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_the common schools and from the common school fund, and yet taxed to support that fund, | and in numerous other ways, when the course of legislation brought before the Senate the injustice and cruelty they were suffering in | Ohio, both under and against its laws. About i the last' of these conflicts was on a bill to re- | peal the charter of Oberlin College. It was defeated. Our subject never joined the Liberty party; he said he was for the abolition of slavery everywhere. The Liberty party was organized not for the abolition of slavery, but | to stop its advance. 'The abolition movement was by the diffusion of moral truth, while the Liberty party was political. Whatever moral truth it disseminated was outside of its platform, and but auxiliary to its political end. He was Secretary,in 1834, of the first County Anti-Slavery Society, at Ravenna, and has held various prominent positions of trust. He came to Akron in 1846, and has practiced law | hereever since. In 1856, he was elected Judge of five years. He is the father of three children, viz., Gilbert S., Captain in regular army at Camp Douglas, near Salt Lake City, Utah ; Dr. William T. Carpenter, of Ishpeming, Mich., 'and Abbie L., still at home.

/ mit Co., Ohio, where he cleared a farm upon which he lived until his death in 1870. He _was twice married; his first wife died Sept. 1, 1845. In December of that year. he married Miss Margaret McKisson. a native of Mary- 'land; she died about the year 1846.

P iden In all be has followed the trade for a third of a century, during which time he has built many buildings, principal among which are the Buchtel College, the Bucheye office and many other leading structures. He served on - the 'Board of Education of Hudson, and also as a Councilman. In 1879, he was elected a and was re-elected in 1881. June 24, 1852. married Miss Jane R. Herrick. a native of Twinsburg; they had five children. four of whom are living - Ella J.. Frank N.. Walter T. and Emory J. Mr. Carter is a member of tie

DR. MASON CHAPMAN. dentist. Akron: was born on his father's farm in Copley Township. Summit Co., Ohio. June 28. 1838. His parents. Lucius and Sally B. (Mason) Chaphe was a farmer: was born Noy. 20. 1807. 0n a farm ried in Nennet, N. Y.. June 2, 18209; they came to Ohio in June. 1833. and settled in Copley Township. where they lived until 1857. Mrs. Chapman died in 1852. In 1857. he moved to Wisconsin. and later, to Anamosa. Jones Co.. lowa, where he now resides. His chusetts May 20,1775; he came to Ohio about the year 1836, and settled near Copley Center. where he died Jan. 25, 1865 ; there March 9. 1862: they were married in Massachusetts Aug. 8. 1800. Our subject lived with his father until December. 1864; his early life was spent on the farm. In Wisconsin he clerked in a grocery and boot and shoe store.

in 1820, with Dr. Clark. graduating from the Fairfield. N. Y., Medical College. came to Summit County. Ohio. and practiced for three years at Old Portage; he then came to Akron. where he practiced until his death in he was married in November. 1826. to Miss Charlotte Dewey. «a native of Westtield. Hampden Co.. Mass. : parents in 1322: there were ten in the family ; all came in one wagon. the male members often walking: they settled at Uld Portage and within three veurs. father. mother. three brothers and one sister died from the fever then prevalent in that locality. Charlotte lived with her brothers. who were farming in that vicinity. until her marriage: by the marriage were seven children. all of whom have sinee died. Mrs. Cole is living in the old homestead. where she has lived since 1852. and by her family has three grandchildren - Helen |. Agard. of Sara- assisted on the farm. The following winter. he attended Cornell College at Mt. Vernon, Iowa. alternating on the farm and at college for two years. He then taught school for two terms.

dentistry with Dr. Matson, of Anamosa, with whom he studied for two years; he then visited in New York State, and, in the spring of 1865, he came to Akron and practiced one year with Dr. Bolles, after which he bought the business. ENO CaG, 1867, he married Miss Alice L. Randall, a native of Copley Township, Summit Co., Ohio with her. Their father. est son of Dr. Joseph and Charlotte (Dewey) Cole: he was born in Akron in 1340: he received a high school education. and in his latter years was engaged in the livery and undertakhe died in April. 1876. In 1864. he was married to Miss Hattie Farnam. a native of Akron. daughter of Daniel Farnam ; they : H. D. and Fannie F. Mrs. Hattie Cole is also living in the old homestead with her mother-in-law.

Charles A. Collins

CHARLES A. COLLINS. facturer, Akron; is a native of Richmond. Berkshire Co.. Mass. He was born July 26. 1816, and is the youngest of six children born to Ralph and Hannah (Hickox) Collins: they were natives of Connecticut; he died in Massachusetts Aug. +. 1817. Our subject lived with his mother until 1827, when they moved to Berkshire. Tioga Co.. N. Y.. where she lived for three years with her married daughter. Charles he and mother came to Ohio and settled at Tallmadge, where his brother-in-law, Mr. Amos Avery, was engaged in the manufacture of wagons. Charles A. apprenticed with his uncle, and remained until he became of age. His mother lived there with a daughter until her death in November, 1849. In 1838, the firm of Collins & Hale established a carriage manufactory in Middlebury, now Sixth Ward, Akron. They continued until 1841, though Mr. Collins was identified with the business until it was burned in 1860. During this year, the business was established by Collins & Bell in South Akron, where the business was conducted until 1869. In February, 1870, the present firm of C. A. Collins & Son erected a shop corner of Main and Church streets. Akron, where they have done business since. While residing. in

| the Sixth Ward, Mr. Collins served as a mem- | ber of the Board of Education for several | terms, a member of the Village Council, and | Mayorof Akron for the years 1862 and 1863, also tive of Milford. Conn., and youngest child of Abraham and Abigail (Elton) Hine, who came to Summit Co., Ohio. about the year 1820. By the marriage there have been seven children, of whom four are living, viz.: George A., with father; Mrs. Josephine A. Kent, of Kent, Ohio; Charles E.. formerly cashier Second National Bank of Akron, now with the Colwell & Collins Manufacturing Co. of Cleveland. and the second of five children born to Andrew and Rhoda (Rogers) Cotter, natives of Connecticut, and who died in their native State. Our subject lived at home until he was 22 years of age. He assisted his father at farming, and in his blacksmith-shop. His education was limited, and confined to the district schools.

years, when he went to Bristol, and worked there for one year, engaged in ironing wagons. He returned to his native place, where he was identified with the blacksmith business until 1824, when he came to Ohio, with a cousin who lived in Middlebury.

and removed to Ohio with his family, consisting then of a wife and one child. He located in Middlebury, where he followed blacksmithing until about the year 1868, when he retired to his present place, where he has since resided. His residence was destroyed by fire on Feb. 12, 1875, and the following year he built his present dwelling. He served a number of years as of Middlebury. He was married, Nov. 21, 1821, to Miss Mary Ann Pratt, a native of Killingworth, Conn.; she died July 28, 1836. The result of this marriage was seven children, of whom five are living. Samuel A. and James P. live in Connecticut ; Charles S. lives in Ravenna, Ohio; Mary E., now Mrs. Myers, lives near the old home; Henry C. lives in Toledo ; Edward died in 1831 and Emily in 1868. Mr. Cotter was married on Nov. 1, 1837, to Miss Mary Talcott, a daughter of Alvin and Philomelia (Root) Talcott. Mr. Talcott traces his ancestry back to the family of Warwickshire, England. The original emigrant, the Worshipful John Talcott, came to Boston, Mass., Sept. 16, 1632, in the ship Lyon. He soon after went to Hartford, Conn., where he was married, and afterward lived. Mr. Cotter is a Presbyterian, and has been a member of that church for over fifty years ; Mrs. Cotter has been a member for over forty years. Mr. C. has been a Republican in politics ever since the organization of that party.

JAMES H. CASE, druggist, Middlebury (Sixth Ward), Akron ; was born Dec. 23, 1844, and is a native of Middlebury, Ohio. He is the eldest of two children, born to S. S. and Jane (McDowell) Case, who were natives of New York. S. S. Case came to Ohio in an early day, and located in the vicinity of Painesville, where he followed harness-making ; and, about 1842, came to Middlebury. Here he followed the harness business, and later, became an extensive dealer in stoneware. He also took some contracts on the Mount Vernon Railroad. In 1864, he en-

Government shops at Chattanooga for the manu- He served until the close of the war, and then located in Cincinnati, thence to Xenia, where he died June 9, 1879, at the age of 67 years. James H. (the subject), has always made his home in Middlebury. At the age of 17 years. he apprenticed himself to the carriage-ironing trade, at Greenville, Penn.; he did not complete his apprenticeship, but retired to Middlebury, and worked one and a half years in the machine shops of Kent & Baldwin. In 1863, he enlisted in the Second Ohio Cavalry, and served until the close of the war. He was in the battles of the Wilderness, Petersburg, Shenandoah, Cedar Creek, Winchester, Five Forks and at the surrender of Lee. was at the grand review at Washington, and then moved West, remaining at Springfield, Mo.. until the September following, when he, with regiment, was mustered out at St. Louis, and returned home. He then completed his trade as a machinist. and followed it some four years. He then worked in the Buckeye Reaper Works until the spring of 1876, when he opened his present business. He was married, Jan. 1, 1872. to Miss Ella 8. Farrar. a native of Massachusetts, and a daughter of C. S. Farrar, of Akron, whither they came about the year 1870. By the marriage, there is one child. viz., Charles

_ 29, 1840. and was raised in Maryland and Virginia. where his parents lived during his infancy, moving to Peninsula. Summit Co., Ohio, in 1858. His father, C. W. Chamberlin, was a physician and druggist. Our subject began at the age of 12 years to assist in his he enlisted in Co. D, lst Ohio Light Artillery, and was detailed by Gen. Nelson as physician and surgeon, in which position he served until October, 1862. when, owing to ill health, he was discharged and returned home. During the winter, he attended lectures at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, resuming his profession in the spring at Brimfield, Portage Co.. Ohio. In September, 1865, he removed to Clinton, Summit Co., where he practiced until January, 1875, during which time he became well known as a newspaper correspondent, corresponding for the Akron Beacon, City Times, Cleveland Herald, the Plaindeuler and numerous others. From Clinton he came to Akron at the Charity Hospital Medical College of Cleveland. A member of the Union Medical Society of Northeastern Ohio, he has served the same as delegate to the State and National Medical Conventions. March 31, 1862, he married Miss Mary E. Pritchard, of Medina Co., Ohio, Of their two children, one is living, viz., Myrtle. June 22, 1875, he married Mrs. McCoy, formerly Miss Wilhelmina Kohler. While in Franklin Township. the Doctor served as Justice of the Peace and Notary. which was destroyed by fire in 1874.

B. S. CHASE, M. D. (deceased). was born Jan. 9, 1834. He was a native of Vermont. and lived on a farm until he came of age. gaining an education in the meanwhile at the pub- the army as Assistant Surgeon of the 16th 0. | V. L., remaining with the regiment until June. | 1863. when he was transferred to the 53d Mis- | sissippi (colored) Regiment as Surgeon. He continued with this regiment to the close of the war, acting on the Operating Board at the battle of Chickasaw Bayou and during the siege of Vicksburg. Subsequently he returned to Akron, where he continued his practice until his death Feb. 23, 1878. Jan. 26, 1863. he married Miss Henrietta Sabin, a native of Akron, and a daughter of Joseph W. Sabin. a long-time and prominent merchant of Akron. Mrs. Chase's mother was Prudence, a daughter of C. W. Brown (who is mentioned elsewhere), a native of New York and an early pioneer of the Sixth Ward of Akron. Mr. Sabin died March 5, 1876; his ..fe died Dec. 27, 1880. Mrs. Chase's family consists of five children - William S., Charles H., Martha, Byron S. and Sabin Ford, the latter a nephew whom she has adopted into her family.

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in Strasburg Township, Sept. 3, 1832. His parents, Samuel and Mary (Brown) Caskey, were natives of York and Lancaster Cos., Penn. His father was a miller by trade, and was born July 1, 1798. In 1835, his parents, with four children, came in wagons to Norton Township in this county. Here his father bought wild land, cleared a farm, and, in the meanwhile, worked at milling on shares. The latter business occupied the principal part of his time until 1869, when he gave up a calling in which he had engaged for nearly fifty years. Feb. 1, 1875, his wife died at the age of 75. Both were members of the M. E. Church, in which he still takes an active interest. In politics, he followed the fortunes of the Democratic party until the rise of the Republican party, to which he has since given his suffrage. He still lives at the old homestead in Norton, and lacks but a few days of being the oldest man in the township. J. G. Caskey lived at home until he reached his majority, working on the farm and in the mill. gaining a practical knowledge of both occupations. On becoming of age, he entered the Baldwin University at Berea, where he studied for two years. At the expiration of this term, he returned to the farm. spending his winters in teaching school for some two years. He then turned his attention exclusively to milling, which he followed until 1871. save two years while in the army. Aug. 30, 1862. he enlisted in Co. D. 29th O. V. V. [, and served two years, taking part in the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge. Mr. Caskey was subsequently taken ill and confined in the hospital at Murfreesboro. and later received a furlough and discharge. He returned home, and. after regaining his health, he resumed his milling business. conducted a restaurant for some nine years.

JOHN S. CLEMENS, foreman gearing department of Aultman, Miller & Co., Akron; a native of Stark Co., Ohio, was born Aug. 30, 1832, and is the oldest son in a family of three to Stark Co. previous to that war. At the age of 19, subject was apprenticed to learn blacksmithing at Paris, in Stark Co., where he worked until 1857, when he entered the employ of Aultman, Miller & Co. at Canton, as a blacksmith. He remained here until 1864, when, at the opening of the company's shops at Akron, he came here to take charge of the blacksmithing department, and was foreman of that department until 1869, when he was made foreman of the gearing department, which he has made very efficient. He was married in November, 1854, to Miss Elizabeth Flickmyer, of Paris, Ohio. They have two sons; a daughter died in childhood. :

JOEL R. CARTER, of Carter & Steward, millers, Akron, a son of Joel R. and Mary (Dyer) Carter, was born in Devonshire, England, March 13, 1841. His father was a miller, and when but a boy he began to learn the milling business. He worked in the City Mills of London, England, about five years, and in 1865, he came to the United States and to Akron. He entered the present mill, where he worked for Robert Turner one year, and, in 1868, bought a fourth interest in the firm. He became half-owner in 1873, with Mr. Steward, tirm Carter & Steward. In February, 1869, he was married to Miss Jane Rhodes, daughter of John Rhodes. of Cuyahoga Falls. There has been born of this marriage one son and one daughter. Mr. C. came here without capital, and by his own exertions has become one of Akron's stanch business men. His parents still reside in England, where his father has ment in the .Htna Mills, where he soon became foreman in the packing department. He went overland to California in 1850, encountering many perils and hardships. He remained there two years in the provision business, and returned home via Panama route. In 1855, he started a giocery on Market street, and by business partner of Jacob Dussell. When his sons John J. and William H. Cook grew up, he , took them into partnership, which lasted until | his death, Dec. 1, 1880. He was raised a Catholic, and at the organization of the German Catholic Church became a member, and was | for many years a trustee and liberal supporter | of it ; later in life was a member of the St. Vin- | cents Church. He was Councilman two years, and took an active interest in public affairs. ' He was married October 17. 1843, to Miss Mary Bilz, of Akron. She was born in Ger- »

' In poor health. he found he could not stand ° _ regular practice, so took up the study of dentistry with Dr. M. T. Willard. of Concord. N. H.. | in 1835. and after coming to Ravenna began its practice. He did a successful business then from 1836 to 1843. when he came to Akron

' and located here permanently. He remained in ' ' active practice here until his election as County . _ Treasurer in 1862, holding the office until

| 1867, being elected each time by the Republican party. He was Mayor of the incorporated ° village of Akron in 1848 and 1849, and member of the School Board two terms. Owing to : failing health, he has retired from active business. He was married July +. 1840, to Miss Mary L. Williamson, of Ravenna. Three chil- , dren by this marriage are living - Frances L. (Mrs. T. D. McGillicuddy); William H., bookkeeper ; and Charles K. His wife died June 19, 1862, in her 43d year. He is a Ohare member of Summit Lodge, No. 50. I. 0. O. F., | organized in 1845, and has always been an | active and zealous member of it; was Deputy | Grand Master one term. HENRY J. CHURCH, merchant, Akron.

Conn., in 1794, where the Church family settled on their arrival from England. in the latter part of the seventeenth century. The early members of the family were in the war of the Revolution. and he was in the war of 1812, and Adjutant in the Ohio militia. He settled in Rome. Ashtabula Co.. Ohio, in about 1804. Miss Susan Crowell, whom he married. was a

The Crowell family came from Connecticut about the same time that the Church family did, and were among the first pioneers of Rome. Ohio. Both fumilies were strong churchmen of the Episcopal faith. and Bishop Chase preached in his grandfather William Crowell's kitchen. as early as 1819. Episcopalians ever since.

of this sketch is the youngest. in her 73d year. in 1876. and he in his 63d year, in 1856. Henry J. Church was born at Thompson. Geauga Co.. Ohio. on April 16. 1845. In December. 1858, two years after his father's death, he came to Akron. where he entered the employ of Henry & Oberholser. as clerk, attending school during the winters for | six years. at the end of which time be became salesman. with Oberholser. Keller & Co.. con- | tinuing for five vears. when he received an in- | terest. which. at the end of one year. he sold © goods. In 1878. Mr. Beck retired, and the firm dropped his name. being Wolf & Church. Their business rooms are at Nos. 200 and 202 East Market street. being 100x37 feet dimensions, with basement and second story. They employ eleven men and two ladies as clerks, salesmen and book-keepers. On May 6, 1868. he married Miss Mary H. Sanford, daughter of D. G. Sanford, of Akron ; she bore him six children. five living. He was confirmed in the Episcopal Church in 1869. as was also his wife. For ten years he has been Superintendent of the Sabbath school. He is a member of Summit Lodge, No. 50, I. O. O. F.. and has been its presiding officer. and was one of the charter members of Akron Lodge, No. 547. whose organization he was among the first to suggest.

REV. W. W. CASE. Pastor of First M. E. Church. Akron ; is a son of William and Polly | (Hempsted) Case. natives of Rensselaer County. - N. Y., and was born Dec. 13,1838. His father | was a farmer, and he was brought up on a farm until 17 years of age. when he commenced teaching, and at 19 became Superintendent of | During the year | the ministry under the auspices of the M. EK. | Church, laboring for the first five years in i Western New York. In 1864, he was trans- | ferred to the Wisconsin Conference, and tilled successively the pulpits at Edgerton. Beloit. '

He is a member of the Examining Committee of Mt. Union College; has been a | member of the Board of Management of Lawrence University, and of Phcenix Literary Society of that institution.

CHARLES CRANZ. Secretary of Wadsworth Coal Co.. Akron; is a son of Daniel and Wilhemina (Renz) Cranz. and was born Feb. 13. 1817. in Wiesenbach Village, Wurtemberg, (rermany. He was cducated in his native country, and spent two years as an apprentice in adrug store. At the age of 17 he came to

Baltimore in July, 1834. They journeyed by team to Wheeling, Va., when the river proved | too low for navigation, and they continued on their journey by land to Holmes Co., Ohio, ° where the father, who was a Lutheran minister, had letters of introduction to parties. He | resided there until his death in 1876, in his | 87th year, having continued preaching until the age of 82. Subject worked on a farm in

Holmes County two years, when he started out for himself, securing a clerkship in Nashville, Holmes Co., for a short time, when he went to Canton and became a clerk in a hardware store

' stockholders of the First National Bank at their first meeting, being elected President, which | position he has since retained. The original together with F. A. Schneider (firm of C. Cranz & Co.), opened the first hardware store in the city ; while in business, donated arms to " Old John Brown." Continued for about ten years, when Mr. C. bought out his partner, and in 1865, L. B. Schneider became a partner, remaining as such until 1875, when subject sold stockholders and incorporators of J. F. Seiberling & Co., and was consecutively Director, General Agent, Secretary and Treasurer, and upon the failure of the company became one of the assignees. by request of the creditors and stockholders. He is at present Secretary.of the Wadsworth Coal Co. In September, 1845, he was married to Miss Margaret D. Schneider, daughter of F. A. Schneider, of Akron. They have four sons and one daughter, viz., Uharles, Jr., and Frank are in the mines of Arizona ; Harry, clerk in a hardware store in Omaha. Neb.; William S., a student in Lehigh University. and Emma R., is the wife of Thomas K. Perkins, of Akron.

FRANK D. CASSIDY, lawyer, Akron ; is a son of William P. and Caroline M. (Kohler) Cassidy, and was born Jan. 29, 1849. at Peninsula, Summit Co. His father was a carpenter and joiner, and moved to Akron about the year 1853; was a native of Blair Co.. Penn.. and was born in October. 1811. He was of Irish descent, his great-grandfather coming to Pennsylvania from Ireland, and the larger portion and died in June, 1878. leaving two sons and one daughter - Frank D. (subject); James H., physician at Sharon Centre, Medina Co., and Mary E., wife of D. G. Steese, of Akron.

study of the law with Edgerton & Kohler, and was admitted to the bar in March, 1879, and has been in practice here ever since. He was married Dec. 30, 1878, to Miss Sarah J. Francis, a daughter of Joseph Francis, Sr. They have one child - Carrie M.

JOHN H. CAMPBELL, lawyer, Akron ; is a son of John and Matilda (Ervine) Campbell; was born Nov. 9, 1848, in Wayne Co., and when an infant, the family moved to Hancock Co. He lived there on a farm until 1861, when the family moved back to Wayne Co. He began teaching in 1868, and in 1870 graduated in Mt. Union Commercial School; in the fall of 1871. he entered the Law Department of the Michigan University, from which he graduated March 26, 1873. and was admitted to the bar at Wooster in June, 1872. In April. 1873, he came to Akron, and began practice. and January. 1875, became a member of the firm of Edgerton, Kohler & Campbell. until August. 1876, when the firm was dissolved. and he has been alone since. He is now located in Mathews' block, over No. 127 South Howard street. In October. 1870. he was married to Carrie E. Oswald. of Wayne Co. They have three sons. His father (John Campbeil) was born in Greene Co., Penn., Oct. 29, 1810, and came there with his father, George Campbell, in 1822; his father dying three years thereafter. John virtually became the head of the family. and worked on the farm until the youngest child was 21 years old. January 21, 1842, he married Matilda Ervine, of Baughman Township, of that county. John H. is his only son.

NEWTON CHALKER. lawyer, Akron. James Chalker was born in Southington. Ohio, his parents being natives of Connecticut, as were also those of Miss Eliza Hyde, whom he married. and whose birthplace was Farmington, Trumbull Co.. Ohio. His ancestors settled in Saybrook, Conn., in about 1640, and his parents moved to Ohio in about the year 1805, as also did hers. To James and wiiza (Hyde) Chalker, at Southington, Ohio, on Sept. 12, 1842, was born the subject of this sketch, Newton Chalker, who spent his early youth at his native home, on a farm, until he was 15 years of age, a year previous to which time he entered the Western Reserve Seminary of Farmington, continuing with his studies there until he was 20, teaching in the district schools, in the meantime, from the age of 16. In June, 1862, he enlisted in Co. B, 87th O. V. 1, his term expiring in October of the same year. In the spring of 1863, his 21st year, he entered Alle- the freshman class; taking a classical course, he graduated in June, 1866. In the fall of the game year, he was elected by the Trustees of Dixon Seminary, at Dixon, IIl.. Principal. which position he filled for one year, when he was elected Superintendent of the Darlington Union Schools, Wisconsin. filling that position for the same length of time. In August, 1865, he entered the Law Department of the University of Albany, N. Y., graduating there in June. 1869. Shortly after his graduation, he opened an office for the practice of law in Cameron. Mo., where he remained five years.

CHARLES S. COBBS. City Solicitor. Akron, » was born near Alliance, Columbiana Co.. Ohio. | July 7, 1853. and lived on a farm until 18; he | entered Mt. Union College in the fall of 1872, | admission to the bar in May. 1880, at the session of the Supreme Court at Columbus, Ohio. atter which he located in Akron, and has been in active practice since. In April, 1881. he was elected City Solicitor. on the Republican ticket.

21, he came to Akron, where he soon estab- | lished a tannery on North Howard street, in : company with one James Sawyer, who was his | partner, running it under the firm name of | tannery on the same street, which they ran until 1856. when they built the present one, continuing as partners until 1879, when the firm dissolved, leaving subject proprietor, who then took in, as partners, his sons James, Jr., and William, under the firm name of James Cristy | & Sons. They are doing a good business at | the present time, manufacturing leather, buying | and selling leather, hides, furs and leather findings, and making a specialty of harness leather. In 1841, he started in business at this place with but $500, and whatever of success he has attained is the result of his own labor. energy and perseverance. In politics he is a Republithe party. A member of no church, he attends | the Congregational, and gives it his support. For several years he has been a member of the City Council. His father, a native of New Jer- | sey, was of Irish descent, and his mother, a Scotch lady, was born in Scotland. In 1812, | they came to Stark County from Northumberland Co., Penn., settling in Springfield Town- | ship. this county, two years later. purchasing 30 acres of land of Judge Hinckley, for whom the father of our subject was land agent. Our subject was one of nine children, of whom but | three are living - himself, a brother and Mrs. Sawyer, widow of his former partner. His father died in 1864, being in his 74th year, and his mother's death occurred in 1872, in her ! 83d year. Subject was married October, 1849, | to Miss Jennie Warner, of Akron, Ohio, and of this union five children were the issue. all of ' whom are living.

ALEXANDER H. COMMINS (deceased). | His father. Jedediah D. Commins, was born in | the town of Charlotte, Vt., on the 9th day of | July, 1790 ; in 1814, he was united in marriage with Sophia Field, of Wethersfield, Windsor Co.. Vt. They soon after removed to Western New York, where they resided until 1832. At! that date he came to Akron; here he found | but few improvements, but being a keen lover - i erected a residence on Fir street, ever since re- | tained by the family. Mr. Commins opened the first drug store in the village, and for many | years was the leading druggist of the town; | he was a very careful and precise merchant, | sustaining his credit through the panic of that period except his friend P. D. Hall. He espoused the principles of Democracy, and at once became a leader of his party in this section. Among the first he saw the advantages _ which would arise from the organization of a new county with Akron as its center, and, with unceasing efforts, he gave time and influence to that end ; he was sent asa lobby member to the Legislature, and to his labors with that body we are indebted largely for the organization of Summit County. But this was not his only measure of beneficence; he originated the idea of a rural cemetery, and secured the passage of a bill authorizing corporations to purchase lands for such purposes, and put his beautiful theory into operation in the purchase of 40 acres for the Akron Rural Cemetery, probably the first of its kind in the State. That he was denied the discipline of school training did not discourage a mind which could draw a lesson from every object of nature. He gathered, studied and classified a fine collection of insécts. minerals and flowers. He was an excellent botanist and a thorough student of nature ; he was familiar with the best works of French and English literature; he greatly admired Shakspeare, and could repeat many passages from memory, and could read the French language with ease. He was a highly esteemed and influential citizen, who labored earnestly for the public weal as foremost champion of every good work. He. died in 1867, respected by all. Alexander H. Commins, oldest son of Jedediah D. Commins, was born at Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y., June 21, 1815; at 17, he came with his father to this locality, and erelong entered the Western Reserve College, at Hudson, where. he spent some time in laying the foundation for his future usefulness. On voted his talents to that business. with Col. Simon Perkins, he became interested in the woolen mills of Akron; he continued in the manufacture of woolen goods for a period of ten years, and, in 1856, converted it into a ship with Jacob and Jesse Allen, which lasted until 1866. In company with Albert Allen, in 1867, he purchased the old stone mills. which have since been known asthe Commins & Allen Mills, on account of the large and important them. During the period of copartnership of Mr. Commins with Mr. Albert Allen, mutual friendship and confidence became so strong that Mr. Commins so fashioned his will that his es teemed partner was given entire control of his large business and estate until the heirs should reach their majority, and, in case of the death of their mother, he should become the guardian of his children and executor of his will, and all without bonds (de bonis non). This

| partnership continued with the most cordial relations, until his death, Aug. 17, 1880. Mr. Commins was raised in the Presbyterian Church, but later in life gave his support to the Episcopal Church. He inherited many of the admirable traits of his father, having excellent business capacity ; an extensive reader, he was well informed on all current topics. He, like his father. was a stanch Democrat. and although he never sought office, had those qualities which stamped him as a leader of his party in this county and district. hence he was nominated for many positions of honor and trust. Oct. 8, 1860, he was united in marriage

GEORGE W. CROUSE, manufacturer, Akron. George W. Crouse, manufacturer of reapers and mowers, at Akron. Summit Co.. Ohio. was born November 23, 1832. at Tallmadge, same county. He is the son of George Crouse, a native of Pennsylvania, and Margaret H. (Robinson) Crouse, of Irish descent. His boyhood was passed on a farm, during which period he acquired such knowledge of the English branches as, at the age of 17, enabled him to teach school in a creditable manner, which occupation he engaged in for a period of five years. Ambition, which country school-teaching and farming could not satisfy, having entered " the chamber of the gifted boy," he commenced looking about him for more congenial employment, and so it happened that, in 1855, he came to Akron with no other capital than ene..y, integrity, common sense and determination to aid him in securing such a position as he desired. Arriving here, he very soon found employment under the County Auditor and Treasurer, as accountant and penman, in both of which he excelled. He held these positions for three years, during which time he became itor, being only 25 years of age, and. at that time, the youngest officer ever elected in the county. He held this office during the following two years, and was then re-elected, but. before the expiration of his second term, a vacancy occurred in the office of County Treasurcr, » which the County Commissioners appointed him to fill. This led to the resignation of lis office as Auditor. His conduct in these offices had become so favorably known throughout the county that he was solicited to accept a responsible agency for the Atlantic & (rreat Western as far as Akron. The agency being local. lie accepted, and conducted both the business of his county office and that of his new cagagement with great care and efficiency. Abont the 20th of Auyust. 1863. he connected! biniself with the firm of C. Aultman & Co.. being

Akron. In co-operation with J. R. Buchtel, he superintended the erection of the new buildings of the same. at the same time attending | wholly to the financial managementof the branch | name of Aultman. Miller & Co.. of which, as a ° stockholder, Mr. Crouse was elected Secretary '| and Treasurer, his duties being to manage the | rapidly increased that. in 1880. the machines manufactured were 12,000. the gross saies amounting to 31,800,000. The capital invested is $1,000,000, the business giving employment to over 400 men. Decidedly successful, this company has returned a dividend each year to its stockholders. Mr. Crouse has done his full the * Buckeye Mower and Reaper." His qualities of industry and rare ability have caused him to be much sought by his townsimen for local offices. A member of the City Council, he has served as its President: member and President of the Board of Education. he has been three years a County Commissioner. and Chairman of the County Central Republican Committee. He is a member of the Protestant

Episcopal Church, and, for some years, has been a Vestryman of the same. In addition to the business in which he is principally engaged, he has encouraged and aided other business enterprises in Akron, among which were the Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Co., the Akron Rubber Works, doing business as B. F. Goodrich & Co., a joint stock company in which he is a Director; the Akron Manilla Paper Co., doing business as Thomas Phillips & Co., a copartnership in which he is a onethird owner. In 1870, he assisted to organize the Bank of Akron, in which he is a stockholder, and of which he is President. In politics, he is a Republican, carrying the same earnestness into the partisanship of his political convictions that characterizes him elsewhere. He married Miss Martha K. Parsons, ot Purtage County, on Oct. 18, 1859, of which union there are five children, four daughters and one son, viz., Martha P., Julia M., Mary R., Nellie J. and George W., Jr.

ARTHUR L. CONGER. manufacturer, Akron, was born to John and Hannah (Beales) Conger Feb. 19, 1838, in Boston, this county, Ohio. He spent his early days working on his father's farm and in his brick-yard, until he was 20 years old, when he spent two summers boating on the Ohio Canal. attending school in winter, by his own efforts gaining such knowledge of the English branches as enabled him » to teach, which vocation he followed from 1860 to July, 1862, when he enlisted in the 115th O. V. I. as a private soldier, having recruited a large number of men before entering the service. Of this company he was successively made Ist Lieutenant and Captain, serving with it nearly three years in the Army of the Cumberland under Gen. Thomas, being mustered out in July, 1864, having been for much of the time on detached duty. Assigned to the staff of Gen. Ammon, as Acting Assistant Adjutant General, at Covington, Ky.; there he acted al- 30 as Provost Marshal, and served as a member of the court martial under Judge Advocate R. M. Corwin, serving on this court 100 days, during which time a large number of important cases were disposed of. By Mr. Corwin's special request, he then became a member of a new court martial subsequently organized, but his regiment being ordered to the front, he went with it, and was detailed in the Engineer Corps as an Assistant Inspector of railroad and Mr. Conger returned to Boston, and for a year after worked on a farm, when, in 1866. he was elected Treasurer of his native county, serving one term, when he was re-elected and served the second term, in all four years. His wife, formerly Miss Emily V. Bronson, of Pe- -ninsula (second daughter of H. V. Bronson, whom see sketch), whom he married Nov. 1, 1864, proved herself truly worthy by assisting him at that time, doing whatever of writ- _ing he could place in her hands, which saved for him no small amount of the salary which otherwise had been placed in the pocketbook

It cannot be estimated how | much of men's success, financially and other- | wise. is due to their wives' helpful, loving | In 1867, Mr. Conger moved | to Akron, and, in 1870, he became a stock- | built up by his sagacity and personal efforts. | The business of the company was manufactur- , ing mower and reaper knives, sickles, sections,

George Barnes & Co., of Syracuse, N. Y., under | the name of The Whitman & Barnes Manufact- | uring Co.. with works at Akron, Ohio, and Syra- - cuse. N. Y. Of this new company he was made | Vice President. with increased responsibilities. . Later the company established works at Can- | ton, Ohio, and St. Catharines, Ontario, and Mr. Conger was given the management of the western business. specialty of manufacturing mower and reaper the Board of Education of Akron, and Secreof the same. Treasurer of Portage Township and the city of Akron. He is a prominent Republican, and an active and sagacious worker in its organization. Has been for many years a member | of the Republican County Central and State Committees, and, in 1880, served as Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee. He is a member and vestryman of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Akron. He has four children, viz.: Kenyon Bronson, Erastus Irving (deceased), Arthur Whitman and Latham Hubbard. WILSON M. DAY, associate editor of the Daily Beacon, Akron, is of New England parentage. His father, Rev. William F. Day, D. D.,

Springfield, Mass., Nov. 11, 1821, and his mother, whose maiden name was Ann Delia Grover, was born in Tolland, Conn., March 19, 1822. Both came to the West early in life. | second son, was born in Clarion, Clarion Co.,

65; Jamestown, N. Y., in 1866-67; removing to Akron for the second time in August, 1868. Completing his preparatory studies in the Jamestown, N. Y., Union School and Collegiate Institute, trom which he graduated June 17, 1868, he entered the Sophomore Class of Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, in the

Daily Beacon, under Mr. 8. A. Lane, in August, 1871, and upon the accession of Mr. T. C. Reynolds to the editorship, in December of that year, became associate editor, which position he has since held, with the exception of an interval of about six months - from November, 1874, to May, 1875 - when he served as night editor of the Cleveland Leader. In March, 1876, he sailed for Europe, spending six months abroad, and visiting England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, Bavaria, (Germany and Switzerland. He was married, May 19, 1878, to Mattie A., eldest daughter of Judge N. D. Tibbals, and has had two children, one of whom died June 7, 1880.

terer, and our subject learned the trade of him when a boy and engaged at it at Akron until 1877, controlling from fifteen to thirty hands and executing plain and ornamental work on the principal buildings of Akron. October, 1877, he opened a grocery and provision store at 624

Co., Ohio. and brothers are: Miss Flora, of Akron; Samuel, of Akron; Mary M., wife of J. H. Arm. strong, Wayne Co., Ohio ; Miss Laura, of Akron. and Miss Adelia, a student at Oberlin.

man. on the 11th day of April, 1831. He was baptized on the 27th, and confirmed at the adjoining town of Elberfeld April 7, 1846, by the Rev. F. W. Krummacher, D. D., afterward court preacher of William IV. After his confirmation he entered as apprentice in a counting-house at Elberfeld, where he remained two years. In the spring of 1848, with the family of his father, he sailed for the United States. and landed at New York City in June. They journeyed westward to Wooster, Ohio, where our subject, not being able to speak English, found employment in a tannery, and served a thorough apprenticeship at the tanner and currier's trade for three years with one Harvey Robinson. He then worked at his trade as journeyman throughout the cities of Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Michigan, and while soj urning at Detroit in 1854, from his convictions of duty for some time impressed upon his mind, he determined to study for the ministry. From this time he so shaped his affairs that in September, 1855, he entered Franklin and Marshall College at Lancaster, Penn., from which he graduated in 1860. He then entered for two years the theological seminary at Mercersburg, Penn., graduating in 1862. He became a member of the Philadelphia Classis of the Reformed Church, and was by it ordained to the work of the ministry June 15, 1862, and simultaneously began his ministerial labors in the organization of a German congregation in West Philadelphia, which was effected in 1862, and was known as the German Evangelical Reformed Emanuel's Church. On Sept. 23, 1862, he married Miss Catherine M. Kopp, of Lancaster, Penn. His eighteen years, during which he built a large church and commodious parsonage, and raised the membership to 245 communicants. But Mr. Dahlman's labors were not confined to simply his own congregation. He was Stated Clerk of the Philadelphia Classis from 1863 to 1873, and while in that body labored, and also in the General Synod of which he was Assistant of the church, and to his efforts are largely due the organization of the German Classis, which leaves that element in the Church unfettered to advance the interests of their people without the restraint of geographical limits. He also labored for the organization of the German Synod, of which he is Stated Clerk. Mr. Dahlman received the degree of Doctor of Divinity | from Ursinus College, of Collegeville, Penn., in 1880. In November, 1880, Dr. Dahlman received a call to the pastorate of the First German Reformed Church of Akron, and severing the valued and cordial relations with his first charge, he assumed the new duties in 1880.

ceiving common school advantages. He entered a hotel when 21 at Watkins, N. Y., serving as clerk some four years. In 1858, he removed to Elmira, N. Y., and clerked in a hotel until 1862, when he went to Penn Yan, N. Y., remaining two years in a like position. July 13, 1864, he came to Akron and clerked for Brown & Folger, in the Empire House, until April 1, 1866, when he bought the entire stock and furniture and leased the building, conducting the house with fair success until 1876, a year later leasing the Cascade House, which hotel he still conducts. The house is convenient to the depot, and has thirty-six light, airy, comfortable rooms for guests, and the proprietor furnishes his table with the substantials and luxuries of the season. He was married July 4, 1864, to Julia A. Kitchen, of Wayne County, N. Y. They have one daughter.

native of Pennsylvania. He was born in Providence Township, Luzerne Co., of that State, April 30, 1848, and is the second of five children born to Silas and Phoebe (Drake) Durand, a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this work. William lived at home until he was 26 years of age. At the age of 16 he was apprenticed to a brass molder and served about three years; he then came to Akron and took the position of laborer in the freight house of the N. Y., P. & O. R. R., and has been in the employ of the company ever since, save about eighteen months. By strict attention to business, he has been advanced through the different positions up the important one he now holds. During some ten years of his time with this company, he had charge of the ticket department of the road at this station. In November, 1877, he accepted the position of bookkeepér for Barber & Grant, grain dealers, but returned to the employ of the railroad in the spring of 1879. He has held his present position upward of eleven years, save the time | stated. Feb. 25, 1874, he was married to Miss Sarah Berg, a native of Akron, and daughter of Anton and Augusta (Capella) Berg. By this marriage there are two children - Lottie A. and Edward J.

DIEHL & CASKEY, house furnishing, decoration and floorcovering, Akron. This firm was established in 1875 by Diehl & Oviatt. In 1878, the business was moved to Nos. 219 and 221 East

Market street, where the business occcupies the entire three floors, 90x40 feet. In 1880, the present partnership succeeded the old firm, Mr. Caskey buying the interest of Mr. Oviatt. This is the only house in the city dealing exclusively in this line of goods. W. H. Diehl of this firm is a native of Summit County, being born in Manchester July 5, 1843. His father, Daniel Diehl, came here from York County, Penn., and settled in Franklin Township, this county, in 1827; he married Miss Hannah Harter. W.H. Diehl was the second of four children born of this marriage. His younger days were spent in Manchester, but at the age of 11 years his parents moved on a farm, where he remained until 1861. In August of this year he enlisted in the 2d O. V. C., and served three years, taking part in the engagements and raids led by Gen. Sanders to Knoxville ; at Bull's Gap, Richmond, Ky., where he was slightly wounded, but remained with his company; at Lebanon, Ky., Huff's Ferry, Tenn., Campbell's Station, at the siege of Knoxville, and in the march to Atlanta. In September. 1864, he returned home and attended school at Akron. In the following spring, he entered a dry goods store of Akron as clerk, where he was engaged for eight years. In 1871, he engaged with Oliver Baker as clerk in the carpet | business, and some four years later, opened up a business of his own. Mr. Diehl, on Sept. 26, 1867, married Miss Mary A. Sisler, a daughter of Dr. William Sisler, of Akron. This marriage has been blessed with three children - John, Jennie and Fred.

SILAS DURAND, General Station Agent New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, Akron; was born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., March 7, 1822, and is the third child of a family of five children born to Samuel and Phcebe (Barner) Durand ; his father was a farmer, and Silas assisted on the farm, gaining his rudimentary education at the district schools until the age of 19; at this time, he began attending an academy, and, after studying a year, he began teaching, following this occupation for a number of years in York State and Pennsylvania, in Providence and Scranton. In 1848, he engaged with a mercantile establishment in Dunmore, near Scranton, as book-keeper, where he reremained until 1850. Moving then to Monroeville, Ohio, he engaged with the firm of D. Squires & Co., merchants of that place, and continued with them for about two years, when the business was destroyed by fire, and the firm dissolving by mutual consent, the business was not revived. Mr. Durand then went to Crestline and took charge of the books of a warehouse and lumbering establishment, continuing here some four or five years, during which time he served one term as Mayor of the village. From this point he went to Delaware, and became Auditor and Treasurer of the S., Mt. V. & P. Railway, holding the position until the sale of the road some three vears instructed the agents along the line toward Galion ; November, 1864, he was sent by H. F. Sweetzer, General Superintendent, as agent at Akron, Ohio ; in the following spring, he moved his family to Akron, and has since been a resident of the city. While teaching at Providence, Penn., he married Miss Nancy Drake, a native of that city; five children have blessed this union - Mary H., now Mrs. Parrott, of Bryan. Ohio; William A.; Norman N.; Frank S., baggage master and car clerk at Akron; and Eugene, deceased November, 1864, at Galion. Mr. Durand is an old member of the Methodist Church, dating his connection with the church some thirty-eight years back. In politics, he affiliates with the Democratic party, but is more infiuenced by the fitness of the candidate than by his party connections.

Doyle & Co., Akron ; was born in Portage Co., Ohio, Oct. 25, 1823, and is the eighth of ten children of John and Polly (Bigelow) Dix. who were natives of Vermont and came to Portage Co. in 1813; he was a stone-cutter by trade, and also followed farming ; he cleared up a farm in Portage Co., on which he died July 4, 1839. Mrs. Dix is still living in the vicinity of the old homestead at the advanced age of 91 years. The subject lived at home until 1846 ; in the fall of that year, he married Miss Rosette Durham, who died in 1857 ; they had three children, two of whom are living - Ella R. and Edwin H. Mr. Dix came to Akron in 1847, and worked as a carpenter until 1852; in company with Nathaniel Finch the firm of J. H. Dix & Co. was tinued until 1856, when the mill was burned ; after burning out, the firm erected the brick mill now occupied by W. B. Doyle & Co.; in 1857, the firm of J. H. Dix & Co. sold out, and Mr. Dix worked as foreman seven years in the same mill with different firms; he in September, 1865, became a partner in W. B. Doyle & Co., which has since continued. April 10, 1863, he was married a second time to Miss Celia Stowell, a native of Connecticut, who came to Summit Co. with her parents about the year 1853 ; three children are the result of this marriage, viz., Harry N. G., Marian J. B. and Bertie C. W. Mr. D. has affiliated with three political parties - was raised a Democrat, then was a Republican, and of late years has been a Greenbacker.

W. B. DOYLE, of the firm of W. B. Doyle & Co., 'lumber dealers and manufacturers, Akron, Ohio, was born in Franklin Co., Penn., March 5, 1825, and is the youngest of three children born to Thomas J. 8. and Ann (Taylor) Doyle. His mother was a native of Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Penn. His father, Thomas J.S., was a native of Franklin Co., Penn.. and was the son of Barnabas, the son of Felix Doyle, who came from Ireland to this country, and, as near as can be learned, first settled in Eastern Pennsylvania, and afterward joined a party of pioneers who attempted to make a settlement at Burnt Cabins, in Southwestern Pennsylvania. which was then Indian territory. These settlers were driven out by the soldiers under orders of the Governor, and their cabins burned. This was before the French and Indian wars. Afterward he purchased 1,000 acres of land in Franklin Co., then a wilderness, and settled there, where four generations have since lived. Thomas J.S. Doyle was raised 4 farmer ; during the latter part of his life he engaged in mercantile business at Concord, in his native county. W. B. Doyle was also raised on the farm, and received a limited common-school education. At the age of 13, he went to Shippensburg, Penn., where he apprenticed to the cabinet trade, and served for three years; he then returned home, and soon after visited his brother, a manufacturer of fanning-mills at Williamsport, Md. While here. he determined to go to Tiffin, Ohio, taking a boat on the canal, which met with an from there to Pittsburgh (ninety miles), where he worked a few months and then resumed his journey, stopping at Akron, where he got a job at his trade, and concluded not to go to Tiffin. He worked at his trade, and in the fall bought the business of his employers. Being short of funds, he fell back with the rent, and in the spring he made a trip to Pennsylvania, where he made some collections, and returned and paid his rent, continuing in the business several years, when he sold out and engaged in the meat business, which he followed for fifteen years. He then occupied a farm near Akron he had previously bought, and lived on same for four years, when he sold the place and stock for $16,000. . Going back to his old home in Pennsylvania, he decided to go to Tennessee, but having some business in Akron, he visited the city, and while there bought the lumber manufacturing business of S. G. Wilson, the consideration being $35,000, and associated J. H. Dix and Daniel Farnam with himself, styling the firm W. B. Doyle & Co.; they have continued to the present. Mr. Doyle has been four times married ; first in 1845 to Miss Phebe Budd, a native of Ithaca, N. Y.; she died about the year 1850. Thesecond wife was Miss Harriet Sage, a native of Monroe Co., N. Y.; she died in 1862 ; of their two children one is living. The third wife was Miss Mary Ann Lantz, a native of Akron, Ohio ; she died in her native city ; they had three children. viz.: Willie, Della and Dean. all athome. His present wife was Mrs. Louisa Baird, a native of Springfield Township, Summit Co., Ohio. They have one child, viz., Anna.

WILLIAM EMMITT, retired, Akron, whose portrait appears in this history as a representative pioneer ot Springfield Township. was born Sept. 20, 1805. His people are of Scotch origin, though his grandfather was a native of Ireland. He emigrated to the United States in an early day and settled in Lancaster Co., Penn. During the war of 1812, when the Indians were. giving the settlers in Montour Co. (whither they had removed) so much trouble, he returned to Lancaster Co. When | the Indian troubles had subsided, he removed to what is now Columbia Co., Penn. There | John Emmitt, the father of William, was mar- | large family of small children, was left to manage the farm and bring her family to honorable manhood and womanhood. William attended school until he was 12 years old, and then had no more opportunities for doing so until he was 18, except a few weeks in his 17th year. When 18, he spent three months only in school, but he had a natural aptitude for learning, and with the poor opportunities afforded him he succeeded in getting a good education, and in becoming a good civil engineer, a business that he has spent more or less time at since his becoming a resident of Summit Co. In September, 1829, he married Miss Mary McBride, an old schoolmate, and, in the following April, they began a twelve days' journey westward by team, which brought them to their new home in Springfield Township. Two children were born to them - Franklin and

| Tallmadge Township. They were given a liberal start by their father, and have profited by his kindness. Mr. Emmitt first bought 125 acres of land upon his arrival in Springfield, and though he has bought, sold and given away other tracts since that time, he still.owns his original purchase. During his residence in the township of Springfield, he held the different offices of Township Trustee, Clerk and Justice, besides, in 1870, he took the census of several townships of Summit Co. The 1st of April, 1875, he bought a neat little home in Akron, whither he and his wife removed. Mrs. Emmitt, however, lived but a short time to enjoy the rest she had sorichly earned. On

Mr. Emmitt is a member of the Disciples' Church, and during his life he has always taken an active interest in the building-up of churches and schools and in the cause of temperance.

G. L. W. EDAM, of Edam & Johnston, manufacturers of white lime, etc., Akron, is a native of Baden, Germany, and was born April 21, 1849, and came to the United States with his parentswhen but 3 or 4 years old. They settled in Cleveland, where they now live. In business in partnership with his brother J. A. (firm of Edam Bros.), in Cleveland, and in 1875 he came to Akron and built the present manufactory. They continued business here and in Cleveland until January, 1879, when subject became the sole proprietor, and the following January he took Mr. C. N. Johnston in as a partner, and the firm still continues. At first the business was nothing more than a lime manufactory, and has since added commercial

He was married May 5, 1874, to Miss Mary Groh, a native of Cleveland. They had three children, two living - Mary Annie and George Adam; Anna Clara is dead.

native of Northampton Co., Penn., where he was born Oct. 6, 1810. His father, John Erasmus, was a tailor by trade, though he taught John, both of whom are well-to-do farmers of | _ ing qualified himself at Bethlehem College. He school a considerable portion of the time, havdied in Philadelphia about 1817; he was a native of Lehigh Co., Penn., and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. At the age of 10 years, Timothy was put to work on a farm in his native county, where he worked until he to the cabinet trade, serving three years in Bethlehem. He then went to Philadelphia, where he worked several years, participating, while there,

From here he went to Easton, where he worked two years at the carpenter's trade ; thence to New York City, and in 1836, he went to Massillon by wagon with a friend. Here he remained one year, working at the carpenter's trade. when he went to Clay Co., Ind., and entered some land. He made his way west on foot and returned in the same way to Massillon in the following spring. 1839, he came to Akron, where he has lived since. He engaged at his trade of carpenter and builder until the past ten years, during which he has lived a retired life. October 19 1841, he married Miss Clarissa K. Smith, a native of Connecticut ; she came West with her parents when young. She died in 1850, leaying three children, all of whom have since died. January 3, 1854, he married Mrs. Anson, formerly Mary J. Barriball, a native of Baltimore

JOHN GEORGE EBERHARD, Eberhard Manufacturing Co., Akron, Ohio, was born in Baden, Germany, March 21, 1829, where he went to school until he was 14 years old, and in addition to public schools, he for three years had instruction in mechanical arts. He also worked in his father's shop (his father was a tool-maker), and at 16 could fashion almost any edged tool. At 19, he went to Berne, Switzerland, and worked for a short time in a carriage-shop ; also worked a short time in a manufactory of agricultural implements, when he returned home. Soon after, he was drafted into the German army, when he left without pass, and went to France ; sailing from Havre, he arrived in New York Aug. 31, 1850. From there he went to Newark, N. J., where he worked for | a time in edge tools, carriage-shop, and at ship-building, and afterward in a harness and trimming shop and forging wrought-iron hames. In the fall of 1859, he came to Sharon, Medina Co., Ohio, where he bought a farm, when for six years he engaged in farming and in the manufacture of wooden and wrought-iron hames. In December, 1866, he came to Akron, and built a shop for the manufacture of hames and machinery. Shop was in Akron until November, 1880, when he moved it to Cleveland, where it is now in successful operation under the name of Eberhard Manufacturing Co. He was married May 22, 1852, to Miss Louisa Clauser. of Newark, N. J. She in Wurtemberg, Germany, and came to the United States in October, 1850. Three sons and four daughters were born of this marriage - George F., Louisa, John J. Anna C.. Frederick, Bertha and Katie. Mr. E., in 1875, invented the "hollow hame." now largely used. He is a member of the German

WILLIAM EBERHARD, Akron; son of | George F. and Mary Catharine (Miller) Eberhard; was born in Baden, Germany, June 17, 1837. His father was a manufacturer of edged tools, near Millheim, Baden, and with him our subject worked at odd times from his 10th to his 16th year. When 10 years old, he made a pocket knife. When 16, the family came to the |

United States, reaching Akron in December, 1852. William worked for Lorenzo Chamberlain, in Copley Township, during the first year, at agricultural implements, and on the farm. Afterward, for two years, he worked with his brother at Sharon in the blacksmith-shop. In 1857, he went to Keokuk Co., Iowa, and worked there a year in his brother's shop; thence to Washington, same State, where he engaged in the forging department of the engine machineshop, working his way up until he was given a partnership in the business for his services. In the summer of 1861, he enlisted in the 5th Iowa Vv. I. He passed through the Missouri campaigns with Gens. Fremont and Halleck; was at New Madrid, and Island No. 10, and was in the battle of Iuka, Miss. September, 1862, he was wounded by a musket ball, while his regi- rebel ranks of Gen. Price. Only twelve men of his company (F) came out of the battle alive. Twenty of these brave men were buried in one grave, and twelve were badly wounded. The shot fractured the bone, one and a half inches bone were taken out; the ball split and tore away a large portion of the muscles of the upper arm. He lay twenty-four hours, weak from loss of blood, on the field, and then walked some | miles to Iuka. By constant application of water he saved his arm from amputation ; but it is still badly disabled. While at Corinth, Miss., in the camp hospital, weak and covered with vermin, from which, in his helplessness, he could not protect himself, the surgeons decided to amputate his arm; but a woman, named Mrs. A. M. Penfield, dressed and bound it, setting the bone, and attended him for a week, thus saving it for him. He was discharged at Keokuk, Iowa, Feb. 27, 1863. He was foreman and | partner in the machine-shops at Washington, | Towa, for two years; and, in 1865, he came to Akron, Ohio, where, on July 2, 1867, he mar- |

& J. G. Eberhard, and manufactures oat-meal machinery, engines and boilers. He has taken out several patents, the principal ones being | for the improvement of oat-meal machinery and steam boilers. He has suffered by fire =

' was employed as teacher. ' came to Akron a stranger, and with but 33 . in money ; after being here a few days, he be- ; gan the study of law with Judge Rufus P.

when he was but two years old. and, having left his family in actual proverty. His widow moved with her family to Ontario Co.. N. Y., where he (subject) 'lived until he was 8 years old. when he | started in life for himself, and by his own indomitable energy managed to educate himself

Spaulding, and, in 1846. graduated from the : Cincinnati Law School. and was admitted to the bar in that city. He opened an office here in 1846, and was elected Prosecuting Attorney in 1852, serving four years; in 1858, he was elected to Congress, and re-elected in 1860, the second Republican elected from this district ; assisted in organizing the Republican party at | Pittsburgh, in 1856. His term expired in Con- | gress in 1863, when he was appointed Chief Justice of Idaho by President Lincoln, and took his there to Salt Lake City, sleeping on the ground during the trip, and via coach to Mississippi River; proceeding to Washington, he succeeded in having Montana organized, the bill for which he prepared himself. After its passage, he set out to return home, and upon his arrival at

1865, when he resigned, his resignation being accepted in July, 1865. He returned to Akron in January, 1866, ov...and, and has been in active practice here since. In April, 1849, he

NEWTON FORD, City Clerk, Akron, son of | Marvin and Lydia (Cornwell) Ford ; was born on March 24, 1852, in Northfield 'Township, this county, where he resided on a farm until

1863 ; he Fed chile shee berestiea.s in Hudson from 1863 to 1868, assisting father in post office and store at Macedonia; in the spring of 1870, he entered the Western Reserve College, remaining until 1873, when he began teaching in the public schools of this county. The following year, he began the study of law under H. B. "Foster, of Hudson; two years later, he came to Akron to continue his studies with Foster. Marvin & Grant ; the practice of his profession, up to which time | he had continued at intervals in the vocation of | teaching. In February, 1878, he associated him- - self with H. C. Sanford, having since continued .

under the firm name of Sanford & Ford. He was elected Clerk by the City Council in April, 1879. and re-elected in 1880. In November, 1879. he married Miss Rosine McKinley. of Hudson.

law under the direction of W. H. Upson ; was admitted to the bar in 1869. and entered upon the practice of his profession at Akron. In 1873, he formed a partnership with W. H. Upson. which continues.

SAMUEL FINDLEY, Superintendent of Schools, Akron, is a son of Abel Findley, a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish descent. Our subject was born in New Concord. Ohio, Dec. 1, 1831, where his grandfather, David Findley, settled in about 1806. His grandfather was Judge of the court in early times, and gave each of his six sons a one-fourth section of land near New Concord. Samuel is the second son living of his father. He lived on the farm, entering the Preparatory Department of the Muskingum College when quite young and continuing there until about 17° when

Ohio, where he assisted in farm labor two years, and then taught country schools in the same county some four years, in the meantime teaching one year in the Xenia Public Schools. In 1855, he went to Cincinnati, and for two years was publisher and manager of the Presbyterian partner, and again resuming school-teaching near Monmouth, continuing two years with good success. In the fall and winter of 1859, he was the agent of Monmouth College, working in Ohio. In 1860, he began teaching in Greene Co., and in the fall of 1861, became teacher in the Xenia Union Schools, leaving that position after a few months to accept a call to the principalship of a ward school of Columbus, Ohio. Here he taught two years. In June, 1864, he was called to the principalship of the old Brownell Street School of |

Cleveland. In 1865, a new building was substituted, and he organized the new school, with eighteen teachers, remaining until the fall of 1868, when he was called to the superintendency of the Akron Schools, which position he , that time, Clerk of the Board. and member of the City Board of Examiners since 1870. For twenty years he has been a member of the State Teachers' Association. dent of the Superintendents' Section, and President of the Association in 1877. He received a State certificate; was given the degree of A. M. by Buchtel College in 1876, and, in 1880, that of Ph. D. from Wooster University. March, 1853, he married Miss Mary A. Hardie, of Xenia, Ohio. She bore him four sons and two daughters ; all are living.

PROF. ELIAS FRAUNFELTER, Professor of Mathematics in Buchtel College, Akron ; is a son of John and Elizabeth (Reaser) Fraunfelter, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1846, settling near, Ashland, where they resided until their death, she in 1871 and he in 1879, leaving three sons and six daughters. Of this family, the subject is the second son, and was born near Haston, Northampton but 6 years of age. He lived on a farm until 17, when he began teaching in the public schools of Ashland, and about the same time entered Vermilion Institute, and was made Tutor of Mathematics in 1859, continuing as

| O. V. L, organized at Mansfield. He entered , a8 @ private, and was soon after made Sergeant, : then Orderly Sergeant, and after the battle of ; Chickasaw Bluffs and Arkansas Post was com- | missioned First Lieutenant. He was detailed | as aide-de-camp to Gen. Osterhaus, commanding Ninth Division of Thirteenth Army Corps. | In May, 1863, he was commissioned Captain of | Co. F in his regiment, and commanded it in all the engagements during the seige of Vicksburg. ' He was made Adjutant of the 120th O. V. L, ' and was with Gen. Banks in the invasion of ; Louisana after the fall of Vicksburg. His regiment was with Gen. Banks on the Red River : Expedition, and on the 4th of May, 1864, he _ and a large portion of the regiment were cap- | tured at Snaggy Point, on Red River, and were taken to different points, until finally landed at rebel prison in Texas called Camp Ford, where they were confined for thirteen months, and were badly treated and ill-fed on chopped corn. - He and Capt. Milier were the only ones exchanged at New Orleans in July, 1865, were furloughed home and mustered out at Columbus in August. He then returned to Vermilion Institute as teacher of mathematics, remaining until spring of 1866, when he with Rev. 8. T. Boyd organized Savannah Academy, at Savannah, Ohio, a private school, where he continued until 1873, successfully put up large buildings, and in the fourth year (1870) cata. logued 385 students. In 1873, he came to Akron, and accepted the Chair of Mathematics in Buchtel College, which he still fills. He was well, a daughter of Rev. J. P. Caldwell, of Barnesville, Ohio. They have one son and one daughter. Prof. F. received the degree of Master of Arts in Bethany College in 1873,

Whittlesey, and was born in Tripoli, Syria, near Beyrout, Jan. 21, 1853; his parents were missionaries. When he was about 2 years old, _they returned to America; his mother died Dec. 24, 1854, off Sandy Hook; his father came on with his child to Tallmadge, where he lived with his uncle, Dr. L. C. Walton. of 1870, the subject entered Western Reserve of 1874. He spent the next three years in | Cornell University in post-graduate studies, | received the degree of A. M. in 1876, Ph. D. in | 1877; the next year was spent in Tallmadge | with his father, and during the summer and | fall of 1878 was assistant historian on Cuya- | hoga County History, published by Lippin- | cott & Co. In the fall of 1878, he began reading law with Marvin & Grant, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1879, at Wooster. He at ! once became a member of the firm, with whom he had studied. He was married July 30, 1879, | to Miss Harriet M., daughter of Prof. Hosford, of Hudson.

REV. JOSEPH F. FAHS, minister, Akron ; © was born at York, Penn., Jan. 18,1825. At ' 14 he entered a store as clerk at Litiz, Penn., remaining four years, in the meantime, through | his own endeavors, obtaining a fair knowledge | of the English branches. At 18, he returned | to York, where he again clerked in a store and | recited, in his leisure moments, to a Moravian : minister. In two years he began teaching in a ° private school. continuing about two years, at the same time carrying on his studies, when he was appointed a teacher in the York Co. Academy, and there pursued the languages. At the - expiration of one year, he taught vocal music, and engaged in the study of theology and ' languages. At this time, through his own efforts, he was proficient in Latin and Greek. In 1851, he placed himself under the instruction of the Rev. Dr. Seiss, of Cumberland, Md., for about one and one-half years. In 1852, he : was licensed to preach by the Maryland Synod . of the Lutheran Church, and began his minis- | terial labors at Hancock, Md., where he re- | mained three years, at the end of which time his health failed. After recovering, he took charge of a Lutheran Church in Newtown, Va., | for fourteen months, when his health again | failed. His next field of labor was at Williamsport, Penn.; here he continued five years, and was then called to Allentown, Penn., where he | labored for about ten years with good success, pert of the time teaching in Nuremburg Col- | lege. In October, 1872, he came to Akron, where he became Pastor of the Evangelical | Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, which position he still retains, having more than trebled the membership of the church in less. than a decade. May, 1854, he married Miss _ Emma Miller, of Norristown. Penn. There

CHARLES 8. FARRAR, Akron, oldest son of Sumner and Sophia (Bruce) Farrar; was born in Old Concord, Mass., Feb, 22, 1825. Here he lived until he was 14, when he lived at Millbury, same State, for four years, after which he went to Fitchburg, Mass., where he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked until he was 29, when he entered the employ of Page, Whitman & Co., first as woodworker for a year, and he subsequently worked | in April of which year he came to Akron, | Ohio, and took charge of the manufacturing |, department of the Akron Knife Works, having | charge, also, of the erection of the buildings, | which at that time were not commenced. He | has since been Superintendent of the works. | Aug. 21, 1847, he married Miss Emma Bruce, | of Fitchburg, Mass. She bore him three children, viz., Mary T., Freddie S. and Ella S. | They adopted two children, viz., Willie, who | died when ten months old, and George Francis, . who died at Akron Sept. 18, 1880, in his 30th | year. Sumner Farrar died ten years after the | birth of our subject, leaving him to battle for | himself.

Windsor Co., Vt. His youth was spent there on a farm until he was 20 years old. He re- | ceived » common-school and academic education, and began teaching at the age of 18, continuing for six winters. He then traveled for during the time learned the art of printing them from copper-plates. In July, 1836, he came to Akron in the interest of his company. Their maps were of the United States, also of Ohio He worked in the establish- In 1837, he went back to Vermont and was married to Miss Lucia Cumings, of Windsor Co., Vt., and at once returned to Ohio by canal and lake. They have two children - Henry C. M., and

Mr. F. taught five winters in North | Akron, the first two winters in the old post office building. In the fall of 1843, he was elected by the Whig party County Recorder and re-elected in 1846, serving in all six years; he had also been City Clerk and Marshal and | Township Clerk. He was appointed Deputy | Treasurer in 1849 under Wm. H. Dewey for | two years, and under Frederick Wadsworth two | years. and under Dr. Rice two years, afterward | bought grain for several years. About the. year 1860, he began the manufacture of cord- | age, which he has continued ever since. His | machines are run by hand, and the articles of : cordage thus made are of the best quality. | Mr. Fay is the third son in a family of three sons and four daughters, two of whom are! living.

DR. W. K. FOLTZ, physician, Akron ; is a native of Mifflin Co., Penn. He was born Nov. | 15, 1829. His father was a carpenter and . joiner, and he was raised to the same business. | At the age of 18, he began teaching, which he ' continued till 1850, when he began reading ; medicine with Dr. C. F. Stauber, of Wooster, | Ohio, and read with him for two years. He then attended the Heidelberg College, at Tiffin, Ohio, and alternated teaching for two , years. In the summer of 1855, he began practice in La Fayette Center, Medina Co., and, the following year, he moved to Sharon Center, where he remained until 1867. He graduated | from the Eclectic Medical College of Cincin- | nati. In 1867, he engaged in a drug business, and practiced his profession at Ashland, Ohio. April 14, 1877, his business was consumed by fire, and, the following August, he came to Akron, where he has practiced since. He is, a member of the American Pharmaceutical | Association. He was married, May 12, 1856, | to Miss Carrie L. Lehman, a native of Wayne © Co., Ohio ; they have one child - Kent O.

DR. A. E. FOLTZ, physician, Akron; is a native of Wayne Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, | and was born Jan. 29, 1840. His father, Moses . Foltz, was a carpenter by trade, and taught . school during winters. A.°E., the subject, learned his father's trade. At the age of 17, - he began teaching, and lived at home until | 1862. Jn July, of that year, he enlisted in the | 102d VU. V. L., Co. I, in which company and in one tent were his four brothers. He served | until the close of the war. The five brothers | were in the various engagements of the regi- | ment. among which were the siege of Decatur, | and the battle of Athens. They returned home | reading medicine in October, 1865, at Sharon Center, Medina Co., with Dr. W. K. Foltz, and graduated in the spring of 1869 at Charity Hospital Medical College of Cleveland, which is now known as the Medical Department University of Wooster. In the summer of 1869, he began practice at Ashland, Ohio, and, after one year, came to Akron, where he has since practiced. He is a member of the Summit Co. Medical Society, and also the Union Medical Society of Northeastern Ohio. Oct. 6, 1870, he married Miss Frances, a daughter of Dr. William Bowen. She is a native of Stark Co.,

L. H. FARRAND, groceries, Akron; is a somewhat recent addition to the list of grocery merchants of Akron, yet one who has, by good financiering and a close attention to his business, placed himself among the rank of successful merchants, and, as such, is entitled to more than a passing mention. His name is of English origin, and he is a native of Wyoming Co., N. Y., where, at the age of 18 years, he began work at the carpenter's trade, and followed it as a business until he engaged in the grocery trade, except the time spent in the army during the war of the rebellion. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. C, of the 140th N. Y. V. L., but was transferred to the Ist N. Y. Dragoons, with which force he served for a time, and was then detailed as Sergeant of a corps of engineers, which was stationed near Fortress Monroe. In due time he received an honorable discharge from the proper authorities, after which he returned to his old home in New York. Seven years ago, he came to Akron, when his first introduction into the business in which he has been so successful was in the capacity of a salesman for Messrs. Heaston & Smith, with whom he remained for about four months. He then, in company with Mr. N. B. Allen, engaged in the business on his own account, and located in South Akron. The firm was known as N. B. Allen & Co., Mr. Farrand having almost exclusive charge of the business. His next step was to buy Mr. Allen's interest in the business, and, a few years thereafter, he moved to his present place of business, corner Main and Exchange streets, which is a well-finished business room, 20x65 feet. His success in the future can hardly be |

$150, and has now a business of an aggregate annual sale of $3,200. He employs two clerks, . and runs a delivery wagon. Lest he may , think we design this as an advertisement, in- | stead of a brief sketch of his business career, , as well as other historical facts, we will only © add that, in 1854, he was married to Miss Try- : phena H. Lancaster, who is the mother of their . only child, Master Alfred, aged + years. DANIEL FARNAM, of W. B. Doyle & Co., Akron, was born in Essex Co., N. Y., April 8, 1816, and is a son of Amasa and Polly (Thompson) Farnam, natives of the Eastern States, who were married in New Hampshire, and moved to Northern New York at an early day, and to Vermont in 1817, where they resided until 1831, when they came to Ohio, their mode of traveling being by team and canal to Buffalo, thence by lake to Sandusky, Ohio, and by team to Marion County ; thence a few years later to Hardin County. Here they died, and their on a visit to relatives and concluded to remain. He worked awhile in a saw-mill, and then in the powder factory, where he remained for six years. He then bought an interest in the linseed oil works, and three years later, the oil and powder business were consolidated. Mr. F. was identified with the business some three years, when he sold out and bought a farm in Hardin County. Two years later, he rented his farm and went to Xenia, where he became superintendent of the powder works, continuing for two and a half years. during the time buying an interest in the powder works of Akron, and finally returning to that place. He continued . in the business until 1865, when he sold out and became a partner in the present business. © He was married Dec. 23, 1843, to Miss Lydia . Todd, a native of Seneca Co., N. Y. She was living in Akron with her sister, Mrs. Andrews. | Seven children were born of this marriage, of whom six are living, viz., Harriet A., now Mrs. Cole, of Akron ; George D., who lives in Akron ; | Abbie T., now Mrs. Reed, of Iowa; Francis J., | Carrie, and Mary E., at home. Mr. F. voted first for Gen. Harrison, and has voted with the | Whig and Republican parties ever since. He | is a Baptist, and has been a member of that , church for over fifty years. DR. H. M. FISHER, physician, Akron, is a | native of Warren, Penn., where he was born Sept. 1, 1848, and is the eldest of six children | and one of two surviving, born to Andrew and Elizabeth (Shafer) Fisher. He is a native of Alsace, France, and came to the United States when but 13 years of age, with his parents, who settled at Warren, Penn. He is a dentist by profession, and bas followed it for the past thirty years. His wife is a native of Pennsylvania. They now live at Warren. H. M. (the subject), lived at Warren until 1872, except six years spent with his parents in Illinois and Wisconsin. He received an academic education in the Franklin and Warren Academies, and entered and pursued a collegiate course at the Allegheny College, at Meadville. Penn., for two and a half years, when, owing to ill health, he was compelled to discontinue his studies. He began reading medicine in 1867. with Dr. Daniel when he came to Akron. In December. 1872, he removed to Allegheny City, Penn., where he practiced in partnership with Dr. Thomas Elliott until March, 1876, when he again came to Akron, and has since practiced here. appointed surgeon for the N. Y.. P.& O. R. R. at Akron Jan. 26.1881. He is a member of Union Medical Society of Northeastern Ohio, and of the Summit County Medical Society, of which he has been Recording Secretary. He was married May 21, 1873, to Miss Mary Talbott, a native of Warren. Penn. They have two |

Akron. The subject of these lines is a son of Joel and Elizabeth (Shannon) Glover. He was born in Coshocton Co., Ohio, Dec. 1, 1842. Here he grew to manhood, employed by the multifarious duties of farm life, until he reached the age of 28. When but a boy, however, he began the study of music, and, at 10 | years old, could read it quite readily. Impelled solely by his love for the art, he struggled on with only the meager advantages afforded at home and at the singing school until, in 1865, he gained such a mastery of vocal music that he began teaching and forming classes, first in Indiana and subsequently

Hamlin, and, in 1869-70, he resumed the work | of teaching, with increased success. During : the summer of 1870, he entered the school | again at Painesville, Ohio, as pupil. In 1871, the Normal Music School, which for several | years has been under the direction of Prof. . N. Coe Stewart, of Cleveland, Ohio, who has associated with him some of the finest musi- : cians and prominent teachers in the West, was | held in Akron, Ohio. This school, held each | year (except 1876) in some town or city of | Ohio, has educated a large number of pupils , throughout Ohio and adjoining States, who have done more, perhaps, to popularize music than any other agency in the State. Mr. | Glover became assistant teacher in the Normal . of 1871, and, in the spring of 1872, he went to | Cleveland, Ohio, and placed himself under the - personal instruction of Prof. Stewart, remain- - ing until the summer session opened in Akron, . where he was again employed as instructor.