Summit County, Ohio - Chapter 20: Statistics, 1908 (part 6 of 27)

1895, when the manufacturing rights were bought by the Selle Gear Company of Ak- ' ron, with whom Mr. Replogle then became associated. He continued with them until 1899, when he became hydraulic engineer for the Webster, Camp & Lane Company, and was with them for nearly four years. He then turned his attention once more to the water-wheel governor manufacture, organizing the Lombard and R^eplogle Engineering Company, under which style he has since continued in the manufacture of water-wheel governors and automobile transmissions. While he was with the AA'ebster, Camp & Lane Company, they constructed the equipment for the largest water-] )Ower plant (in the munbcr of turbines used) ever erected in .Vmerica - at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the work being under his .supei-vision. He also has the credit of inventing a method and governing the first water-power plant driving an electrical railway by water i>ower that was automatically governed, in America. He also turned on the water and started the first turbines in the plant of the Niagara Falls Paper Company, and furnished the governors. These were the first turbines to develop power from the great tunnel tail race. The United States Patent Office and foreign office records show that Mr. Replogle has been active as an inventor, not only in his chosen line of turbine governors, but in kindred lines. He is inventor of many devices in other fields that have been found useful in this Electric Age. As an author it can be said that the first book ever publi.shed treating on "Electricity and Water-Power," liears his name. Also, at the request of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, he prejjared a. paper on "Speed Regulation in Water-Power Plants," that has been the foimdation of American literature on that subject. A number of mechanical essays and engineering papers have appeared from time to time in our own country as well as articles for European and Japanese publications.

der, being a member of the local Blue Lodge and Chapter, to the Ancient Order of United Workmen in Iowa, and to the Modern Woodmen of America. He belongs to the German Baptist church, with which he became affiliated when a young man.

JOHN MOTZ, an esteemed citizen of Akron, who has been a resident of this city for the past thirty-nine years, was bom in 1846, in Pennsylvania, and was reared and educated in his native state.

Coming to Akron in 1868, Mr. Motz conducted a restaurant here for some years, and then embarked in a real estate and insurance business under the firm name of Motz & Brother, which in 1883 became Motz it Myers. This firm is one of the oldest real estate and insurance firms in the city. It represents such companies as the following: the Phoenix, of England ; Pennsylvania Fire, of Philadelphia; Union, of Philadelphia; Richland Mutual; Western Mutual, Ohio Mutual, and Lloyds' Plate Glass. Mr. Motz has numerous other business interests, being a stockholder in the Indiana Rubber Company ; vice-president of the Akron Provision Company; and a director in the Peoples' Savings Bank, and in the Masonic Temple Company. He is a man of forceful business qualities, but, while careful of his own interests, scrupulously upright in his dealings with others. He is interested in the general development of the city, and has done his full share in promoting it through his business enterprise and public spirit.

Politically a Democrat, he was his party's candidate for city treasurer in the fall of 1907, and was elected by a handsome majority. For three years he was assessor for the Third Ward, and for one term was councilman for the First Ward: and in all the conventions of his party he is a prominent factor, usually attending a? a delegate.

Fraternally Mr. Motz is a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery. at Akron, and to Alkoran Shrine at Cleveland. For twelve years he ha= been treasurer of the Akron Commandery, and has frequently ser\ed as an official in the lower divisions of the order. For the past twenty-nine years Mr. Motz has been a member of the board of deacons and treasurer of Trinity Lutheran Church, and for twelve years he has been treasurer of the East Ohio Synod. At the meeting of the General Synod of the Lutheran Church of the United States, held at Sunbury, Pennsylvania, to which he was a delegate, a movement of the lay members to raise the synodical funds by lay instead of ministerial effort, was started, and a committee of five was appointed, of which Mr. Motz was a member, to lay out a feasible plan for this purpose. The members of this committee are: .J. L. Clark, of Ashland, Ohio, chairman; Hon. J. L. Zimmerman, of Springfield, Ohio ; attorney, George E. Neff, of York, Pennsylvania; Mr. Jesse Schwartz, of St. Joseph, Missouri; and Mr. John Motz. In 1868 Mr. Motz was married to Martha Dotts, who died in 1885. There are three surviving children of this union, namely: -John A., who resides in Akron; Harley J., who is connected with the Diamond Rubber Company, of Akron ; and Ruth, who is the wife of Harry Kirwin, of Akron. Mr. Motz wa^ married, second, in 1886, to Emma K. Hilbish, who died in 1899, having borne her husband three children: Guy W., a law student in the Western Reserve University; Paul, who is a student in the Akron High School, and Helen Leotta, who is attending school in Akron.

HOMER G. LONG, M. D., the only representative of the medical profession at Copley Center, Copley Township, is one of the leading men of this township, having served as clerk since 1901 and having been prominent in almost all public matters. Dr. Long was born November 29, 1871, in Wayne Township, Noble County, Ohio, and is a son of John T. and Amanda E. (Stoneburner) Long. He grew up on his father's farm in Noble County, where he attended the district schools until sixteen years of age. He then entered the High School at Quaker City, from which he was subsequently graduated.

He afterwards taught school for two years in Noble County, and in 1893 entered the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1897 with the degree of M. D. He immediately settled for practice in Portage County, Ohio, where he remained for one winter. He then came to Copley, remaining here for over a year, and subsequently removing to Piedmont, Harrison County, Ohio. In 1901 he returned to Copley Center, where he has since been located. His present residence was purchased in 1899 from Dr. George Huntly.

On August 31, 1899, Dr. Long was married to Bessie Hammond, w'ho is a daughter of James and Celia (Heustis) Hammond, of Summit County, Ohio. Of this union there have been born two children - Lucille and Stanley. Dr. Long is a member of the National Protective Legion.

CHARLES T. INMAN, business man and capitalist of Akron, has been a resident of this city since 1870, coming here at the age of eleven years. Born in Trumbull County, Ohio, he was educated in the district schools of Cuyahoga County, subsequently entering the Akron High School, where he was graduated in 1877. Deciding to make the drug business his main sphere of activity, he entered the Cleveland College of Phaarmacy, from which he was graduated in 1880. His experience as a druggist covered a period of thirty five years. He did not confine himself entirely to this line of trade, however, as his store included four departments - drugs, groceries, hardware and pottei'y supplies, being located in fine business blocks on East Market Street, which he had erected. For a number of years he was counted among the leading men of Akron engaged in active business life. About three years ago, however, Mr. Inman, feeling the need of rest, retired from the active conduct of his business, closing out his large interests in the store, though retaining his ownership of the building. Mr. Inman is president of the Harmony Coal Company, of Harmony, Utah; director of the Lake Erie Terminal and Southern Railway, and a stockholder in many other concerns, both in Akron and elsewhere. He also owns a large amount of Akron and Summit County real estate. He was formerly president for a number of years of the Akron school board. He is a member of Akron Lodge, F. & A. M., also of the Masonic Club and the German Club. Mr. Inman is a member of the Christian church, and was for many years a member of the official board of the Disciples' church in Akron.

Mr. Inman was married in 1881 to Miss Lillian Jewett, a daughter of the late Dr. Jewett, who was one of Akron's most prominent physicians. Into their houshold were born four children, namely: Hilda, who is now the wife of Dr. J. H. Hulse, a leading medical man of Akron ; Hesper, who has been a student at Lake Erie College : Eleanor, who is attending the public schools, and Richard Mendal, who is the youngest member of the -family.

URIAH A. MILLER, a prosperous agriculturist of Copley Township, where "he is cultivating a fine farm of fifty-two acres, was born on his grandfather's farm in Norton Town.ship, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of Jonas Franklin and Marietta (Slaughback) Miller.

John Miller, his grandfather, was the first of the family to come to Ohio, making the trip from Pennsylvania in wagons, with about sixty other pioneers, and settling on the partly cleared lands of Norton Township. His honie was one of the first frame houses in that section, and he became the owner of two farms, of eighty and 175 acre,s respectively, which are still in the family name. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. F. Seiberling. John Miller and his wife had a family of eleven children, eight daughters and three sons, of whom three survive: Catherine, who married J. F. Seiberling; Pollie, who is the widow of John Lahr; and S. H. Miller, of Doylestown.

reared on his father's farm, experiencing all the hardships of pioneer life. Thronghout his entire active period, Mr. Miller was a hardworking, industrious citizen, and at the time of his death had accumulated a fortune estimated at $20,000, most of which was invested in land in Norton Township, Barberton and Loyal Oak. His death occurred at Loyal Oak, Ohio, Febiiiary 1, 1907. Mr. Miller married Marietta Slaughbaek, who was born at Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and who still survives, her Iiome being at Loyal Oak. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Miller, namely: Uriah Augustus; Alice, who became the wife of H. F. Myres; Milton H. ; Ida, who is decea.sed; Harry E. ; John G. ; Ella, who married James Harter ; Ellsworth, deceased; and Elizabeth, who married Charles Gable.

Uriah Augustus Miller, the direct subject of this sketch, lived on his grandfather's farm in Norton Township until he wa.s eight years old, at which time the family removed to his grandfather's 170-acre property in the same township, where he resided until attaining his majority. He then spent seventeen years and a half on his father's property. On February 14, 1894, he purchased his present farm from Frank Seiberling and Frank Wilcox of Akron, it being known as the California property, Mr. California having been the original owner. The farm has been improved to a high state of cultivation, and under Mr. Miller's able management yields large crops.

In June, 1877, Mr. Miller was married to Adaline Amelia Koplin, who was born in AVadsworth Township, Medina County, Ohio, a daughter of David and Mary A. (Moser) Koplin. Her parents were natives of Summit County, to which Mrs. Miller's grandfather, Christian Koplin, came from Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. He died in Wadsworth Township when his son David was a child of four years. Jlrs. Miller died April 23, 1891, aged thirty-three years, having been the mother of four children, namely : Morris E., who died in infancy;; Inez, who lives in Akron; Nellie, who resides at home;

On Febiniary 22, 1899, Mr. Miller married for a second wife, Sarah Jane Stocker, who was born in Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Phillip and Mary (Acre) Stocker, both of whom are living. Phillip Stocker came from Pennsylvania, and was married to Mary Ann Acre, who had come to Summit County at the age of fourteen years with her parents, who were pioneers of Summit and Medina Counties.

Mr. Miller is a Republican in politics, to which party his father also belonged, his grandfather having been a stanch Whig. He served his township as ditch commissioner the only year that the office was in existence. With his wife he attends the Lutheran Church of Loyal Oak.

STACY G. CARKHUFF, secretary of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, of Akron, has been identified with lai-ge and successful houses in different cities ever since he completed his education. He was born January 12, 1872, on a farm east of Jerseyville, Jersey County, Illinois.

Mr. Carkhuff was ten years old when his parents left the farm and moved to Roodhouse, Greene County, Illinois, where he attended school until he completed the course. He then went to Chicago for the completion of his education, after which he entered the publishing house of Rand, McNally Company, from which he went to the Washburn, Crosby Company, where he remained for eight years, a part of the time having charge of their branch agency at Peoria, Illinois. May 1st, 1901, Mr. Carkhuff came to Akron ancl a&sociated himself with the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, less than one year after its organization, when the industry was still in its infancy; he has contributed of his energy and ability, with others, until this concern has become the largest exclusive tire, manufacturing one in the United States, while its goods are sold all over the civilized world.

December 16, 1896, Mr. Carkhuff was married to Jessie L. Johnson, of New Castle, Indiana. Their one child, a daughter, is deceased. Mr. CarkhnfF is a member of the Congregational Church, and his social connection is with the Portage Country Club.

W. WALLACE WARNER is the sixth son and eighth child of John Warner, who was born in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1798, and of Marietta (Woodard) Warner, born in Glenmore, New York, in 1805. His parents moved to the "New Connecticut" in 1834.

Mr. Warner was born in Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio, February 28, 1848. When he was four years old his parents moved to Cuyahoga Falls, where he received the most of his schooling, finishing at the Quaker City Business College of Philadelphia in 1866. He was married in Philadelphia to Annie E. Yeamans, daughter of Robert and Mary (Greer) Yeamans in 1869. By this union two children were born, January 14, 1870. Arthur Lee, who died in 1881, and Harry Albert, who married Miss Josie James. His wife died in 1871. He was again married to Miss Alice Grace, daughter of George and Susanna (Dodson) Littleton, October 25, 1877. By this union three children were born - George Littleton Warner, now married to Miss Martha Burton of Oklahoma; Wallace Vincent, who died April 23, 1907; and Mabel Marietta. There are two grandsons, Irvin Shelley, aged nine, son of Harry A. and Josie; and George Burton, one year old, son of George L. and Martha.

Mr. Warner's business life has been mostly spent in Akron, in the real estate business. He is known as the pioneer abstract man. Commencing in 1870, when abstracts were comparatively unknown in business transactions, he compiled the first abstract books of the county, and established the business now conducted by The Bruner Goodhue Cooke Company, with whom he is now associated. He has made several maps of the city, county and other places. His most notable work in this connection is an atlas, known as "Illustrated Summit County, Ohio," published in 1891-2, and, which, though out of date, is a standard authority in its line. His business life of forty years has been an active one; interspersed with its pleasures, anxieties and disappointments. He is hale and hearty and at sixty is actively engaged in abstract work.

He became deputy recorder in 1868, and does not believe that anj^one then a county officer is now living, and but four attorneys, only one of whom is practicing. He does not recall a business house or factory now doing business in the same name. Two hundred thousand real estate papers have been recorded. Barberton, South Akron and nearly all the present industries have come into activity since that time.

ERNEST A. PFLUEGER, president of The E. A. Pflueger Company, manufacturers of all kinds of fishing tackle, is one of Akron's busy men and prominent citizens. He was born in 1866 at Erie. Pennsylvania, but has been a resident of this city since he was four years old.

Mr. Pflueger was reared and educated at Akron and started to work in boyhood in the factory of his father, E. F. Pflueger, who founded the Enterprise Works, for the manufacture of fishing tackle. After learning the necessary details of this business, Mr. Pflueger became secretary and treasurer of The Enterprise Company, with which he continued for almost twenty-five yeare, resigning this position in September, 1906, and establishing The E. A. Pflueger Company. This company carries on the manufacture of every kind of fishing appliance and also manxifactures a large line of saddlery specialties. The company is incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000, with E. A. Pflueger as president; George D. Bates as vice-president; C. I. Bruner as treasurer and L. W. Griiflths as secretary. Mr. Pflueger retains his interest in the Enterprise Manufacturing Company, which was incorporated in 1886, and is also a stockholder in other concerns of this section.

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Seiberling, who is the youngest daughter of J. F. Seiberling, and they have four children ; John S., Theodore S., WilHam S. and Eohert S. Mr. Pflueger and family belong to the Lutheran Church. Only as a good citizen, anxious to promote the general welfare, is Mr. Pflueger interested in politics. He is prominent in Masonry, having attained the Thirty-second Degree, and belongs to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery of Akron, and Alkoran Shrine and Lake Erie Consistory, of Cleveland.

PHILIP STOCKER, who is one of the best-known and most highly esteemed among the older residents of Norton Township, resides on his valuable farm, five acres of which lies in Copley Township and seventy-three and one-half acres in Norton Township. This property is beautifully situated on what is known as the East and West road, about eight and one-half miles west of Akron. Mr. Stocker was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, August 29, 1829, and is a son of Jonathan and Christina (Stecker) Stocker. His father worked as a carpenter in early manhood but later became a farmer.

Philip Stocker assisted his father on the home place until he was twenty years of age, when he came to Summit County, and worked for Peter Lerch for one year. He then went with his brother Eli Stocker, who rented a farm for three years. The brother then bought a farm in Norton Township and he remained with him for one year and afterwards worked for other farmers. In 1864 he bought his present farm, settling on it in March of that year, and he has made all the improvements, which consist of a fine residence and substantial barns and other buildings. It is not too much to assert that Mr. Stocker has one of the best improved farms in Norton Township, and its condition has been brought about by his own industry and good management. He no longer undertakes the active operation of the farm, delegating this work to a son-in-law, who is a practical and successful farmer.

On October 21, 1855, Mr. Stocker was married to Mary Acker, who is a daughter of Henry and Sarah (Hartman) Acker. Mrs. Stocker was born in Pennsylvania, her father being a weaver in Union County, from which place he moved to Sharon, Medina County, Ohio, when she was sixteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Stocker have had four children, the three now living being, AVilliam, residing at Akron, who has two children, Harry and Grace; Sarah Jane, who married U. Miller, and resides in Copley Township; and Viola, who married F. 0. Moser, who farms for Mr. Stocker and who has one child - Hilda Belle.

For fifty-one years Mr. and Mrs. Stocker have been members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Loyal Oak - the oldest members in continued attendance. Mr. Stocker is a trustee of this church and he and his estimable wife have been active in promoting its good influence for a half century. Their lives have been quiet, temperate and useful and they have journeyed through life and reached old age together, surrounded by comforts of their own securing. They take great pleasure in their three bright grandchildren.

CHARLES W. SEIBERLING, treasurer of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, at Akron, and a business man who is largely interested in many successful manufacturing enterprises of this city and vicinity, was born in Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio, not far from Western Star, January 26, 1861, and is a son of John F. and Catherine L. (Miller) Seiberling.

John F. Seiberling was born at Norton, Ohio, March 10, 1834. In the spring of 1861 he moved with his family to Doylestown and thence in 1865 to Akron, with the business interests of which city he was prominently identified until the close of his long and fruitful life. From operating a sawmill at Norton, where he pursued the studies and experiments which resulted in the invention of the agricultural machinery with which his name is still connected, he removed to Doylestown, where better conditions prevailed for the erection of works and manufacture of the inventions which had sprung from liis fertile brain. Later for Hke business reasons, he came to Akron, soon after calling his eldest son, Frank A., who is now president and general manager of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, from college to assist in further developing his plans. In 1871 he organized the Akron Strawboard Company, in 1883 he founded the Seiberling Milling Company and in 1889 he gained a controlling interest in the Akron Electric Street Railway. His death took place at Akron, September 3, 1903.

In 1878 Charles W. Seiberling, the second son of the late John F. Seiberling, completed the public school course at Akron, and then entered Oberlin College. At that institution he pursued a two-year eclectic course, and then returned to Akron in order to assume the duties of foreman of his father's extensive works where the Empire Reaper and Mowers were manufactured. On the incorporation of the J. F. Seiberling Company, in 1884, Charles W. was elected a director and subsequently became superintendent of the works. In 1896, in association with his father, Mr. Seiberling became interested in the organization of the India Rubber Company, of which his father was elected president, and he became its secretary. He continued with this company for two years in this capacity, and then resigned in order to accept a similar position wdth the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. This company, with which Mr. Seiberling has been identified since 1898, was organized in that year. It is engaged in the manufacture of rubber goods, especially solid and pneumatic carriage and automobile tires, bicycle tires, rubber horseshoes, rubber tiling, golf balls, moulded rubber and rubber specialties. The officers of the company are as follows: F. A. Seiberling, president and general manager; L. C. Miles, vice-president; G. M. Stadleman, secretary; C. W. Seiberling, treasurer; and P. W. Litchfield, superintendent. The goods of this company find a market all over the world. Mr. Seiberling has not confined his attentions to the enterprise mention, but has also invested in and promoted other prosperous concerns.

In 1895 Mr. Seiberling was married to Blanche C. Carnahan, and they have four children : Charles W., Jr., T. Carnahan, Lucius Miles and Catherine. They reside at No. 76 Fay street, Akron.

J. Y. SWARTZ, who is engaged in a wholesale confectioner J' business at Akron and is located at No. 69 East Mill street, was born in Coventry townshiiD, Summit County, Ohio, in 1870. and is a son of the late Alfred Swartz.

When a hamlet, village or town bears the name of a family it is pretty good evidence that this family is one held in general esteem and the Swartz family in Coventry township, gave its name to Swartz Corners, a pleasant little place of residence and quite an active business center. John Swartz, the grandfather of J. V. Swartz, came to Summit County as an early settler and became a prominent man in the organization of the various civilizing agencies. His son, the late Alfred Swartz, was born in Coventry Township, in 1844, and died at Akron, in 1899.

J. V. Swartz was reared in Coventry Township and there attended school through the primary grades. He then passed through the Akron schools into Buchtel College. His first business experience was as traveling salesman for S. B. Lafferty, confectioner at Akron, and he continued in this capacity for nine years, when he embarked in the wholesale confectionery business for himself. In 1905 he built a three-story brick building at No. 69 East Mill street, with dimensions of 20 by 80 feet, occupying the basement, and the first and third floors, in his business, and having the second floor comfortably arranged as a residence. Mr. Swartz takes a practical part in his business himself and has two other traveling representatives, covering a radius of twenty-five miles around Akron. His trade name is a guarantee of the excellence and purity of the goods.

born and reared at Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Swartz have one son, Forest Swartz. Fraternally, Mr. Swartz is a member of the Masonic order and belongs also to the United Commercial Travelers' Association.

MICHAEL W. HOYE, one of Akron's best known citizens, who is interested in a number of her business enterprises, has been one of the city's faithful and efficient public servants since 1887, when he was appointed sanitary policeman, with quarters at the City Hall. He is also a veteran of the Civil War. Mr. Hoye was born at Castle Dermott, County Kildare, Ireland, April 22, 1844, and accompanied his parents to America in 1847, when they settled at Akron.

Mr. Hoye attended the public schools of Akron, and made himself useful to his father until he was seventeen years of age. He then enlisted, August 28, 1861, in Company K, Nineteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served three years, when the regiment veteranized, and Mr. Hoye re-enlisted in the same company. His command was attached to the Army of the Ohio and Cumberland, taking part in every battle that the army engaged in: It was finally mustered out at San Antonio, Texas, October, 24, 1865. Mr. Hoye reached Akron November 28, 1865, making a period of sei"\-ice of four yeai"s and three months.

He shortly afterward entered the employ of Abbey & Johnson, manufacturers of stoneware, with whom he remained for six years. On April 1, 1872, he accepted the foremanship of the extensive coopering establishment of C. B. Maurer. and continued at the head of these shops until January 1, 1885. He then became traveling salesman for the Franklin Milling Company, but returned to Akron in the following year to accept the appointment of sanitarj' policeman and milk inspector of the city. In this position ilr. Hoye has since rendered efficient service to the decided benefit of the public and satisfaction of the citizens generally. He has taken an active part in political campaigns on various occasions, and has been one of the

On October 3, 1867, Mr. Hoye was married to Isabella Mulligan, who died May 16, 1872, leaving two children - William J. and A. P. On October 14, 1872, he married for his second wife, Mary Cummins, who has borne him five children^ - Mary, Isabella, Robert, Grace and Julia. Since Mr. Hoye's second marriage he and his wife have adopted twelve children, making nineteen in all, whom they have reared and educated.

J. T. ENRIGHT, of the firm of Enright & Hummel, funeral directors and embalmers, at Akron, came to this city in 1894, where he' has resided up to the present time. He was born at Urbana, Ohio, December 4, 1868, and was there reared and educated.

After leaving school, Mr. Enright went to Chicago and became connected with the undertaking firm of Lawrence Foley & Sons. He remaining with that concern for three years, learning all the details of the business. The holding of the World's Fair offered many business opportunities to young men in Chicago, and during the period of its existence, Mr. Enright filled a lucrative position in the Custom House department. In 1894 he canae to Akron and went into the undertaking business for himself, continuing alone until January 1, 1907, when J. B. Hummel became his partner, and since then the firm style has been Enright & Humniel. Mr. Hummel was born in Akron, October 15, 1878, and is a son of Valentine Hummel. The latter was born in Bavaria, Germany, and has been a resident of Akron for over forty years. He was one of the first German teachers in this city. For the past thirty-eight years he has been organist at St. Bernard's Catholic Church. In 1902 Mr. Hummel married Barbara Willenbacher, and they have two children: John H. and Laurence V.

On May 8, 1899, Mr. Enright wa^ married to Catherine H. Doran, who was born in Akron, Ohio. They have three Children - James, Francis and Mary. Mr. Enright is a member of St. Vincent de Paul's Church. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Mutual Benevolent Association, the Catholic Knights of Ohio, the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Modern Woodmen. Mr. Hummel is a member of St. Bernard's Church organization. He belongs to Commandery No. 6, Knights of St. John, and to the Bavarian Society of Akron. Mr. Enright and Mr. Hummel have well arranged and convenient quarters at No. 159 South High street. They are equipped to handle funerals in every detail.

LUTE li. MILLER, gardener and dairyman, residing on his well-cultivated farm of eighty-six acres, situated in Copley Township, was born on this farm, March 1, 1871, and is a son of Charles C. and Mary Ann (Philbrick) Miller.

Charles C. Miller, father of Lute H., was born at Akron, December 11, 1832. His father, Ansel Miller, came from Vermont to Ohio, in 1819, locating at Akron, which was then a settlement consisting of a few houses. The outlook apparently did not please Ansel Miller, as he went back to the East, and did not return until he could find work in the building of the canal, during which period he bought the farm in Copley Township. In November, 1860, after the marriage of his son, Charles C, he came to live on the farm, where he died in 1879, aged eighty years. He was married at Akron to Lucy Hawkins, who came to Ohio with her parents, from Vermont. She died in 1838, leaving two sons: Charles Carroll and James Nelson, the latter of whom died in infancy.

Charles Carroll Miller grew up in the village of Akron, and attended the sessions of school held in the old stone building known to all the older residents of the city. Llis literary education was completed in Cleveland. He then became bookkeeper in a store in Akron, on the canal, but being of an enterprising nature and wishing to see something of the world, he shipped, in 1848, on a whaling vessel, with the expectation of going around Cape Horn to California and visiting the gold fields; but after two years of seafaring life he gave up the idea and returned to Akron, bringing with him some souvenirs, such as whale's teeth, which his son still preserves. He then went to Michigan to assist his uncle in clearing a farm. While there he was married and at once came back to Summit County, and settled on the farm his father had purchased, where he died in September, 1897.

On August 7, 1860, Charles C. Miller married Mary Ann Philbrick, who was born in the State of New York and who, when nine years of age, accompanied her parents to Ionia County, Michigan. The long joui'ney was made by wagon to Buffalo, by water to Detroit, and by ox-team to the pioneer farm on which settlement was made. There, on that farm, the parents, Daniel and Mary (Gould) Philbrick died. Mrs. Miller still survives. Charles C. Miller and wife had the following children: Frank E., who died in infancy; Lottie A., who married M. Weager; Ansel P., Lute H. and Carl E.

Lute H. Miller was educated in the district schools of Copley Township, and the High School at Copley Center, and later taught school for two years in Northampton Township. In 1892, with his brother Ansel, he began operating the home farm, and they continued together until 1901, when Mr. Miller purchased his farm from the other heirs. He lauis a dairy with fourteen cows, but his main industry is gardening, his success which is shown by the long list of premiums that he has received for some years past for his choice vegetables, which he raises under glass. He has recently built a brick and cement-lined silo - the first of its kind in this section. His early lettuce and rhubarb, grown under glass, sell at fancy prices. He also luakes a specialty of raising poultry. He began to exhibit the products of his farm in 1899, when he was awarded four premiums at the county fair, and he has exhibited each year since that time, and his premiums have amounted to a considerable sum. In 1900, he received twenty-seven premiums, amounting to $14.55; in 1901, 180 premiums, amount-

On August 11, 1897, Mr. Miller was married to Amy B. Arnold, who is a daughter of Charles F. and Rosina (Burr) Arnold, and they have had three children, namely: an infant, now deceased, Ross 0. and Gay] R. Politically Mr. Miller is a Republican and he has served as township trustee, being elected on that ticket. He belongs to the National Protective Legion. Mr. Miller is one of the progressive men of his community. He has made a scientific study of everything relating to the industries in which he is engaged, and he keeps well informed in regard to modern methods and new discoveries. In large part this explains his remarkable success.

JOSEPH YEAGER, vice-president and treasurer of the C. H. Yeager Company, at Akron, one of the leading dry goods enterprises of this city, the phenomenal growth of which has been a noted commercial achievement here, is an old "and experienced merchant who has associated his sons with him for some years. Mr. Yeager was born at Newton Falls, Trumbull (Jountv. Ohio, in 1847.

Mr. Yeager was reared in his native place, and was engaged in a mercantile business there for a number of years. He then removed to Conneaut, Ohio, where he did an extensive business and operated a department store for seven years. Seeking a wider field, as his sons had reached maturity, Mr. Yeager selected Akron, coming to this city July 1, 1906. Here he bought out the old firm of Dague Brothers, which was one of the oldest in Akron. The Yeagers have made the acquisition one of the largest, neatest, best stocked and most modern stores of this section. They are centrally located at No. 82 Main Street, where they occupy over

50,000 square feet of floor space. The public has been quick to recognize the opportunities they offer, and the success of this venture has been already assured.

On April 25, 1872, Mr. Yeager was married to Eliza Jane Goldner, of North Jackson, Mahoning County. He and his wife are the parents of three children, namely: R. G., who is manager of the C. H. Yeager Company at Akron ; John L., who is manager of the suit deijartment of the C. H. Yeager Company ; and Chloe Estelle, who resides with her parents. C. H. Yeager is president of the C. H. Yeager Company and he has a department store at Sharon, Pennsylvania. Mr. Joseph Yeager is a member of the Masonic fraternity, .of the Eastern Star, the Elks and the Maccabees. He belongs to the Congregational Church. Both sons belong also to the EUis, and R. G. Y''eager is also a Mason.

JAY HORACE HAWKINS, one of Copley Township's substantial citizens, residing on his well-improved farm of sixty-two acres, is a leading farmer of this section, and a member of the Summit County Agricultural Society. He was born on his father's farm in Portage Township, Summit County, Ohio, November 29, 1866, and is a son of Nelson and Esther (Sherbondy) Hawkins.

The Hawkins family is of Vermont stock, Mr. Hawkins' grandfather, John Hawkins, coming to Ohio from that state and settling in Summit County when it was still a wilderness. His family consisted of six daughters and three sons. Nelson being the youngest son. Nelson Hawkins' life was passed near his birthplace, in Portage Township, where he was engaged in carpenter work and contracting, and also in farn.ing. He married Esther Sherbondy, whose father, Peter Sherbondy, was one of the first settlers in Summit County. Mr. Hawkins died on his farm in Portage Township at the age of sixty-six years. His widow survived to the age of seventy-six. They had four children : A. Wesley, who is engaged in a lumber business at Akron; Walter N. ; Ella B., who married M. B. Shoemaker; and Jav Horace.

Jay Horace Hawkins Ls known a.s one of Copley Township's progressive and successful farmers. He had good educational advantages in his youth, attending first the country schools, then the public schools of Akron, and later a business college in that city. For eight years he was clerk in a clothing and shoe store. After his marriage, in 1891, he spent one more year at Akron and then moved to the old home place, which he farmed until 1904, when he purchased his present farm from his father-in-law, John Moore. He owns a portable sawmill and for the past ten years has given a large part of his attention to the lumber business, employing twelve men.

On December 9, 1891, Mr. Hawkins was married to Jennie G. Moore, who is a daughter of John and Nellie (Chamberlain) Moore. He has two children - Howard Paul and May Gracia.

Politically Mr. Hawkins is a Republican. He is a man of sterling qualities, and is recognized by his neighbors as a representative citizen. In 1907 he was appointed a member of the Fair Board of the County Agricultural Society to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Moore.

HENRY B. SPERRY, manager of the fire brick department of the Robinson Clay Product Company, of Akron, Ohio, having also a leading interest in several other prominent business entei-prises of this city, was born at Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio, November 1, 1863. His parents were Ira P. and Clarissa (Carlton) Sperry. The father, the Hon. Ira P. Sperry, was born in Watertown, Conn., November 24, 1817, and came to Tallmadge with hi? parents when an infant one year old, they being among the first settlers of that place. He received a common school education, and from the age of fourteen to that of seventeen was employed as a blacksmith's apprentice. From seventeen to twenty he served an apprenticeship to the earriageironer's trade. He then spent a year in school at Cuyahoga Falls. He then worked two years for William C. Oviatt as carriage ironer, at the end of which time he purchased an interest in the concern, which, under different partnership relations, he successfully carried on for nearly a third of a century. In 1870, with his brother. Dr. Willis Sperry and Mr. Samuel J. Richie, he established extensive sewer-pipe works, which, in connection with his son, George P. Sperry, he successfully conducted for a number of years. An early antislavery man, Mr. Sperry, in 1858, was elected on the Republican ticket as Summit County's representative to the State Legislature, ably serving two years. On September 27, 1841, he was married to Miss Clarissa Carlton, of Portage County. Of this union were born six children - Willis *C., Charles O., Mary A., George P., Francis L., and Henry B.

Henry B. Sperry acc^uired his education in the schools of Tallmadge, including the high school, and at the Western Reserve Academy at Hudson, Ohio. When a young man he became associated with his father in the sewer-pipe business, in 1884 being sent to Chicago as assistant to William M. Dee, the manufacturing agent of the company in that city. He then spent two years traveling in the interest of the Union Sewer Pipe Company, after which he spent five years in the sewer-pipe business at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Mr. Sperry then purchased the silica brick plant of J. Park Alexander, which he operated for about thirteen years thereafter, or until 1904. In that year he formed his present connection as manager of the tire brick department of the Robinson Clay Prod- Tict Company. The silica plant of The Robinson Clay Product Company was designed and constructed under the supervision of Mr. Sperry, who is also the inventor of a machine for stripping the mold from the silica brick. Mr. Sperry's other business interests include the presidency of the Baker McMillan Company, of Akron, enamelers and wood-turners, and proprietors of the Akron Spirit Level Works. Mr. Sperry is a 32d degree Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge at Cuyahoga Falls, the Chapter and Commandery at Akron, and Lake Erie Consistory of Cleveland; also to the Masonic Club.

Alexander, a daughter of J. Pari Alexander, oue of Akron's prominent citizens. Of this union there were four children - George Alexander, John Alexander, Robert Alexander, and Helen .Vlexander.

ALFRED AKERS, president of "The Akron Brick & Tile Company" and of "The Akron Vitrified Clay Manufacturing Company,"' besides holding a large interest in the firms of "Akron Supjsly Company" and "Akers & liai-pham," has been a prominent representative of business interestcj in this city for many years.

Alfred Akers was born in England in 1849, and at an early age served his apprenticeship to the tinsmith's trade in that country, and at the age of eighteen years came to ^Vmerica and settled in Akron in 1869.

Mr. Akers was married at Tallmadge, Ohio, to Lottie Cowley, and they have five children - Addle May, Walter Thomas, Alice, Charles B., and Grace - all of w'hom are living, and now married, with the exception of the latter, who resides at home.

After following his trade for two years, employed by "Jahant Brothers" and "Cramer & May," he started into business for himself, which he conducted alone until 1881. The partnership of "Akers & Haipham" was then formed, and is continued to-day, having been developed into the city's largest and oldest sheet metal and roofing establishment.

In 1890 Mr. Akers bought the controlling interests of the "Akron Brick & Tile Company." which he still retains, and which is one of the leading shale brick factories of Akron. In 1892 he was one of the organizers of the "Akron Supply Company," which has built up a large business in the wholesale and retail trade in builders' supplies. In 1901 he was one of the organizers of "The Akron Vitrified Clay Manufacturing Company," which has a large clay plant at Tallmadge, Ohio, for the manufacture of sewer pipe and drain tile and fireproofing, the product of w-hich plant is handled by representatives in the large eastern cities, i. e., Pittsburg, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, etc.

Mr. Akers is still actively engaged in business and with his sons, Walter T. and Charles B., and F. M. Ilarpham, son of his deceased partner, is joint owner of the above companies, the busine.-s of which they conduct together.

Col. Arthur Latham Conger

formerly president of the Whitman and Barnes Manufacturing Company; president of the Akron Steam Forge Company, of Akron ; and also president of the Diamond Plate Glass Company, of Kokomo and Elwood, Indiana; president of the Hartford City, Indiana, Glass Company; and for years closely identified with the American Tin Plate Company, of Elwood, Indiana, w-as one of the shrewdest financiers and remarkably successful business men that ever engaged in great industrial enterprises, in this part of Ohio. He was much more than a business man, however, having distinguished himself in the Civil War, and having been a leading factoi in the political life of his state.

Arthur Latham Conger was born at Boston, Ohio, February, 19. 1838, and up to date of his enlistment in the Union Army, in 1862, he had remained a resident of Summit County, working on his father's farm and in his brick-yard, then turning his attention to boating on the canal, and just as easily, two years later, becoming a school teacher. In whatever direction he turned his attention he met with corresponding success. In July, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which he w^as elected second lieutenant, and before the expiration of his three years of service he had been successively promoted to the ranks of first lieutenant, captain and then assistant adjutant general and provost-marshal, at Covington, Kentucky, a member of court martial, assistant inspector of railroad defenses, and w-as recommended by General Thomas as captain and commissary' of .subsistence.

After the war had closed and there "was no longer need for his services in defense of his country. Colonel Conger returned to Summit County and resumed farming. In the mean- while he became interested in politics, and in 1866 he was elected treasurer of Summit County, and served in that office for four years, officiating also as treasurer of Portage Township and of the city of Akron. He subsequently served as a member of the County, State and National Executive Committees of his party, was twice chairman of the Republican State Central Committee and once chairman of the Republican State Executive Committee, and for eight years was an active and able member of the Republican National Committee. In 1870 he first became connected with the Whitman and Miles Manufacturing Company, as a stockholder and director, and six years later became president of that company. Identification with other important industries followed, and he crowned his busines career by becoming the president of the American Tin Plate Company, which was organized at Elwood, Indiana, in 1891, with a capital of $300,000.

On November 1, 1864, Colonel Conger was married to Emily Bronson, who is a daughter of the late Hiram Volney and Ruth L, (Ranney) Bronson, Mrs. Conger survives her distinguished husband and resides at Irving Lawn. They had four children, namely: Kenyon Bronson, Arthur Latham, Latham Hubbard and Erastus Irving. Colonel Conger died in Des Moines, Iowa, February 25, 1899.

Colonel Conger always took a deep interest in the Grand Army work and in military affairs; in 1884 he was made commander of the Akron Post, and from July, 1881 , until July,

1888. he served as colonel of the Eighth Regiment, Ohio National Guard. He also served on the staff of Gen. Asa S. Bv:shnell of Ohio. He was a man who won admiration for his business genius and personal affection for the loA'al, generous, considerate way in which he treated both friend and foe.

1889, which will ever serve to keep green the memorv of Colonel Conner and that of his beloved wife. It i- of Westerly granite, the base stone weiohinj}; over five ton?, which is surmounted by two small base stones, on the upper end of which stands the three-foot square pedestal. On the front is this inscription: "Presented to Boston Township, by Artlmr Latham and Emily Bronson Conger, to commemorate the bravery and patriotism of the soldiers who served in the War of the Rebellion - 1861-65, erected July 4, 1889." The names of the 141 soldiers of Boston Township who served are then inscribed, and four of the greatest battles in which they participated ai'e given, namely: Nashville, Five Forks, Cedar Creek and Appomattox. On the sur-base stands a tapering square shaft of nearly 26 feet, surmounted by a beautifully carved capital, with a Grand Army badge executed on the side, the whole being surmounted by the finely-proportioned figure of a soldier, six feet and six inches in height, in fatigue uniform, standing at parade rest. The entire structure is a work of art and it reflects not only the taste but the patriotism and liberality of its donors and is above money value to the citizens of Boston Township. Its cost was more than $3,000. The presentation speech was made by Kenyon B. Conger, the unveiling by the second son, Arthur L., while the third son, in the uniform of the Grand -Vrmy of the Republic, acted as orderly of the dedication procession.

DANIEL TAYLOR, a representative citizen and agriculturist of Copley Township, where he owns 125 acres of valuable farming land, was born on his father's farm in Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio, December 4. 1831, and is a son of Theodore and Matilda (Hoyt) Taylor.

Theodore Taylor was born in Connecticut in 1801, and in 1818 accompanied his parents,* AVade and Diana Taylor to Ohio, after which they lived for two years in a log cabin in Norton Township, near the Copley line, on the Chauncy Beckwith farm. Then Theodore and his brother. David, took up 160 ncres of land, on which the fatlier and mother

For some ten years the Taylor Ijrolhers lived together on the farm, and then Theodore acquired eighty acres for himself, paying for it $2.50 per acre. To this he later added thirty-five acres which cost him $5.00 an acre, and for which he made part payment with one yoke of oxen and three head of cows. His wife, Matilda, whose family name was Hoyt, was born in New York, and was ten years old when her parents brought her to New Portage, where Barberton now stands, the long journey being made with ox teams. For eight j-ear.s after their marriage, Theodore Taylor and his wife lived on the Charles Hemple farm, and then moved to the farm on which Daniel Taylor was subsequently born. There both parents died, the father aged sixty-one years and the mother at the age of seventy-one. Of their thirteen children all died young except five, namely : Orson, now deceased; Daniel; Charles; Correl. who died while in service in the Civil War; and Orphelia. who married F. Arnold.

Daniel Taylor assisted his father to clear the homestead farm and was reared to habits of industry and honesty. On November 4, 1858, he married Louisa Foster, who is a daughter of Alanson and Elvira (Harvey) Foster. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor conducted the tavern at Copley for four year?. He then sold it and bought his present farm from the Bruno Brothers. Two years later the husband and wife started a dairy, and for seventeen years they made cheese which found a ready sale at Akron, their son in the meanwhile operating a milk route. For a number of years Mr. Taylor raised fine cattle, in addition to farming. He has made many improvements on his place and has built his present house and a new barn, the old one having been destroyed by lightning.

Mr. and ]\trs. Taylor have five children, namely: Harrison, who married Martha Bramley; Martha, who married Charles Crum, and has two children - Pearl and Arlis, the former of whom married W. Smith; Carl, Avho married Ida Edgar, and has three children - Ethel, Glen and Earl; Bert, who married Amanda Squires, and has two children - Lewis and Gladys ; and Frederick, who married Etta Riley, and has one child - Frances. Politically Mr, Taylor is a Republican and served four years as township constable. He voted twice for Abraham Lincoln. He has seen this section of country develop from a region to its present cultivated state and he can remember when his father caught deer and bear on this farm and sold their skins at Canton.

FRED M. HARPHA]\I, one of Akron's enterprising young business men, junior member of the firm of Akers & Harpham, the leading roofing and cornice manufacturing house of this city, was born at Akron in 1S75, and is a son of the late William Harpham.

William Harpham was born in England and in 1870 came to Akron, where he engaged in the roofing and cornice . business, brick manufacturing and dealing in buildei's' supplies. He was one of the representative business men of the city and was honored and esteemed by his fellow citizens. At the time of his death he was president .of the City Council.

Following his graduation from the Akron High School, Fred M. Harpham was employed for a time in the Akron Savings Bank, but on the death of his father he assumed the latter's interest in the finn of Akers & Harpham. He is also a stockholder and a director in the Akron Brick & Tile Company, and is a director and treasurer of the Akron ^''itrified Clay Manufacturing Company.

B. Johnson, of Kenton, Ohio. They have one child, Louise Murcott. Mr. Harpham for some time represented the Sixth Ward on the Board of Education, and during this period he started a new era of school building. It was while he was the chairman of the building committee that the Miller school building was built, which was considered by experts one of the model school buildings of the country. Thi^ type of building was immediately followed by the construction of the Lane, Fraunfelter, Findley and Portage Path SchoolSj which are of a similar type,

JOSEPH A. P. WHITNEY, who has been connected with the Diamond Rubber Company, at Akron, since 1897, id a well-known and respected citizen, and is a veteran of the Civil War. Mr. Whitney belongs to a prominent old New England family, and he was born in 1842, at Boston, Massachusetts.

He was reared and educated in his native city, and was in his eighteenth year when he entered Company D, 8th Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, as a private, which regiment responded to the first call of President Lincoln for troops. It became famed for its practical work, being called the "Working Eighth," an honorable appellation which it deserved, being made up of expert mechanics. Mr. Whitney was its youngest member, but he did his part in the building of bridges and the construction of roads in the vicinity of Annapolis and Washington City. This regiment formed part of the command under General B. F. Butler, and having served out its first enlistment of three montlis, immediately reenlisted for nine months, and again for 100 days, the last service being mainly in Virginia. At the end of his period of service, Mr. Whitney was honorably discharged, with the rank of sergeant, and returned to his home in Bo.ston. He has been an interested and honored member of the Grand Army of the Republic, ever since its organization.

Mr. Whitney went into the rubber business in 1859. and prior to starting out as a commercial traveler in this line, was taught how to sell rubber goods by Robert D. Evans, -who started in the rubber busine-?s at $3.00 per week and rose to be president of the American Rubber Trust Company. He continued to sell rubber goods for some years and then embarked in the hardware business, which he conducted for twenty-five years. In 1897 he cnme to Akron, and has since been associated with this city's largest rubber industry.

part of the city of Boston, Mr. Whitney was married, in 1862, to Emma D. Bills, who is a daughter of Mark Bills, who founded the omnibus line that was formerly i-un between Cambridge and Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney have two children : Florence Bills, who married A. H. Marks, superintendent of the Diamond Rubber Company at Akron; and Lynwood Gore, who is engaged in business in New York City.

Mr. Whitney has been a Republican since casting his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He is identified with the leading fraternities, having been a Mason for thirtyfive years, an Odd Fellow for thirty years, a Knight of Pythias for the same length of time, and a member of the Royal Arcanum since it was organized. He belongs to the Episcopal Church.

WILLIAM F. BRUNSWICK, junior member of the firm of Dietrich & Brunswick, proprietors of the pattern works operated under the above name, is one of Akron's progressive young business men. He was born in Germany in 1878 and is a son of John Brunswick who brought his family to Akron and established a home on Arlington Street, where he still resides.

William F. Brunswick, after accjuiring his education in this city, went to work for the American Cereal Company, and was later with the Buckeye Mower & Reaper Company, where he remained six years. He then entered the employ of the Akron Pattern Works; and still later, for over four years, was connected with tlic Taplin-Rice pattern shops. Subsequently, in partnership with A. J. Dietrich, he established the Dietrich & Brunswick Pattern Works, which is now a thriving industry.

On June 8, 1898, Mr. Brunswick enlisted for service in the Spanish-American War, entering the Third U. S. Artillery, which he accompanied to Tampa, Florida.. He was sent several weeks later to Santiago, and subsequently was detailed with his comrades to participate in the expedition to Porto Rico, under General Allies. Mr. Brunswick was in

In 1900, Mr. Brunswick was married to Hattie Cutting, who was born and reared in Kansas, but who later resided in Akron. They have two sons: Wilbur F. and Dewitt John, sturdy little Americans, but showing a trace of their German ancestry. Mr. Brunswick belongs to the Knights and Ladies of Honor, and to other beneficial societies.

ANDREW T. BROOKS, general merchant at Macedonia and manager of the Brooks Creamery Company at this point, was born at Cleveland, Ohio, July 2, 1859, and is a son of John H. and Catherine (Plunkett^ Brooks.

The father of Mr. Brooks was born in Holland, in 1831, and was brought to America when he was fourteen years of age. He learned the trade of shoemaking at Cleveland, where he followed it for a number of years, and in 1866 moved to Brecksville, where he was engaged in business for himself until 1894, when he retired. He served during the last three months of the Civil War. He is a member of the lodge of Odd Fellows at Brecksville.

Andrew T. Brooks attended school at Brecksville through boyhood up to the age of fifteen years. He learned cheese-making and followed this industry until 1890. during the last seven years being in partnership with J. E. Wyatt. under the firm name of Wyatt & Brooks. After selling his interests in the cheese business to his partner, Mr. Brooks became associated with Jesse J. Barnes, under the firm name of Barnes & Brooks, and together they purchased the general mercantile bu.^iness of T. T. Richie & Co., at Macedonia. Mr. Brooks continued to increa.=e his business interests and in 1900, when the Macedonia Implement Company was organized, he became its president, with J. L. Ranney as manager. The company handles agricultural implements and make a specialty of manufacturing a can wa.sher, for the use of dairymen. In 1896 the Brooks Creamery Company was incorporated, Mr. Brooks being manager and main stockholder, and he is also president of the Northern Ohio Dairy Company of Cleveland.

By marriage, Mr. Brooks is connected with a well-known family of Macedonia, his wife being a daughter of Abram C. Munn. They have two children - Norma L. and Neva L. Politically Mr. Brooks is strongly Republican in his sentiments. He was appointed postmaster by the late President McKinley. He served as a justice of the peace for six months, resigning the office, and is a member of the Macedonia village council. His fraternal relations are with Summit Lodge, No. 213, F. & A. M., of Twinsburg; the Odd Fellows of Brecksville, and the Maccabees, of Macedonia.

0. AV. BAUM, of the firm of Mcintosh & Baum, leaders in the insurance line at Akron, dealing extensively also in loans, investments and real estate, occupies a prominent position in the business circles of this city and is identified with numerous important concerns. He was born at New Berlin, Stark County, Ohio, in 1862, and has been a resident of Akron for fifteen years.

Mr. Banm completed his education in the High School at Canal Fulton, and then taught school for about three years in Stark County. He then became connected with the retail department of the George Worthington Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, with which he remained associated for three years. For the following three years Mr. Baum was interested in a hardware business at Greenstown, Ohio, and later became traveling salesman for the Standard Hardware Company, of Akron, reprasenting it for four or five years. He then turned his attention to fire insurance, and with a Mr. Graham, bought out the insurance business of App & Carr, later purchasing Mr. Graham's interest. In 1900 he was elected secretary of the Summit County Building & Savings Company, which, in 1903, was consolidated with the German-American Building it Loan Association, a.s.suming the name of the latter, of which Mr. Baum has been secretary ever since. In 1905 Mr. Mcintosh purchased an interest in the business and the firm of Mcintosh and Baum was established. This firm does an immense business and stands deservedly high among similar concerns in Summit County. Mr. Baum is also secretary of the Summit Real Estate Company, and is a stockholder and director in the Dollar Savings Bank Company.

In 1887, Mr. Baum was married to Jennie C. Spangler, of Manchester, Summit County, Ohio. Their only child, Lucile, is now deceased. Mr. Baum is identified with a number of fraternal organizations. He is a member of Nemo Lodge, of Odd Fellows; Akron Tent, No. 126, Maccabees, and of the Uniform Rank of that order; the Protected Home Circle; the Independent Order of Heptasophs; and the Junior Order of American United Mechanics. He takes a deep interest in and is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association. He belongs to Grace Reformed Church.

HIRAM W. LIMBERT, vice-president and manager of the Limbert-Smith Plumbing Company, is one of Akron's representative business men. He was born in Tallmadge Township, Summit Coimty, Ohio, in 1875, and is a son of the late John Limbert.

The Limbert family was established in Summit County by the grandfather of the subject of this sketch in pioneer days. John Limbert was born in Summit County and during his active life took a deep interest in everything concerning the welfare of this section. He was for .some time engaged in the pottery business in Tallmadge Township.

H. W. Limbert was reared and educated in Tallmadge Township. When sixteen years old he came to Akron and went to work for the Baker-McMillen Company. Later he was connected with other shops in the plumbing business, was with J. A. Smith for two and one-half years, then was with Whyler & Smith for two years, with Englehart & Eckert one year, with the Akron Plumbing & Heating Company for two years, and in 1903 he became connected with the firm of Slater &

Smith, the firm name thru becoming Slater, Limbert & Smith Company. The business was incorporated in 1904 as the Limbert- Smith Plumbing Company, with a capital stock of $10,000, its officers being: J. D. Slater, president; H. W. Limbert, vice-president and manager; and B. G. Smith, secretary and treasurer. All these oflicers are men of practical experience and their business concern is a leading one of the city.

Mr. Limbei't was married May 29, 1895, to Nellie Hall, who is a daughter of J. L. Hall, of Akron. They have three sons: Donald Arthur, Garland Ardell, and Wayne. Mr. Limbert is afilliated fraternally with the Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen.

ALEXANDER NESBIT, general farmer and a well and favorably known citizen, of Northfield Township, was born on the farm on which he now lives, on March 10, 1843, and is a son of William and Lucinda (Hungerford) Nesbit. William Nesbit was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and came to Northfield Township as an early settler. He cleared a farm and acquired 100 acres of valuable land. He was a son of William N&sbit, who was born in Scotland, who settled first in Westmoreland County and came to Northfield Township in 1834, where he died. William and Lucinda Nesbit had four children, namely: David G., of Cleveland; Emily Lucinda, who married Samuel Gallic, of Northfield; Caroline Esther, who married William Deisman, of Bedford, Ohio; and Alexander, of Northfield.

Alexander Nesbit was reared on the home farm, which he now owns, a valuable tract of land, consisting of sixty-two and one-half acres, of which he has fifty under cultivation. He raises corn, oats, wheat and hay. keeps four head of cows, and raises calves for the market.

Mr. Nesbit married .Tosephine Fillius, who is a daughter of Philip Fillius, of Hudson, and they have one daughter, Grace E., who is residinc; at home with her parents. Mr. Nesbit and his family belong to the United Presbyterian Church. During its existence, he belonged to the old Northfield Grange. Although his father was a Jacksonian Democrai, Mr. Nesbit is identified with the Republican Party.

A. Pi:TERSON, proprieiur of the A. Peterson Company, located at No. -482 kSouth High Street, Akron, Ls one of the city'.s enterprising and successful business men. Mr. Peterson was born in Denmark, in 1859, where also he was reared and educated. Denmark has contributed a large number of valued citizens to the United States, many of them having come as emigrants, and others, like Mr. Peterson, with lives of useful effort and a measure of social prestige back of them. Mr. Peterson owes to his interast in public movements his present establishment in one of the most prosperous cities in the State of Ohio. He was sent from Europe to the World's Fair at Chicago, in 1893, as a representative of the Social Democrat Press, and came with the expectation of returning to Denmark. Finding better opportunities for business in New York than he had anticipated, he entered Wrigley's box factory, in that city, and learned the business, remaining there until 1901, when ho came to Akron. By thLs time Mr. Peterson wa-; prejKired to embark in business for him- .self. and although confronted with competition, he started a factory with eight employes. He has since achieved a remarkable .success. Where at first his few men scarcely had enough to keep them busy, -he now finds fiftyfour none too many. His plant is fitted with all kinds of modern box-making machinery, and its finished product is sold all over the country. In 1893 Mr. Peterson was married to Dagmar Heuriette .lenson, who was born in Denmark, and they have two children: Magda Marie and Reinholdt. The A. Peterson Company is made up of Mr. Peterson and his wife, the latter being a capable business woman.

M. M. NEUMAN, secretary and treasurer of the Stein Double Cushion Tire Company, of Akron, was born in Hungary in 1859, and was there reared and edueated. At the age of twenty-one he came to America and first found employment for about three months as a traveling agent. This was followed by two years' othce work as bookkeeper, after which Mr. Neuman was engaged for three years in the grocery business in Zanesville, Ohio. In 1885 he went to Cleveland and entered into the cigar business, in which he was engaged until 1902. In September, 1902, the Stein Double Cushion Tire Company was organized and incorporated with a capital stock of $100,- 000, with Mr. C. K. Sunslian of Cleveland, president; J. Neuman of Cleveland, vice-president; and M. M. Neuman, secretary and treasurer. In the following year the firm began business as manufacturers of a double cushion tire, in which they have been very succesful, they having now about sixty employees.

Mr. Neuman was married in 1888 to Mi.ss Hattie Stein, of Mcadville, Pennsylvania. He and his wife are the parents of two children - -Miriam J. Neuman and Beatrice S. Neuman. Mr. Neuman is a member of the Hebrew congregation of Akron. He is one of the substantial business men of the city.

A. C. BACHTEL, manager of the Bachtel Paper Company, at Akron, has been prominently identified with important business interests in this city for many years. He was born May 4, 1855, near Huntington, Indiana, from which point his parents moved to Canton, Ohio, in his childhood, and there he was reared and educated. One of his favorite teachers was Miss Anna McKinley, a sister of the late President William McKinley.

Early in his business career, Mr. Bachtel came to Akron and engaged in the manufacture of brooms, under the firm name of Bachtel & Pontious. The firm became one of consequence, and continued in business for nearly a quarter of a century, their trade relations extending over Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. They continued a jobbing business until 1898, when the Bachtel Paper Company succeeded the firm of Bachtel & Pontious. This firm does a jobbing business in all kinds of wrapping paper, paper bags, stationery and

In 1873, Mr. Bachtel was married to Amelia T. Pontius, who is a daughter of Nicholas Pontius, of a prominent Ohio family. They have two children, Edwin S. and Ella, the latter residing at home. Edwin S. Bachtel i^ connected with the Carter Rice Paper Company, of Boston, Massachusetts, with headquarters at Denver, Colorado.

Mr. Bachtel is one of the leading Odd Fellows of Ohio, belonging to all divisions of the order and having been a delegate to the Grand Lodge on two occasions. He was responsible for the motion that started the agitation which resulted in the building of the beautiful fraternity temple, at Akron, and served several years as its president. In political sentiment, Mr. Bachtel is a stanch Democrat and has served his party and city in a number of important positions. During his term of five years as park commissioner, Mr. Bachtel devoted himself so closely to the extension and improvement of the park system of the city and with such great results, that he justly considers it a satisfactory and productive period of his public life, one that shows him possessed of enterprise, sound judgment and civic pride.

DAVID ITANKEY, a representative agriculturist of Copley Township, as well as one of its best-known citizens, having served as a justice of the peace and in other offices, resides on his farm of sixty acres of valuable land. He was born on his father's farm in this township, October 8, 1850, and is a son of Samuel and Maria (Witmer) Hankey. T^ewis Hankey, his grandfather, came to America from Germany. In earlier years he followed the trade of shoemaker, but in later life was a farmer and also a preacher. He died in Copley Township, aged eighty-eight years. His children were: Lewis. John, Jacob, Snmuel, Sarah, Catherine and Susan, all of whom have passed away.

Samuel Hankey, father of David, was a young man when he came to Wavne County, Ohio, where ho married IMaria Witmer, a native of Pennsylvania. He then bought a farm near the reservoir, in Copley Township, from which he subsequently moved, purchasing land where South Akron now stands, which 13lace he farmed for five years. After that he moved to the farm now owned by his son David, on which he lived many years, moving thence to a farm where White Elephant has been built, and there both he and wife died. They had five children: David, whose name begins this sketch; Mary Ellen, who married P. S. Prentiss; Catherine (deceased), who married Charles Travor; John Frederick, who owns a farm in Copley Township; and Elizabeth, who married J. D. Arnold.

David Hankey attended the district schools of the localities in which his parents lived, but as he was the eldest of the family, more responsibility fell upon him than upon the others. He has been accustomed to farm work almost from childhood, and has made farming his main occupation in life. He purchased his present farm from his father, clearing a part of the land and putting up substantial buildings.

Mr. Hankey was married (first) in November, 1872. to Amy First, who left at death one child - Forest, who lived but three years. Mr. Hankey married (second), in June, 1881, Agnes Delong, a daughter of Jonathan Delong. Of this vmion there is a daughter, Maude Ethel, who is now an educated and accomplished young lady, a graduate of the Copley High School. It was a pleasant incident that at the time of her graduation her father was president of the School Board and had the agreeable duty of presenting her with her diploma. She subsequently married Wallace Gingery, and they reside in Akron. Politically, Mr. Hankey is a Republican. With his wife he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, being a member also of the official board.

C. L BRUNER, vice-president of the Second National Bank at Akron, president of the Akron Building and Loan Association and president of the Bruner-Goodhue-Cook Company, all of Akron, is also identified with other large business interests here, either as prim-ipal, director or stockholder. Mr. Bruner \v;ui born in Montgomery County, Ohio, in 185(5. When he was ten years of age, his parents removed from Ohio to Wabash, Indiana, where he was educated, and where during his earUer business years, he wiis associated with his father in a grain and later in a hardware business. Subsequently he established himself in the hardware business at Kokomo, Indiana, afterwards taking charge of a wood-working plant there. Seven years later this manufacturing plant was consolidated with a similar one at Ludington, Michigan, and a central agency was established at Akron, of which Mr. Bruner had charge for three years. After disposing of his interest in that concern, he went into the real estate business and was engaged in it to a large extent for some years. He then became cashier of the Citizens' National Bank, and in 1903, at the time of its consolidation with the Second National Bank, he became its vice-president. He is a director in the AVhitman-Barnes Manufacturing Company, treasurer of the Werner Company, treasurer of the E. A. Pflueger Company, a director in the Peoy)le's Savings Bank, and for four years has been president of the board of trustees of the city sinking fund. The quiet efficiency with which he discharges the duties of all these responsible offices, marks him as a man possessed of great natural ability, sound judgment, and a clear business foresight that results in successfiil achievement.

In 1883, Mr. Brimer was married to Nellie Pettit. of Waliash. Indiana, and they have two daughters, viz.: Marion, who is a graduate of Welleslcv College: and Julia. Mr. Bmner and family belong to the First Methodist Episcopal Church, at Akron, which he is serving; as a member of the board of trustees. Fraternally he is connected with the Odd Fellows, and sociallv with the Portage Countrv Club.

in city and vicinity include the handling of some of the most valuable property in this section, is also interested in the manufacture of electric automobiles, and he is vice-president and a director of the Byrider Auto Company of Cleveland.

Mr. Miller was born at Canton, Ohio, in October, 1863, and is a son of Lewis Miller. His parents moved from Canton to Akron when he was six months old. Lewis Miller, the father, was the inventor of the Buckeye mower, reaper and binder, and he was also the founder of the great Chautauqua movement, in 1874.

Lewis A. Miller was reared at Akron, where he attended the public schools and for a time was a student at Mt. Union College. He then made a tour of Europe, afterwards returning to Akron, For the fifteen years following, Mr. Miller was connected with the firm of Aultman and Miller, as a department manager and as a member of the board of directors. He also acted as assistant .secretary to his brother. For the past si.x years he has given his main attention to investments of a realty character, as mentioned above. Mr. Miller is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Akron, and belongs to its official board. He still retains his membership and interest in his Greek fraternity at Mt. Union College.

LORAN LUMAN OVIATT, formerly one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Northfield Township, who was largely interested in the cattle business for many years and was identified with many schemes of public imjiroveineiU in his immediate community, was born in the southwest corner of Twinsliurg township. Summit County, Ohio, February 19, 1844. His parents were Luman and Lucinda (Cregg) Oviatt. He was reared on his father's farm, and early became interested in the cattle business, which was his father's principal occupation. He attended the district schools, but gained rather' through practical experience the knowledge which made him one of the best-informed men of his sec- ' tion. He carried on general farming on his farm of 238 acres, eight\'-four acres of which had been originally purchased by his father, and the balance was added by himself, ('ultivating about sixty-live acres, he used all his produce for feed, except his wheat. Urom the beginning of his business career he dealt largely in cattle, and he probably was one of the best judges of cattle in the county. For one year he owned a meat market at Cuyahoga Falls, butchering his own cattle and supplying the Macedonia market with dressed meat. This business he sold to Roethig Brothers. Buying cattle took him all over the country, and wherever he did business he made friends. He was honest in business and a man of .strong family affection - wdthout, it is said, an enemy in the world. For two years he was township trustee, and for twentyone years was a^ member of the School Board, spending a considerable part of that time in supervising the erection of school buildings. His death, which took place June 6, 1907, removed from the community one of its most useful members.

Loran L. Oviatt was married, first, March 17, 1864, to Lura, daughter of Elisha Templeton. She died March 18, 1878, leaving two children - Edward Lunian, now a resident of New York ; and Frank Loran, who resides on his farm adjoining the homestead farm at Little Fork. Mr. Oviatt was married, second, to Elva Adell Eggleston, who is a daughter of Milton Eggleston. Three children were born of this marriage, namely: Yinna P., Hazel L., and Lynn E., all of whom are residing with their mother.

Captain Joseph Eggleston. the grandfather of Mrs. Oviatt, was born July 6, 1779. In 1807 he carhe from Massachusetts and settled at Aurora, Portage County, Ohio, where he was a pioneer, erecting his log cabin among the first in the place. Tie married Parlia Leonard, and by her reared six children. She was born in Mas.sachusetts and died in 1842. He married for his second wife, Anna Mack, a daughter of Colonel Mack. Of this latter union there were no children. Milton Eggleston, father of Mrs. Oviatt, wa-< horn .Tune 29, 1814, and died November 9, 1898. He engaged in farming and cattle-raising, and became a man of considerable substance. He married Eraeranca Loveland, who was born at Aurora, Portage County, Ohio, and who died August 17, 18(30. The two children born to Milton Eggleston and wife were: I'^rances, now deceased, who married C-iustavus G. Cass, W'ho is also deceased; and Elva A. (Mrs. Oviatt), who was born at Aurora, January 22, 1855. The members of Mrs. Oviatt's family were all Congregationalists, and during her residence at Aurora, she was identified with that church. She takes an active interest in promoting various charitable projects.

FRANK NOLTE, vice-president of the Akron Foundry Company, has been a resident of this city since he was seven years of age, but was born in Hanover, Germany, August 14, 1865. In 1867, his father, the late John Nolle, brought hLs family to America and settled in Akron. After leaving school, Frank Nolte entered the employ of May & Fiebeger, with which -firm he continued for twelve years. In 1900 lie entered the shops of the Akron Foundry Company, of which lie is now the vice-jiresident. Step by step he advanced through the different departments to his j)resent responsible position, which he gained through his own energy, enterprise and industry. Tie has also other bu.siness interests and is secretary of the Prudential Heating Company. On June 21, 1893, Mr. Nolte was married to Margaret Kauth, who wa.s born at Akron, and they have one child, Florence I. Mr. Nolte is a member of the order of Maccabees.

FRED \V. TWEED, who is superintendent of Factory No. 2, of The Robinson Clay Product Company, has been a resident of this city for the past thirty-nine years. He was born in 1862, in the Dominion of Canada, where -his parents, George "William and Ann (Clark) Tweed then resided. His father died when he was six year> old and his widowed mother came with her children to Summit County, where she rounded out her useful existence, dying in 1902.

Fred W. Tweed attended tlie public schools of Summit County until old enough to enter the employ of the Diamond Match Company, where he remained for three years. He then became employed in the pottery of Richardson, Cook & Butler, and later went to the Akron Sewer Pipe Company. He next worked for the firm of L'obk & ^\'eeks, and afterwards for the Robinson Clay Product Company, which was then known as the E. H. Merrill Company. A period of twenty-four years lias passed since then and Mr. Tweed has never severed his connection, gradually winning promotion, and for the past seven years he has been superintendent of Factory No. 2, an office which requires many special qualifications.

On July 19, 1882, Mr. Tweed was married to Louisa Remmy, who was born at Akron and is a daughter of Charles Remmy. They have two sons - Charles W., who is a draughtsman for the Diamond Match Company, and Frederick G., who is a student at Akron. Mr. Tweed is connected fraternally with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

HOUSTON KEPLER, residing on East Robii>son Avenue, just outside of the corporation lines of the village of Barberton, formerly owned the 300 acres adjoining the plant of the Diamond Match Company, as well as other valuable farming land. Mr. Kepler was born on the farm on which he lives, August 25, 1839, and is a son of Jacob and Susan (Marsh) Kepler.

Mr. Kepler comes from German and English ancestry. His father. Jacob Kepler, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of John Kepler, who came to Summit County from Pennsylvania, settling in Green Township, when Jacob was a boy of eight years. Both grandparents died on their farm in Green Township. Jacob Kepler was reared and married in that township. The mother of Houston Kepler was born in Pennsylvania and came with her parents to Franklin Township. Summit County, when she was 10 years of age. She was a daiighter of Adam Marsh, who purchased a farm, .\fter marriage, Jacob Kepler and wife came to the farm on which Houston Kepler hios lived all his life. Jacob Kepler first purchased 128 acres of land which he subsequently increased to 882 acres, all but 329 acres of which were situated in Coventry Township, the latter being in Franklin Township. There were thirteen children born to Jacob Kepler and wife, seven of whom reached maturity. UnJil recently five were living, namely : Mrs. Lavma Reninger, who was the widow of Solomon Reninger and resided in Akron, died October 30, 1907; Samuel, residing in Akron; Houston, whose name begins this sketch; Elizabeth, who LS the widow of Henry Wise, residing in Barberton ; and Amanda, who married Andrew Oberlin, and resides at Doyleslown, Wayne County, Ohio. Both ]iarents died in this township.

Houston Kepler attended the district schools of Coventry Township. He has always devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. In 1863 he was married to Catherine Foust, who was born in Pennsylvania and is a daughter of Abraham Foust. She was reared in Green Township, Summit County, her parents having come here in her childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Kepler have four children, namely: Clara A., married Andrew Kreighbaum, and has three children - Houston, Marjorie and Florence; Laura J., who married W. D. Foust, has one son. Forest ; Maggie E., married William G. Steadman, and resides in Cleveland, where her husband is engaged in the drug biisiness; and Nelson E., who lives at home with his parents.

At one time Mr. Kepler owned a large amount of land, but has disposed of a great deal of it. After .selling the 300 acres to 0. C. Barber, for manufacturing purposes, he bought 127 acres in Copley Township. He owns also a store building and a brick building in Barberton, which is utilized as a livery stable. Mr. Kepler is one of the capitalists of Coventry Township. He is a stockholder in the Dime Savings Bank, and in the Barberton Savings Bank Company, and is a director in the former. He is a member of the Reformed Church.

In polilifs Mr. Kepler is a Democrat and lias been honored by being elected as justice of the peace, which office he held for twentyfour jears. He was township clerk seven yeai's and was to.wnship treasurer one year, and coroner of the county two years.

HON. JAMES McNAMARA, mayor of Barberton, is one of Ihe best known and most popular citizens of Summit County. He was born at New Portage, Summit County, Ohio, December 4, 1866, and is a son of John Mc- Namara, also a well known smd popular citizen.

Mayor McNamara spent his boyhood days at New Portage, which is now a part of Barberton, and, with the exception of two or three years' residence in Akron, has spent his life in this town. During his youth, while attending school, he assisted his father in the latter's store, at New Portage, and later was connected with the Barberton Sewer Pipe Company. He served under Mayor E. M. Buel for two years as clerk, and was assistant postmaster during the nineteen years that his father held the government office, from July, ]893, until February, 1898. Later he was associated witli his father in the real estate business, the firm being large dealers in realty in this vicinity for many years. When his father was made mayor, in 1900, the present mayor served as his clerk, and in the fall of 1905 he was elected to the same high office on the Democratic ticket. He was re-elected in the fall of 1907, which is the first time in the liistory of Barberton that any mayor has succeeded him.self. His whole life ha* been passed, more or less, in the public eye, and whatever important position he has filled, his integrity has never heen questioned. He possesses in large degree those qualities which arouse friendship, and enjoys the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens, irre- .spective of party lines.

Mayor McNamara was married ffirst) to Minnie McMullin, who died August 2, 1901, leaving one child, Velva. He was married fsecond) January 9, 1907, to Mary Mc- Mahon. In church relationship Mayor ^Tc-

Namara is member, councilman and secretary of St. ^Vugustine Roman Catholic Church at Barberton. He belongs to the Elks and holds membership with Lodge No. 982, Barberton.

HORACE B. CAMP, one of Akron's most stirring and successful business men, came to Middlebury, now East Akron, in 1854. He was born in Ohio, November 9, 1838. When he was a child his parents settled in Cleveland, where he resided until he was fifteen years of age. During the family's sojourn there he attended the public schools, his literary education, however, being completed at East Akron. After leaving school he engaged in farming in Northampton Township, and was so occupied until 1865, in which year he engaged in the manufacture of sewer pipe at Cuyahoga Falls in the firm of Lewis & Camp. In this business he continued until 1893, at which time the style of the firm was Camp & Thompson, they having plants also at Greentown. In 1893 there was a division of the firm and Mr. Camp took the plaTits at Greentown, which he operated subsequenth' until 1901, wlien he sold out to the National Fireproofing Company. Mr. Camp has various other important, business interests, being president of the Faultless Rubber Company of Ashland, Ohio; president of the Camp Conduit Co.; president of the Akron Clutch Company; president of the Colonial Sign and Insulator Company ; president of the Indiana Run Mining Company; president of the Akron Fireproof Construction Company; a director in the Hamilton Building Company. and is also president, or a leading oflicial. in several other companies. He is fraternally affiliated with the Free Masons.

Mr. Camp was married, in 1874, to Amelia M. Babb. Their household has been graced by four children, as follows: Grace E.. who is now the wife of R. E. Armstrong; Henry H., now a prominent voung business man of this county; Louis, who is residing at home with his parents: and Laura M., who is the wife of Professor Willi.nm E. Mosier, of Oberlin Collece.

CHARLES HENRY, architect, of the well known firm of Charles Henry & Son, of Akron, has been a resident of thid city for more than a quarter of a century, and is one of the experienced men in his profession. Mr. Henry was born in Vernon, Trumbull County, Ohio, on May 24, 1847, and belongs to one of the old families of that section.

He received his first education in the common schools near his home, afterwards attending the High School at Palmyra in Portage County, and later taking a scientific .course in Hillsdale College at Hillsdale, Michigan. This was followed some years later by a full business course in the Bryant & Stratton College at Meadville, Pa.

Mr. Henry commenced the study of architecture early in life, and for ten years (1870- 1880) was engaged in contracting and building in northwestern Wisconsin. He first came to Akron in 1881 and engaged with Mr. Jacob Snyder as a draughtsman in his office, remaining in his employ until Mr. Snyder's death, when he became his successor. In 1896 Mr. Henry admitted his son, Leroy W. Henrj', into partnership, adopting the firm name of Charles Henry & Son, architects, which has not since been changed.

The younger member of the firm received his primary education in Wisconsin, afterward finishing in the High School at Akron. Since completing his education he has devoted all of his time to the study and practice of architecture.

The firm of Charles Henry & Son do a general architectural business, including nearly all classes of buildings, but make a specialty of church architecture, and more than two hundred beautiful church edifices, scattered through eighteen different states, have been erected from drawings made by them. Their work is of a high class character, and in walkthe streets of Akron their many buildings may almo.st be recognized for the qualities which mark their work. Akron has been very appreciative and thus has added greatly to her reputation as a city of beautiful structures, graceful in outlines, substantial in construction and entirely adequate for the purpose for

In 1869 Mr. Henry, Sr., was married to Charlotte Anna Bartlett, of Ravenna, Ohio, and they have two children, viz.; Leroy W., who was married in 1895 to Myrtle Royer, of Uniontown, this county, and has one child ; and Julia A., who is the wife of John E. Mc- Canna, of Akron.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry are members of the Congregational Church of Akron, and he is one of the deacons. For many years he has been an active member of the Odd Fellows in all of its branches. In the Masonic bodies he is a member of Akron Lodge, No. 83, A. F. & A. M. ; Washington Chapter, No. 25 ; Akron Commandery, No. 25; Akron Council, No. 80, and Lake Erie Consistory, of Cleveland, Ohio, 32d degree. He belongs also to the Protected Home Circle of Akron. Mr. Henry's portrait, also that of his son Leroy, may be found on an adjoining page.

_ WILLIAM WAGGONER, a representative citizen and leading agriculturist of Copley Township, resides upon his well-improved farm of ninety-six acre,?, and has been a resident of Ohio since his childhood. lie was born on his father's farm in the state of New York, November 13, 1829, and is a son of William and Catherine (Spohr) Waggoner. The coming of the Waggoner family to Summit County from the old home in New- York was a wonderful event for many of its members, and was probably full of interest to little William. The long journey was made in a prairie schooner and reached Copley Township in the fall of the year. The country was unsettled and no house was to be secured, but the Waggoners were people full of resources, and before long some timber was secured from an old sawmill, and what wa.s known as an "Irish shanty," in those parts, was erected. The present young generation of the family would consider it impossible to pass a long and stormy winter, in a strange neighborhood, in such a structure, but their sturdy ancestors made light of hardship. In the spring, removal was made to a log hoiise near William Waggoner'ji present farm, in which the family lived until the younger William was twelve years old. HLs father bought forty acres in the heart of the woods and was occupied through all his active life in improving this farm, on which he died. His widow died at the home of her son William.

William Waggoner, direct subject of this sketch, had scarcely any educational advantages. There was always plenty of work to do in clearing and cultivating the farm and while he gained little book learning in his boyhood, he was trained to be obedient, industrious, and self-reliant. In 1850 he went to Akron, where he learned the brick-laying trade, which he followed until 1857. lie then married and with his wife removed to Iowa, where he remained six years.