Summit County, Ohio - Chapter 20: Statistics, 1908 (part 9 of 27)

After George Woolf left Columbiana County, he settled for a few years at Ellsworth, Mahoning County, and then moved to Atwater, Portage County, removing from there to the farm of Grandmother Baum, on which he remained for some years, subsequently returning to Atwater. He died in the fall of 1904, at the age of eighty-four years. He married Elizabeth Baum, who died December 2, 1880, aged fifty-nine years. They had six children, namely: Elizabeth, who died aged six years, and Preston G., Homer H., Morris 0., Clark E., Wilson W. Preston G. Woolf, residing at Atwater, Ohio, owns and operates a large flour and chop mill. He married Amelia Luke, of Edinburg, Portage County, and thej^ have had two children, a daughter, deceased, and a .son, Merritt. The latter is an expert electrician and is foreman of a shop in one of the largest manufacturing centers of Indiana. Homer H. Woolf, residing at Atwater, where he conducts the largest hardware business in Portage County, having been in busin&ss there for thirty-four years, occupies one of the largest store rooms in the city, having a space of seventy feet square. He married Carrie Crumrine, of Goshen Township, Mahoning County, and they have two daughters and one son : Edith, Elsie and Leslie, the latter of whom is a physician at Ravenna. The elder daughter is bookkeeper in her father's store, and the younger is a teacher in the public schools of Hudson. Morris 0. Woolf resides near Rootstown, Portage County, where he owns a small farm, and a lake where he has made a summer resort, which is liberally patronized. He married Rhoda Harding, who was born on that farm, and they have had two children a daughter and son, the latter of whom died at the age of nineteen years. The daughter married Carl Brown. Wilson W. Woolf, a mechanic by trade, resides ai Atwater and has been in the employ of a railroad company for sixteen years. He married Anna Baith, who was born at Atwater, and they have one son and three daughters : Herbert, Rena, Leta and Ethel. The son fills a responsible position in one of the banks of Alliance, having been appointed to the place on acount of the recommendations presented to the president of the bank, by the principal of the school in which the young man was educated.

Clark E. Woolf was the fourth member of the above family. He was reared on the homestead at Atwater where he remained until twenty-eight years of age, and was educated in the local schools. In 1885, he moved to Springfield Township, Summit County, settling first in the southeastern part, where he lived for ten years, since when he has resided on his present farm, which he purchased in 1896. It had been improved to a considerable degree and under Mr. Woolf's management has continued to increase in value. He carries on general farming and keeps a few cows, but makes no special effort at dairying.

On October 9, 1879, Mr. Woolf was married to Alice Hart, who is a daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Meacham) Hart. The mother of Mrs.Woolf was born in Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio. Her parents died when she was young and she was reared by a family named Kent. J&ssie Hart, the grandfather of Mrs. Woolf, came to Summit County, in 1812, making the journey from Connecticut in an ox-cart, and living to see the time when he could have purchased many of the fertile acres which were wild and uncultivated when he first saw them. He lived to the unusual age of ninety-four years. Mrs. Woolf was born on the farm on which Grandfather Hart settled, as had been her father. The early log house gave way to a fine brick dwelling, the bricks for its construction having been burned on the farm. The family retained this property until within recent years.

Mr. and Mrs. Woolf have had three children, one son and two daughters, namely: Mary, Mahlon and Bessie. Mary was educated in the public schools of Suffield, and Bessie is a student in the schools of Springfield Township. The son, Mahlon Woolf, has made a brilliant record at school. From the public schools of Springfield Township, he entered the High School at Akron, where he was creditably graduated in the class of 1904, after which he took a commercial course in an Akron Business College. For the past two years he has been a student at Wooster University, and after completing a very thorough literary education, he proposes to study theology and subsequently enter the ministry of the Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Woolf has always been noted for good citizenship, attending carefully to the duties pertaining thereto. He is not closely identified with either great political party, preferring to keep free to vote more for the man of high principles than to support blindly any organization. He is a strict temperance man and naturallj- favors legislation along that line. In 1906, his fellow-citizens elected him to the office of township treasurer. On November 5, 1907, he was elected for another term, an honor he never sought, but a position he had filled with fidelity to the public's interest. With his wife and children, Mr. Woolf belongs to the Prasbyterian Church and is a liberal supporter of its various benevolent projects.

scholarly president of Buchtel College, came to this noted institution of learning from a successful ministerial career, and has been identified with it since September 1, 1897. This decade has been one of remarkable growth for the college, and to Dr. Church's scholarship, devotion and executive ability much of this progress must be attributed.

Dr. Church was born January 11, 1858, at North Norwich, New York, and is a son of the late A. William Church. The latter resided during the whole of his life on the same farm and was so talented a musician that he adopted music as a profession. On the paternal farm. Dr. Church was reared and remained until he was twenty-one years of age. In the district school he developed an unusual boyish love of his books and he entered the Union schools at Sherburne. From there he went to the Clinton Liberal Institute, at Fort Plain, New York, and in 1882, he entered St. Lawrence University, at Canton, New York, where he was graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1886. He took the theological course in the same institution and was there graduated in 1888, immediately entering the active work of the ministry. His first charge was the church at South Berwick, Maine, where he served from July, 1888, to September, 1890, when he accepted the pastorate of the North Adams, Massachusetts, church where he continued until 1897. In that year he was offered and accepted the pastorate of the First Universalist Church of Akron, in which he labored until his appointment as president of Buchtel College, in 1901. Prior to this he had been identified with the faculty of the college, teaching mental and moral philosophy, and entered upon his still more responsible duties with full comprehension of what they included. As a student, scholar and theologian. Dr. Church has been recognized' honorably by many institutions of learning. In 1892 the degree of D. D. was conferred on him by his alma mater, in 1899 Buchtel College conferred the A. M. degree, and in 1904, Tufts College, of Boston, conferred the LL. D. degree.

On September 10, 1899, Dr. Church was married to Anne Attwood, who is a daughter of Rev. Dr. I. M. Attwood, then president of the Theological School of St. Lawrence University. Dr. and Mrs. Church have four children : Evelyn, John Attwood, Harold and Dorothy.

FRANK J. SHAW, who is serving in his second term as treasurer of Norton Township, in which he is a leading citizen and successful farmer, was born in Summit County, Ohio, June 7, 1850, and is a son of Merwin and Emily (Betz) Shaw.

Merwin Shaw, father of Frank J., was born ill Wadsworth Township, Medina County, Ohio, and was a son of Joshua F. Shaw, who came to Ohio from New York at a very early date, and settled first in Wadsworth Township but later removed to Norton Township, and was the first owner of the farm which is now the property of his grandson, Frank J. Shaw. Ill' (lied at Johnson's Corners. Merwin Shaw followed agricultural pursuits through life. He married Emily Betz, who still survives at the age of seventy-three years and resides in California. She is a daughter of Abraham Betz, who was a pioneer from Pennsylvania, to Medina County. Merwin Shaw died on the present farm of his son, in 1903, in the old home built by his father. The four children of the family all survive, namely : Frank J., George A., Ella and Hattie, the older daughter being the wife of William Yoder of Wadsworth, and the younger, the wife of William Shafer, of Akron.

Frank J. Shaw has always lived on the homestead farm and in addition to following agricultural pursuits here, he has operated a portable sawmill for about thirty years, and for the same length of time engaged in threshing, owning an outfit. He still continues to run his mill, it being the only one in the vicinity nearer than Wadsworth. His farm includes a little over 100 acres of excellent land. For several years after his marriage he lived on the part of the farm which contained the old home, and then moved to another part on which he had built a house and barn and made many improvements. Still later as his children grew up and married, he built houses and barns for his sons, and also purchased a small property with comfortable residence, for his son-in-law. Ward Ware. Mr. Shaw has thus shown his regard for the happinesss and welfare of his family and enjoys seeing their prosperity. He is a well-educated man himself, being a graduate of the High School of Seville, Medina County, and has given his two sons and two daughters many advantages.

On December 25, 1879, Mr. Shaw was married to Ruth Wilder, who is a daughter of Wells Wilder, of Medina County, Ohio, and they have the following descendants : Frank M., residing on a part of the home farm, is employed at the Stirling Works at Barberton, as a patternmaker, married Delia Fendingham and they have three children: Ruth, Gladys and Paul; Daisy A., who married Ward Ware, who follows the carpenter trade in Norton Township, has three children:

Mr. And Mrs. Harvey A. Wise

Ruisell, Ilai'uld aud Delight; Dora, who married \\ illiam Weaver, who io a retail milk dealer at Barberton, has one child, Clara; and Eruest W., recsiding ou a part of the home farm, married Dora tipecht.

Mr. Shaw has never desired political office but has consented to serve when his fellow citizens liave honored him. He was elected township treasurer in 1903, the only member of the Republican party to receive the elective vote in Norton Township, for many years, aud approval of his service was shown by his re-electiou for a second term. He has also beeu a member of the township School Board. He is one of the leading members of the Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church. Eor a long period he served as class leader and in all the offices of the Sunday-school in the old church at Johnson's Corners.

HARVEY A. WISE, a highly esteemed citizen and practical fai'mer of Franklin Township, residing on his excellent farm of 160 acres, was born June 6, 1871, in Franklin Township, Summit County, Ohio, and on the same farm and in the same house in which he now resides. He is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Kepler) Wi^e.

Henry Wise was a native of Pennsylvania, where in his younger days he was engaged in oil drilling and farming. As a young man he came to Ohio, and after his marriage settled on the present farm of his son Harvey, in Franklin Township, from which they subsequently removed to near Kenmore. Here Henry Wise died in November, 1905, aged 62 years, his wife still surviving him. Henry Wise was married to Elizabeth Kepler, who is a daughter of Jacolj Kepler, and to this union there were born four children : Charles ; Harvey Allen ; Ida, who married Martin Ling; and Ollie, who died young.

Harvey A. Wise received his education in the schools of his native district, and he has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits in Franklin Township, with the exception of three years when he carried on a livery busines.s at Barberton, and two years spent on his father's farm near Kenmore. He inherited his present property from his father - a fertile tract of 1(30 acres on which stands a large brick residence, one of the first in the locality. In December, 1901, Mr. Wise was married to Mattie Snyder, who is a daughter of Isaac Snyder. Four children have been born to this union : Jesse, Lloyd, Grace and Howard. Mr. Wise, with his family, belongs to the Reformed Church. Plis portrait may be seen on an adjacent page.

FRANK PFEIFFER, a prominent and substantial citizen of Springfield Township, residing on his well-improved farm of 145 acres, was born November 3, 1860, in Portage Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is the only child of Irederick and Catherine (Grohe) Pfeiffer.

The paternal grandparents of Mr. Pfeiffer were George and Catherine (Bank) Pfeiffer, the latter of whom was a daughter of John Bank, and a sister to two ministers of the Lutheran Church, John, who had a charge at Buffalo, New York, and Charles, who was pastor of a large church at New Brunswick, New Jersey. The children of George and Catherine Pfeiffer were: Frederick; George, who died in California, after residing there many years; Catherine, deceased, who married Rev. George Rettig, resided at Monticello, Iowa; Jacob, who resides at Akron; Louisa, who died in 1902, in Medina County, married Mr. Monsmith ; and Charles, residing at Akron, married Catherine Brown.

Frederick Pfeiffer, father of Frank, was born January 17, 1829, in Oldenburg, Germany, and came to America in 1848. Prior to reaching Akron, in the same year, he had resided for short seasons, in Pennsylvania and New York. He was variously engaged in his earlier years, at Akron, working in the Christy leather store and also in the flour mills. In 1856, he settled on the George Miller farm, of Western Star, from which he moved to a farm near Clinton, which he operated for one year, and then purchased a farm of sixty-one acres in Sharon Township, Medina County, which he sold after living there for eiglit vears. From there he moved to

Akron and bought ti house and lot, but after six- months of town life, he decided to return to farming and bought eighty-five acres of land north of Akron, on which he lived for fourteen years. After selling that property he bought 180 acres at Uniontown, Stark County, Ohio, on which he has resided since the fall of 1887. Frederick Pfeififer married Catherine Grohe, who was born in Germany, April 23, 1829, and is a daughter of Adam and Catherine Grohe, both of whom died in the old home in Hemsbach, Baden, Germany. Mrs. Pfeiffer came to America in 1852, locating at Randolph, Portage County Ohio. Both Frederick Pfeiffer and wife have reached the age of seventy-nine years, enjoying excellent health and possessing all their faculties. They are valued members of the "First Reformed German Church at Akron. Mr. Pfeiffer is a Democrat.

Frank Pfeift'er remained with his parents until after his own marriage. After completing the public school course, he entered Buchtel College, where he spent two years. About 1881, he became the operator of his father's farm, north of Akron, and later conducted the home farm in Stark County, for eighteen years. He has always taken a great deal of interest in agricultural pursuits and entertains justifiable pride in his present fine, well-ordered farm, which he purchased in 1898, of the King Ellet heirs. He has made many fine improvement* here, not the least of which is his elegant home, recentl}^ completed. It contains eight rooms, is of modern architecture, and is beautifully finished inside in red and white oak, while its furnLshings and surroundings are all that good demands.

Mr. Pfeiffer was married October 8, 1885, to Lydia Hawk, who Ls a daughter of Michael and Albertina Hawk, both of whom were born in Germany, and a granddaughter of Philip and Margaret Hawk, who came to Portage County, Ohio, in 1849, and lived on their farm there until death. Philip Hawk died in 1862, and his widow in 1874. They had five children, Michael being the youngest.

Michael Hawk Wiis born in Germany, September 27, 1835, and accompanied his parents to Portage County. He entered manhood without financial resources, but his industry and perseverance brought their own reward, and by 1870 he was able to purchase a farm of his own. He is now seventy-three yeai-s of age and owns an excellent farm of 144 acres, in Tallmadge Township, Sunnnit Count}'. Ho married Albertina Bletzer, a daughter of Michael Bletzer, of Randolph, Portage County, where stie was bom in 1840. She died in 1893, aged fifty-two years. They had two children, namely: Lydia and Albert, the latter of whom resides in the West. Michael Hawk is a member of Grace Reformed Church, at Akron, to which his first wife also Itelonged. Mr. Hawk contracted a second marriage.

Mr. and Mrs. Pfeift'er have three children: George Frederick, Raymond Arthur and Clara May. The daughter was born November 30, 1892, and is a student in the public schools. The older son, George Frederick, was born August 28, 188'6. He took a scientific course at Buchtel College and a course in the Scranton School of Civil Engineering, and is a civil engineer with the N. 0. T. Company. The second son, Raymond Arthur, was born August 28, 1890, and is a bright student at Buchtel College. Mr. and Mrs. Pfeiffer are members of the Reformed Church on East Market Street, Akron, in which he is an elder and secretarj' of the church Consistory.

In politics, Mr. Pfeiffer is a Democrat and tor a number of years has been active in politics. While never pressing his claim to political honors, he has frequently been chosen by his party for responsible offices. He served several terms as treasurer of Lake Township, Stark County, and also as justice of the peace. He was appointed a notary public first by Governor Bushnell, and has commissions which were subsequently issued by Gov. George K. Nash and also by Governor Herrick. For a number of ja^ars he served as central committeeman in Lake Township, and frequently has attended the important Democratic conventions a.s a delegate.

JOHN G. OLIN for many years was one of the sterling men of Stow Township, a man whose integrity was never questioned, whose influence was felt in the practical development of his neighborhood and whose advice and judgment were sought by his fellow-citizens. He was born at Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio, October 17, 1851, and died on the property which he had acquired through industry and frugality, on April 1, 1900. The parents of John G. Olin were Alonzo and Elmira B. (Squires) Olin, and his grandparents were Samuel and Betsey (Green) Olin.

Samuel Olin, the grandfather, was the pioneer of the family to Ohio. He was born July, 1793, at Shaftsbury, Vermont, and there and at St. Albans, his early life w-as spent, helping his father until he was of legal age. He then went to Whitestown, Oneida County, New York, and assisted his uncle, Silas Rawson, who ke^Dt a public inn at that place, and while there, in December, 1815, he married his cousin, Betsey Green. She was born in April 1797. In 1818, Samuel Olin and wife moved to Perry, New York, w'here two of his brothers had previously settled, and all farmed in partnership until the spring of 1822, when Samuel returned to Whitestown and remained two years with his uncle, who needed his assistance, after which he returned to his farm. Later he bought another farm on which he lived until February 28, 1839, when he left there for Ohio. His household goods were packed in three great wagons, for he was a man of at least $10,000 of capital and property, and tlie first season after reaching Streetsboro, he built a fine brick house for hotel purposes, which was long known as Olin's Inn. He carried on his hotel for eleven years with profit, having had the necessary training with his uncle to make the business part of hotelkeeping a succe.5.«, while his genial nature and hearty good fellowship made his companionship agreeable to travelers. The building of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad deflected trade and thiis practically ruined his business. He spent the remainder of his life engaged in farming. At the time of his death.

Alonzo h. Oliu, father of the late John G. Olin, was born May 18, 1820, at Perry, Wyoming County, New York, and died November 14, 1885. He had but meager educational advantages in his youth, partly because of the few schoolhouses in his vicinity, in boyhood, and partly because his services as a sturdy, robust youth, were demanded to assist in the pressing work on the farm. He accompanied his father to Ohio and remained with him until his marriage, on October 12, 1842, to Elmira B. Squires, who was born also at Perry, New Y'ork, July 17, 1824. She still resides on the home farm in Portage County. After marriage, Alonzo B. Olin rented land of his father for a few years, but soon purchased land for himself and at the time of his death, by the exerci.se of the thrift taught him by his parents and natural to one who felt the responsibility of a growing family, he owned 224 acres of valuable land. He passed away after a busy and useful life, leaving behind the record which a family preserves as one of its best treasures.

Of such honorable ancestry came the late John G. Olin. He remained at home until he w.as twenty-three years old. His attendance in the district schools was followed by two terms in the High School and one term at Mt. Union College. He worked for his father and was justly remunerated as long as he remained. In the spring following his marriage Mr. Olin settled on his brother Arthur's farm, in Franklin Township, Portage County, where he lived for five years, and then returned to Streetsboro and worked a rented farm for two years. In the meanwhile, he had been looking for a suitable investment and finally decided to come to Summit County and on March 10, 1882, purchased the farm of eighty acres, on which his widow still resides. He engaged in mixed farming, and his estimable wife capably managed the home dairy, and for twenty-two years made butter to supply customers who were particularly choice about this table necessity. Among the modern changes which have contributed largely to ease the heavy duties falling on the fanners' wives, has been the establishing of creameries, and Mr. Oliu was one of the first in his neighborhood to recognize the value of such an enterprise. He was one of the founders of the Co-operative Creamery, now a very successful industry at Stow.

On November 4, 1874, Mr. Olin was married to the esteemed lady who still survives him, dearly cherishing his memory. She was Julia Ellsworth, who is a daughter of Rufus G. and Wealthy (Wilcox) Ellsworth, of Streetsboro. For six years prior to her marriage she resided in the family of Samuel Olin. Mr. and Mrs. Olin had one daughter, Hattie E., who was born January 29, 1879. She was given many advantages and grew to attractive voung womanhood. She was married March 26, 1902, to George Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have had two children, twins. One of these, Helen, who was born April 10, 1907, survives. Mr. and Mrs. Miller reside on the homestead, Mrs. Olin having retained but twenty acres of the same for her own use, hiring a tenant to operate it for her. Mrs. Olin is a valued member of the Disciples Church.

The sudden death of John G. Olin was a shock not only to his family but to the whole community where lie was so highly esteemed. He was a man of genial presence, and the hearty good will he entertained for all who came within the paths of his daily life, was warmly reciprocated, and it is doubtful if he had a real enemy in the world. No man enjoyed the ordinary pleasures of life more than he, and in every circle in which he moved his presence was welcome. In his political choice he was a Democrat, and many offices of local importance were pressed on him. his upright character and evident fitness making him popular with the majority of his fellowcitizens, irrespective of differing political faiths. For a number of years he filled the office of township trustee and supervisor, and at the time of his death was officiating in the former capacity. In all the different agencies established to improve his section, he was always consulted as to their utility, and he lent his influence uniformly to all movements which he believed would add to the general welfare and to the continued prosperity of Stow Township.

FREDERICK WUNDERLICH, whose fine farm of sixty acres in Norton Township is one on which he has lived almost continuously since 1857, is one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of this section. Mr. W'Underlich was born in Prussia- Germany, November 19, 183T, and is a son of John and Margaret (Kisfert) Wunderlich.

The father of Mr. Wunderlich was a silk weaver in liis own land, but wages were small even for this difficult kind of work, and when Frederick was two and one-half years of age, he decided to try farming in the great country across the sea. Hence, the year 1839 found the German family safely established in Ohio. After a short residence at Cleveland, John Wunderlich moved his wife and children to a farm he had rented in Summit County, where he set up his weaving looms and also cultivated the land. The Wunderlichs lived for six years on Summit Hill, Coventry Township, and then moved to the neighborhood of Johnson's Comers, Norton Township, where he purchased forty acres of land. Here he resided until his death, never giving up his work at his trade.

Frederick Wunderlich went to school at Johnson's Corners and worked for four years with his father at the weaving trade and then went to farming, which has been his main occupation ever .since. For a number of years he also ran a cider press. When he married he came to his present farm, which is located about one-half mile south of .Johnson's Corners. With the exception of two years .spent in Indiana, Mr. Wunderlich has remained on this farm ever since, a period of almost fifty years. In 1878 he erected the present large, comfort.able residence. He lost his barn from, a stroke of lightning, but rebuilt in a more suKstantial way in 1890.

born in Pennsylvania, and came to Stark County, Ohio, where Mrs. Wunderlich was born. When she was fifteen years of age, her father bouglit the farm on which slie lias lived ever since, with the exception of two years. It is a fine old place and is endeared to her with nieanories of her girlhood and almost all of her married life. Mr. and ilrs. Wunderlich have two sons, John H. and Arthur. John H. has been married twice and has two children, born to his first union, Frederick and Henry. Arthur also married and has one daughter, Inez. Both sons are patternmakers. Mr. and Mrs. AVunderlich are among the oldest and most esteemed members of the Lutheran Church in this section.

J. F. BETZLER, senior member of the firm of Betzler and Wilson, manufacturers of fountain pens, at Akron, has been a resident of Summit County, Ohio, for twenty-nine yeai-s. Mr. Betzler was born in Germany, in 1868, and was fourteen years of age when he came to America.

The young German boy came directly to Summit County, and at Akron he found employment with the Summit Hard Rubber Company, which was then a branch of the B. F. Goodrich Company, and his worth and efficiency were pi'oved bv his being retained by them for six years. He then became connected with the fountain pen manufacturing industry, working both in Chicago and Cincinnati, and subsequently returning to Akron, where, in 1892, in association with W. E. Wilson, he embarked in the business of manufacturing fountain pens. The firm of Betzler and Wilson have since put upon the market a pen bearing their name, which has stood the most thorough tests, and is handled all over the country, four men being required to visit the trade in the United States. Employment is given fifteen men in the factory.

Mr. Betzler is the inventor and patentee of the Betzler and AVilson self-filled pen, which is the firm's leader of their 100 different styles of manufacture. The business has made a rapid and wonderful growth, and each season sees it still further expanded. In addition to

In 1896, Mr. Betzler was married to Elizabeth Kipp, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and they have one child, Alma. Mr. Betzler is a 32nd degree Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery at Akron, and to the Shrine and Lake Erie Consistory at Cleveland. He is a past grand in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. A man of recognized business enterprise, he enjoys a high commercial rating in the city which has witnessed the successful development of this business.

J. M. DAVIDSON, one of Akron's leading citizens, who has been identified with her important enterprises for the past twenty-eight years, is one of the best known general contractors here and has had much to do in building up and improving the city. Mr. Davidson was born in 1858, in Scotland, where he remained until twenty years of age.

In 1878 Mr. Davidson came to America, having completed his apprenticeship to the machinist trade prior to thi.«, and in 1879 he reached Akron, where he entered the .shops of the Taplin-Rice Company. He remained with the above firm for one and one-half years and then went to the Akron Iron Company, where he continued for some fifteen years. Mr. Davidson then entered into business for himself as a general contractor and coal dealer, doing all kinds of paving and sewer building, and having an extensive trade in coal, both wholesale and retail. Mr. Davidson has been awarded a number of very heavy contracts and has just completed over a mile of paving and sewer building at Ashland, Ohio. He has his large force of men at work at present on a contract that calls for the building of 2,300 feet of rock sewer. Mr. Davidson is a good business man and has made a number of judicious investments since locating at Akron and he owns considerable stock in a number of the city's most prosperous enterprises.

living: William James and Ethel Ruth. One daughter, Rhoda, was killed during the riot of 1900. With his family, Mr. Davidson belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mr. Davidson has never been very active politically and has never consented to be a candidate for office. He belongs to the order of Modern ^Voodmen. He is known to his fellow.-citizens as a man of biLsiness capacity and integrity, one who in every way desen'es the high regard in which he is held.

WILLIAM N. PALMER, a.ssistant general .superintendent of the Diamond Match Company, at Barberton, was born at Middlebury, now Akron, Ohio, December 9, 1855, and is a son of Albert and Ann Elizabeth (Haughey) Palmer.

Albert Palmer, father of William N., was born at Lyons, New York, in 182.S, and is a son of Stephen Palmer, who brought his family to Akron in 1837. The latter was a manufacturer of fanning mills and when his father died, Albert Palmer continued the business. Albert Palmer and his wife both survive, after a happy married life of fifty-eight years, he having reached his eighty-fourth birthday, while .she is seventy-seven years of age. They had seven children, as follows: C. IT., who is vice-president of the Diamond Match Company; Kate, who is the wife of M. C. Lytle, residing at Wadsworth, Ohio; William N., whose name begins this sketch : Stephen ; Frances, a school teacher, residing at Akron; Nettie, who is the wife of Adolph Bonstead ; and .Je.«.sie.

William N. Palmer has been more or less identified with the match indiLstry since boyhood, beginning to work for 0. C. Barber, the pioneer match manufacturer, when but twelve years of age, the plant then being located at Middlebury, which is now a part of Akron. He attended school during the winter sessions for some years and also took a course in Wilder's Business College, but all .spare time, holidays, Saturdays and even many evenings, were given to work for Mr. Barber. Gradually, from the humblest position, Mr. Palmer has advanced until he is now the assistant superintendent of this immense plant. Ilis knowledge is of a thoroughly practical nature, he having worked through the different departments in the factories. Mr. Palmer married Emma Tweed and they have one daught«r, Mabel.

GEORGE S. DAVIS, an extensive farmer and stock-raiser of Bath Township, and one of the most influential and widely respected citizens of Summit County, was born in New York state, November 21, 1845. son of A\'illiam and Ann (Sewell) Davis. Williixm Davis was born in Burns, Lincolnshire, England, April 14, 1809, and on May 16, 1833, was married to Ann Sewell, who was born at the same place about 1814. They came to this country in July, 1845, locating in New York state. They were the parents of a large family, of whom the following children were born to them in England: Jane, April 10, 1843, wife of I. S. King; Marv, February 16, 1836, who married S. E. Tavior; John, January 21, 1838; William, October 27, 1839; Thomas, December 2, 1841 ; Ann, November 15, 1843, widow of I. H. Miller, and now widow of L. V. AVychoff. The American-born children are: George S., the subject of this sketch; Sarah D., December 13. 1847, wife of George Bisl^ee; Elizabeth, December 25, 1849, wife of Abraham Spencer; Emma E., September 6, 1852, wife of Sylvester Vallen ; Alpha, December 3, 1854,' wife of Frank Pierson; Clara B., January 6, 1857, wife of Charies Dietz. Of the above-mentioned family, Thomas was killed in the service of his country at the battle Pine Knob, Gcoruia. June 15. 1864, aftc having served faithfully under Sherman in all his battles up to that time.

A year aft-er their arrival in this country the family came to Summit County and purchased a farm in Bath Town.ship, which was partly cleared. On this Mr. Davis erected a new house and barn and made a comfortable home for his family. In politics he affiliated with the Republican party. He was a inember of the Odd Fellows, both in England and America, and he and his wife were earnest members of the Disciples' Church. Mr. Davis died August 14, 1888, his wife having preceded him to the grave nearly twenty years, dying March 12, 1867. They were most worthy people, active in advancing the social and moral welfare of the community, and their memories will live long after them.

George S. Davis was reared on the farm, and acquired his education in the common schools. As a yoimg man he worked at the carpenter's trade, in which occupation he continued for six years. After his marriage he abandoned it and began farming, which has since been his occupation. He now owns one of the best farn^s in the county, comprising 300 acres, and improved in the most thorough and up-to-date manner. He gives a large share of his attention to the breeding of fine cattle and sheep, the excellence of which have become widely recognized. To facilitate this industry he has on his farm five large barns, arranged with every convenience for the care and proper raising of stock. He has also for some years past been engaged in raising horses, and now has some very fine Morgan and English coach horses. It may be still said of him today, as it was some years ago, that he probably owns more fine stock than any man in Bath Township.

Mr. Davis was married Febmary 12, 1873, to Miss IMars' Barker, who was born September 10, 1S48, daughter of Jared and Eleanor (Munson) Barker, well known residents of Bath Township. He and his wife have been the parents of the following children : Eleanor Belle, born Januarv 30, 1874, died October 30, 1883; .lav. December 31, 1879; Tared. April 21, 1882; Mar>% February 27, 1884: Oreorge, September 15, 1885 ; Anna, August 10, 1887 ; Paul, May 2, 1889.

Mr. Davis is a strong Republican and cast his first presidential vote for General Grant. Of a retiring disposition, however, he takes but little part in politics, though in response to the desires of his fellow citizens he has served the town as a member of the Board nf Education. He and his wife are both members of the Congregational Church at Bath.

FREDERICK J. BAUER, M. D., a leading physician at Mogadore, who has been located here for the past twenty-seven years, is, with one exception, the oldest continuous medical practitioner in the place. Dr. Bauer was born in Sufiield Township, Portage County, Ohio, March 5, 1854, and is a son of Jacob and Christiana (Holzworth) Bauer.

The parents of Dr. Bauer were born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and they came to America in 1839, settling on a farm of 100 acres, which then was located about a mile from the village of Erie, Pennsylvania, but is now included in the corporate limits of that city. At that time the land could have been purchased for thirty dollars an acre, but .Jacob Bauer could not command that much capital at the time and the opportunity was lost for the making of an indepejident fortune. He removed from Pennsylvania and settled in Suffield Township, Portage County, Ohio, between 1840 and 1845, on a farm two miles southeast of Suffield. He died about 1887, aged eighty-one years. He married Christiana Holzworth, who died in 1882, at the age of sixty years. They were the parents of nine children, namely: Rudolph, George, Sophia. Mary, Odelia, Frederick J., Lena, Lucinda and .Jacob. Rudolph Bauer died in 1905, and George died at the age of two years. Sophia, who died in 1859, was the wife of William Wilson, who was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War. They left one son, Charles Wilson, who is a prominent citizen of Lamar, Missouri, of which village he has been mayor, and is now serving as night telegraph agent for the Missouri & Pacific Railroad. Mary, who is the widow of George Price, resides, with her eight children, on her farm adjoining the old homestead. Odelia, who is the widow of Newi.on StaufFer, resides with her daughter and granddaughter northea.«t of Tallmadge. Lena, who married .John Peterson, resides in Jasper County, Missouri. Lucinda married John May and they reside with their children on the old Bauer homestead. Jacob W., the yoimgest member of this family, has charge of the United States Weather Bureau at Co- lumbia, South Carolina, where he has been located gmce 1893, having served at various points since 1881. He was educated at Mt. Union College. He married Esther Washburn, of Brooklyn, New York, and they have one son and several daughters.

The boyhood of Dr. Bauer was spent on his father's farm and his early education was obtained in the district schools. He secured better educational advantages after he had earned the money by teaching, to pay for them, and he spent three years at Mt. Union College. In 1876 he left school and in the following year began to read medicine with Dr. Ferguson, of Mogadore, and later entered the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, for one year, going from there to the medical department of the Wooster University, which is now the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Cleveland, where he was graduated in the class of 1880.

Dr. Bauer returned to Mogadore and entered into partnership with his old preceptor, Dr. Ferguson, and this association continued until the death of the latter in January, 1886, since which time Dr. Bauer has been alone. During his twenty-seven years of professional work in this place. Dr. Bauer has so demonstrated his ability that he has gained the confidence of the public and the respect of his associates in the practice of medicine. He has taken an active part in public affairs, particularly in those concerning his own state, coimty and city, and has shown his sincerity by lending his influence to many public-spirited movement*. He owns considerable real estate at Mogadore and is a stockholder in the Colonial Brick Company.

In 1885 Dr. Bauer was married to Catherine S. Rubbins, who was born in the state of New York, and is a daughter of .John and Lydia M. (01d«) Rubbins, the former of whom was born in England, and the latter in New York, where .she was one of a family of twelve children. Dr. and Mrs. Bauer have two sons, Fred Otis and Carl Hnltzworth, the former of whom i= a student at Mt. Union College, and the latter of whom graduated in the class of 1907, from the Mogadore High

School. Both fine types of young American youths. The residence in which Dr. Bauer and family reside and which he owns, was built by the Kents, very early settlers here. It has a historic interest from the fact that when it was completed, one of the workmen broke over its roof a bottle of liquor and christened the village of Mogadore, from the town of that name in Africa, where he had once been a prisoner.

Dr. Bauer is one of the leading Democrats of this section, and on one occasion was chosen by his party as its candidate for county auditor. He has served a number of times as a delegate to the state conventions and for many years has been a regular delegate to the county conventions. Since 1885, Dr. Bauer has been a Mason, and in 1891 he became a charter member of Lodge No. 482, Knights of Pythias, at Mogadore.

JOHN A. WHITMAN, who resides on a well-improved farm of three and one-half acres in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, Ohio, owns also eighty-seven acres in Norton Township, Summit County, and eight acres in Wadsworth Township, Medina County, this property being all in one body. Mr. Whitman was born June 24, 1857, in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, Ohio, and is a son of .John and Jane (Allerding) Whitman.

Andrew Whitman, the grandfather of John A., was a native of Pennsylvania, and at an early day came to Chippewa Township, where he was married to Margaret IMarshall, who was a native of Knox County, Ohio. He purchased the farms on which both his son John and his grandson. .John A., were born. He acquired considerable property, and, in addition to farming, he operated a cider mill and also engaged in threshing.

John Whitman was born on a farm located south of Doylestown in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, and subsequently purchased the present farm of John A. AVhitmnn, from his father. He became thresher, miller and eeneral farmer. He was married in Knox County. Ohio, to Jane Allerding. who came from France when aged sixteen years. To them were born eight children, as follows: Caroline, who is the widow of Frank Stotler, John A. ; Ella, deceased, who was the wife of Bartley Lynch; Mary, who died at the age of thirteen years; Lawrence and Josephine, both of whom died of diphtheria, the last three named children dying within six weeks; Clara, who is a graduate nurse, residing at Cleveland, Ohio; and Matilda, who resides at Doylestown. The mother of these children died September 30, 1904. The father died in 1876.

John A. Whitman was reared on the home farm, and attended the country school. When aged nineteen years liLs father's death occurred and the main duties of the farm thus fell upon his shoulders. He has always carried on general farming, and, in addition, is now making a specialty of raising Durham cattle. A rather unusual circumstance is that his excellent farm lies in three counties, his residence being on the Wayne County portion, while his barn is situated in Summit County.

Mr. Whitman was married in 1885 to Johanna Schmitz, whose death occurred April 16, 1902, and to them there were born eight children, namely: Lawrence, Mary, Clara, John, Lucy, Herman, Leo and Cecelia.

JOSEPH COOPER, of the brick manufacturing firm of Cooper Brothers, at Akron, has been a resident of this city and identified with its business interests for the ]iast forty years. Mr. Cooper was born in Staffordshire, England, in 1847, and was reared, and educated, and learned his trade in his native land.

At the age of twenty years, Mr. Cooper came to America, settling in Akron, and working the first year for the firm of Kent & Baldwin in their machine shops. He subsequently entered the employ of Byron Allison, in the brick business, with whom he remained for about ten years. Then, in partner.-ihip with his brother, Sanuiel Cooper, he leased the old Briggs brick plant, and" the firm, under the name of Cooper Brothers, have been engaged since in manufacturing and deliverng all kinds of building brick. Their plant is located at No. 573 Spicer Street. They give employment to a number of skilled workers, and the industry is one of the substantial ones of the city.

In 1869, Joseph Cooper was nuirried (first) to Agnes Lang, who died soon after marriage. He married (second) Mary Palmer, of which union there is one daughter, Emily, who married Samuel Crisp, and resides at home, with her parents. Mr. Cooper is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He belongs to the English Society, known as the Sons of St. George. In politics he is a republican.

HIRAM F. SNYDER, who owns an excellent farm of 104 acres in Franklin Township, was born on the old Snyder homestead, in Franklin Township, Summit County, Ohio, August 10, 1859, and is a son of Michael and Nancy (Marsh) Snyder.

Michael Snyder, father of Hiram F., was born in Alsace, France, and accompanied his parents, Michael and Barbara (Weimer) Snyder to America. They came to Springfield Township, Summit County, by way of the canal, and when they passed through Akron, in 1838, there was but one .store in the village. Mr. Snyder was looking for land on which to establish a home and he was offered 100 acres on the site of Akron for the sum of $600. He con.?idered the soil there too light for deep cultivation and purchased a farm in Springfield Township, from which he moved, eight years later, to another near that on which his grandson, Pliram F., resid&s. He died in 1897, aged ninety-two years, his wife having pa.ssed away in 1876, aged seventy years. In France he engaged in milling, but confined himself to farming after coming to Ohio. Michael and Barbara Snyder, or Schneider as the name was spelled in their day, had the following children: George; Michael; Frederick, residing at Barberton; Eve, who married John Dailey; and

Michael Snyder, father of Hiram F., was six years old when his parents emigrated, and as he grew to youth and manhood, found much hard work in assisting in the clearing up of his father's property. He accumulated land of his own and at the time of his death in 1893, he owned 246 acres. He married Nancy Marsh, who was born in Franklin Township, and they had a family of ten children, two of whom died in infancy. Those who reached mature age were: Milton, residing at Barberton ; Hiram F. ; Samuel ; Louisa, who married James Henry; Amanda, who married C. Blough; William E., residing at Akron, where he is a well-lcnown attorney; Elliott; and Ida, who died at the age of nineteen years.

Hiram F. Snyder was fourteen years old when the family moved to a place near the one he owns, and he remained at home until his twenty-third year, when he secured his present farm from the family estate. In ISliG coal was found on this farm and rich veins have been opened, many tons having been excavated by the Franklin Coal Company and the C. F. Wagoner Company. Mr. Snyder was employed by the coal company for eighteen months, but with this exception, has devoted himself entirely to farming. He ha.'? served as a member of the School Board for several terms.

On December 12, 1882, Mr. Snyder wa< married (first) to Elizabeth Keller, wlio died in the spring of 1894, leaving three children: Eva, Frank and Howard. In 189(5 he was married (second) to Mary Limbaugh, and they have four children: Henry, Martha, and Paul and Ruth, the latter twins. Mr. Snyder and family belong to the Reformed Church.

G. LEE BRTGGS, one of Akron's enterprising young b\asine.s.s men, engaged in general contracting, was born in Medina County, Ohio, in 1871, and is a son of Thomas G. Briggs, a prominent farmer, and a grandson of Daniel G. Briggs. who settled in Medina County in 1852.

C. Lee Briggs was reared in Medina County and, after completing the common school course, entered Buchtel College. After leaving college he made his home for some five years at Springfield, Missouri, where he was first employed in the office of a street railway and later in the Bank of Springfield. Since 1898 he has been engaged in a general contracting business, but for eighteen months previously he had served as secretary of the Builders' Exchange. In 1905 he erected a fine home at Akron and this city has been his place of residence up to the present time. In 1895 Mr. Briggs was married to Mary Brown, of Akron, and they have one son, Clifton. Mr. Briggs is interested in a number of organizations at Akron, is a director in the Dollar Savings Bank, is a member of the Masonic club and the Portage Country club, and of the Builders' Exchange of Cleveland.

IRVIN H. SPANGLER, residing on his farm of forty-seven acres, which is situated in Franklin Township and is a part of the old Spangler homestead, was born on this farm in Summit County, Ohio, August 4, - 1870, and is a son of Joseph and Adaline (Hoy) Spangler.

Joseph Spangler was born in Franklin Tmvnship, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of David Spangler, who settled here at an early day. Joseph Spangler was married (fir.st) to Caroline Smith, who also was reared in Franklin Township, and the four children born to that marriage were: Adam, John, Charles and Jennie, the latter of whom married 0. W. Baum. Mr. Spangler was married (.second) to Adaline Hoy, who died .July 4, 1904. She was a daughter of David Hoy, of Hocking County, Ohio. Three children were born to the second union, as follows: David E., Irvin H. and Joseph. The father still survives, having reached the age of eighty-seven years, and is a resident of Akron.

ter, in boyhood, he has lived continuously on the present farm, having purchased fortyseven acres from his father. He cultivates both his own fann and the one his father retains, which is also situated in Franklin Township.

On December 18, 1890, Mr. Spangler was married to Laura Bender, who is a daughter of Hai'vey F. Bender, and they have had six children, namely: Florence, Robert, Lydia, Burdette, Irene and Ira, all of whom ai'e living, with the exception of Lydia, who died aged four months. Mr. Spangler is a member of the order of Maccabees.

HARVEY A. MYERS, a well known farmer and stock dealer of Norton Township, was born on the excellent farm of eighty acres on which he now resides, December 29, 1853, son of Alpheus and Salome (Myers) Myers.

Alpheus Myers was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1818, and in boyhood accompanied his father, Henry Myers, to a farm near Wooster, Ohio. Tjater, TIenr\- Myers, with all his family except Alpheus, removed to Indiana, where he died. Alpheus Myers came to Sunnnit County April, 1846, where he purcha.sed the 80-acre farm now owned and operated by his son, Harvey. He later bought the Sherman farm of 140 acres, .and during the Civil War he further increased the extent of his property by purchasing a farm of 100 acres situated across the road from where he lived and which was called the Mazier farm. In addition to these farms he owned one of 140 acres in Missouri. He also drilled and found coal and opened the mine, known as the Myers mine in Wad.sworth Township, Medina County. He was a man of excellent business qualifications, and during the Civil war made a large amoinit of money in buying and shipping horses for the government. He was a highly respected citizen of Norton Township and died March 1, 1878. His death was the result of an accident. He was about to make a bu.sines3 trip to the west and also visit his aged mother. While waiting at the Wadsworth station, engaged in cofiversation with a friend, he accidentally stepped in front of a moving train and was instantly killed.

Alpheus Myers married Salome Myers, who sun'ived him many years, dying in October, 1900. They had six children, the younget^t of whom, Owen, died October 7, 1905. The others were as follows: William H., residing in Akron; Mary, wife of Isaac Tinsman, and a resident of Akron; Lavina, who married Solomon Kraver, and resides in Medina County ; Josepha, residing in Medina County, who married (fir.st) Septimius Siberling, and moved to Iowa, where he died, and (.second) Jacob Slamker, whom she survives; and Harvey A., of Norton Township.

Har\'ey A. Myers was reared in his native place and has always resided on this fine, old farm, where he successfully carries on general farming and stock-dealing, making n, specialty of cows. He attended the district schools during his boyhood, and is a nian of Tnuch general information, keeping himself abreast of the times, as the modern farmer has to do to enjoy a full measure of prosperity.

Mr. Myers married Alice B. Miller, a daughter of Frank Miller, of Norton Township, and they have a family of eight children, namely: Frank, married and re.siding in Akron; Fred, who married Emma Weaver and resides at home with his parents; Sadie, who is the wife of Charles Messner, and ha? one child, Florence; Mattie, who married William Helmick, and has one child, Floy; Hattie. who married Elmer Hall and has one child, Harold; and Elsie, Vernie and Chloe. Mr. and Mrs. Myers have their children setfled around them, or still remaining under the home roof, and have never yet been called on to part with any of them. The family is one well known all through Norton Township.

'C. W. MOORE, president of the Union Printing Ink Company, one of Akron's u.seful indu.stries, with a plant located at 1031 South High Street., has been a resident of this city for over a quarter of a century, and from boj'hood has been identified with niiuiy of its various interests. Mr. Moore was born April 10, 1866, at Erie, Pennsylvania, and when fifteen yeai's old came to Akron, where he attended school for a time. He then went to work for the Thomas Phillips Paper Company, with which he remained for nine years, being for six years afterwards with the Akron Chemical Company. He then became one of tho organizers of the Union Printing Ink Companj', wliich enterprise was incorporated April 27, 1901, with a capital stock of $10,- 000. Mr. Moore has been president of the company since its incorporation. The company manufactures all kinds of ink, and its field of trade is constantly widening. Mr. Moore has that practical knowledge of the business, combined with executive ability, which enables him to direct its course successfully in the face of competition.

On June 30, 1896, Mr. Moore was married to Louise E. Meir, who was born in Akron. He and his wife are members of Grace Reformed Church, and he belongs to the Board of Deacons. His fraternal connections include membership in Nemo Lodge, and the Encampment, I. 0. 0. F.

Webster Franklin Carmany

WEBSTER FRANKLIN CARMANY, an enterprising and progressive agriculturist of Stow Town.ship, who is engaged in the cultivation of a farm of 108 acres, was born on his present farm July 18, 1878, son of Isaac and Ellen (Durstein) Carmany.

Isaac Carmany was born in Manchester, Franklin Township, Summit County, where he now carries on extensive farming operations. His wife, Ellen, wlio was the daughter of Jacob Durstein, died in July, 1903, aged forty-eight years. She professed the faith of the Evangelical Church of the local organization, of which Mr. Carmany is treasurer. An earnest Christian woman, she wa'' active in church and charitable work. Three children were born to I\Ir. and Mrs. Carmany - Coi-a Elnora, who is deceased ; Webster Franklin ; and Rus.sell Glennard, who lives at home.

eighteen years received a teacher's certificate in Manchester, to which place he had come in 1887. He never engaged in 'teaching, however, but learned the trade of drafting and patternmaking in Franz Body's shop in Akron, which he followed for ten or twelve years at different places. In 1904, on account of ill health, he was forced to give up this occupation, and purchased his present farm from his father, it having been formerly the property of his mother. Mr. Carmany cultivates seventy-five acres of this tract, raising oats, wheat, corn and potatoes, and his farm is one of the most highly cultivated in this section of the township. In the winter months he keeps seven or eight head of cattle and disposes of his milk to the Cooperative Creamery at Stow Corners.

Mr. Carmany was married to Amelia Shumaeher, who is a daughter of Charles Shumacher of Akron, and four children have been born to them : Florence Blanche, Helen May, Mabel Celia and Charles Isaac. Mr. Carmany is a member of the Maccabees at Elkhart, and in politics Ls independent. With his family he attends the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Carmany's father was born in Germany, coming to America at twenty-one years of age, in 1865. He married Celia Ilerbruck, of Stark County, Ohio. Both parents are now living.

GEORGE H. COWLING, residing on a very valuable farm of eighty-four acres, which was formerly known as the old Linford Surfass farm, in Norton Township, was bom in what is now known as Barberton, on the farm of his nncle, Abraham Betz, March 27, 1861, and is a son of Joseph and Catherine (Betz) Cowling.

The father of Mr. Cowling was born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, where he learned the trade of weaving woolen blankets, at which he worked until about thirty years of age, when he went to farming. When he came first to Summit County he .settled at Middlebury and operated a weaving factory for a time and then moved to the present site of Barberton, from which point, in 1865, he moved to the Jacob Wise farm, we.st of Norton Center. After living there for six yeare he moved to the J. F. Seiberhng farm, which he rented for twenty-one years. Mr. Cowling then moved to Nebraska, accompanied by all of his family except George H., Avhere he bought a farm of 300 acres. He lived there for seven years, but sold on account of the climate not agreeing with his wife, and returned to Ohio in the hope of restoring her to health. He settled in Medina County in 1893, where she died in 1894. Mr. Cowling still survives, aged eighty years, residing on his farm in Wadsworth Township.

George H. Cowling wa« reared in Norton Township and has made farming his main business in life. In 1884 he was married to Mary Baughman, who died April 20, 1905. She was a daughter of James Baughman, a tanner by trade, who formerly lived at Western Star. Two children were born to this marriage, Be-ssie and William.

For sixteen years Mr. Cowling and family lived in Wadsworth Township, moving from there to Sharon Town.sihip for four years, and then came to Norton Township. Summit County. He purchased the present farm of George Dreisbach, January 6, 1903, and moved to it on March 7, 1904. He sold the property on May 28, 1907. to 0. C. Barber. Mr. Cowling is a well known and highly re- .-^pect'Cd citizen.

FRANK SPRIGGLE, the owner and operator of the old Chamberlin mill, a landmark in Summit County, which is situated in Springfield Town.?hip, as is also Mr. Spriggle's truck farm of seventeen acres, is a wellknown and re.=pected citizen of this section, where he has spent the whole of his life. He wa* born in Summit County, Ohio, May 18, 1856. and is a son of Jacob and Christina (Pontius) Spriggle.

The first of the Spriggle family to locate in Summit County was Emanuel Spriggle, who caame from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and settled on the Rudy farm, one mile ea.=;t of Uniontown, but a few acres of which had yet been cleared, the rest of the land being covered with a heavy growth of timber. Emanuel Spriggle lived into his ninety -ninth year, and never moved beyond the radius of twenty miles from the place on which he fir.st settled. Jacob Spriggle, father of Frank, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1827, and accompanied his parents to Summit County in 1833. He often told his children, in later days, of the wild conditions that prevailed in his boyhood, where thej^ only saw cultivated land and a comfortable home. There were many deer in this .section and it was no unusual event to find them hiding in various places al)out the farm, sometimes in a hollow tree and at other' times under a shock of grain. They had not yet learned their later fear of human beings and at that time were not difficult of capture. Jacob Spriggle learned the blacksmith trade at Uniontown, which he followed more or less for forty-five years in Coventry Township. He retired from work by order of his physician, who had discovered heart, trouble, and he now resides at Monroe Falls. During his active years he built hundreds of coal cars for Brewster Brothers and the Steese Coal Banks. He was married (first) to Elizabeth Pontius, a native of Ohio and a member of a prominent old family. She died in 1865, the mother of two .sons and two daughters, namely: Monia, w-ho died at the age of twelve years : Frank ; Amanda, who married Cyrus Kepler, and Malinda, who married Philip Danner, now deceased. The second marriage of Jacob Spriggle was to Elizabeth Spitler, and they had the following children: Allen, residing between Monroe and Cuyahoga Falls, married Emma Myers; Jacob, residing on the old home with his father and sister, operates the farm and also works in the adjacent paper mill; Jeremiah, residing at Cuyahoga Falk, engaged in a grocery business, married Addie Huron ; Jacob, residing a few miles west of Winnipeg, Canada; Barbara, re5iding near Monroe Falls, is the widow of Frank Donald- .son, who died in 1904: PTenry, who lives at home; Sarah, who married William Ritzman.

Frank Spriggle was reared a farmer and all his mature life has been devoted to tilling the soil and milling. He owns seventeen acres of very valuable, productive land, and this tract he devotes to truck purposes, making it very profitable through his excellent methods. He divides his time between his farm and the mill, having acquired the latter property in 1896. He makes here only Graham and rye flour and chops and has a steady run of custom. This mill was built sixty-five years ago by James Chamberlin, who operated it for a number of years. Later it was the property of AVilliam Buchtel and still later of John Hosier, who made the last flour produced here. After his death the property was disposed of at the administrator's sale, and was purchased by Mr. Spriggle.

In 1881 Mr. Spriggle wa.s married to Savilla Grable, who is a daughter of Jonathan Grahle, a substantial farmer of Green Township, Summit County, and they have had two sons and two daughters born to them, namely: Delia, who married William Briner, residing in Copley Town.ship, has two children, Frank and Margaret ; Susie, who married Frank Gougler, residing in Springfield Township, has three children, Park, Pearl and Dayton ; NcAvton, residing at home and working in the mill, and Earl, residing at home and working on a railroad.

In political sentiment, Mr. Spriggle is nominally a Democrat, but he reserves the right to cast his vote independently. Religiously, he is a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ, the Saints and the Last Days. There are many lessons to be learned in considering the life of Mr. Spriggle. He left home in boyhood after the death of his mother, and without the slightest assistance in the way of counsel or financial help, has acquired valuable property and has gained a place in the commimity where he commands the respect and enjoys the esteem of his fellow-citizens. His success is the direct result of his own unassisted efforts.

ABRAHAM SNYDER, a leading citizen of Springfield Township, who is engaged in threshing and operating both a grain and sawmill, was born May 7, 1833, on a farm but one and a quarter miles distant from the one on which he lives, in Springfield Townsliip, Summit County, Ohio. His parents were Jost A. and Salome (Baughman) . Snyder.

The father of Mr. Snvder was born August 25, 1791,- in Low Hill Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and came to Green Township, Summit County, which was then a part of Stark County, after his marriage. He served under General Jackson in the War of 1812, and participated in the battle of New Orleans. When he settled in Summit County he had a wagon and two horses, by means of which he had tran.^ported his family and possessions over the 500 miles between the old home and the new, and a money capital of $105, all but five dollars of which he paid for twenty acres of land. To this first purchase he made seven additions of adjoining land, and at his death owned sixtythree acres. He built first a cabin of logs. 10 by 15 feet in dimensions, which was supplanted by a larger cabin having a board roof, and this in turn was followed Ijy a hewed-log house, two and one-half stories in height, its dimensions being 30 by 20 feet, and his fourth house and the last one which he erected was also of logs, framed about. 24 by 16 feet in dimensions, with a kitchen attached -which was 10 by 12 feet.

Mr. Snyder was a man of pioneer robustness and was reasonably proud of his prowess in hunting bear, and frequently shot wolves and deer on the very land on which Akron now .stands. He never forgot the friends of his youth, and during his subsequent residence in Ohio, walked the distance of 500 miles back to Pennsylvania to visit those left behind, on three occa.sions. He was welcome wherever he went, being a man of kindly nature, jovial spirit and great native intelligence. He married Salome Baughman and they had fifteen children, namely: Jo.shua, Elizabeth, George, Joel, Isaiah, Jacob, So- pihia, Daiiiel, Paul, Ezra, Jonas, Abraham, Nathan and Peter, all surviving to a good age except two, one of these being an \xanamed infant born next to the youngest. They grew up resembling their father, large, fine appearing men and women. The survivors are: Nathan, residing in Brimfield Township, Portage County; Paul, residing in West Township, Marshall County, Indiana, and Abraham, of Springfield Township.

Abraham Snyder had few educational advantages in his youth, his real school attendance being covered by two months, but he has always made the most of his opportunities and is able to write intelligently in both the English and German languages, something very many of the younger generation cannot accomplish . He thinks he is probably one of the oldest threshers in all this section, as he w'as not more than ten years of age when he began feeding a threshing machine. During his boyhood he worked in the mill in his neighborhood, during a large part of the time when not threshing, and during the winter seasons helped operate the old loom in the kitchen, where all the cloth for (he big family was woven. He grew to manhood with ingrained habits of industry and thrift.

AVhen the Civil War broke out, Mr. Snyder commenced to consider the subject of enlisting, but like many others, private duties and' responsibilities stood in the way. He had been reared a Democrat by a stanch Democratic father, but both were men of loyal sentiment and, in 1863, Abraham Snyder proved that his patriotism was more than mere talk by ofi'ering his services and enlisting in Company F, Third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and .served until the close of the war, with the rank of first lieutenant. He participated in many important battles and traveled thousands of miles on long and weary marches.

After the close of the Civil War, Mr. Snyder returned to his home and engaged in farming and his previous occupations until 1888, when he moved on his present farm, where he is still engaged in milling and also in threshing. Snyder's mill at Millheim is a historic landmark. The dam was built in 1817 and the mill constructed shortly afterward, and it is the oldest mill in Summit County. In 1828 it was rebuilt by Michael Myers and is situated on a part of lot 7, tract 6, on the banks of Tuscarawas Creek. Mr. Snyder purchased the mill from H. J. Kreighbaum in 1899, he being the assignee of its former owner, William C. Shook. The stanch old frame work is of hewed timber. A sawmill formerly stood near, but the grain mill was built soon after the first settlement. It is a paying property under Mr. Snyder's excellent management. He grinds chop and feed and has all he can do, keeping the mill running both day and night.

On June 19, 1858, Mr. Snyder was married to Catherine Cranoble, who is a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Cranoble. She was born in Grote Township, Center County, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1831, and accom- ]>anied her parents to Suffield Townshi]), Portage County, where they settled on the farm now owned by Jacob Mishler.

Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have had born to them four sons and one daughter, the survivors being: William, Stephen Douglas, Sarali and George Pendleton. William Snyder, residing at Millheim, married Mary Rodenbaugh, who is now deceased. She left two sons and one daughter, Curtis, Oscar W. and Sadie. Stephen Douglas Snyder married Marj' Ellen Tritt, who is a daughter of Joseph Tritt, and they reside in the brick house near Tritt mill. They have six children, namely: Agnes, Frank, George, Stanley, Harry and Anna. Sarah Snyder married William Tritt, who has a farm and owns a home at Middlebury. He is engaged in the rural mail delivery ser\'ice. Their children are: Norman, Hugh, Elton, Wilbur and Nettie, George, the youngest of Mr. Synder's family, is unmarried, and resides at home assisting his father. Both Mr. Snyder and his wife remain hale and hearty, and they both continue their usual avocations and enjoy the pleasant social life of the neighborhood with as much ease and zest as they did many years ago. They are people who stand very

All his mature life, Mr. Snyder has taken an interest in seeing his neighborhood advance with the rest of the world and he has willingly done his share in develoi>ing it. He has been liberal in his contributions to schools, churches and public-spirited enterprises of various kinds, while he is noted for his many acts of benevolence which he never discusses. For the past fifteen years he has served as township assessor, and in keeping his records he has preserved the ages of all the taxpayers in the township, finding it to sum up at present to 18,671 years. He is a faithful and efficient official.

THE COLUMBIA CHEMICAL COMPANY, manufacturers of soda ash, caustic soda and sulphate of ammonia, with extensive works located at Barberton, is one of the most important industries of Summit County. The plant of this great company covers more than fifteen acras, and the factories are entirely of modern construction and equipment. The location of the plant is on the old Baughman farm, which was devoted to agriculture for many years. The company owns also some 300 acres of land, from which source are obtained a large part of the material consumed in the manufacture of their products. The trade field is not confined to the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, although that mighty corporation uses the bulk of their goods. Employment is given to from 400 to 500 men and boys, many of the former being expert chemists.

The Columbia Chemical Company was organized and incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1899, beginning operations in 1900. Its capital stock was placed at $1,500,000. The works of this company were built at Barberton, but the main offices of the company have always remained at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The officers of the Columbia Chemical Company are all men of experience, enterprise and large capital. They are: W. L. Clause, president; William D. Hartupee, vice president; Charles W. Brown, secretary; Edward Pitcairn, treasurer, and H. A. Gait, general manager, the officers making up the Board of Directors.

EPHRAIM STUMP, a highly respected retired resident of Franklin Township, residing on his farm of nineteen acres near Jlanchester, which is particularly valuable on account of several fine veins of coal having been opened on it, was born on the old homestead north of Manchester, Franklin Township, Summit County, Ohio, May 28, 1842, and is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Sorrick) Stump.

John Stump, the grandfather of Ephraim, was born in Pennsylvania, from whence he came to Ohio, settling west of Manchester, in Franklin Township, Summit County, locating on a farm which was but partly cleared. In 1841 he replaced the original log cabin with a stone house, which is still standing, it being about the only one left of the many stone houses of the '40's. Wild game was jjlentiful in those . days, and Mr. Stump has in his possession some turkey feet, the birds having been .shot in 1850, by his grandfather. The Indians had not yet left this locality, and Mr. Stump recalls numerous interesting experiences with them. Here John Stump and his wife, Elizabeth (Grove) Stump, lived for the remainder of their lives. They had eight children, four sons, namely: Jacob, David, John and Levi; and four daughters, namely: Catherine, who married William Kauffman; Eliza, who married Samuel Grove ; Mary, who married P. Myers, and Sarah, who married J. W. Swigart.

Jacob Stump was about ten years old when the family journeyed from Pennsylvania to Ohio. In his youth, when not engaged in farming, he frequently filled the family larder with game. After his marriage he settled on a farm near which the Brewster mines were later opened, although this did not take place vmtil after his death. He married Catherine Sorrick, who was a daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Raber) Sorrick, who came to Ohio from Pennsvlvania. Five children were born to this marriage, as follows: Ephraim, Matilda, who married George Donnenwith; Nathaniel, William, who is deceased, and Amos, who died in infancy. Jacob Stump died at the age of sixtyseven years and the death of his widow followed a few years later.

Ephraim Stump had but limited educational opportunities, as his services were rerequired on the home farm, where he chopped wood, picked stones and threshed rye. From his sixteenth year until he was married he worked his father's farm, and thereafter operated rented farms until 1873, when he purchased his present farm in Manchester, a tract of nineteen acres, from the Hamm heirs. He located on this place in 1884, and until 1903 was engaged in agricultural pursuits. In that year coal was discovered on his property, which has since been mined by the Beachwood Company of Cleveland, the output of the mines being from 300 to 400 tons daily. Mr. Stump is now living in quiet retirement. In his political views he is a Democrat and supports that party's candidates on every occasion, but he has never cared for public life nor held oflfice. His fraternal connection is with the Knights of Maccabees.

On November 29, 1870, Mr. Stump was united in marriage with Louisa Smith, who is a daughter of Daniel and Eliza (Diehl) Smith, and to this union there were, bom three children, namely: Bertie, Clarence and Frederick. Bertie married William Sissler, and they have three children : Gerrold, Donovan and John. Mr. and Mrs. Stump are consi.«tent members and liberal supporters of the Reformed Church.

GEORGE W. HART, who, for twenty years was a highly respected resident of Cuyahoga Falls, and formerly a succes.sful agriculturi.st of Stow Townsihip, was born at Middleburg, Summit County, Ohio, July 12, 1832. and died at Cnvahoga Falls, December ir>. 1900. He wa=! a son of Colonel John C. and Margaret (Steriing) Hart.

and came to Connecticut among tlie early colonists. Rufus Hart, the grandfather of George W., was born at Goshen, Connecticut, in 1771, and in 1795 he married Esther Cotter. In 1802 he moved to Genasee County, New York, and in May, 1815, to Middlebury, Ohio, which is now the Sixth Ward of Akron, which city was then represented by less than a half dozen log cabins, the whole surroimding country being then covered by a heavy forest growth. As an officer in the War of 1812, he participated in the battles of Chippewa and Limdy's I-ane, and the burning of Buffalo.

Colonel John C. Hart, father of George W., was born at Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, April 17, 1798, and was only fourteen years of age when he joined Captain Stone's company of cavalry. He was in his father's regiment at various points and Ijravely faced hardships with the veterans at the evacuation of Fort George. He continued in the service until the close of the war, and then accompanied his father to New York and subsequently to Ohio. When he was twenty-one years old he left the paternal roof and started out to seek the proverbial fortune, incidentally to find employment. He was of robust constitution, and the mere fact of being obliged to walk a hundred miles or so probably did not discourage him to any great degree. When he reached Steul>enville he boarded a lumber raft and floated a distance down the river; from that point he walked to Cincinnati, and from there made his way to St. Louis. For about two inonths he worked in a mill in that city and later engaged in the manufacture of brick at a small place where malarial conditions prevailed to such an extent that he was taken ill with chills and fever, and his adventure,* abroad were brought to a close. Pie managed to return home, and when he regained his health purchased a farm of fifty acres ju.<t south of Middlebury, and there pa«.sed the re.«it of his active life, dying Au,gust 20, 1880. He always remained interested in military' affairs and late in life he raised a regiment of cavalrv of which he was elected colonel.

On February 23, 1831, John C. Hart was married to Mrs. Margaret A. Sterling, and they became the parents of the following children: George W., John S., Charles S., Hiram, Elizabeth and Fannie A. The last mentioned married Clinton Ruckel. Hiram died from disease contracted in the Civil War.

The late George W. Hart was reared and educated in his native township and attended the local schools, in the meanwhile a-sisting on the home farm. After his marriage he settled on a farm of 160 acres situated in Stow Township, where he resided until he retired to Cuyalioga Falls in 1880. He made his main interest dairying and sheep growing. He was a man of sterling character, strong in the advocacy of what he believed to be right, but just in his dealings with all men. For many years he was a vastryman of St. John's Episcopal Church at Cuyahoga Falls. In his political life he was a stanch supporter of the Republican party and was a man particularly well fitted for public office, but his ambitions were not in that direction. He served as township commLssioner and always, took an interest in the public schools. He was connected M'ith the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Star Lodge, No. 187, at Cuyahoga Falls.

On August 18, 1853, George W. Hart was married to Anna H. Beardsley, who was born in Middlebury (Akron) July 18, 1832, and is a daughter of Talman and Temperance (Spicer) Beardsley. To this marriage six children were born, the two who reached maturity being: Emma F. and Clarissa. The latter married R. D. Morgan, and resides at Cleveland. Mrs. Hart and her daughters are members of the Episcopal Church.

Talman Beardsley, father of Mrs. Hart, was born December 23, 1799, in Delhi, Delaware County, New York, and accompanied his father's family to Tjicking County, Ohio, in 1810, and to Middlebury in 1818, where he worked for a short time in a foundry, and then bought a farm which is the present site of the Leggett school. He disposed of that property and boTight another in Coventry

Township on which he lived for thirty years. He became a leading citizen in this part of Summit County, was a prominent Republican, and served many years as a justice of the peace and also as township clerk. His parents were Daniel and Hannah (Bailey) Beardsley.

In 1831, Talman Beardsley married Temperance Spicer, who was a daughter of Major Minor and Cynthia (Allen) Spicer. Major Spicer was a native of Connecticut and a soldier in the War of the Revolution. He was a very early pioneer in Summit County, where he acquired large tracts of land. He donated the land on which Buchtel College now stands, it formerly having been his private burying ground. He was twice married, Mrs. Beardsley being a child of his first union.

The children of Talman Beardsley and wife were: Anna H. (Mrs. Hart) ; Emily, Mills and Avery, all of whom are deceased; and Avery, second, residing at Adrian, Michigan. The family were reared in the Universalist faith. Talman Beardsley died July 18, 1891, surviving his wife by but three months, her death having taken place March 22, earlier dn the same year. Mrs. Hart was reared at Akron and was one of the first students of the Akron High School when it was under the direction of M. D. Leggett.

F. LAHMERS, M. D., physician and surgeon, at Barberton, has built up a large and lucrative practice during his residence here of nine years, and he has also become one of the leading citizens of the town. Dr. Lahmers was bom in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, August 23, 1872, and is a son of Charles I^ahmers, for many years a substantial farmer of that county. His boyhood was spent on his father's farm, and his early education acquired in the coimtry schools. Later he attended the Normal College at New Philadelphia, and subsequently Scio College, at Scio, Ohio, for one year, his collegiate course extending from his seventeenth to hLs nineteenth year, after which he began to teach school in the vicinitv of his home. During the three years he was so engaged, he began to read medicine, and in 1894 was prepared to enter the Baltimore Medical College, where he was graduated in 1898.

Dr. Lah'mers immediately located at Beach City, Ohio, where he practiced medicine for six months, then coming to Barberton. In 1907 he took a post-graduate cdurse in the New York Post-Graduate Jledical School. His reputation as to professional ability extends beyond the town, and his practice requires the larger part of his time and attention. Nevertheless he finds time to show interest in matters pertaining to the general welfare of the community, and formerly served as health officer.

In the spring of 1899, Dr. Lahmers was married to Florence C. Peters, who is a daughter of Dr. H. J. Pet«rs, of Ragersville, Ohio. He is a member of the Reformed Church, having been reared in that faith. He is connected wath several medical organizations, and with the frat^ernal orders of Elks, Maccabees and Pathfinders.

JOHN W. WHITE, manager of the White Lumber Company, which is engaged in a retail lumber and repair business, and also does general contracting, with a plant on the corner of Case and River Streets, Akron, is one of the old and reliable business men of this city, one who has watched its growth for the past forty years. He was born in 1854, at Brooklyn, New York.

Mr. AA^hite was thirteen years of age when he came to Akron, and in boyhood began to work in the box factory of Ohio Barber, where he remained employed for thirteen years. Later he was with the Aultman-Miller Company for fifteen years. In 1891 he embarked in a lumber business, and since that date has been manager of the White Lumber Company. He is interested also in real estate and does a good business in the buying, building and selling of houses. In 1876 Mr. White married Kate Johnston, a daughter of Thomas Johnston, who was formerly a large manufacturer of sewer pipe at Akron. Mr. AATiite is a member of Grace

CLARK A. SACKETT, a leading citizen of Tallmadge Township, residing on his farm of 136 acres, was born on this farni; in Summit County, Ohio, May 15, 1837, and is a son of Clark and Laura (Aiken) Sackett.

The Sackett family is an old colonial one of New England. Benjamin Sackett, the grandfather of Clark A., died in Connecticut. His children w-ere as follows: Simeon, who lived and died at Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio; Myron, who died in Connecticut; Salmon, who died in Summit County; Moses and Benjamin, who lived in Connecticut; Clark and Aaron.

Clark Sackett, father of Clark A., was born at AVarren, Connecticut, in 1793. He was still a young man when he joined a colony of pioneer settlers who came wath their possessions to make early settlement and secure homes in Summit County, driving their oxteams through forests where they had to cut a path. They purchased lands of the great Connecticut Land Company, which, at that time, had control of the lands of a large part of the Western Reserve. Clark Sackett was a true pioneer, accepting all the hardships incident to establishing himself in a new country, and through his industry and sterling virtues, becoming a man of substance and prominence. He lived to advanced age. He first secured 100 acres of land in Tallmadge Township, to which he later added seventy-five acres, lying just west of his first purchase. He put up a log house which stood for a number of years, but was later replaced by the substantial residence which is occupied by his son, Clark A. A portion of the old house Mr. Sackett utilized to house his bees, as he took a great deal of interest in the bee indust,ry for many years. He cleared all his land, and also assisted greatly in promoting the civilizing agencies of this section.

In 1816 Clark Sackett was married (first) to Cynthia Preston. He was married (second) to Laura Aiken, and (third) to Jane Pierce. The mother of Clai'k A. Sackett, Laura Aiken, was born in 1800, at Norwalk, Connecticut, and was married in the fall of 1822. She was six years old when her father, Asher Aiken, removed to Vernon, Ohio. There were the following children bom to Clark and Laura Sackett: Hiram, who died in Tallmadge Township, married (first) Eliza Treat, and (.second) Mabel Fenn; Cynthia, who married Luther Heath, is survived by children residing at Genesee, New York, and also a son, Theodore, residing at Cuyahoga Falls; Edwin, residing at Genesee, New York, married Sasan Pierce; Amelia, deceased, who married the late Dr. George Chapman, of New York; Benjamin, who died in infancy; Benjamin (2), who died in infancy; Clark A., residing in Tallmadge Township ; Charles, who married Flora Treat, and Darius.

Clark A. Sackett attended the local schools and subsequently taught three terms, after which he engaged in farming and in operating a threshing machine. He owns a valuable farm of 136 acres on which he carries on a general line of agriculture, meeting with the success which has placed him among the substantial men of his section. Politically, he is a Republican and has always been a loyal supporter of the Government. During the Civil War he served through an enlistment in Company D, 164th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was mustered in at Cleveland. The services of this comi)any were utilized around the city of Wa.shington and when they were no longer needed, the regiment was honorablv discharged at Cleveland.

Clark A. Sackett was married (first) to Kate Avshmun, who was a daughter of M. Ashmun. He was married (second) to Lottie Austin, who was born at Newton Falls, Ohio, and is a daughter of Enos and Sarah (Sackett) Austin. The father of Mrs. Sackett was born in 1809, at Warren, Ohio, and died at Ymmgstown, in 1886. The mother of Mrs. Sackett was born in 1820, at Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio, was married in 1840, and died at Youngstown, in 1883. Enos Austin and wife had three children, two daughters and one son, the latter of whom died in infancy. The daughters are: Phidelia, who married Frank Stiles, a resident of Youngstown, and Mrs. Sackett. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Sackett were Myron aud Orpha (Dean) Sackett, the former of whom was born at Warren, Connecticut, and the latter at Cornwall, Connecticut. This branch of the Sackett family can be traced to Simon and Isabella Sackett, members of the Pilgrim colony.

Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Clark A. Sackett taught for a number of years, first in the public schools of Youngstown and later in the Blind Asylum, at Columbus. She is an accomplished lady. Both she and her sister were teachers, the latter for a period of twenty-five years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sackett belong to the Congregational Church at Tallmadge, in which Mrs. Sackett is the organist. Mr. Sackett has served in a number of public positions, and has been both siipervisor and tru.stee of Tallmadge Township.

CHARLES H. SWIGART, one of the be.sit known and most popular citizens of Franklin Town.ship, the talented teacher of music in the rural schools, was born on the old family homestead in Summit County, Ohio, .Ltiiuary 9, 1863, and is a son of Jnsopii and Sarah (Haring) Swigart.

The Swigart family is an old settled one of this .section of Ohio, Joseph Swigart-, the great-grandfather, having brought the family from Pennsylvania. George Swigart, the grandfather, was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and was a boy when his parents made the long overland journey, settling first near Canton, but removing later to Canal Fulton, where Joseph Swigart secured the farm now owned by Isaiah Swigart. On that farm the great-grandfather died a.t the age of forty-eight years. George Swigart married Elizabeth Daily and they spent their lives in Franklin Town.ship, where he owned 206 acres of land. They died aged about eighty-two years. Their children were fifteen in number and those wiio survive are: Mrs. Caroline J. Corinany, Mrs. Catherine D. Grill, Mrs. Susan S. Kepler, ilrs. Elizabeth P. Surfass, George A., Henry, Jacob, Hiram and Daniel. Those deceased were: John, Joseph, David, Anna, Sarah and Margaret.

Joseph Swigart wiL< born on his father's farm in Franklin Township, which is now owned by Aaron A. Swigart. He married Sarah Haring, who was also born in Franklin Townshij), where she still survives, living on the old hom&stead. Joseph Swigart died in 1895, aged .seventy years. He had two children: Aaron A. and Charles Hirain.

Charles Hiram Swigart attended the district schools and supplemented the instruction so obtained by a period in the graded schools of Manchester and Clinton, completing his education with two year.--' attendance at the Normal University at Ada, Ohio. Gifted with mu.sical talent, Mr. Swigart has spent quite a large amount of time and money in developing and perfecting it, and has done a great deal of musical in.structing. He has also taught school in various .sections. He owns a one-half interest in the old homestead place of 201 acre.*, which he and his brother operate together, and he also carries on general farming on the old Diehl farm.

On April 19, 1894, Mr. Swigart was married to Hattie Mav Diehl, who is a daughter of William and Eliza (Diehl) Diehl. They have two children, Hallie and Gladys.

MADISON WALTZ, a succassful agriculturist of Franklin Township, where he is operating the old Dice property, wa.s born November 2, 1855, at Sharon, Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of Elias and Lucetta (Kintz) Waltz.

of a gunsmith. He died at Wadsworth, aged eighty-six years. He was married three times. His first marriage -was to a Miss Baughman, and all but one of his sixteen children were born to the first union.

Elias Waltz, father of Madi.son, was bom and reared near Wadsworth, Wayne County, Ohio. Like other members of his family, he was musically gifted. He became an in- .-^tnictor on the violin and a member of the famous Waltz Band, a musical organization which was made np of Elias Waltz and two of his brothers, with nine cousins, who were lirothers. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he entered the army as a musician. He was prostrated with typhoid fever shortly afterward and died in the South, where his burial took place, being then in this thirtieth year. He married Lucetta Kintz, who died in 1866, aged thirty-six years. They had eight children, namely: Sylvester, residing at Toledo, Ohio; Madison, Wilson, residing in Summit County; Luvander, residing at Akron, and four who died young.