Twinsburg Township (part 25 of 38)

of December, 1835, when work substantially closing down for the winter, our young " artist " returned to his old quarters at the Pavilion. Shortly afterward, however, he was offered and accepted the position of "pedagogue," in School District No. 7, Portage Township, about a mile and a half west of Akron, on the Medina road. Though not liberally educated, having graduated from the district school of his native of his scholars were older than himself, and one or two in some branches greatly his superiors, he managed to get creditably through his term of three months, or at all events to in fact, substantially "dead broke" - our young adventurer was glad to avail himself of Mr. Cobb's offer to let him work for his board - clerking, tending bar, waiting on guests, etc. - of the Southern Spy, and taking an active interest in the reformatory measures then being inaugurated for ridding the village of certain professional gamblers and other disreputable characters, Mr. Lane commenced, and for a year and half maintained, the publication of a small semi-monthly paper, under the unique title of the Akron Buzzard, a more extended history of which will be found under the head of the "Press of Summit County," Mr. L., however, continuing his painting business without interruption. November, 11, 1838, Mr. Lane then 23 years old, was married to Miss Paulina Potter, of Castleton, Ontario Co., N. Y., the fostersister of Mr. Paris Tallman, now living in happy retirement from active business, at No. 803 East Market street. A few days later, Mr. Henry L. Lane, the carriage builder heretofore spoken of, arrived in Akron from Connecticut, with the view of establishing himself in business here, and at the earnest solicitation of the brother, and to allay the fears of his young wife for his personal safety, by reason of his fearlessly exposing the disreputable characters and practices of the village, combined with other causes, in March, 1839, the Buzzard was discontinued, and a copartnership was formed between the two brothers, under the firm name of H. L. & 8. A. Lane, for the purpose of carrying on a general carriage making and painting business. Shops were erected on the site now occupied by the brick blacksmith-shop of James A. Moody, on South Main street. Though quite limited in means, everything in those days having to be done on the "truck and dicker" principle, a fair business was being done, when, on the 20th day of July, 1841, the elder brother, Henry L. Lane, suddenly died, about two months, only, after his marriage to Miss Sarah Hovey, of Granville, Ohio. The surviving junior partner continued the business, though to great disadvantage, by reason of his non-acquaintance with the main branches thereof, until the close of that year, when he associated with himself an old graduate of his father's establishment, lately arrived from Connecticut, Mr. Jona.uan Remington, the father of Mr. O. H. Remington, the jeweler now doing business on Howard street. The new firm of Lane & Remington continued in operation about two years, when the concern was sold to other parties. Too close application to his own branch of the business (paint- ing) having by this time very materially impaired Mr. Lane's health, and having meantime also become deeply interested in the success of the Washingtonian Temperance Reform, then agitating the country, in the spring of 1844, Mr. Lane again embarked in the newspaper lecturer, and discussing the question pro and - con, Mr. Lane using the same arguments in favor | of drinking, selling, etc. usually urged by | of ludicrous illustrations to show that the use of intoxicating liquors, instead of shortening, prolongs life ;.instead of poverty, brings riches ; instead of sorrow, happiness, etc., often producing a greater impression upon the minds of | those addicted to their cups, and those engaged in the traffic, than the most eloquent straightforward lecturing could possibly do, the " discussions,' unlike the regulation temperance lecture, calling out the very classes sought to be painting business, assiduously devoting himself , thereto until the spring of 1850, so closely, in | fact, that during the previous year a serious re- | lapse of his old malady - a sort of paralysis of | the stomach, or an aggravated form of dyspepsia | - had substantially unfitted him for that or any | he started overland for California on the 14th | day of March, 1850, and though many of his | friends believed that, in the precarious condi- | safely through, but heavier by thirty-two pounds than when he left Akron, and six pounds heavier than ever before in his life ; a condition of things - thanks to the pure air, vigorous exercise and coarse food of the plains and mountains, and the salubrious climate of California - more than maintained during his entire two years sojourn upon the Pacific Coast. Arriving at Placerville, the first town entered in California, August 4, 1850, after a day or two spent among the mines, and a stop of one day at Sacramento, Mr. Lane proceeded immediately to San Francisco, where he remained during his stay in California, making his rooms the general headquarters of Summit Co. gold-seekers visiting the city, whether en route for home or on their way to the mines via the Isthmus route; also acting as the regular semi-monthly correspondent of both the Beacon and the Democratic Standard, in keeping the " loved ones at home" posted as to the movements of their friends in the mines and other portions of California - a service very greatly appreciated by the people of Akron and Summit Co.

On reaching San Francisco, a few days were spent in " prospecting,' and finding nothing better suited to his tastes or his finances, Mr. Lane, having thoroughly regained his health and youthful vigor, then being 35 years of age, again embarked in the painting business, renting a small second floor room for a shop, and earning with his own hand over and above his board and expenses, about $200 permonth. At that time, Mr. James G. Dow, a former Akron merchant, one of the "Forty-niners," was engaged in the retail auction business, which was netting him about $3,000 per month. In October, Mr. Dow disposed of his stock of goods, with the view of spending the winter with his family in Massachusetts.. Before leaving, Mr.

then operating a small " ranch ' - growing milk, | butter, eggs, etc. - at Sacramento, to embark in | the auction business, in which he had done so | then receiving $800 per month in rents, for , $600 per month, $350 of which was to be paid | monthly in advance to the land-owner, the remaining $250 to remain in their hands until | his return in the spring. The plan appearing perfectly feasible, Mr. Lane added his little "pile" of about $600 tothe Mr. Caldwell's cash surplus of about $1,400. the firm of Lane & Caldwell borrowing $1,000 from a mutual friend, and with a cash capital of a little over $3,000, " sailed in," Mr. Dow aiding them in the purchase of their goods and in getting started. The " grand opening " took place Dec. 1, 1850, and for atime gave promise of abundant success. Within three weeks, however, and almost before Mr. Dow had got outside the harbor, one of those sudden and disastrous commercial revulsions then peculiar to the Pacific Coast - a regular panic and stagnation in almost every branch of trade - occurred, in consequence of which not only was it almost impossible to sell anything, at any price, but | affecting the wholesale trade to such an extent | that they could go into the market and duplicate the very goods they had in stock at less than one-half the prices they had paid for them. This condition of things continued for several months, the result being, that though they struggled hard, and held on in hopes of better times, they sunk every dollar invested (though managing finally to refund their borrowed money), besides coming out, at the end of the six months, nearly $1,500 in debt to their generoushearted landlord ; the building, however, having been destroyed in the big fire of May 4, 1851, about one month before the expiration of the lease. Before this, however, Mr. Lane had returned to his paint-pots and brushes, and Mr. Caldwell to his cows and chickens, which. in the mean time, had been in charge of Mr. William H. White, also an Akronian, and now the head miller in the Allen Mills of Akron. On his return, about the lst of June, 1851, Mr. Dow, after listening to the lugubrious story of the broken-down merchants, philosophically remarked : same business which had proved so disastrous to Messrs. Lane & Caldwell, in which, the panic being over, they made money very rapidly, their net profits averaging over $150 per day for a year or more thereafter. Mr. Lane con- "tinued to wield the brush with varied success all the time, however, earning good wages, until about the middle of September, 1851, when he entered the service of Messrs. Dow & Tappan, as an auctioneer, on a salary of $275 per month. About the lst of November, the firm established a branch store on the same street, | with Mr. Lane and a young Massachusetts Yankee by the name of Humphrey Sawyer, as salesman. Dec. 1, Messrs. Lane and Sawyer, | and Hallett Kilbourn, another Akron boy, | (now a well-known operator in Washington City), each bought a one-fourth interest in the " branch," Messrs. Dow & Tappan retaining the other one-fourth, Mr. Dow doing the purchas- ' ing, and the junior partners running the " che- - bang." Feb. 1, 1852, Mr. Kilbourne withdrew,

Messrs. Lane & Sawyer, then, with the old firm ' of Dow & Tappan, becoming each one-third © owners. March 1, Messrs. Lane & Sawyer | bought of Dow & Tappan the remaining one- ' third interest, thus becoming the sole owners of | the concern, Mr. Dow still doing their purchasing on a small commission. The plan was to , buy at auction from wholesale houses, by cata- | logue, goods that would retail readily, such as clothing, boots and shoes, hats, blankets, watches, jewelry, revolvers, notions, etc., and sell them either at auction or private sale, always, of course, aiming to obtain a good liberal | margin over and above the original cost of the | goods, but very often selling them at less than one-half the original cost of production. Busi- | ness slowing up somewhat during the months | of March and April, Mr. Sawyer became dis- | heartened, and insisted on closing the concern out, which was accordingly done on the 1st day | of June, 1852, Mr. Lane not having sufficient capital to purchase his partner's interest and run it alone. Dividing their goods, Mr. Sawyer immediately disposed of his share at a loss, through a wholesale auction house, while Mr. Lane packed and stored his share to await the "logic of events." While "waiting and watching" for something else to "turn up," Mr. Lane something more than paid his current | expenses by doing occasional jobs of lettering | for an established house and sign painting firm, | until the latter part of August, when, yielding to a strong desire to see his wife and children, from whom he had then been absent about two years and a half, and the rather urgent solicitations of several Akron boys just in from the mines, en route for home, he sold his goods at a slight margin above cost, closed up his affairs, and on the 1st day of September, ness he conducted with reasonable success until the spring of 1855, when every dollar was swept away by fire. ance Reform party of Summit Co. put Mr. Lane forward as an Independent candidate for Representative to the State Legislature, in competition with the regular nominees of the Whig Democratic and Free-Soil parties. Afterward, an arrangement was made between the friends of Mr. Lane and the Whig and Free-Soil leaders, by which all three candidates should submit their claims to a union mass convention, which was accordingly done, the contest being between Mr. Lane and Dr. Porter G. Somers, of Cuyahoga Falls. Union Hall was completely packed. and the vote was taken by passing around the hat, with no check whatever as to the number of ballots cast, or the right of any person to vote. The count resulted in a small majority for the tion was defeated by partisan "strategy," and that Mr. Lane should have been, by right, declared its nominee. In January, 1854, Mr. Lane was appointed by the Town Council of Akron to fill the vacancy in the Board of Education of the incorporated village, occasioned by the death of Mr. Horace Canfield. On the himself with the newly organized Republican party, presented himself before the Republican County Nominating Convention as a candidate for State Representative ; but the honors were fairly won by that then stanch Republican, Dr. Mendall Jewett, of Mogadore, now an equally stanch Prohibitionist of the Sixth Ward in Akron. Qn the accession of Salmon P. Chase to the Gubernatorial Chair of Ohio, in January, 1856, Mr. Lane, backed by a majority of the business men of Akron, both Republicans and Democrats, applied for the position of Canal Collector for the port of Akron; but his genial and rotund friend, Nathaniel W. Goodhue, Esq., carried too many political guns for him, and won the prize for himself. Thus far, though doing his best to establish and maintain Reformatory and Republican principles, Mr. Lane's political aspirations had proved snch utter failures that, though still working both on the rostrum and with the pen and the paint-brush, in the fabrication of party banners and mottoes, he had concluded to make no further efforts in the office line, when, in the fall of 1856, during the celebrated Fremont-Buchanan campaign, the Republicans in different parts of Summit Co. spontaneously fixed upon him as their candidate for Sheriff, and in their Nominating Convention nominated him for that position on the first ballot, by the very handsome majority of 17 over all competitors, some six or seven in number. Though bitterly opposed, on account of his radical temperance proclivities, he was triumphantly elected, and in 1858, was renominated by acclamation, and re-elected by a greatly increased majority. On the expiration of his second term, January 1, 1861, Mr. Lane became the editor-in-chief of the Summit County Beacon, then, as now, the sole Republican organ of Summit Co. Some three months after assuming his editorial duties, he was appointed by Gov. William Dennison, without solicitation on his part, or on the part of his friends, Probate Judge of Summit Co.. to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge William M. Dodge. The honor, however, was respectfully declined, his editorial duties not permitting him about three months, and as he had but just retired from the office of Sheriff, he did not feel like asking the people for another county office so soon. Mr. Lane continued to devote the best energies of his mind and body to the building-up of the Weekly Beacon, and its later adjunct, the Akron Daily Beacon, as detailed elsewhere in this volume, for nearly fifteen years, meantime becoming the one-third owner thereof, when, from causes entirely beyond his asked the people of Summit County for his old position of Sheriff, which, notwithstanding the objections urged against him that he was too old (being then 61 years of age); that he had already held the office two terms, and that he was too radical in his temperance and other reform notions, was generously given to him by a handsome majority of the voters of the county ; as was also another term, by a still larger majority at the October elections in 1878.

ministration of the office was so successful and satisfactory to the people, that still another term would undoubtedly have been tendered to him, but for the constitutional provision that no four years in any consecutive six years. Trans- | ferring his office to his successor, William Mc- Kinney, Esq., on the 3d day of January, 1881, »

Mr. Lane continued to make himself generally useful about the court house, as Mr. McKinney's Chief Deputy, some three months, when, on the Ist day of April, 1881, the Republican Convention of the City of Akron placed him in nomination for Mayor, by the very decisive vote of 36 to 12. almost superhuman efforts were made to compass his defeat, not only by his old-time bitter enemy, Democracy, but by the entire "bummer" in no way seeking or working for the office himself, Republicanism and Law and Order principles so far prevailed as to secure the election of Mr. Lane by a small majority, to be the Mayor of the city of Akron for the period of two years.

himself, we have, at his request, omitted a large | number of interesting, thrilling, as well as ludi- - crous reminiscences of his life - his youthful | and book agent ; his getting lost in the woods and spending a night among the untamed Creek Indians in Alabama ; his frequent personal rencontres with blacklegs and other desperate characters, while publishing the Buzzard and Cascade Roarer; the numberless egg-peltings and other indignities received while preaching the gospel of temperance; the hazards and hardships of his overland journey to California ; scenes, tragical and comical, including the excitements of the vigilance committee period, to substantial beggary ; his struggles with poverty, with disease and with domestic afflictions ; all possess an interest of no ordinary type, but which Mr. Lane thinks would occupy more space in this volume than their importance to the public would justify. But a few words more regarding the family matters of Mr. Lane should not be omitted. With the wife of his youth, Mr. Lane lived harmoniously and happily for almost a third of a century, her death occurring on the 2d day of July, 1871. To them were born eight children, four of whom, three sons and one daughter, were taken from them by death, in infancy and early childhood. Of the survivors, the eldest, Julius Sherman Lane, now in the 40th year of his age, is an honored citizen of Akron, a machinist by trade, and is one of the proprietors and the superintendent of one of Akron's most successful manufacturing establishments - The Webster, Camp & Lane Machine Company. The next son, Frederick Alanson Lane, now in his 32d year, is an engineer and pressman ; at present, after about ten years' acceptable service in the extensive newspaper and job press rooms of the Beacon Publishing Company, in Akron, is in charge of the presses and machinery of the Ohio Farmer in the city of Cleveland. The third son, Arthur Malcolm Lane, now 25 years old, is under the training of his elder brother, both a practical machinist and an experienced draughtsman, and, after about three years' service in the draughting room of the celebrated Baldwin Locomotive Works, in Philadelphia, js now filling a similar position in the Rhode Island Locomotive Works, in the city of Providence. The youngest, a daughter, Carrie Maria Lane, now 23 years of age, was married, Sept. 11, 1878, to Mr. Albert J. Pitkin, also a graduate from the works of the Webster, Camp & Lane Machine Company, in Akron, who, after four years experience in the draughting rooms of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, at Philadelphia, is now the superintendent of the draughting department of the Rhode Island Locomotive Works, above alluded to, at Providence. And now, in summing up this brief sketch of his family, Mr. Lane bids us say that each and all of his living children are in every respect the sainted mother. Nov. 11. 1872, Mr. Lane married, for his second wife, Mrs. Emeline Manning, | a sister of the former Mrs. Lane, with whom he ,; has since lived in perfect harmony and happiness. not rich in this world's goods, Mr. Lane is comfortably situated, and, in the companionship of his most excellent wife, the society of his children and grandchildren, and surrounded by kind friends and neighbors, he is happy in the thought that during his nearly half a century's residence among them, he has so largely attained and retained the respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens of the city of Akron and of Summit Co.

CARSON LAKE was born March 17, 1852, | at Fredonia, N. Y., being descended on his fathers side from stock of Gen. Warren, of Bunker Hill fame, and on his mother's side from the family which numbered among its branches the noted scout Kit Carson, and the Hills of Southern fame. of six children. His father died when he was quite young, and in 1861, his mother going into the hospitals of Alexandria, Va., he spent some two years amid the thrilling surroundings of Washington and Alexandria at that period, a portion of the time serving as a Government messenger. Returning North, after some time in the Akron schools, he was sent for a year to the well-known Academy at Madison, Ohio, and then entered the office of the Weekly Beacon as an apprentice. His first newspaper work was done about this time as local correspondent for the Cleveland Herald. He was finally promoted to the position of reporter, after the starting of the Daily Beacon. For some months, althorgh not yet 18 years of age, during an unsettled condition of the office affairs, he had entire editorial charge of the paper. Resigning to enter college, he was for a year a student at Dennison University, Granville, Ohio, and a year at Buchtel College, leaving the latter just before graduating, to accept a position on the Tri- Weekly and Weekly Times, which was resigned a year later, the 7'ri- Weekly having suspended, and the Times changed hands, to accept the position of managing editor of the Toledo Democrat and Herald, the organ of northwestern Ohio Democracy. He occupied this position

Committee. This position kept him in Columbus for a year, during which time he was managing editor of the Times and Statesman, and State correspondent of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In September, 1878, he became editor and manager for the Gazette Co. of the Sunday Guzette. In 1878, he was appointed an aide on the staff of Gov. Bishop, with rank of Colonel, but resigned the following year. He has a wide several times been prominently mentioned in He has, however, never desired such mention. Being warmly attached to Gen. Ewing's cause, it is probable he would have been given a prominent position, had that gentleman been elected Governor. He was married in 1873 to Olie E. Helfer, by whom he has four children. DENNIS J. LONG, Agent Union Express Company, Akron; was born in Albany, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1844, where he lived until he was 15 years of age, when he came to Akron with his brother, J. A. Long. in 1859, he became an apprentice in the Beacon office, where he served about four years. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, 104th O. V. L, serving the first two years as private soldier. In February, 1864, he was appointed to a clerkship in the the Department of Ohio until the close of the war. June 28, 1865, he was mustered out at Greensboro, N. C. On his return, with A. L. Paine, he started a new weekly paper entitled, the Summit County Journal, in 1865, with Judge Carpenter as editor ; this they conducted with good success two years, when Mr. Long sold out his interest and bought a one-third interest in the Beacon, being connected with that paper as stockholder and proprietor until 1875, when he became hook-keeper in the office of the Akron Iron Company, continuing for two years. March 1, 1877, he was appointed agent of the Union Express Company ; he is now agent of the Union, American and Adams Express Companies. In May, 1870, he was married to Miss Eliza A. Potter, of Akron.

CHARLES LIEBMAN, Akron; was born at Dayton, Ohio, June 30, 1854; when very young, his family removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, that he might have better opportunities for studying music. His father, Rev. L. Liebman, was a Rabbi at Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland ; also twelve years at Youngstown, Ohio. At each of these places the subject of this sketch studied music, for which he had early formed a great love. From 1874 to 1876, he attended the New England Conservatory of Music, at Boston, Mass., studying the piano and violin. In 1876, he went to New York City where he was under Prof. Mills and other noted teachers. In 1877, he became director of the Youngstown Maennerchor, where he remained two years; in June, 1879, he came to Akron, and, at the solicitation of the Akron Harmonic Society, he became the leader, also engaged in teaching piano, organ, violin and theory; he is a director of the society. Oct. 26, 1877, he married Miss Emma Ritter, of Youngstown, Ohio.

REV. W. LOTHMAN, Akron; oldest son of Ernest Lothman, was born in the village of Buer, situated in the southren part of the Kingdom of Hanover, Jan. 31, 1845. He was but 24 years old when his parents came to Cleveland, Ohio, where his mother still lives, and where his father was in the employ of Morgan, Root & Co., having charge of their grocery until his death in 1861. The subject of this sketch attended the Cleveland Public Schools until he was confirmed in 1858, when he entered Concordia College at Fort Wayne, Ind., and graduated from the gymnasium of that

University at St. Louis, Mo., from which he graduated in June, 1866, when he entered the ministry, serving the German Lutheran Church at Elyria and the St. Paul's Church at Liverpool, Medina Co., on alternate Sabbaths for six years, during which period, the membership of the Elyria Church largely increased, a new building was erected and a school established.

the German Lutheran Church of Euclid. Ohio. She bore him five children, and all are living. J. A. LONG, Secretary of Akron Iron Co., Akron; is a son of John and Margaret (Reilley) Long, and was born April 10, 1837, at Albany, N. Y., where he lived until 18 years of age, when he left school and took the position of clerk in a lumber yard.

ing with them for five years, when he was appointed Secretary and Treasurer of the Akron Iron Co., which position he still holds. Since his connection with the establishment, its business has increased threefold. He was married, Noy. 10, 1859, to Miss Mary A. Falor, daughter of Geo. A. Falor, one of the pioneers of Coventry Township. been born of -this marriage, seven of whom are living - Ludie B., Celia R., Bennie A., John H., George A., Mary A. and Lloyd G. Mr. L. is Republican in politics; is a member of the Central Committee. Was first City Clerk. and held the office from 1865 to 1867, and Councilman from 1867 to 1869.

department, Akron; is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Taylor) Loomis ; was born in Akron April 2, 1854, where he attended public schools until his father died, when he lived with an uncle at Wadsworth for some time. he went into a pottery, working in it for one year; then learned the blacksmith's trade, and, in 1870, he became a minute man in Steamer No. 1, and served as fireman and blacksmith in the city fire department.

in January, 1881. He was married, July 10, - 1879, to Miss Barbara Grad, of Akron. His father was born in Medina Co., and lived there . till he was 14, and then went to Lake Co. When grown, he came to Akron, and became captain of a canal-boat for the Navigation Co. He followed this business until the war broke out, when he enlisted in the 29th O. V. L, and after a hard campaign with the Army of the Cumberland, he caught cold from fording a river, and died at Cumberland, Md., in January, 1862. Subject is the oldest son ; one brother, Charles H., is a farmer, near Sears, Mich. Mother still lives in Akron.

DR. THOMAS M. LEIGHT, physician, Akron; was born on his father's farm in Perry Township, Snyder Co., Penn. (then included in Union Co.), on the 8th of August, 1827, and resided in the vicinity until 1857. He was married, Feb. 8, 1853, to Miss Bella R. Bobst. of Milton, Penn. They have no children. He commenced the study of medicine in the office of Drs. Wilson & Bibighouse, of Selin's Grove, then Union Co., Penn. (now Snyder Co.) He read with them some four or five years, and then began practice at McKee's Falls, in Snyder Co., where he remained about nine years, during which time he attended lectures at Philadelphia (Jefferson Medical College); also the University of Pennsylvania, attending a month or two each year, graduating at the Jefferson Medical College in July, 1857. From McKee's Half-Falls, he removed to Mifflin, Juniata Co., Penn., where he practiced in partnership with Dr. E. D. Crawford about seven years, during which time they served as surgeons of the Pennsy|- vania R. R. Co. He then came to Akron, Ohio, where he has since practiced. He is a member of the Summit County Medical Society, of which he is now (1881) Vice President, and is also a member of the Union Medical Society of Northeastern Ohio.

HON. SAMUEL W. McCLURE, son of Jairus McClure and Amma Hobbs, was born Nov. 8, 1812, at Alstead, Cheshire Co., N. H. His parents, when he was about 3 years old, returned to the place of their nativity, Brookfield, Worcester Co., Mass., with their children, two in number, consisting of the subject of this sketch and an elder sister. There they remained until he was about 7 years old, when they emi- | grated to Western New York, ultimately settling in Monroe County, near what is now the city of Rochester. until the spring of 1828, when they removed to Medina, Medina Co., Ohio, where both died - the father in 1865, in the 89th year of his age, and the mother several years earlier, at the age of 71. His parents were of Scotch ancestry, though, on the paternal side, they had lived in the North of Ireland for two generations or more before emigrating to the United States, or rather to the British colonies of America, for such they then were. The mother, inheriting the cestry, intended to devote her son to the Christian ministry, and molded his youthful efforts and education in that direction; and, she was so far gratified that she saw him enter into full membership with the Congregational Church at the age of 15. With the ministry in view, he pursued his academical studies while he lived in New York, and until he was near 16 years old. At the age of 18, he commenced teaching in the public schools of Medina County during two or three years ensuing, when he entered Allegheny College, Meadville, Penn., and where he prosecuted his collegiate studies with great zeal, embracing in them other branches as well as the prescribed course. At about the expiration of three years, he retired from the institution and took private instruction for nearly one year of Rev. Lee, who was then Pastor of the church to which he belonged. He was in advance of his class when he left college. a select school in Medina, taught the same two much success, the cause of the Whig party, whose candidate Harrison was. Soon after his return to Medina County, he formed a law partnership with Senator Carpenter, and in the organization of the new county of Summit, Grant B. Turner, of Cuyahoga Falls, was added to the firm - Carpenter and McClure residing in Medina County, and Turner in Summit. In January, 1842, he married Miss Matilda E. Deming, of Ashland, and, in the spring of the same year, settled in Cuyahoga Falls, where he continued to live until 1865, when he removed to Akron, where he now resides. Grant B. Turner did not remain long in the practice of the law, and, retiring from the firm, it was left as originally formed, until 1850, when it office of Canfield & Camp as a student, with the view of entering the legal profession. In 1838, he went to Ashland, then in Richland County, and organized a select school there, which was afterward called the Ashland Academy when transferred to a new building erected by the citizens expressly for its accommodation. In this school he was employed less than two years, successfully managing the same, and also prosecuting his legal studies, a portion of the time in the office of Silas Robbins, Esq., and the residue in the office of the late Northern District Judge, Hon. Charles S. Sherman. During a part of the above time, he also edited the Ashland Phenix, a non-partisan paper, and made of it a first-class literary and racy paper for his readers. In 1840, he returned to Medina, and held for one term only. From 1850 to 1864, he had associated with him, as law partner, the Hon. Henry McKinney, late State Senator from Summit and Portage District, and now Common Pleas Judge of the Cleveland subdivision.

tired to private life, and measurably from the practice of his profession. Possessed of an ample fortune, it was not necessary for him to endure the drudgery and fatigue of active practice. Still he is largely called upon for counsel in important business matters and suits,

Mathews, with whom she lived fourteen years, and died in February, 1881; and Ida M., who continues to live in her father's family. Judge McClure possessed elements of strength which

He was an incessant and tireless worker, intensely enthusiastic in whatever he undertook to accomplish ; had great courage, and was wonderfully quick in his perceptions. These most dangerous adversary, and, for many years, | made him one of the very foremost lawyers of | the State. Probably no lawyer in Ohio tried | and to young men especially he was considerate and encouraging. Naturally he possessed a very quick, fiery temper, which required for its con-

| trol constant watchfulness and a strong will, and _ this, as a general rule, he succeeded well in accomplishing, under all the varying changes of practice at the bar. For ready wit, vigorous thought and thrilling eloquence, he had no superior among his associates at the bar. He was always systematic, logical and ready in his public addresses ; a fact somewhat surprising, since, at the commencement of his career, he dared not venture an attempt at speaking extemporaneously, and until he was 30 years old | he had always carefully to write and commit to | ceptation of the term, though he always took an earnest interest in public affairs, and occasionally took an ctive part in political contests ; not so much from a partisan standpoint as from his thorough convictions of what, in the given contest, was the hetter public policy ; that is, what was right. From his first appearance be- fore the public until the close of the war of the rebellion, he was a most earnest anti-slavery man, and took a resolute and pronounced position against the system of slavery and its aggressions ; and on all pioper occasions sought to educate public sentiment in harmony with ticket was beaten by about four hundred votes. He occupied a more flattering position in the Legislature, being universally recognized as one of its ablest and most useful members. His nomination for legislative position both times was much against his wishes, and he only on account of the peculiar attitude of the two leading political parties upon the slavery question, that then being the ali absorbing question with the electors of Northern Ohio.

Judge McClure's industry and painstaking preparation of his cases when a practitioner, made him exceedingly restive when he was on the bench, at the heedless and dilatory modes of lawyers who came into court unprepared to try their causes; and, occasionally, provoked him into sharp reminders, that the public interests before him should not be sacrificed to the indolence of attorneys, and occasionally caused the summary disposition of their cases. But, and appreciated, the lawyers ascertained that their true interests were best subserved by willing co-operation with the court. He disposed of his judicial business with great dispatch, and to the general satisfaction of the bar.

was almost sure to find some rule of law by | which justice could be upheld. His great ex- | perience as a lawyer made him a very able tryer | and the practice of the courts, made him a very first-class Judge, when exercising the jurisdiction of an appellate court, sitting as he did, during his entire term, mainly in Cleveland and Toledo.

of his strict stand-up to his convictions, especially to cope with a band of counterfeiters, who, for years, had been preying upon the coin and currency of the country, headed by the notorious Jim Brown. While acting as such Commissioner, a singular incident occurred, in which he was a prominent actor, and it illustrates a peculiar social condition in the community where it occurred. Brown, for years, had defied the State authorities in his raids upon the currency, and thus far had been singularly successful in eluding the vigilance of the General Government. Though notoriously recognized as the leader of these law-breakers, he was elected and served term after term as Justice of the Peace of Northampton Township ; and, to his credit it may be said, that he performed the duties of the office well: Complaint had been made before Commissioner McClure, and he had issued his warrant for the apprehension of hands of the Sheriff and unexecuted, Judge McClure appeared before Brown for one of two parties litigant. The trial being concluded, the Justice took the case under advisement, but was arrested and lodged in jail before he decided the case. He then rendered his judgment in favor of McClure's client, remarking, as he did so, that he hoped the Commissioner would take a similar favorable view of his case, and in his favor, whenever the same came up for hearing. Judge McClure did so, by holding Brown under $20,000 bond for his appearance

There is no telling how much the pulpit lost by the making of so able a lawyer. There is no question, however, that he would have won distinction as a divine. But his logical and independent cast of mind, on reaching full maturity, led him to distrust, and, in fact, to despise dogmatism, and to demand demonstration ; or, at least, that every proposition and doctrine should challenge the approval of right, reason and common sense before his continued assent could be secured for the toleration of any given tenet, theory or system, whether in ethics, philosophy or religion. Consequently, at an early period of his life he abandoned, or, rather, never fully fell into the ways that had for him. He may be classed with those who are popularly known as Free-thinkers or Liberalists: who believe in being good, and doing good for goodness' sake, irrespective of religious creeds, beliefs or sanctions, for they are legion; who advocate a greater degree of religious influence in the world than even sectarians, but it is the religion of humanity - the only genuine human ideal. It consists in loving human beings and other deserving objects, such as we know and can benefit, and not in loving a God or gods about whom we know nothing, and who, if they exist at all, are infinitely beyond the reach of the adoration of mortals.

LEWIS MILLER, manufacturer and inventor, Akron, the youngest of three sons of John and Elizabeth (York) Miller, was born in Greentown, Lake Township, Stark Co., Ohio, Aug. 24, 1829. His parents were respectable and industrious people. His father, a cabinetmaker, house-builder and farmer, originally came from Maryland, removing to the West in 1812. He was a man of sterling integrity, and universally esteemed, holding a prominent position in his community. Lewis, the subject of this article, spent his boyhood on a farm, until about 17, attending school in one of the oldtime schoolhouses built of logs, having slab benches, etc. In 1846, he learned the plastering trade, serving two years with a man named Wm. Essig; he worked at this trade for five years, also attending acadamies in Illinois during winter seasons and teaching in Stark Co., Ohio, two terms, in that time having moved to Plainfield, Ill, near Chicago, in the meanwhile. In 1851, he returned to Greentown, where he connected himself as a partner with the manufacturing firm of Ball, Aultman & Co. (afterward of Canton) and by patience, determination and energy, soon mastered the machinist's trade,serving for but 50 cents per day at first while learning. In the fall of 1851, the company with $6,000 capital in all, removed to Canton. The partners were six in number, viz: E. Ball, C. Aultman, David Fouser, Lewis Miller, Geo. Cook and Jacob Miller. They first manufactured threshing machines, stoves and plows, and old Obed Hussey reapers, and did repairing. They had no competition in reapers except one shop on the Ohio River. During 1849, our subject worked on the old "Hussey" reaper, and ever since that time he has been experi- menting on reapers, every season, in harvest field. His remarkable aptitude for the machinist's trade, manifested itself so plainly, that, in a short time after his apprenticeship he was advanced to the superintendency of the works, and while in this position he invented the world-renowned "Buckeye Mower and Reaper" - known in the market as the double-hinged floating-bar - a distinctive feature from which all two-wheeled floating-bar machines are patterned. To this great and valuable invention he afterward added others of scarcely less utility, chief among which is his table rake (a self-rake), which he invented in 1865, and which attained a wonderful popularity, within a few years. With the manufacture of the "Buckeye" the business of the Canton house became so largely increased that, in 1863, it was found necessary to establish a branch concern at Akron, under the incorporated name of Aultman, Miller & Co., and in the following the works here, since which time he has been superintendent and had full charge of the same. In this position he has lived to see the once insignificant shop expanded into wider halls, wherein is executed a business which, of its kind, is one of the most extensive in the country, which grand success is due, no doubt, to each partner giving all his time and attention to active work, wearing, so to speak, when the business was first commenced at Canton, the

1855, while they were all filled with machines ready for market, their entire establishment burned to the ground, with a loss of $50,000, there being only $7,000 insurance. It was in June, 1856, that the first patents were granted for the "Buckeye," and at various times over one hundred patents were granted to the firm, ore of which was for "Miller's Binder,' which machine is the result of Mr. Miller's study. The business has increased from six threshers and ten or twelve reapers per year, to twelve hundred threshers and about twenty thousand reapers and mowers per year, or one complete machine to every four and one-half minutes has taken a great interest, especially so in the case of Mt. Union College. He is President of Mt. Union College Board of Trustees, and is a to 1871; he then purchased an interest in the Akron Steam Forge Works, and when the establishment was re-organized in 1872, under the control of a joint-stock company, he was elected Secretary and Treasurer of the association, which position he has faithfully filled ever since. Mr. McGregor is, at the present time, Treasurer of Portage Township; he was first chosen for this office in 1877, and has been reelected each succeeding spring since then. He was married Nov. 11, 1868, to Miss Hattie EK. Folger, daughter of William M. and Julia A. (Hayden) Folger ; they are the parents of three children - Julia F., John and Mary. CHARLES MERRIMAN, Akron ; youngest child of Jesse and Rhoda (Fox) Merriman ; was born July 1, 1800, in Berkshire Co., Mass., where he lived on a farm. When he was 10 years of age his mother died, leaving two sons

Andrews, a physician, who settled in Madison, Lake Co., Ohio, in 1816, and practiced in that place forty-nine years and ten months ; Clarissa, oldest of the children, who married Justin Cole, now one of the pioneers of Lake Co., and Alvin, who was a tanner by trade, going to Parkersburg, W. Va., in about 1840, where he lived a few years, then went to Centralia, Southern Illinois, and lastly to Bloomington, Ill., where he died. Mr. Merriman received, in his boyhood, a good common school education. Soon after his:mother's death the other children married, and left home, but he remained and farmed there until 1835, taking care of his father, who was quite aged, and who afterward came here, and died in his 89th year. In 1834, accompanied by his father, he came, by canal and lakes, to visit friends in Lake Co., and in March, 1835, bought 272 acres of wild land in Portage Township, on the canal, two and a half miles from Akron, for which he paid $1,200. On May 5 they started, with a team, to Madison, Ohio, completing the trip in fifteen days; they remained, improving some property there, until August, when they came on to their wild land. There they lived in a small cooper-shop with Charles Webster and family for two weeks. They could only with great difficulty obtain lumber ; he built a house of round logs hewn owned 125 acres in Lorain County, which he exchanged for 95 acres near New Portage. He was a successful stock farmer, and a natural mechanic, putting up his own buildings. On Dec. 1, 1824, he married Miss Harriet Allis, of Dalton, Mass., who bore him four children, viz., Rhoda F. (who died in her seventh year, and was buried at Dalton), Charles Rector (now a physician of Akron, Ohio), Wells E. (a machinist of Akron, being a pattern-maker), and Louisa E. (who died in her second year). In politics he is a Republican, and has held several offices of trust in that party ; he was formerly a Whig. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, he having joined it at the age of 17.

ANDREWS MAY, retired, Akron. The parents of the subject of this article were Dexter and Sarah (Andrews) May. He was born at Royalston, Hampshire, Co., Mass., on Aug. 6, 1792. When 6 years old his parents moved to Concord, Vt., where they lived about six years, then moved to Montpelier; when he was 12 years old, he went to district school, and continued to attend about three months per year, until 16 years of age, when he learned painting, and helped to paint the first State House ever constructed in Vermont. Finding that the poisonous preparation of lead used in paint was not conducive to his health, he abandoned the trade, and commenced the carpentering, millwrighting and joiner trades, which he followed in Vermont until 1816. On July 1, 1818, he came to Ohio, sending his tools by wagon, having been employed for four years previous at Champlain, N. Y., by William H. Price in building mills. In the spring of 1812, he volunteered in the service, and three companies were drilled three months, and assigned to the command of Gen. Dearborn. The regiment to which our subject belonged, all volunteered to the expedition against Montreal, but were ordered back to Swanton Falls, in winter quarters to guard the frontier against the encroachments of Gen. Mayo with 1,000 hostile Indians. These three companies remained until spring, when they were mustered out. Subject again participated in the battle of Plattsburg ; he rode | on horseback through the neighborhood, rally- | | ing the men, who marched in good spirits to | ' the battle. His employer, William H. Price, |

Subject then built a large flouring-mill at Kent, supposed to be, at that time (1818), the largest in the State. Remaining in that vicinity, he built a large house for Judge Whitmore, in Stow, in 1820 and 1821. This place is now called Cuyahoga Falls. In 1821, he went to Thorndyke, and there went into partnership with Israel Thorndyke ; started a nail factory, bringing good machinery from Massachusetts, grind stone from Nova Scotia, and nail plate from Albany, N. Y., the freightage on all of which being over $6 per hundred. Although they made excellent nails, they failed to collect their pay for goods, and were, therefore, obliged to abandon the business. In 1823, he went into the plow business, employing Dr. L. Croby, plows. They were called "Jethro Woods, No. 4." This was before the canal was put through, and he had five counties to work in, viz.: Portage, Medina, Cuyahoga, Wayne and Stark, and | being obliged to travel on horseback to collect bills, he could not make it successful, even failing to collect enough to pay traveling expenses. At Franklin, he established a cupola furnace, using charcoal to cast plows. This he continued some four years, when he let it drop because of some infringements on the patent, which Wood did not litigate. In Dec. 31, 1824, he married Miss Ann L. Uttey, of Hartford, Conn., which marriage was blessed with five children, two of whom, Horace U. and Horace rels of flour to New York, this was in 1833. In about 1834, he built a house for Ithiel Mills, of Akron, which is still standing. moved to Akron, and in that year built the "Summit House," which is also standing. This place becoming then so unhealthy, he moved to Wadsworth, Ohio, where he lived five years employed in building. He returned in 1840 to Akron, and, having a carriage then, he drove in that year to all the meetings with the Democrats. After moving here he engaged in team- year, he worked at carpentering and _boatbuilding. the employ of Beach & Co., in the stone mills at Akron, acting as clerk, which position he retained until 1840, in the fall of which year he was made captain of the canal-boat " Cornelia." of Akron, which he ran to Cleveland, Buffalo and Albany, a distance of 900 miles, it being the longest run of any boat previous to that time. In the spring of 1841, he and Nicholas Rector put arun of stone in the old Center Mills, conducting it about one year. when they sold out, purchased the site for and built the City Mills, of which they sold a part interest to Philo Chamberlain, in 1843. Subject remained in that mill until 1874, when he took charge of the manufacturing department of the firm of Chamberlain & Co., which firm purchased the .Etna Mills, in 1862. both mills continuing under the control of Chamberlain. up to 1880. In July, 1874, Mr. McNeil withdrew from the company, and engaged in the manufacture of grain-cleaning machinery. which

In December, 1877, the firm of MeNeil & Baldwin was formed, and they rented the Htna Mills of Chamberlain & Co. In 1879-80, they repaired it, and arranged for the new process of making flour. He was elected Brigadier General of the Eighteenth Division Ohio Militia in 1858-59. In 1858, he was elected on the Peoj.e's Ticket Mayor of Akron. He was hibitionist in 1872. been connected with the Sons of Temperance as a prominent worker. Nov. 4, 1842, he married Miss Eleanor C. Martin, of Akron, who |

REV. THOMAS E. MONROE, minister, Akron. Rev. Thomas E. Monroe, the able Pastor of the First Congregational Church of Akron, Ohio, is of Scotch descent, and one of four children of Job and Phebe (Collins) Monroe, being born at Plainfield, Conn., on April 28, 1829. His father was born in Massachusetts, and, in his early manhood, studied law; but, his health failing, he engaged in farming. In the war of 1812, he was Captain. He died in Oberlin, Ohio, in 1872, being in his 87th year. His three sons and one daughter, excepting the subject of these lines, are Abel, a banker of Woonsocket, R. I.; Prof. James Monroe, of Oberlin College, and Mary, who is deceased. The subject spent his youth on a farm, attending to farm duties, and receiving such an education as the New England schools afforded, including Latin. At 17, he began teaching in the public schools of Rhode Island, continuing for three years, when he entered a preparatory school at Providence, R. I. The year following, he entered Oberlin College, taking a classical course, in which he graduated in 1856 ; and, in two years after, graduated in a theological course. In the summer of 1859, he was ordained by the Cleveland Conference a minister of the Gospel. For one year, he was located at Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, becoming Pastor of the First Congregational Church of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, in 1860, which place he filled until 1873, in the meantime having increased the membership from 150 to 437. During his stay with that people, they built a church costing $38,000. On April 1, 1873, he came to Akron, and became Pastor of its First Congregational Church, which position he holds, having now being an increase of 504 over the membership when he took charge of it. In June, 1859, he married Miss Mary Bernard, of Philadelphia, who bore him one child.

JAMES MATHEWS, insurance, Akron, is a son of James and Jane (Archer) Mathews, and was born April 23, 1803, in Washington Co., N. Y. When he was 8 years of age, his parents moved to Crown Point, and. a few years later, to Vermont.

ing, giving special attention to ornamental painting. His health failing, he discontinued the business, and was appointed Constable of Orange Co., Vt., and was thus employed until 1839, when he came to Akron, Ohio. He first commenced the manufacturing of grain shovels, and then engaged in building; and, in 1840, in working on Perkins & Co.'s Woolen Factory, now used as a mill. He next embarked in the grocery business, which he continued until 1845, when he built the Mathews residence, corner of East Market and Broadway, which was the second brick building in that part of the city. In the spring of 1849, he went into the insurance business, as agent of five of the leading companies, viz., Adtna, Phoenix, Springfield, Home of New York, and Hartford, continuing fire insurance, until, in 1873, when he gave it over to his son, Henry G. In January, 1857, he became agent of the Mutual Life of New York, and has retained it ever since, a period of twenty-four years. He is now the oldest agent of that company in the State, and has the best ratio of business, and has insured to the amount of over $12,000,000. He was married in January, 1833, at Wells River, Vt., to Miss Agnes Grant, of that place. Three children were born of that marriage - George H. (died in December, 1872, in his 33d year); Henry, of Akron, and Charles H., book-keeper of Booth's Theater, New York. His wife died in April, 1870. Mr. Mathews was a Jackson Democrat ; but, after the campaign of Gen. Cass, in 1848, he became a Whig ; and, upon the organization of the Republican party, adopted its principles. In 1865, he was elected Mayor of the city of Akron for two years by a unanimous vote, and during his term of office made many needed improvements in streets, etc. He was a member of the first Board of Education of Akron, which was elected in 1847. He was a second time married, on the 23d of November, 1871, to Mrs. Isabella Tayler, widow of the late James D.

of the pioneer merchants of Middlebury, where she was born. Mr. M. built the Mathews Block on Howard street, in 1850, and rebuilt it in 1871. He is a writer of considerable merit ; is of Scotch descent, and has a warm admiration for the ballads and verses of Scotia's im- farm, and, at the age of 22 years, commenced | he was thrown among the Scotch people of learning the cabinet-making business and paint- | Caledonia Co., where he acquired a taste and aptness for the Scotch dialect, which he speaks "like a native" - if occasion requires it. He was a member of the Town Council in 1842-43, and is now the only survivor of those bodies. CHARLES MILLER, manufacturer, Akron; was born in Upper Nazareth Township, Northampton Co., Penn., Nov. 29, 1815 (a more complete history of whose family appears under | the head of Norton Township). The first nineteen years of his life were spent on the farm and in receiving a very meager education ; the following spring, he went to learn the carpenter and joiner's trade with one Charles Glass, hiring for two years, which he served | with the exception of about three months ; his salary was board, washing and mending, with a few tools at the expiration of his apprenticeship; the cause of his not serving the full time | was on account of a hard master, and being | compelled to do a great deal of work after night. During the time of his apprenticeship, he was engaged on the Beaver Meadow & Hazleton Branch Railroad, from Beaver Meadow | to Mauch Chunk, which was at that time one the first railroads in the State. In the spring of 1838, he came to Guilford Township, Medina | Co., where he followed his trade until late in the | fall, when he returned to Pennsylvania, and worked at White Haven, which was at the head of the Lehigh Canal; later he returned to Northampton Co., remaining there until in 1843, when he again came to Ohio, stopping for a time in Wayne Co. He worked at his trade and engaged in farming until in 1857, when he entered into a partnership with Abraham Krotz in the sale of farming implements for C. M. Russell & Co., of Massillon, in which they con- | tinued two years; the partner appropriating the money obtained from sales and dying on his way home from Illinois where they had been operating, left Mr. Miller in almost destitute circumstances when the indebtedness was paid | up. In 1861, after John F. Seiberling began the manufacture of the Excelsior, at Doylestown, Mr. Miller acted as general agent, operating in a large territory and selling, himself, nearly half of the machines. manufactiied by that company. In 1863, he purchased a quarter. interest in the Seiberling patents, and subse- | quently was compelled to expend hundreds of dollars in the purchase of other prior inventions to make their patents valid. In 1865, he | of several of Akron's prominent business men and purchased the ground for the manufacture of the Excelsior Mower and Reaper, they built the works of that company on Broad street in the city of Akron. John F. Seiberling afterward became connected with the firm which stood until in 1875, when they made an assignment, at which time Mr. Miller was the owner of $65,500 in stock, besides having loaned the firm several thousand dollars, which has been almost a total loss. In 1879, he, in connection with his sons, purchased the chain works of a Mr. Matherson, at Cuyahoga Falls, and moved the same to Akron, having purchased

_ the Schevere works where they are now extensively engaged in the manufacture of all kinds of chains and running from sixty to eighty men. He was married in February, 1843, to Hannah Bechtel, daughter of Abraham Bechtel ; by this marriage there have been four sons and three daughters - Emma Elizabeth, Henry D., Aman- | da Ann, Harvey F., Levin J., 8. Samuel, Cora - O.; four are married and residents of Akron - | Emma E., now Mrs. Frank Reifsnider, he a |

JUDGE ULYSSES L. MARVIN, lawyer, Akron; is a son of Ulysses and Elizabeth (Bradley) Marvin, and was born March 14. 1839, in Stow Township, this county, where his youth was spent until the age of 15, when he began painting with his father during the summer. to the public schools, in Twinsburg Institute, meantime from the time he was 16 years of age. In 1858, he entered the law office of H. R. Foster, at Hudson, and the next spring came to Akron and completed his studies with Hon. Sidney Edgerton, and was admitted to the bar May 2, 1860. In 1861, he became Principal of

August, 1862, he enlisted as a private in the the 115th O. V. I, and served as a clerk in the office of Judge Advocate, at Cincinnati, until August, 1863, when he was commissioned as lst Lieutenant in the 5th U.S. Colored Infantry, and as a part of the 18th Army Corps participated in the Peninsular campaign of 1864. In the attack on Petersburg and that campaign, he commanded the skirmish line at the Burnside mine explosion. During the siege of Richmond, he was promoted to Captain, and was wounded while leading his company at New Market Heights, Sept. 29, 1864, which disabled him for two months, when he returned to his command and was assigned to duty as Adjutant General on Gen. Shurtliff's staff, was sent to Ft. Fisher, then to Raleigh, N. C., and was at the surrender. He was brevetted Major at the close of the war for gallant and meritorious serv- of Gen. Paine, serving as such until mustered | He then | returned to Kent and opened a law office, and . two years later removed to Akron, forming a | partnership with J. J. Hall for eighteen months. In the fall of 1869, he was elected Probate | Judge, serving until February, 1876; since © then he has been in practice of law first as the | firm of Foster, Marvin & Grant, now the firm of -

_ son of Abijah and Abigail (Scott) Merrill, and : was born Feb. 9, 1808, in Painesville, Ohio, | where he went to school in winter, and began | his trade of potter with his father when but a boy, growing up with the business. when he was 22 years old, he came to Springfield Township, working successively for Fisk - most extensive of Akron and Summit County, and receives full notice in the chapter devoted to the industries of the city.) After he bought out Fisk, his father's family came on (about 1835), and they began the manufacture of beer bottles, tobacco and water pipes - making 300,000 bottles per year. They also invented a machine for making stone pumps, which they manufactured for a time. In 1854, they (Merrill Brothers), invented a machine for making sewer-pipe, and began their manufacture, under firm of Merrill, Powers & Co., the brothers owning one-half interest. They did well until 1857, when the panic came, and their principal buyers of Chicago could not sell, and having a large amount on hand, were forced to sell at reduced prices. About the same time, subject bought his brother's interest in the bottle factory, which he continued until 1860, when it was destroyed by fire, with total loss. He then came to his present place, 404 South Main street, and purchased the building now in use, where he has done a good business. The firm was Merrill & Sons, and they employed a force of some thirty men and boys. He was married, in 1838, to Miss Emily Gleason, of Bedford, Ohio. They have two sons and one daughter living. Henry E. is a member of the firm; William G. is in the pottery . business in Virginia; Grace, now Mrs. F. W. Butler, who is a member of the present firm. In February, 1880, William G. reretired from the firm of Merrill & Sons, and F. | W. Butler became a partner, and the firm was | changed to E. H. Merrill & Co. CYRUS MILLER, merchant, Akron, Ohio ; - was born in 1831, in Allegheny Co., Penn. At an early age he was left an orphan, and that portion of his life was spent in the homes of different families, as chance might offer and as his services were counted as compensation. He had no opportunities of gaining an | education, and at the age of 14 he began as a driver in the coal mines at Chippewa, Ohio, he having for some years previous to this been a resident of the State. He continued at driving in the mines for about five years, and then he spent three years in mining. He then ac-. cepted the position of shipper for Mr. David Morris, who was engaged in the shipment of coal from Girard, Trumbull Co., to Cleveland. Tor about nine years he was engaged in shipping, when he purchased a hotel in Girard, of which he spent the following eight years as landlord and proprietor. His last change, little over ten years ago, was to come to Akron, and with a capital of $500, engage in the grocery trade. With this small amount asa beginning, he has built up a business that ranks among the leading mercantile houses of the city, as, in the year 1880, the aggregate sum of his sales was $80,000. His place of business is located at No. 142 South Howard street. Mr. Miller is a quiet, unassuming man, who has given his whole attention to his business, and though he began a poor boy, and was left dependent upon his own resources, he holds a position among the business men of Akron of which he may justly be proud. In 1849, he was married to Miss Delilah, daughter of John Wilson, of Stark Co., Ohio.

GEORGE 8. MAY, lawyer, Akron, Ohio ; was born Jan. 31, 1851, and is a son of Horace and Eleanor (Stow) May, the latter of the same family of Mr. Stow, the founder of Stow Township. His (subject's) father was born in Cazenovia, N. Y., July 6, 1811, and came to Akron in 1837, where he engaged in general mercantile business; having stores at Lock 1, one in North Akron, and a branch at "Slankertown." By prudence, economy, and a general adapta-

- tion to the business, he was successful, and retired on account of failing health in 1856, having accumulated a competency, which he managed with care until his death, in August, 1867. Mr. M. was always at the front in all enterprises of a public nature, and did much to establish the commercial and political importance of the town. A man of sterling worth, and with the reputation of being an excellent business man, he had the respect and confidence of all who knew him. Those who have listened with interest to his stories of business experiences of Akron in the early times, will remember with what pride he would boast of never having paid a debt a day after it was due in his life. His social qualities drew about him a host of friends and intimate acquaintances, and his home was always filled with company. Among others, Hon. B. F. Wade, R. P. Ranney, Judge V. R. Humphrey, were life-long friends, and always found a welcome with Mr. May. Subject was but 16 years old when his father died, and »+ the solicitation of Mr. Wade, took up the study of the law in the office of Edgerton & Kohler, where he remained until his admission to the bar, Sept. 2, 1872. In October following, he made a trip to the Old World, visiting the larger portions of Continental Europe and Great Britain, spending one year in the Law Department of the University of

Heidelberg, Germany. He returned home in 1874, and began the practice of law in Akron, where he has since remained. He was married Sept. 30,1875, to Miss Elizabeth 8. Rogers, of Boston, Mass. She died June 10, 1877, leaving two daughters.

REV. HENRY F. MILLER, Akron; a son of John 8S. and Ann (Forer) Miller; was born in Athens Co., Ohio, Aug. 22,1829. His youth was spent on a farm, and, at the age of 18, he entered the Ohio University at Athens, and graduated in the class of 1853. He then became Principal of Transylvania University at Lexington, Ky., remaining one year. He taught in Meigs Co., Ohio, two years, and in Pomeroy two years. In 1859, he entered the ministry of the Universalist Church, and removed the next year to Madison, Ind., where he became | Pastor of a church until 1863. He was then sent as general army agent to look after the sick and wounded soldiers in the Southwest. | and distribute sanitary stores and attend to his church, with headquarters at Louisville, Ky. In July, 1865, he returned to Madison and was appointed by the Northwestern Con- | ference of the Universalist Church General | Financial Secretary to raise an endowment fund for Lombard University at Galesburg, IIl., and succeeded in raising $100,000 in two years, He was appointed to a like work for the building and equipment of Smithson College at Logansport, Ind. He resigned the position in 1869, and was elected general agent of the Ohio State Convention, Universalists, for the founding of an institution of learning in Ohio, and in pursuance of this object, during same year, | he made the acquaintance of John R. Buchtel, of Akron, and enlisted him in behalf of the enterprise. The result was the founding of | Buchtel College, a history of which is given elsewhere. He continued in management of its finances until the building was erected and opened for the admission of students. He conceived and carried to success the idea of having Hon. Horace Greeley deliver an address at the laying of the corner-stone, which gave the college considerable prestige. Since 1871, with somewhat broken health, Mr. M. has divided his time between the work of the min- | istry and business pursuits. He was married, | dren, five of whom are living - Henry E. was educated in the Akron schools, and is now farming in Medina Co.; Clinton D. is proprietor of the "99-cent" store of Akron; Paul R., a student of the Class of 1881, in Buchtel College ; Mattie C. and Ernest still reside at home. Subject's parents were born in New Jersey, and settled in the woods of Athens Co., Ohio, in the early part of 1829.

C. H. MYERS, boots and shoes, Akron; is a good representative of the boot and shoe trade of South Akron, and, in fact, one of the leading dealers in the city. In speaking personally of some of the promoters of Akron's business industries, his name is worthy of more than a passing mention. He was born Dec. 6, 1852, in Middlebury, or what is now known as Kast Akron, and is the son of Charles F. and Elizabeth (Swope) Myers, the former a native of France, and a carpenter and architect by trade. When C. H. was about 10 years old, his father moved to the country and engaged in farming. About seven years of the life of C. H. was spent at hard work on the farm, when his people removed to Akron again, which move gave him a better opportunity of getting an education, both of a commercial and literary nature. After leaving school he spent about

Buckeye Reaper Works. With the money earned by himself in this way he took a thorough course and graduated at the commercial college of Akron. After leaving college, he spent one year on the road as traveling salesman for a hardware house. clerking for Mr. E. P. Holloway, with whom he remained till the spring of 1876, when he and

| the spring of 1881. when he purchased the interest of Mr. Holloway, and is now conduct ing the business alone in the old successful way. Inthe spring of 1877, he was married to Miss Catharine, daughter of Albert and Mary (Braenton) Corney. She was born May he has been a member for the past fourteen years. One child has been born to them - Gracie, who was born on March 30, 1878, and died on March 4, 1880.

J. A. MYERS, foreman of the shipping department at Aultman, Miller & Co.'s, Akron; is a son of David B.and Elizabeth (Moller) Myers - she a native of Wayne Co., Ohio, he of Germany, but he came to Ohio with his widowed mother when about 6 months old; she married, in Cleveland, a Mr. Green, and moved to Independence, where she still lives, at the advanced age of 83 years. David, the father of our subject, moved from Wayne Co. to La- Porte Co., Ind., where he lived thirteen years, when he returned to Ohio in 1864, and resided at Canal Fulton and Clinton until 1868, when he came to Akron, where he now resides. He had three children - J. A., the eldest, born Jan. 15, 1847 ; Nancy, a Mrs. Henninger, and Etta, a maiden. The subject of this sketch received a very limited education, and, at twelve years of age, went into a drug store, in which business he continued until 1866, making rapid advancement in the knowledge of the business. He then worked with bis father, who was a carpenter by trade, until Oct. 27, 1867, when he accepted the second position in the shipping department, where he is now employed, serving nine years in that capacity, after which he accepted his present position. He was married, Sept. 12, 1869, to Emma Clark, born Dec. 29, 1848, in Sheffield, England, but came when 1 year old to this country with her parents, Samuel and Sarah Clark, who were farmers in Springfield Township, both of whom are now deceased. By this marriage there are five children - Clarence Arthur, born July 1, 1870; Edna May, July 9, 1872; Daisy Emma, April 3, 1875; Myrtle Grace, Oct. 27, 1877 ; Chester Albert, April 6, 1881. Mr. Myers is a stanch Republican, greatly interested in education, a liberal supporter of churches, and he, with his family, are members of the Evangelical Association.

FATHER THOMAS F. MAHAR, Akron ; was born in Scranton, Penn., Sept. 28, 1851. In 1866, he entered St. Louis College at Louisville, Stark Co., Ohio, and remained three years, having been for four years previous a student in St. Mary's College. In 1869, he went to Rome, Italy, where he began his ecclesiastical studies in the American College, con- tinuing until 1875, when he came to Cleveland, Ohio, and was made Assistant Pastor in St. John's Cathedral, serving until Aug. 1, 1880, when he was sent to the pastorate of St. Vincent's Church of Akron. He received the degrees of Ph. D. and D. D. at Rome, Italy. He is the oldest son living born to Thomas and Ann (Hart) Mahar, both of whom were born in the United States and are now residents of Cleveland, where the husband superintends a rolling-mill.

RUDOLPH A. MAY, of the firm of May & Fiebeger, Akron, dealers in stoves and tinware, also galvanized iron cornices, etc. Mr. May, of this firm, was born in Bohemia, Austria, April 3, 1847, and is the fourth of six children born to Anthony and Rosialia (Dreythaler) May, natives of Bohemia, Austria. Anthony May came to the United States in 1848, and in 1850, his wife and one child, (the three other children having working. Mr. May first worked in the woolen factory, and in 1851, he engaged in the grocery business, which he followed until his death in 1855. Mrs. May soon after married Mr. Joseph Fiebeger, who was also a native of Austria. live now in Akron. Rudolph A., the subject. lived at home until he was 14 years old, when he went to Columbus, where he worked at silver-plating. Some months after he apprenticed to the tinning trade, receiving wages after the first year; he lived in Columbus two years, and then returned to Akron, and a year afterwhen the firm dissolved and was succeeded by the present one of May & Fiebeger. He was married Sept. 9, 1874, to Miss Susan K. Rhodes, a native of Portage Co.,Ohio. They have three children - Mary M., Lewis R. and Nellie L. DR. THOMAS McEBRIGHT, physician, Akron ; was born April 14, 1824, at Carlisle, Penn. He is the youngest of eight children born to George and Barbara (Brunner) Mc- Ebright. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania ; moved in 1833 to Wayne Co., Ohio, where his father, though a tanner by trade, devoted his attention to farming. Here both lived until their death, living to an advanced age. Dr. McEbright lived on the farm until the age of 16 years, when he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, continuing his studies at intervals until 1848, teaching district and select schools in the meantime to support him in college. He finally abandoned his college course, before completion, on account of "his health. He at one began reading medicine at Wooster, Ohio, with Dr. T. H. Baker, and graduated at the Starling Medical College. of Columbus, Ohio. He began practice at Nashville, Ohio, where he remained seven years, going from there to Millersburg. In 1861, he went from the latter place to the army as Surgeon of the 8th O. V. L., remaining with the regiment two years. Resigning, he returned to Millersburg, and soon after raised the 59th Battalion, consisting of five companies, which, upon the call for 100 days' men, was attached to the 166th Regiment. Dr. McEbright was made Colonel, but preferring to act as Surgeon, at his request, Gov. Tod appointed Col. Blake to succeed him, and commissioned Dr. McEbright as Surgeon. He soon after rose to the position of Brigade Surgeon, and in this position was detailed as Chief of the Operative Board at the battles of Antietam, Winchester, Wilderness seven days' fight, Rich Mountain, and the other engagements up to Gettysburg. In the fall of 1864, he was mustered out with his regiment and returned, coming to Akron to resume his practice, where he has since been engaged. Dr. McKbright is an active society man ; a member of the Summit County Medical Society ; was one of its founders, and among its earliest Presidents. He is a member also of the Union Medical So- former. daughter of Judge Thomas Liggett, of Millersburg, Ohio. They have had five children, only two of whom are now living: " Kit,' who received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, at the also received the same degree at the Buchtel, and is now completing a French course at St. Marie De Monoir, Canada. Carrie, the younger daughter, is attending school in her native city, Akron.

WILLIAM McKINNEY, Sheriff, Akron; was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Dec. 29. 1833, and is the youngest of five children born to Cineum and Abigail (Patterson) McKinney ; he was butcher by trade, and dealt largely in stock ; he died in 1834. Mrs. McKinney atterward married Mr. Luther R. Prentiss, a farmer of Cuyahoga County, where she lived until her death, about the year 1855. Mr. Prentiss is yet living in Cuyahoga County, aged 78 years. Our subject lived with his mother until he was 16 years of age, when he was apprenticed to shoemaking and served three years, after which he followed his trade in Twinsburg, and in Iowa and Kansas for three or four years. In 1860, he returned to Twinsburg and opened a shop ; in 1862, he left his shop in his brotherin-law's care, and enlisted in Co. G,115th O.V. L., serving until the close of the war ; he was first appointed Corporal and afterward promoted to 2d Sergeant; in 1863, he was detailed with Lieut. Nash to take charge of a block-house at Luverne, near Nashville, and, upon the transfer of Lieut. Nash, the Sergeant was left in command, and so remained until Dec. 5, 1864, when the place was captured by Forest; they were held prisoners, and, in March following, were moved to Black River, near Vicksburg ; here the Sergeant escaped the guard and went to Vicksburg, where he took a hospital boat to St. Louis, and, from there, returned home, his weight being eighty pounds; after remaining home about a month, he went to Camp Chase, where he received his discharge, and returned to Twinsburg, where he resumed shoemaking, which he continued there until 1871, when he was appointed Postmaster by President Grant, and held the office until Jan. 1, 1881. In the fall of 1880, he was elected Sheriff on the Republican ticket, and entered upon the duties of his office in January following. 1853, he married Miss Sarah A. Carver, a native of Twinsburg, and a daughter of George | W. Carver, whose father was one of the pioneers | to the machinist trade, with Webster & Taplin, of Akron, and served until he became of age ; he followed the trade about six years in Cleveland, with the Cleveland & Mahoning R. R. Co. - three and a half years foreman of shops and two and a half years engineer on railroad - and then returned to Akron, and took charge of the machinery in the Akron Barrel Factory, where he continued for two and a half years. In 1866, the firm of Moffatt & McNeil was formed, and engaged in the manufacture of boilers and boiler plate-work ; they continued four years, when Mr. McNeil became sole proprietor and has continued ever since. In 1880, Mr. McNeil built the present brick shop, 64x96 feet ; he does a large business, and is a practical man; employs from twenty-five to thirty hands. He was married, in 1859, to Miss Mary Gale, a daughter and youngest child of Justus and Sarah (Hyde) Gale, a prominent family, and a native of Akron ; they have two children, viz.: Grant C. and Sarah G. He has been a Republican since organization of the party, and from 1866 to 1869, was Chief of the City Fire Department.

J. C. McMILLEN, of Baker, Merriman & Co., Akron; was born in Clarion County, Penn., March 8, 1827, and is the second of a family of four children born to John and Sallie (Maxwell) McMillen. Mr. McMillen's parents were natives of Westmoreland County, Penn. ; his father was a farmer, and subsequently, in 1862, moved with his family to Iowa, where the mother died, July 4,1876. The family then moved to Michigan, where he is now living with a son. J. C. McMillen lived with his parents, assisting on the farm, until he was 18 years of age, when he was apprenticed to a daga County, N. Y., May 8, 1836, and is a) son of Samuel and Nancy (Cokely) McNeil, | who were natives of New York, and emigrated | to Ohio about the year 1838, and settled in | Coshocton County ; they carried on farming | until he attained his majority ; he continued about three years longer as a journeyman, | when he came to Akron and engaged in his trade. Some four years later, he united with others in establishing the Melodeon Company, and has been in company with Baker ever since. Nov. 29, 1853, he married Miss Evaline Reed, a native of Sharon Township, Medina Co., Ohio ; she died Feb. 21, 1858, leaving one child, Laura, now Mrs. Brush, of Michigan. Sept. 19, 1861, Mr. McMillen married Mrs. Fulton, formerly Miss Catharine Schley, a native of Chambersburg, Penn.; three children have blessed this union - Guy, Mary and Emma.

_ hess, continuing for two years. ' he became a clerk for Cutter & Howe, of Akron, . where he remained until January, 1870. ' then went to Indianapolis and clerked in a> , shoe store, but returned to Akron the next - year and entered the employ of his old firm,

A. J. McNEIL, boots and shoes, Akron ; is the youngest son of William and Sarah (Pur- | sell) McNeil, of Peninsula, and was born Dec. ! 23,1850. He lived at Peninsula until 1864, when he came to Akron as clerk in the employ of David Snyder, in the grain and produce busi- In May, 1866, |

Cutter & Howe. In company with A. L. Bowman, he, in 1873, bought the shoe establish- | ment of C. R. Howe, and, under the firm of | Bowman & McNeil, did business four years. | In 1878, was engaged as traveling salesman for | Childs, Groff & Co., wholesale boot and shoe dealers, of Cleveland, and continued with them ,; two years. In 1880, was employed by M. T. ;

1881, associated himself with his brother. 8. C. / McNeil, at 121 S. Howard street. He was married, in July, 1373, to Miss Emma E. Ladd, They have one daughter.

S. C. McNEIL, boots and shoes, Akron; is a son of William and Sarah (Pursell) McNeil, and was born at Sharon, June 28, 1843. He | was ten years old when the family moved to | Peninsula, Summit Co., where he grewup. He | clerked here for some time, and, in 1862, became the partner of Frederick Wood in general | store, continuing until about the year 1865, ' under the firm name of Wood & MeNeil. In 1865, he went to Denver, Colo., remaining six months ; then returned to Peninsula, and, in | the fall of 1866, purchased a canal-boat, and ! ran from Peninsula to Cleveland, with stone, | lumber, ete., until the fall of 1870, when, in | the lumber business under the firm of Wood & | MeNeil. In March, 1881, he opened a shoe | store at 121 South Howard street, with a large . stock of new goods, embracing every variety of | boots and shoes, and a shop for custom-work.

able season, direct from the manufacturers for cash, also including the largest stock of trunks and valises in the city. Mr. McNeil has se- | cured the services of his brother, A. J. McNeil, who has had fifteen years' experience in the | shoe business. He was married, April 24, | 1872, to Miss Jennie Beers, daughter of L. !

CAPT. THOMAS W. NASH, - Recording Clerk, Akron; is a native of Williamsburg, Hampshire Co., Mass. ; he was born Dec. 7, 1832, and is the fourth of five children born to Hophni and Lovisa (King) Nash. They were natives of Massachusetts; he was born Jan. 10, 1797 ; his father was a farmer, and he was raised to the same pursuit ; in the fall of 1817, he came to Ohio in company with his cousin, John A. Nash ; he settled in Richfield Township, where he was burned out, after which he moved to Bath Township, of which locality he was one of the pioneers; he lived in Bath Township, except a few years in his native State, until the fall of 1880. when he retired to Akron, where he now lives. Our subject lived at home on the farm until the year 1861: he received a common school course of study, and taught at home and in Indiana. where he was visiting. Oct. 3, 1861, he enlisted in Co. H, 29th O. V. IL, and served throughout the war, during which time he was several times promoted, ranging from Orderly Sergeant to UCaptain (see record of regiment in this work); le was taken prisoner at the battle of Port Republic, and held three months in Libby and Saulsbury Prisons, after which he was paroled. He

Summit Co., Ohio, and the following month occupied his farm in Illinois, and farmed until the spring of 1873 ; he then moved to Chatsworth, Ill., and became agent for Howe's sewing machines, and also taught school. In 1879, he returned to Akron, and has resided there since, and has followed his present business. By the marriage there has been two children, viz., Effie M. and Clyde C.

SUMNER NASH, County Clerk, Akron ; was born in Bath Township, Summit Co., Ohio, May 10, 1836, and is the youngest of five children born to Hophni and Lovisa (King) Nash, who are spoken of elsewhere in this work. Our subject remained on the farm until he was 20 years of age, receiving a common school and academic course of study; he then went to Wisconsin, where he took a contract to clear a way through the forest near Plymouth for the Sheboygan & Fond du Lac Railroad, making ties and cording the timber. He next drove stage between Oshkosh and New London. In the Spring of 1857, he took charge of a hardware store in Oshkosh, for E. H. Barber, and the following summer he returned home and took charge of the farm which he managed and taught school during the winters until 1862. Aug. 6, of that year, he enlisted in the service, and was assigned to the 115th O. V. L, and served three years; he enlisted as a private and was successively promoted to thera nk of 1st Lieutenant. In 1863, he was detailed to relieve Lieut. John Eadie, in command of the military forces at Dayton during the election. In 1864, he was placed under Maj. Willet, and served as Assistant Inspector of Railroad Defenses, which position he held until the close of the war. In July, 1865, he returned home, and in September following bought a farm in Livingston Co., Ill. March 8, 1866, he married Miss Rebecca M., daughter of John A. Means, of Summit Co., Ohio; after the marriage, he occupied his farm in Illinois, and lived there until 1868, when he returned to Summit Co., where his wife died July 18, 1869. They had one child, M. Maud. He managed his fatherin-law's farm for two years; in the spring of 1872, he engaged as agent for G. G. Baker & Co., manufacturers of lightning reds, etc., and traveled for them in Illinois until the following winter, when he returned to Summit Co., and was appointed Deputy County Olerk by John A. Means, which office he held untilthe term expired ; he then served as Deputy for George W. Weeks, and in the fall of 1878 he was elected County Clerk on the Republican ticket, and entered the duties of the office Feb. 10 following. June 23, 1874, he married Miss Linnie A. Cross, of Columbus, Ohio.

THOMAS NORTON, retired, Middlebury ; was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., April 16, 1806, and is a son of Peter and Elethina (Thompson) Norton, natives of Farmington, Conn. There is a record of the Norton family running back through nineteen generations, and the American branch of the family trace their ancestry through the same line. The earliest oi the name - Lord Norville, of France - was an officer under William the Conqueror, and went into England in 1066. A genealogical chart of the | family is kept at Cambridge, Mass.: " Norville is a corruption of the French term Nordville, 'North-ville, or North town, and Nor-ton or

Norton was subsequently adopted." Peter Norton, the father of our subject, was a farmer, and, in 1806, moved to Smithfield, Trumbull Co., Ohio, where he worked for his uncle, Luther Thompson, who settled there four years previous. In 1809, Mr. Norton moved to Tallmadge, Summit Co., and purchased fifty acres of timber land, on which he settled and lived for several years. In 1812, he was drafted, but, owing to family affairs, his son Almeron went in his place, serving a short term. In 1813, the family settled on the place where Thomas subject) now lives, Mr. N. having bought 200 acres of wild land, upon which he lived until his death, Aug. 23, 1822. He was Treasurer of Tallmadge Township for many years. Mrs. Norton afterward married Elisha Farnam, and died Nov. 24, 1844. The subject lived with his mother until her death, and remained on the place, which now belonged to his brother Almeron. In 1851, his brother died, and subject bought out his brother's heirs, thus becoming the owner of the old homestead. He has always followed farming. He was married, Jan. 10, 1847, to Miss Hannah M. Coney, a native of Stark Co., Ohio, who was born April 13, 1812, and is a daughter of James and Nancy (Hamlin) Coney, he a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Stark Co. a young man, and she a native of Virginia, who came to the same county with her parents. Subject has one child - Martha M. (now Mrs. Theodore Johns, boot and shoe dealer, Des Moines, Iowa). Theodore Johns was born in Middlebury, Summit Co., Ohio, March 23, 1845, and is a son of John and Nancy (Grant) Johns, he having been born on the line between Delaware and Maryland, and she in New Jersey. They were married in Philadelphia, and lived in New Jersey until about the year 1832, when they came to Middlebury, where he carried on shoemaking. About the year 1852 he moved to Akron, and, in 1855, to Des Moines, Iowa. He there opened the shoe business, which he conducted until 1874, when he retired, and his son Theodore took his place, continuing with the old firm name. He (Theodore) was married to Martha M. Norton (daughter of Thomas Norton) June 2, 1873. They have had two children, one of whom is living, viz., Nettie. WILLIAM ACER NOBLE, foreman C.-B. Dep't., Akron ; a son of Theron and Lydia Dow (Acer) Noble ; was born Dec. 1, 1851, and is a native of Pittsburgh, Penn. When a year old, family removed to Akron, where his father had lived before. Subject was educated in Akron in the public schools, and, at 16, was apprenticed to the trade of machinist, in Taplin, Rice & Co.'s foundry, where he remained three years. He then went to Florida, where he remained two years, and, in 1873, returned and entered the employ of Taplin, Rice & Co., until the spring of 1876, and, in December of that year, engaged with Aultman, Miller & Co. asa mechanic, and, Sept. 1, 1877, was made foreman in cutter-bar department, which embraces three rooms and employs fifty men. He was married, in October, 1877, to Miss Kate Bigelow, of Mansfield, Ohio; one daughter living. Mr. N. and wife are members of the Episcopal Church ; is Republican in politics. His father was born in New York, and came to Akron about 1835, and was one of the first Auditors of this county. He was a tanner, but followed milling, and ran the old Black Mill in Middlebury several years. Afterward, he owned the Cascade Mills ; died Sept. 20, 1877, aged 73