cooper has been a member of the order of Sons of St. George for a number of years. He is a strong advocate of the temperance cau.se, and casts his vote in support of the Prohibition party.

ley Center, was bom on the faxm and in the house which continues to be his liouu', November 1, 18-lG. His parents were Simon iind Parnell (Orcutt) StaiT.

Simon Starr was born in Connecticut, in August, 1800, and wa^ twenty-six years of age when be came to Ohio. He remamed for two years in Medina County and then pa?hed on into Summit County, where he bought Mr. Starr's present farm from the Perkins family. It was mainly covered with a timber growth at that time, imd only a portion of the present residence had been built. Shortly after coming to this section Simon was married to Parnell Orcutt, who was born in New York, and had accompanied her father, Chester Orcutt, to Ohio. This remained the family home and liere the father died in 1800 and the mother in Febiiiary, 1880. They h; d eight children, namely: Mary, who married Samuel Moore; Lucius, who is deceased; Sarah, who is the widow of Henry Ingham; Simon, deceased; George, subject of this sketch; Martha, deceased, who married 0. B. Hardy; Eddie, who died at the age of two years; and Charles.

George Starr obtained his education in the district schools. His home has ever been in Copley Township, and he has been mainly interested in farming, but as a matter of recreation, he htis visited many parts of the country, including the states of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and California. While interested in the products and resources of those sections, he remains satisfied with Ohio and hi.? own fine ftirm in Copley Township. He can recall how this land looked before it improved by his father and himself, and knows the fertility of its soil. He is an enterprising agriculturist, as was his father, the latter having purchased the first reaper ever used in Copley Township. It was but the forerunner of other improved machinery.

Mr. Starr was married to Martha Searle;-, and they have two children, namely: Clark, engaged in farming near his father, who married Fannie Bender, and has onesm, George Eber; and Maude, who married Guy AVeeks, has one son. George Harrison, and also lives in Copley Township. Mr. Starr is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, he is a Republican and has served on the Township School Board.

A. C. ROIIRBACHER, senior member of the leading hardware firm of Rohrbacher & Allen, has been identified with this line of trade foi' a quarter of a century, making him one of the oldest hardware men at Akron, in point of years of service. He was born in 1856, in Mississippi, but was reared at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Rohrbacher was educated at the Western University of Pennsylvania, and prior to coming to Akron, had been engaged in the drug business in Pittsburg. In 1882 he bought a one-third interest in the hardware business at Akron, of Williams & Rohrbacher, he being the junior partner, and this firm continued for fourteen years, at its termination, Mr. Rohrbacher purchased Mr. Williams' interest. . Subsequently, Mr. Rohrbacher took in I. F. Allen and the present firm style has since continued. The firm deals both by wholesale and retail. Their building at No. 66 South Howard Street is five stories high, with dimensions of 22 by 108 feet, and with a warehouse in the rear of 75 by 27 feet, and two stories high. The business is a leading one of the city and keeps two salesmen on the road, who cover a larg> amount of territory. Mr. Rohrbacher has other business interests and is concerned in the Jaihant Heating Company. He is an enterprising citizen and ever ready to further public-spirited movements, but he cares httl for political preferment. After serving one term in the City Council he declined to ser\'e longer.

In 1877 Mr. Rohrbacher was married to Marv E. Lyon, of Courtland, Ohio, who died July 28, 1905. She left one son, Paul F., who creditably completed the Akron High School course and then entered Buehtel College. Mr. Rohrbacher is one of .Akron's most prominent Masons. He belongs to the Blue Tjodge, of whicli he was treasurer for a nuin- )>er of years. Cliapter, Coinicil and Command- ery at Akron, Lake Erie Consistory and Alkoran Shrine, at Cleveland, and to the Masonic club. He aLjo belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and the Odd Fellows, and is treasurer of the organization known U5 the Builders' Exchange.

ASHER F. SIPPY, M. D., physician and surgeon at Akron, who is a valued member of the Sixth Councilor District, the Summit County, the Ohio State and the American Medical Associations, came to this city in May, 1894, a graduate of- the Rush Medical College of Chicago.

Dr. Sippy was born in Richland County, Wisconsin, in 1861, where he secured his literary training and grew to sturdy manhood on the homestead farm. His inclinations, however, were in another direction and from farming and dairying, he turned to professional work, and at the age of twenty-seven years entered the medical institution above named. There he was graduated in 1892, receiving the Benjamin Rush gold medal for the highest standing in examinations for the three years' course in his class of 163 members. For nineteen months following he had the advantage of ser\'ing as an interne in the Cook County Haspital, at Chicago, where probably everj^ disease that afflicts the human body, and many of the most serious accidental injuries, came under his care and were objects of study. From there Dr. Sippy came to Akron, where he has built up a large and satisfying practice.

In 1884 Dr. Sippy was married to Nona Jaquish, who was born in Wisconsin, and they have two .sons: Burne 0. and H. Ivan. Dr. Sippy retains member.«hip in his college society, the Alpha-Omega-Alpha fraternity. He belongs also to the Odd Fellows and the Maccabees, the Sunnnit County Medical club and the Celsus club.

0. D. LEVY, junior member of the wholesale and retail clothing house of Federman it Levy, at Akron, is one of the city's representative business men. Fie was born in 1868, in the citv of London, Fniiland, and wathirteen years of age when he came to America. Mr. Levy's first year in the United States was passed in Philadelphia, removal then being made to New York City, where he was practically educated. During his eighteen years' residence there he sei'ved a two-year apprenticeship to the jeweler's trade, and then traveled for three years for a New York confectionery company. He was afterward in the wholesale stationery and confectionery line for himself for eight years. He then located at McKee-sport, Pennsylvania, and opened a branch store at Youngstown, and later at Akron and at Lorain, in 1899 establishing the firm of Federman & Levy, The firm has disposed of its stores at Y^oungstown and McKeesport, but still retains the Lorain trade. Mr. Levy has made his home at Akron for the past seven years. The firm here has a very large store and does a wholesale and retail furnishings business, a retail clothing business, and make a specialty of hosiery and underwear, wholesale. During his period of residence in New Y^ork, Mr. Levy took considerable interest in public affairs, but since coming to Ohio has not been active in politics. He is recognized as a fine business man and stands very high commercially.

In 1884, in the city of New York, Mr. Levy was married to Sadie Federman, and they have a family consisting of seven cliildren, namely: Bertha, who maiTied Morris Grossman, a prominent business man of Akron ; Rebecca; Sadie, who married Arthur Brownstein, of Newburg, New Jersey; Harry, who is associated with his father; Hannah, Hilda and Edgar. Mr. Levy is a member of the Akron Hebrew Congregation.

SYLVESTER G. VIALL, who is cultivating a finely imijroved farm of forty-three acres in Boston Township, was born ilareh 13, 1844, in Northampton Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of Sullivan and ]\Iary Ann (Freeby)Viall. He attended his first term of school in the old log schoolhouse with split log floors and '^eats, and after his father's death removed with his mother to Richfield Townsliip, where Mr~. YxaW pur- chased a small farm. In 1864 Mrs. Viall sold this place and Sylvester G. started out in life for himself, his mother marrying Stephen Dales of Copley Township, where .she died. In 1864 Mr, Viall worked in Bath Township, but soon thereafter married, and started housekeeping at Peninsula, where he was engaged in teaming for two years. He then removed to Copley Township and began farming a rented property, but in 1883 located on his present tract, which he had purchased some time previously. In this year he built his house, and in the following spring his barn. He now has growing fruits of all .staple varieties and in addition raises wheat, corn and potatoes. He makes a specialty of breeding thoroughbred Poland China hogs.

Mr. Viall was married October 15, 1864, to Mary E. Ozmun, who is a daughter of Hector Ozmun of Boston Township. He and hiwife have been the parents of seven children, namely: Florence, wife of F. C. Lee, a resident of Brunswick Township, Medina County, Ohio; Theda, who is the wife of David C. Ilarpham, of East Akron, Ohio; Ward, who died when twenty-two years of age; Fred, of The Akron Plumbing & Heating Company of Akron ; Rutherford H., also a member of the same firm; Maud, the wife of James Crum, of Brunswick Township, Medina County, Ohio; and Mabel, a .stenographer, who lives at home with her parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Viall are identified with the Congregational Church, of which the former has been a deacon for the pa.st sixteen or seventeen years. They are also members of the Richfield Grange, No. 1260, of which Mr. Viall has been master, and he has also been overseer of Summit County Pomona Grange for six consecutive years. In political matters he is a Republican, and he was personal property appraiser for three years and real estate appraiser during the last appraisement, which occurred in 1900.

Nathaniel Viall, grandfather of Sylvester G., was born March 28, 1782. After his death his widow Betsey, who was born December 14. 1768, in Vermont, came to Northampton

Sullivan Viall was born in \'ermont March 3, 1811, and received hi^ education in the conmion schools. He came to Middlebury, Ohio, which is now a part of Akron, and thence he went by team to Pittsburg, hauling tlour there and returning with dry goods. In this business he was engaged for many years and accunmlated in it about $4,000, which he lost through the failure of a private bank. He then decided to engage in agricultural pursuits, and accordingly purchased a farm, on which the remainder of his life was spent. He met with a sudden and accidental death, being gored to death by a savage bull in 1851. He was one of the first Whigs in this county, and served as township trustee, and for nearly the full period of his residence in Northampton Township was a member of ihe School Board. Sullivan Viall was married August 28, 1836, to Mary Ann Freeby, who was born in Pennsylvania, .^lugust 28, 1813. Her father, George Freeby, was a shoemaker and farmer who came to America from Germany and died in Indiana about 1855. Mrs Viall died March 21, 1890, having been the mother of three children, namely: Henrietta, Avho is the widow of Isaac Smith, of Portage Township; Sylvester G., who.se name stands at the head of this article ; and Damaris, who is the wife of Dr. F. N. Chamberlin, of Stow Township. Mr. and Mrs. Viall were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

FRANK J. CONVERSE, whose valuable farm of eighty acres is situated in one of the best portions of Copley Township, was born on the old Converse homestead in Portage County, Ohio, November 23, 1863, and is the youngest child born to Chauncey and Elizabeth (Stewart) Converse.

Chauncey Converse, the father, was born in New York and was brought to Ohio by his parents when ho was a child five years old. The Converse family settled in Franklin Township, Portage County, the Franklin mills there giving the name to the place, which was later called Kent. Chauncey Con- verse assisted hi; fatlier to clear and cultivate the farm, and grew to manhood in the log cabin first erected on it. In early manhood he married Elizabeth Stewart, who was born in Portage County and spent the whole of her life there. Chauncey Converge owned a farm of 14-t acres at the time of his death, which took place in 1878, when he was seventy-three ye^irs of age. His widow survived him some years. They had five children, namely: William J., residing in Sharon Township, Medina County; Emma A., deceased; Tillinghast. re^-iding on the old home place; Edward S.. deceased; and Frank Jefferson, residing in Copley Township.

It was upon the above mentioned farm that Frank J. Converse spent his boyhood and early manhood, attending the schools of Kent and assisting on the farm. After his marriage he lived for a year and a half longer in Portage County. In 1885 he moved to Summit County, renting a farm near Mont Rose, in which vicinity he remained for seven years. In 1892 he came to his present farm, which he purchased a few months later from the .Joseph Decovy estate. Here. Mr. Converse carries on general farming and dairying, and for eight years he ran a wagon to Akron. He is interested also in the Logan Clay Product Company, located at Logan, Ohio, where all kinds of clay products are manufactured.

Mr. Converse married Ella Moore, who is a daughter of 0. C. and Mariuiu Moore, who came to this .section as pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Converse have had five children, namely: Vera, who married F. C. Thompson, a resident of Cuyahoga Falls, Ruth, Bina, Pauline and Marcia. Mr. Converse is a member of the Church of Christ. He takes an interest in the public affairs of the township, and has served as a member of the Board of Education.

CHARLES R. MORGAN, pn^^ident of the Pouchot-Hunsicker Company, prominent wholesale and retail gen<»ral hardwai'e house of long standing in this city, was born at London, England, in 185R. He was reared in England, and was in France at the time

Napoleon III. became a prisoner of war. He accompanied his parents to America when se\-enteen years of age. He had been well educated in schools on the other side of the Atlantic, and after his parents located at .Vshland, Ohio, he attended an American school for one term and was then apprenticed to the Ashland Machine Company. He learned the pattern-maker's tx'ade very thoroughly and remained with that firm for ten years. In 1880 he came to Akron and for ten years was connected with the Buckeye Mower and Reaper Company, working in the winters, and through the summers working with the Webster, Camp and Lane Company. Later lie became connected with the firm of Jahant and Weber, which was the oldest stove house of Akron. On March 24, 1893, Mr. Morgan embarked in- his present business on South Howard Street, under the style of Morgan & Pouchot, the partnership lasting three years, when Mr. Morgan sold his interest and went to Chicago as representative of Kernan Furnace Company, of Utica, New York, where he remained for two years, when he returned to Akron, buying back his interest in the firm, which then became Pouchot-Hunsicker & Company. In 1903 thev bought the brick building at Nos. 200-202 South Main, its dimensions being 44 by 90, five stories high in the rear and three in front, where they are .-till situated. The company is an incorporated one, its capital stock" being $30,000, and the present officers are: Charles R. Morgan, president; H. D. Holland, vice-president; Horace Hunsicker, treasurer, and Irvin Barth, secretary. All are active members of the firm and are practical business men in this line. They occupy five floors of their building, do both wholesaling and retailing in stoves and general hardware, and also operate a tin shop, making a specialty of factory repair work. Mr. Morgan js interested also in Akron real estate.

In 1879. Mr. Morgan was married to Kate Stahlheber, of Ashland, Ohio. He is a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and belongs to the church council. Fraternally Mr. Morgan is a Master ^lason, a Knight of Pythias,

E. tf. UNDEKWOOi), M D., a representative member of liLs proiessioHj who nad been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Akron, for the past sixteen years, was born in Akron, Ohio, m ISijy, and is a son of Dr. Warren J. Underwood, formerly a well known physician of Summit County.

After completing the public school course at Akron, Edward S. Underwood, subject of this notice, entered Buchlel College, going thence to the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, and afterwards to Jefferson Aledical College, at Philadelphia, where he was graduated in 1891. He innnediately located in his native city, where he has been in active and successful practice since. He has served as health officer of Akron for four years, his intelligent inauguration and supervision of various sanitary reforms in this connection resulting in a greatly lessened death rate. Dr. Underwood is a man of public spirit, and during two terms when he served in the city council, he advocated many public improvements. He is visiting physician to the Akron City Hospital and is a member of the Summit County, the Ohio State, and the Northeastern Ohio Medical Societies. He is also surgeon for the Akron fire department. In 1899, Dr. Underwood was married to Sarah J. Kile, who is a daughter of Salem Kile. The doctor belongs to the Elks and also to the Elks Club.

WILLI.VM H. BOWER, farmer and dairyman, residing on his valuable farm of ninetyfour acres, which is situated in Green Township, wa.s born on his father's farm in Stark County. Ohio, October 12, 1840, and is a son of David and Mary (Bullinger) Bower.

The grandparents of Mr. Bovver came to Ohio when their son David wa.s not more than eighteen months old and settled on a farm in Stark County, where they were pioneer.". There David wa« reared and assisted his father to clear the land. The latter, had secured it from the Government, and it was still in its wild state when the Bowers located in Nimishilleii Township. David Bovvers was a man of an adventurous spirit and was so fond of traveling that lie frequently made long journeys. He was a good tanner and had a business w'hich kept a number of men employed, but when he felt the desire to travel he left everything and started out. He was a man of pletisant, genial manner and could always interest people telling them of his experiences. He spent nineteen years in California, in early days, during which period he was his own housekeeper. When he was about fifty-four years of age, he moved with his wife and family to Kansas, where his wife died. She was a native of Pennsylvania and had accompanied her parents to Stark County when about fourteen years old. David Bower died while traveling in Oregon. Of their fourteen children, but four survive, these being: William Henry, subject of this article; James, residing in Michigan; Adeline, now Mrs. Studebaker; and David, who is a resident of Kansas. While living in Stark County, David Bower owned and operated a fai'm together with his tannery.

William lienry Bower remained on his father's farm in Stark County until 1861, when he enlisted a.s a private to serve three months, in Company A, 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which regiment formed a part of the force that drove the Confederates out of their strongholds in West Virginia and saved that State to the Union. After the close of his first ser\-ice, he returned to his home, thinking, like many others, tliat tlie war was practically over, but when President Lincoln issued his call for 600,000 men, he re-enlL>ted, entering Company II, 107th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with the rank of third sergeant, and during his faithful subsequent service of thirty-five months, he rose step by step until the close of the war found him wearing a lieutenant's uniform. He participated in many of the most telling battles of the war. notably those of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, Chancellorville, Mav 1-4, 18fiR, and Gettysbiirg,

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July 1-3, 1863. On the tiret day at Gettysburg, he was struck in the breast by a bullet, l>ut his life was saved by a buckle on hi.s uniform.

In 1865 Mr. Bower came to Summit County and found employment with John Chisnell, grindino- potters' clay, at which work he continued for three years. He wa.s faithful and industriou.s, and proved that he could do his duty in peace as well as war. On March 5, 1868, he was married to Lydia Winkleman, who is a daughter of Christian and Susan (Witmyer) Winkleman. The Winklemans came from Pennsylvania, where Mrs. Bower was born, and settled on the present farm, which was then wild land. For two years after marriage, Mr. Bower farmed for hLs father-in-law, and then rented a farm in Northampton Township for three years. It contained 229 acres and belonged to George McMillen. After the expiration of his contract there, he rented his present farm for one year, and then removed to the old Gougler farm in Green Township, which he operated for two years. Afterwards he farmed the Aaron Swartz farm for three years. In 1878 he purchased the present farm, the old Winkleman property, from the heirs, moving here in 1879. He has put this property into fine condition, expending a large amount in repairs and improvements. He carries on general farming and makes a specialty of dairying, his products finding a good market in Akron.

Mr. and Mrs. Bower have had five children, namely: Cora, who married William A. Sutton, residing near Barberton, and has four children - Clarence, Lillian, Anna and Nellie; Mary Ellen, who died aged eighteen years; Anna, wife of D. Buckmaster, who farms for Mr. Bower, . has two sons - Isaac and Charles William: two other children died in infancy.

F. WILLIAM FUCHS, secretary and manager of the Akron Brewery Company, who is interested also in other important business enterprises in this city, was born in Akron, in 18.'')8. He is a son of Nicholas Fuchs, a native of Germany, who came to Akron in 1849, and embarked here in a grocery business, later keeping a hotel. He continued in active business life here for many years. His death took place in 1890.

F. William Fuchs, after leaving school, worked five years for a railroad company, afterwards operating a summer resort at Cuyahoga Falls. In January, 1886, he engaged in a wholesale beer business, and, since 1903, he has been largely interested in the Akron Brewery Company, which concern was organized in that year and incorporated with a capital stock of $150,000. The company has erected a fine plant at No. 851 South High Street, which has an annual capacity of 60,- 000 barrels. Mr. Fuchs has been manager and secretary since the enterprise was launched. He is also proprietor of the Buckeye Supply House, located at 66 North Howard Street, wholasale dealers in glassware, hotel and bar supplies of all kinds. He is one of the directors of the Dime Savings Bank and Ls connected with other successful business houses.

In 1886 Mr. Fuchs was married to Anna AVilhelm, and they have two children - Mina and Frederick W. The former is a student at Oberlin College, and the latter a recent graduate of the Akron public schools. Mr. Fuchs is a man of genial disposition, and is a popular member of the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, and the German Club.

twenty-three years the late Dr. Warren J. Underwood was a jirominent physician and leading citizen of Akron. He was a Pennsylva;nian, born in York County, March 20, 1840, and belonging to one of the old representative families of that section. He died at Akron. Ohio, June 9, 1890.

Dr. Underwood obtained his education in the district schools, where he prepared himself for the profession of teaching, which he followed thereafter until 1860. He then began the study of medicine, and in 1864 was graduated at Jefferson Medical College, of Philadeli)hia. In the meantime he had .served as assistant surgeon, attached to the Nineteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, later becoming surgeon of the 151st Regiment. In the spring of 1864, after receiving his degree, he came to Ohio, finding a useful field of practice at Canal Fulton, where he remained for three years. He came to Akron in August, 1867, and this city remained the scene of his professional labors for the remainder of his useful life. He identified himself with the various medical organizations of the State and belonged to the American Medical ^^sociation, in all of which his high professional ability was recognized. In 1873 he was appointed examining pension surgeon, and continued as such until the organization of the board in 1889, of which he was unanimously elected president. He was a man of enlightened views and public spirit and was a valuable member of the City Council for several years.

Dr. Underwood was first married in 1864, to Harriet Shoemaker, who died December 9, 1873. One of their three children survives - Dr. Edward S. Underwood, of Akron. Dr. Underwood married, second, Mrs. Frances C. Pizzala, of Brooklyn, New York.

JOHN H. WEBER, M. D., a specialist in surgery, to which he limits his practice, is one of the skilled jtrofessional men of Akron, whose ability is recognized and whose services are in demand all over and even beyond Summit County. He was born at Miamisburg, Ohio, in 1877, and is a son of the late Chistian Weber.

He acquired his elementary education in the schools of his native i)lace, and then entered Adelbert, College, where he was graduated in 1899, with the degree of Ph. B. He immediately entered the medical department of the same institution, from which he was graduated with his degree of M. D. in 1902. Having a strong predilection for surgery, Dr. Weber decided to make that branch his specialty, and has directed the larger part of his study to that end. He spent two and a half years in the Charity Hospital, at Cleveland. where he had an opportunity to study almi)-t every kind of surgical case, after which he spent six months in St. Ann's Maternity Hospital in the same city. Before settling in Akron he still further increased his knowledge by visiting as a student, the clinics of Philadelphia and Baltimore, witnessing and taking part in some wonderful surgical operations. He is surgeon of the Summit County iledical Society, and he belongs to the Summit County Sixth Councilor District, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. On January 3, 1906, Dr. Weber was married to Norma Smith, of Willoughbv, Ohio.

WARREN MILLER, who is well known throughout Summit County as a former successful buj-er and seller of stock, to which business he devoted many years, now carries on general farming on his valuable tract of sixtyfour acres, situated in Copley Township, ten miles west of Akron, on the township road of Bath and Copley, and the county road of Summit and Medina Counties. He was born in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, August 18, 1840, and is a son of William and Electa (Crosby) Miller.

William Miller, his father, was born in 1817, in the State of New York, a son of Morris and Hettie (Lucas) Miller, who came to Ohio in 1818. For a short time they lived with the Turner family on the very farm that Warren Miller now owns, and then moved to Bath Township, locating west of Ghent, where Morris Miller cleared up a farm. He died in Bath Township, after which his widow returned to Copley Township and died at the home of a daughter. They had the following children: John, William, Aaron and Morris, all deceased; Harriet, now deceased, who was the wife of N. Hubbard; Charlotte, who is the widow of B. Lee; and Laura, who married George McMillan, and. with her husband, is now deceased.

William Miller attended school for a short time at Lamb's Corners, not far from his son's present farm, but the greater part of his boyliood was passed in Bath Township. He married Electa ' Crosby, whose parents came to

Summit County at an early day, from New- York, settling in Granger Township. Afterward, he and wife lived for a short time on Liberty Hill, Granger Township, and then settled in Bath Township, remaining there until 1858, when they moved to Copley Township, living here for a number of years. Later, AVilliam Miller bought the Harris mill in Bath Township, but subsequently returned to Copley Township. Afterwards he built a fine residence at Akron, where he died in 1893. His widow married a Mr. Findlay, who died in 1904, .she surviving him up to the present time. There were two children born to William Miller and wife : Ralsamond and Warren, the former being now decea.sed.

Warren Miller spent his boyhood on the farm, and obtained his education in the schools at Stony Hill and Sharon Center. For a number of years and until quite recently, he devoted the larger part of his time to dealing in stock. In 1870 he purchased his present farm from the Turner heir.s - Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Sackett. The present residence was then standing, Init he built the substantial barn in 1880.

Mr. Miller was married (fir.st) in November, 1863, to Eliza Hawkins, who died in 1870, leaving one son, Forrest C. The latter married Effie Hoeglan, and they have one child, Florence. Forrest C. Miller is engaged in farming in Coj)ley township. Mr. Miller was married (second) in June, 1877, to Emily Huntley, who is a daughter of Seymour and Eveline (Miller) Huntley. One son, William H., has been born of this union. Mr. Miller is one of the solid, substantial men of his community and has the esteem of hi.s fellow-citizens.

0. (i. LYON, proprietor of the Lynn Rubber Co., Akron, came to xVkron in 1893. He was born at Mt. Rose, Summit County, Ohio, in 1859, .son of Morris Lyon. His father, a native of Connecticut and one of the early settlers in the county, died in 188'o. The present Mr. Lyon resided in Mt. Rose until reacliing the age of twenty-four, completing his literary education in the Cojiloy high school. He then went to Medina County, where he was engaged in farming until 1893. In that year he came to Akron and engaged in the real estate business, with which he was connected for .some six years. His connection with the rubber manufacturing industry dates from 1899, in which year he became connected with the Faultless Rubber Co., in whose employ he remained for two years. He then establLshed the Lyon Rubber Co., of which he is still the proprietor and which is doing a successful business in the manufacture of rubber cements and other similar products. In e.stablishing this industry Mr. Lyon has placed himself in line with the many other enterprising business men who have helped to spread the fame and build up the fortunes of this wide-awake, l)ustling city.

Mr. Lyon was married in 1882 to Miss Miranda F. Adams of Munroe Falls, Ohio. He has one son, who is a.ssociated with him in business. Religiously Mr. Lyon and his family are affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church.

M. D. KUHLKE, junior member of the firm of Jones and Kuhlke, machinists, with l)lant located at No. 14 East E.xchange street, Akron, was born in 1872, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Diedrich Kuhlke, who is connected with the American Cereal Company of this city. He "was four years old when his parents came to Akron, and he has been identified with the interests of this place ever since, gaining his education here and his training as a machinist. He worked for the first three years of his industrial life in a pottery plant and then went into the shops of Webster, Camp & Lane, where he learned his trade, and where he continued for seven years, after which he worked in various shops throughout the city up to 1900, when he went into business for himself. In partnership with B. E. Jones, he established the Jones it Kuhlke Machine shops, the firm fitting uji their plant with all kinds of improved machinery, and making it the best equipped in the city. On account of ill lioalth, Mr. Jones lias been forced to lake up his residence in Arizona, which causes Mr. Kuhlkc to have sole charge of the shops. AVork is furnished for eleven skilled employes and the capacity of the ]ilant is taxed to its fullest extent.

In 1897 Mr. Kuhlke was married to Augusta Zintel, who was born at Akron and is a daughter of Casjier Zintel, of thi- city. They have one child, Barbara Eleanor. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhlke are mcmliers of the (Jcrman Reformed Church. The former l)i'lougto Granite Lodge of Odd Fellows.

MARK A. REPLOGLE, secretary of the Lombard and Replogle Engineering Company, of Akron, an hydraulic engineer of wide reputation, has been a resident of this city since 1895. He was born in Martin.shurg, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1861. When a child he accompanied his parent.s to MifRin Countj', that state, where he was reared, attending the district schools mitil nineteen years of age. He then went to Franklin County, Iowa, where he worked one year on a farm. The. following year wa.s spent in an agricultural machine .shop, after which he made a short sojourn in Hardin County, Iowa, in a .second country shop. His next move was to Fayette County, where he found employment in running a saw-mill and was also otherwise occupied. Then returning to Franklin, he devoted another year to agriculture. Although married and with a family to support, he resolved to complete his education and accordingly went to Cedar Falls, Iowa, where he became a student at the Iowa State Normal School, taking a special Normal course of three years. During summer vacations he worked in the harvest field for Aultman, Miller & Co. While at this place he became interested in electrical water-wheel governors, built by H. E. 01- brich and H. H. Clay. After completing his college course he taught school for two term.s at Mt. Pleasant and Mattawana, Pennsylvania. Then returning to Cedar Falls, he engaged in the manufacture and sale Of waterwheel governors, and was so occupied until