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EDWARD OVIATT, Akron. Edward Oviatt. son of Marvin and Mary (Foot) Oviatt ; was born on May 19, 1822, at Hudson, Summit Co., Ohio. He spent a part of his time on a farm during his youth, and attended school at the Richfield Academy at Granville, and Western Reserve College, during a portion of his minority. In May, 1842, hecame to Akron, entering the Hon. D. K. Cartter, now the President Judge of the District of Columbia, for purpose of studying law, where he remained four years, and until Cartter removed to Massillon. In September, 1844, he was admitted at Medina as a practitioner at the bar in the State Courts, and, in November, 1856, at Cleveland, 4s a practitioner in the courts of the United States. He practiced law alone until July, 1865, when he formed a partnership with Hon. 8. W. McClure, which lasted until May, 1870, the latter having been elected as one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. He continued the practice alone till September, 1876, when he formed a partnership with George G. Allen, who had, a short time before that, been admitted to the bar, and with whom he still continues, under the firm name of Oviatt & Allen. He was one of the members of the Board of Education of the city for sev- eral years; was City Attorney from 1854 to 1862, and Prosecuting Attorney for this county from 1865 to 1869 inclusive, having been almost unanimously nominated by the Republican party early in September, 1864, and, on the day of his return from the 100 days' serv- | ice, leaving Akron as a member of Co. A, 54th | Battalion O. N. G., but, on arriving in camp at -

Cleveland, in the organization of the 164th Regiment O. V. L., Col. John C. Lee commanding, he was appointed and served as Color Bearer of the regiment until his return home. the regiment having been located on Arlington Heights, Va., during the entire summer. He

Sept. 8, 1847, he married Anna M. Wads- | worth, daughter of Frederick Wadsworth, | who bore him one daughter - Emma, now the , wife of Calvin Edgerton, a lawyer residing in ©

Lansing, of Saratoga Co., N. Y., who bore him two children - Olivia F., wife of George G. Allen, and Edward Alling, the three above named being his only children. An ardent Republican, but not ambitious for office or political preferment, he has devoted his time and | energies to his profession, seeking a reputation | for fidelity and trustworthiness in business. | rather than political honors. He adopted the rule early in life to owe no man anything pecuniarily, and if a debt was contracted in the purchase of real estate or otherwise, he lost no

HERBERT A. PRUNER, Palmer & Pruner, artificial stone, Akron; is a native of Dundas Co., Ontario, and was born July 5, 1849, receiving a common-school education. At the age of 16 years, he came to Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., where he worked on a farm for two years, when he returned to Cangda, remaining there one year, and then went back to New York. For two years he was employed in a cheese factory in Chautauqua Co., and then returned to his old employment in Cattaraugus Co., where he remained two years. About the year 1873, he went into the shops of the N. Y., P. & O. R. R. at Randolph, in the blacksmithing department, but again returned to the farm. In April,

1878, he came to Akron, and was employed by | S. Matherson, in chain works at Cuyahoga | Falls for one year, when he returned to New | York. In October, 1879, he came back to | Akron, and, in January, 1880, became a mem- . ber of the firm of Palmer & Pruner, manufacturers of artificial stone. (See Mr. Palmer's sketch.) He was married, March 24, 1880, to Miss Belle Le Vere, of Akron. He started | without capital, and, until the age of 21 years, gave his earnings into the hands of the family. HARRY A. PALMER, Palmer & Pruner, artificial stone, Akron, Ohio, is ason of William and Sophia (Brock) Palmer, and was born July 16, 1851, in Somersetshire, England. The family came to the United States in 1852, when he was but 8 months old, and settled in Tallmadge Township on a farm, where he was brought up until he was 15, when he went to work ina paper mill at Cuyahoga Falls, remaining about - one year, and then became engineer for his : brother-in-law at Mansfield, in Richland Flouring Mills. Two years later, mills were burned down and firm removed to Ashland, and he was again employed as engineer. In 1870, he went to Shelby and ran an engine about one | year and then returned to Tallmadge in 1872, and took charge ofa farm. In the fall of 1873, he went to Onarga, Ill., and Jan. 1, 1873, was married to Miss Mary C. Risser, of Ashland, Ohio. He bought a fruit farm near Onarga, IIl., and did well for two years, and in 1876, bought a farm in Edinburg Township, Portage County, where he farmed two years. In 1878, he went to Ashland, as engineer in the mills, until September 1879, when hecame to Akron and bonght the right of manufacture and sale of artificial stone in Summit County. Jan. 10,1880, he formed , a partnership with Herbert A. Pruner, and opened a manufactory at 203 North Howard street. The following is given as a matter of scientific interest: Artificial stone has been in use probably as long as any other building material, and is unquestionably one of the lost arts. In conformation of this, history informs | us that the Moors long ago manufactured a durable artificial stone, specimens of which may yet be found at Gibralter, which have withstood successfully the storms of ten centuries. The Coliseum at Rome is a sample of artificial | work by the ancients. The Cisterns of Solo- - mon, near the city of Tyre, are of still more ancient origin, yet these immense stuctures are - almost complete in their preservation. The noted Small Cob, together with a large number of scientific men, is of the opinion that the Pyramids were built of artificial blocks, manufactured upon the ground from the sands of the surrounding plains, by some cunning process that perished with the builders. Some of the largest and most permanent harbors and government works in the European countries, with the Seagirt railroad station, and piers of the great bridge at New York, are instances where artificial stone is used almost entirely and with the best of success. Business blocks that are not surpassed in beauty and grandeur in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and many

The great advocates of this building material are the eminent chemists and engineers of English fame, together with Maj. Gen. Gilmore, corps of engineers United States Army, whose engineering skill has given him a world-wide fame.

Many different processes have been invented, yet all have met with more or less difficulty in trying to obtain a solid, durable stone. Under the patent process which Messrs. Palmer & Pruner now control in this county, these difficulties have been overcome, and they are now manufacturing a quality of artificial stone, perfect in appearance and adapted to all classes of work where natural stone or any other building material is used. Being of a hydraulic nature, it will harden and improve in solidity under water, it resists the action of steam, acids, and other disintegrating influences as well as our. best building stone. The Boston Journal of Chemistry says that artificial stone is as safe and durable as natural stone, that its chemical nature is such that it becomes almost as hard | as granite, and that there cannot be a doubt this stone, it being coarse, sharp and siliceous. | Ornamental work can be furnished at about one-half the cost of natural stone and will stand fire much better.

GEORGE K. PARDEE, lawyer, Akron: is a son of Hon. Aaron and Evaline (Eyles) Pardee, and was born March 1, 1839, in Wadsworth, Ohio, where he was brought up, and where he lived until 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Co. K, 42d O. V. IL, Gen. Garfield's regiment. He took part in the battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, where he was wounded by a musket ball. He was Second Lieutenant, and for gallant services was promoted to Adjutant of the regiment. He was also at Young's Point, Grand Gulf, Thompson's Hill, Champion Hill, Black River Bridge, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Miss., and in the Red River campaign and other engagements of his regiment ; finally promoted to Captain of Co. D. He returned to Wadsworth, and kept a dry goods | store for three years, during which time he com- | pleted his study of the law under his father, | He | and was admitted to the bar in 1866. commenced practice in the courts of Medina until 1875, when be removed to Akron, where he has been in active practice since. He was admitted to practice in the United States Court in 1878. He was married, in December, 1860, to Miss Caroline C. Hard, daughter of Cyrus

| five sons and three daughters - William EH. was an attorney, and died April 6, 1866; Henry C., attorney, at Medina; Almira S., wife of John G. Houston, of New Orleans ; Judge Don A., attorney and United States Circuit Court Judge at | New Orleans ; George K. (subject); Fanny, de- | ceased, was wife of P. B. Wilkins; Ella N., |

CHARLES E. PERKINS, Akron; sixth son of Col. Simon Perkins; was born in Akron, May 7, 1850; attended public school, and made further preparations at Hudson College ; and, in about 1868, he entered the Troy Polytechnic Institute, where he pursued the engineer's course for three years, taking both a civil and mining course. On his return to Akron, he was elected City Engineer of Akron, continuing six years, the first year acting as assistant, and the last five being in the West. In the spring of 1878, he opened an agricultural warehouse on Canal street, where he has since conducted business with good success. He handles all kinds of agricultural implements, carriages, wagons, scales and feed. In January, 1880, he married Miss May Adams, daughter of Frank Adams, of Akron.

COL. GEORGE T. PERKINS, banker, Akron, son of Col. Simon Perkins, was born in Akron May 5, 1836. His education was acquired in the schools of Akron and at Marietta College. In April, 1861, he enlisted as private soldier in the 19th O. V.L, and at the organization of Co. B was elected its Second Lieutenant, and participated in the West Virginia campaign. In August, 1862, he re-enlisted in the 105th O. V.L, and was promoted to the rank of Major. He was with the army of Gen. Sherman and Gen. Thomas in the Atlanta campaign. In 1864, he was made Colonel of the gallant 105th Regiment, and was its commander until the close of the war, being mustered out at Washington in June, 1865. On his return to Akron, he became Secretary of Taplin, Rice & Co., and held that position until July, 1870, when, at the organization of the Bank of Akron, he became its President, continuing in that office until 1876, when, at the demise of Mr. Alden Gage, Mr. Perkins became Cashier. ) rich & Co., of the Akron Rubber Works.

COL. SIMON PERKINS, of Akron, son of the late Gen. Simon Perkins, of Warren, Ohio, was born at the latter place Feb. 6, 1805, where he remained until 1834, when he came to Akron and settled upon a tract of wild land containing some 5,000 or 6,000 acres, which he purchased in 1827. For a number of years prior to his removal to Akron, he assisted his father in the management of various land agencies, and in earlier years had experience in clearing

| up the wild lands of his native town. His education was at the common schools of Warren. In September, 1832, he married Miss Grace I. Tod, daughter of Judge Tod, and sister of the late Gov. David Tod, of Youngstown, by whom he had eleven children ; eight of them are still living. Col. Perkins came of good Puritan and Revolutionary ancestry, being the "escendant of John Perkins, who came to America with Roger Williams in 1661. His grandfather was Captain in the war of the Revolution, and his father commanded the forces raised in Northern Qhio for the defence of the frontier in the war of 1812. lass, descendant of William Douglass, one of a

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Boston colony which founded New London, Conn. After settling in Akron, Col. Perkins devoted himself to the improvement of his property, selling farms to settlers as they were wanted ; raising improved breeds of stock and sheep, employing for a series of years, as Superintendent of these farming and stock operations, John Brown, afterward famous in the anti-slavery annals of the country. An eventful period, financially, in the life of Col. Perkins was that in which the Cleveland, Zanesville & Cincinnati Railroad was constructed to Millersburg. He was President of the road from the first organization of the company until it passed into other hands, and in the construction and equipment of the same, embarked his private fortune as well as all his energy and weight of character, and ultimately sank in the enterprise his own accumulations and what he had inherited from the estate of his father. In ; the later years of Col. Perkins' life, he has found congenial employment in superintending the improvement of the grounds of the " Akron , Cemetery Association," and whatever of beauty and attraction those grounds now possess beyond their natural wildness and suitableness are | due mainly to the Colonel's good judgment and | love of the picturesque. Col. Perkins was never an office-seeker, always feeling probably that the man was more than any office, and that office should seek the man to fill it. Grace Park will always witness to his magnificent lib- | erality. It was a gift to Akron before Akron had thought of being a city, and bears the name | of his wife. There is no flaw in Col. Perkins' character. Itis sterling throughout, and sound to the very core. His business integrity and the purity of his private life have always been above suspicion.

lege, its Vice President and financial manager - | was its Vice President until his death, which occurred about 1864. farm in Charleston Township until he was 17 years of age, when he entered Western Reserve

College, from which he graduated in June, 1834. In the following October, he went to Fulton Co., Ill., where he engaged in teaching, and at the same time entered upon the study of the law, and was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1836. He entered upon the practice of his profession at Lewiston, the county seat of Fulton Co., Ill., and practiced under Stephen A. Douglas, who was his personal friend. He was elected County Surveyor of Fulton Co., and Probate Judge of that county in 1838 ; served two terms - four years. He remained there until 1852, in active practice, when he returned to Hudson and took charge of the homestead, and assumed the care of his aged parents ; his mother is still living, aged 97 years. In 1862, he was elected Probate Judge of Summit Co., to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge Dodge; was re-elected, serving until February, 1870. About the year 1872, he resumed his profession, and has been in ac- | tive practice ever since. In January, 1871, he was elected Secretary of the Summit Co. Agricultural Society, holding same nine years, and was President of the society for 1880. He was married in October, 1854, to Miss Julia Lusk, of this county, who was sister of the wife of " Old John Brown." She died Oct. 7, 1873. They had five children, two of whom are living - Julian H., Superintendent of C. Aultman & Co.'s Works, Canton; Mary, wife of Abner Caldwell, of this township. He was married a second time, Sept. 24, 1879, to Miss Helen B. Bell, of Cuyahoga Falls.

S. E. PHINNEY, merchant, Akron; is a son of Calvin and Emeline (Martin) Phinney ; his father was born in Massachusetts, and his mother in Vermont. His father came, when a boy, to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where he lived until his death in about 1870. He was for many years a merchant at Dover, meeting with fair success. S. E. is the oldest of five children, and was born at Dover, Ohio, Oct. 25, 1838. He employed his time until 20 in acquiring a good common school education and assisting in his father's store. He was for two years clerk in the store of Edwin Phinney, of Bath, this county. In September, 1860, he

F. McNaughton & Co., in the dry goods business, four years. In 1865, he was employed by the Government as clerk for the Superintendent of Railroad Repairs, and traveled throughout

1867, and became the partner of S. G. Bardorf in the shoe business, continuing in that house until a year after the death of his partner, when he sold out, and was in the employ of Cutter & Howe for three and a half years. In 1870, he opened a shoe store in Hanscom's Block, and has been in that business ever since in the corner room, No. 101 Howard and Market streets. His store includes a full stock of all goods in his line, and a repair shop. Oct.

HENRY PERKINS, Akron; son of Simon Perkins, was born in Akron, on the old homestead, April 8, 1842. He attended the public schools until he attained his 20th year, when he became clerk in the Quartermaster's Department, under his brother, Simon, Jr., who ranked as Captain and Assistant Quartermaster for the Army of the Cumberland, and followed the

Ohio. They have two daughters. He is a member of the M. E. Church, of which he was chorister until 1877. He studied vocal music, and was leader of the choir at the several places where he has lived.

J. H. PETERSON, dentist, Akron, Ohio ; who began the practice of dentistry in Akron in 1854, and who now ranks as a pioneer member of the profession of Summit County, was » born July 9, 1830, in St. Johns, New Bruns- - wick. Heis the second son and fourth child of a family of eight children born to John and Elizabeth (Laidley) Peterson, the latter of Scotch ancestry, and the daughter of Robert Laidley, a Captain in the British service in 1784.

_ of the United States, sailing from Boston in his _ own ship. He subsequently became a resident © of St. Johns, N. B., where he was obliged to | . take an oath to become a loyal citizen, so long fortunes of the army until the close of the war. | the Lake Shore mill office for a period of five years. In 1870, he became Secretary for Taplin, Rice & Co., and has had charge of the business department of the office ever since.

of Cleveland, Ohio ; one daughter is the result of the union. He is Superintendent of the Congregational Sabbath School, and Deacon in the church.

AUGUSTUS D. POWER, foreman blacksmith department in Aultman, Miller & Co., Akron; a son of Hiram and Hester (Parker) Power; was born at Augusta, Ky., April 14, 1831. When about 2 years old, the family removed to Cincinnati, Obio, where his father died in 1834, and the mother, with family, removed to Norwalk, Ohio. Here subject grew up, and, at the age of 20, entered upon the blacksmith's trade at Norwalk, at which he worked, except two years, until 1864. He then went to Meadville, Penn., and, in the employ of the A. & G. W. R. R., was made foreman of the blacksmith department in 1865 in the company's shops at Kent, Ohio. In 1870, he came to Akron, and at once entered the employ as he might remain a resident of the place. He afterward removed to Buffalo, N. Y., where he engaged in land speculations, by which means he lost his fortune.

of medicine, but gave it up, and completed a ° course in the study of dentistry with Dr. B. T. | Spellman, of Ravenna, Ohio, after which he / the Doctor has progressed step by step as the | science of dentistry has advanced to an impor- , tant place among the sciences. While he has | held a position among the first professional | men of Akron, he has also devoted much of his | he has been identified for many years. During the war of the rebellion, he was Secretary of the Republican Central Committee of Summit County. He is a member of Akron Lodge, No. 83, and of Washington Chapter, No. 25, of the children have been born to them, two girls and one boy. Of the Doctor's three brothers, the youngest, William, entered the service of his country during the war of the rebellion. He was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, from the effects of which he died, and his body now lies in the National Cemetery, with a Government tombstone marking his last resting-place. George K., the brother next older than the Doctor, was a civil engineer of some note, and was with John C. Fremont on his exploring trip to California. The eldest brother, Daniel C., went in an early day to the gold regions of California, and was one of the first company of miners that ever located at Sutler's Fork. ROBERT S. PAUL, surveyor, Akron; is a native of Summit Co., Ohio; was born in Cuyahoga Falls Oct. 3, 1842, and is the fourth of seven children born to Hosea and Ellen (Gamble) Paul. His parents were natives of Northfield, Vt., and County Down, Ireland. His

_ mother came to this country when a child with | her parents to Colebrook, N. H., subsequently | moving to Canaan, Vt., where she married Mr. | Paul, who was then Postmaster there.

In 1834, they came to Wadsworth, Medina Co. Mr. Paul had early studied and worked at surveying, and at Wadsworth taught school. In 1835, he moved to Cuyahoga Falls, where he lived Mrs. Paul is in the high schools of Cuyahoga Falls, and teaching in Stow and New Portage. He worked at times with his father at civil and mining engineering. In 1862, he surveyed the narrow guage road for the Brewster Coal Company.

Col. J. H. Simpson, in the Army of the Cumberland, where he served until 1865. Upon his return from the army, he attended the col- He then went to the oil regions and followed his profession there about eighteen months. He also followed his profession in Cleveland for two as Chief Engineer of the Ohio & Toledo Railroad. July 25, 1872, he married Miss Sarah M. Romig, a native of Indiana. By this marriage, there have been six children, five of whom are living, Ellen, Ada, Laura, Martha (deceased), Mary and Edward. Mr. Paul is President of the County Surveyors' Association, and is serving his second term. He was elected in 1881, as Secretary and Treasurer of the Ohio Institute of Mining Engineers, making him a recognized authority on these matters.

W. H. PAYNE, boat-builder, Lock No. 2, Ohio Canal, Akron; was born in Columbia, Lorain Co., Ohio, Aug. 10, 1822, and is the youngest of three children born to Willis and Rhoda (Bronson) Payne. He was a native of Connecticut, and emigrated to Lorain County when a young man, about the year 1816 ; while there he married Rhoda Bronson, a daughter of Herman Bronson, one of the pioneers of Boston Township. After his marriage, he came to Akron, where he died in 1836 ; she died in Boston Township in 1879. W.H., the subject, lived with his grandfather, Herman Bronson, from childhood until he was 20 years old, and received a common-school education. He was married Feb. 22, 1845, to Miss Julia Jaynes, a native of Vermont, who came here with her parents when young. After his marriage, he worked with his step-father, Jacob Barnhart, in his boat-yard in Boston Township, and in other similar establishments until 1864, when he came to Akron and bought out W. B. Storer's boat-yard, located at Lock No. 3, and continued the business for six years. He then sold out, and iv 1873 established his present yard and has followed the business of boatbuilding ever since. During the six years he was in Akron, he built forty-two boats, and since beginning the business, he has built about one hundred and twenty-five boats.

came to Ohio in 1819, in a covered wagon. They settled in Stow Township, Portage Co., now Summit Co., where they bought wild land, upon which they built a cabin, and proceeded otherwise to improve their purchase. His death occurred here March 5, 1865; his wife died a few years previous, June 6.1860. J. H. lived at home until he was about 20 years of age, with limited opportunities for receiving an education. At the age of 20, he engaged as a clerk in a general store owned by Stowe & Wetmore at Cuyahoga Falls. He continued with them until about 1835, and traveled for them through Northern Ohio selling goods. He then, in company with his brother, opened a general store at Brunswick, Medina Uo., and, after one season, removed the business to Franklin Mills, in this county, where he remained until about 18+0, when the business was sold, and he engaged in business with B. F. Hopkins, conducting flour and saw mill, also woolen factory (as Center Manufacturing Company) and general merchandise store. About 1847, the business was dissolved ; and, in 1850, Mr. P. went to Cincinnati, | where he was engaged in the construction of railroads until 1860, with headquarters at Cincinnati and Dayton. He then returned to Akron, and, in 1863, upon the organization of the Second National Bank, he became Vice President of it, a position he has held ever since. He has served as Trustee of Buchtel College several terms. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, in the affairs of which he has taken an active interest. Mr. P. has been three times married - first in 1832, to Miss Julia Corp; she died July 5, 1833; second. in November, 1834, to Miss Sybil Fletcher ; she died May 29, 1841 ; third, Sept. 13, 1842, to Miss Eunice M. Post, a native of Summit Co. They have one child, viz., Nellie A.

LOUIS J. PROEHL, physician, Akron, Ohio ; is a native of Akron, Ohio; he was born July 18, 1850, and is the eldest of seven children, born to George and Mary Louisa (Loose) Proehl ; they were natives of Saxon-Altenburg, Germany, and were born near Leipsic, the .amous battle-ground of Napoleon. He came to the United States in the fall of 1848, and settled in Akron the same year. In the spring of 1849, Miss Loose came to Akron (she was acquainted with Mr. Proehl in the old country). They were married July 1, 1849. He first employed helper at the Empire House. In the spring of 1849, he began work at his trade (stonemason), and continued at the same until 1858, when he bought a farm in Coventry Township, and occupied the same the following spring, where he has lived since, working at his trade in the summer.

F., Tillie M., John F., Emma and Ida. Our subject lived at home until the spring of 1864. He then apprenticed with his father, working during summers and attending school during the winters, until he was 20 years of age, when he began teaching during the winters, and continued until the spring of 1873. He then entered the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio.

after which, he entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, attending one course of lectures, and read with Dr. W. C. Jacobs, of Akron, until the fall of 1878, when he returned to the college, and graduated from the same in the spring of 1879. He then came to Akron, and has practiced his profession there since, occupying an office with Dr. W. J. Underwood. He

C. H. PALMER, Superintendent of the Barber Match Company, Akron; began to work for this company in 1864, at printing labels on a hand press and making the boxes, the Company being at that time located at Middlebury. In 1866, he took charge of the shipping department - printing the labels, making the boxes. covering the cases and doing the billing ; and now on account of his faithfulness and general knowledge of all the different departments. _ he has been called upon to fill the high and responsible position which he now occupies. His father was Albert Palmer, son of Stephen M.. who were natives of Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y.

time the father of our subject was but 11 years of age. His grandfather started the first fanning-mill manufactory in this part of the country, under the firm name of Palmer & Stafford. the latter a brother-in-law ; they did an extensive business for a few years when they dissolved partnership, the latter subsequently becoming extensively engaged in a stencil manufactory in the city of New York. The father |

1849, in connection with his brothers Charles and Henry, carried on the business for several years, when they moved to Goodlettsville, Tenn., where they remained until near the outbreak of the Rebellion, when they dissolved partnership and returned to the North. The mother was Ann Hoy, daughter of James and Shedrick (Furgeson) Hoy, who is still living. The subject of this sketch was married, Oct. 4. 1876, to Mary Ann Peckham, daughter of Thomas Peckham, a former partner in the firm of Barber & Co.; he is now one of the traveling agents. Mr. Palmer by his marriage has one child, Thomas Albert, born July 4, 1877. Heis a stanch Republican politically ; a meiaber of the K. of P., Royal Arcanum and of the K. of H. He and wife are members of the Disciples' Church, greatly respected and loved by all who know them.

CHARLES PARISETTE, merchant, Akron. There are probably few, if any, of the business men of Akron whose life has been so full of adventure as that of the subject of this sketch. He was born November 19, 1836, in Wesel on the Rhine, Rhine Province, Prussia. Until he was 14 years of age his life was spent most of the time in school. He was then apprenticed by his father to learn the grocery business, the terms being that he must serve three years' time and pay $100. The old gentleman of his country. Is at present living in New York City, though he and his wife, who was a Miss Mary Banhaus, and a native of Prussia, were at one time for about three years, residents of Akron. When our subject had finished his term of apprenticeship, he entered the employ of the firm whom he had served, ata salary of $50 for his first year's service. He remained there until he was 21 years old, and then emigrated to America. He remained in New York for about 13 months, engaged as a grocery clerk, and then sailed for California. Once landed there, however, it was not long until he thought of the mines, and the wealth that possibly awaited him. Joining a company | he was soon in what has since proved the | richest mining district in the world, as he was | one of the first seventy-six men who pitched | their camp and began prospecting on the site of Virginia City. The cabin built and occupied by himself and partners was erected only about 200 yards from the mouth of the great Comstock lode. He remained in Virginia City about three months, when the Indian war broke out between the miners and Piute Indians. The organization of miners was under the command of Maj. Orsbry. The Piutes soon made it so warm for them that mining was out of the question. July 3, 1860, the terrible and decisive battle was fought at Pyramier Lake. Maj. Orsbry and his son were killed, with many others. Probably none would have escaped, had not the Indians been anxious to capture the horses, and therefore were careful not to shoot them. This desire on their part was the means of Mr. Parisette's escape. He hada splendid horse, and though surrounded by the yelling painted demons, he watched his opportunity, and broke through them and gained the Carson River, across which he swam his horse and rode for the mountains. He did not escape, however, without some severe arrow wounds, one be very painful. His only course now was to work his way to San Francisco, which he did, via the Hanes pass. Arriving at San Francisco he remained quiet until the recovery of his hand, when he again started for the mines. This time, however, he took good care to keep as far away from the Piutes as possible. He spent some time in the gold mines of what was known as Dry Town, where he made some money. Winter coming on, he and his partners went to San Francisco. and not caring to lie idle, they enlisted in the First Cal. V. I. for three years, thinking about three months would wind up the war of the rebellion. Instead of this, he found himself booked for three years of hardships and privations. Their regiment, numbered 1,600 men, and was known as the First Column of California. It was placed on duty most of the time in the West, and served its country in that mode of warfare known as bush-whacking, or fighting the Indians. At one time Mr. was so careless as to fall somewhat in the rear of the command, and when found, he was completely skinned, a deed that had been done by the Apaches. Mr. Parisette was an excellent for two years in succession. At last he was discharged at Las Cruces, New Mexico, on August 31, 1864. He was one of a company made up to cross the plains on their way to New York City, which they did, making the journey in two months and fourteen days, though this included a few days' time spent at Ft. Larned, Kansas, to join in a buffalo hunt. In this hunt he used a Springfield rifle, and gentleman farmer, with fourteen children - seven sons and seven daughters, Martin being the thirteenth child. The children were educated partly in the parochial school, partly by

December 25, of 1864, he began as salesman for N. Wagnor, groceryman, with whom he remained for about one year and three months, when he entered the employ of the old groceryman, John Cook, with whom he remained until 1870. now does business corner Main and Exchange streets, South Akron, and engaged in the grocery business on his own account. His business has been growing year by year, till now ago at the age of 84. He founded the Leinster Independent, the leading paper of the county ; owned more than a hundred houses in Maryboro, the county seat of the county; farmed over five hundred acres of land, and was one

$40,000. He is a live, energetic business man and has established this extensive business by his own energy andgood financiering. He isa member of Granite Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 522.

MARTIN QUIGLEY, late of Middlebury, in this county, was a member of the ancient and noble family of O'Coigley, now written Quigley, originally from the neighborhood of the Giant's Causeway, in Ireland, later of Queen's County, near Dublin. The Rev. Dr. Quigley, who was honored with a state prosecution by the British Government in the memorable rebellion of '98, and whose intimacy with Lord Cloncurry caused the imprisonment of the latter in the Tower of London the same year, was a member of this family. Dr. Quigley was one of the

Summit County, was a cousin of Mrs. Quigley. and his reports of the prospects of Summit County induced them to locate here. They came in July, 1848, and, in illustration of the rapidity with which Mr. Quigley acted in business matters, it may be mentioned that in three duys' time from his arrival in Akron, he had purchased a tract of land in Springfield Township, and had his family settled on it. He afterward bought the Landis farm, within half a mile of Middlebury ; later, another farm in Copley Township, and, finally, a residence property on High street in Middlebury, which this industry was almost unknown. With rare sagacity Mr. Quigley saw from the start that something could be done in this matter. He had bought land immediately on his arrival with the intention of engaging in farming, but he soon began studying the stoneware business. There were then but two small potteries in Middlebury doing a trifling business. Mr. Quigley prospected around, found a bed of good clay, bought it and began to push things. He soon furnished the Middlebury potteries better clay and at lower rates than they had been able to get before. They could not take anything like all his output, so he looked abroad for a later, by rail to Cleveland, and thence by boats to Michigan, Wisconsin and other neighboring States. He became an enthusiast on the subject. Unable to persuade the timid owners in Middlebury to enlarge their works, he bought into the business himself and began to spread it. Clay, until his time, had been ground here in the old horse-power mill. This was too slow for his quick, Celtic blood. He went to Cleveland, bought a twenty horse-power engine and began grinding clay by steam. His partners got frightened; he bought them out and ran the business alone until 1862, when his two eldest sons, Thomas and William (twins, by the way), came on the scene. Having now reared and educated men to run the business according to his own ideas, he turned the manufactory over to them. Thomas and William were soon re-enforced by Hugh, and they, under the name of the Quigley Brothers, have now of a storage capacity of nearly three million gallons of ware. They send their goods by rail and water all over the United States, doing a business of over a $150,000 a year. Though Mr. Quigley turned the business over to "the boys," he still watched over it fondly to the day of his death, and much of its suc- invested, and thousands of men employed in it. | _ He was always proud of his connection with it. | ' He loved to sit on the broad, shady porch of | his house on High street and look out on the | blaze everywhere rising from the stoneware kilns ; on the volumes of white smoke caused by "salting off" the ware; to hear the, to him, sweet music of the factory whistles while the smoke rose in clouds from the stacks of the steam clay-mills he had been the first to introduce, all telling of triumphs of industry, skill, patience and intelligence - triumphs which to him, probably, more than to any other man, the country was indebted. These triumphs would, doubtless, have come in time without him, but, how long the clay lay there, comparatively untouched until his arrival! How quick the whole country heard of it when he put his hand to the work! His sons still carry on the business, but they exert themselves in the larger field of handling the manufactured ware.

William married in November, 1864, Miss Theresa Smith, eldest daughter of Mr. John Smith, of Cleveland, one of the "solid" men of that city. Hugh married, May 2, 1876, Miss Helena Daly, eldest daughter of Mr. Peter Daly, likewise a prominent citizen of Cleveland. "Tom," being still a Benedict, does the traveling for the concern. William, on his marriage, withdrew from the firm, but carries on the same business on his own account.

Patrick, the youngest son, now known as Dr. Quigley, showed from his youth an inclination for the church. He made his college course in Cleveland, and, later, also his theological course, | and was ordained a priest in the Catholic Church in 1869. Having shown unusual talents, the Bishop encouraged his going to Rome to profit | by the higher instruction there. He spent four years in the Eternal City, attending the celebrated Collegio Romano, and came back with | the proud distinction of being the only American student who ever won the title of Doctor | from that institution. He has acquired con- | siderable celebrity in this country as an authority on Canon law, having given to the public the result of some of his studies on some recondite branches of that subject, and being at this present writing attending Court in Pitts- | burgh as an expert in a case there in which a question of Canon law is involved. He has been for eight or nine years a professor in the Diocesan Seminary at Cleveland, in this State. He has the fine personal appearance characteristic of his family and, rare thing for a thorough | student, is possessed of fine oratorical powers. His services are in great demand for addresses on special occasions, and he has taken a very prominent part lately in the public discussion of the land league question, attracting now so much attention in this country as well as in Ireland. He learned German while a youth in this country, and French and Italian in Rome, so that he preaches in English, German, French or Italian, as occasion requires.

The Akron Daily Beacon, the oldest newspaper, we believe, published in Summit County, had the following notice of his death, from which, as furnishing a cotemporaneous account from a public print, we copy the concluding portion, as follows :

"Mr. Quigley's earnest religious convictions and his uniform readiness to discuss, amicably, and defend the tenets of his church - the Roman Catholic - have, for years, been greatly respected by the whole community. His regularity and vigor in attending the services of his church 'in season and out of season' have for long years been praised and admired by members of all denominations. And more - his religion gave him a rule of conscience in all his business transactions. Mr. Quigley's wonderful devotion to his most estimable wife, as well as to all his sons' interests, have often been commented upon as a beautiful example of a most affectionate and ]urge-hearted husband and father. His obsequies were held yes- The procession from the family home in the Sixth Ward, to St. Vincent de Paul's Church was one of the largest our prosperous city ever witnessed. The services at the church were solemn and impressive and the spacious and magnificent edifice was filled with the friends of the deceased. The remains were met in the vestibule of the church by clergy in cope or surplice and with solemn chant escorted to the altar railing. The Rev. Dr. Quigley, of Cleveland, youngest son of the deceased, celebrated a Solemn Requiem Mass, assisted by Revs. John Brown, of this city, and A. R. Sidley, Pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church, Cleveland, as deacon and subdeacon. The pall-bearers were Messrs. P. Smith, of Cleveland; E. Rowley, H. Baldwin, T. Johnston, John Cooke, Sr., and James McCalister, Sr., of this city. Amongst the clergy in the sanctuary, besides those above mentioned, were Rev. N. A. Moes, Rector of the Catholic Seminary, Cleveland ; Rev. William McMahon, Pastor of St. Bridget's Church, Oleveland ; Rev. Dr. Mahar, of the Cathedral, Cleveland ; Rev. M. Murphy, of Warren; Rev. P. O'Mara,

Mahony, Pastor of the deceased. After the Solemn Mass, Rev. Father Mahony delivered an able funeral oration in which he paid a high tribute of respect to the deceased as a most devoted husband, a good father, and a practical, fervent Catholic, and stated that he had procession was formed again and proceeded to | the vault of the Soldiers' Monument, accom- | panied by all the above mentioned clergy, where |

Mr. Quigley was a most agreeable companion, always overflowing with wit and humor, and had the full measure of characteristic Celtic vivacity. A small book could easily be filled with most interesting accounts of his humorous and numerous controversial contests, political

His beloved wife, a lady of well-known intellectual powers and womanly virtues, now past her 80th year, sorrowing, survives him. She is of a long-lived family, her great-grandfather having attained the patriarchal age of 132 years. She resides with her son, Hugh, in Akron, and will long be most affectionately remembered by all who have enjoyed the pleasure of her acquaintance.

reason of his skill in opening up new avenues of trade, his energy in developing new sources of wealth and his success in furnishing new fields for employment, he ranks as a public benefactor, one who has deserved well of' his country. He is a man whose memory this community will always delight to honor. THOMAS CRAIGHEAD REYNOLDS, A.

of the Susquehanna River. Mr. George Reynolds' paternal ancestors were Virginians, his mother being a daughter of a Newport (R. L.) sea captain, and both of English stock. T. C.

attending private school, and in Akron with his parents, who owned and kept the Empire House, attending Thence, in April, 1863, he went to the Western Reserve College Preparatory School, and remained there through his freshman year. His college studies were completed at the University of Michigan, graduating from the classical course June 24, 1868, at under the superintendence of his uncle, Gen. W. F. Reynolds, of the United States Engineers, to whom Mr. R. also owes the liberal advances of money that secured his education and his interest in the Beacon Publishing Co. After graduating, and while upon duty with a longi- to Detroit with a better position and salary, : and in January, 1869, he began work upon the Beacon, and on Dec. 6, 1869, the daily edition | was begun. Six months later, he left the paper because of an attempt to divide his pay with another, and, July 14, 1870, began work upon the Pittsburgh Commereial, next under C. D. Brigham, as paragraph writer and associate, succeeding Bartley Campbell, the dramatist, and being succeeded by Col. Richard Realf, the brilliant poet. In March, 1871, he visited St. Louis, Mo., with a view to starting an evening paper there with H. H. Byram, relinquishing his Pittsburgh situation. This was not practicable, and finally he got a place in Cincinnati upon an insurance and manufacturing journal, owned by one Tillinghast, Mr. R. being associated with Levi E. Thorne, since editor of the Daily American Exchange, at New York. Thanksgiving Day, 1871, he returned to Akron as editor of the Beacon, the internal trouble being terminated by the purchase of the interest of the troublemakers by a number of business men as a stock company, with Mr. 8. A. Lane, as business manager. Nov. 1, 1873, Mr. Reynolds him nearly a double salary to edit the Cleveland Sunday Voice and the Trade Review. During this time, he also wrote upon the Leader's editorial page. In June, 1874, Mr. R. went to Toledo as Clark Waggoner's associate editor of the Morning Commercial, remaining until January, 1875, when a re-organization of the Beacon Company brought him back to Akron to stay. This had been Mr. R.'s fixed purpose in all his changes, and he was joined in accomplishing it by Mr. Frank J. Staral and John H. Auble. Two years later, Mr. Auble's interest was bought by Reynolds & Staral, the latter since being business manager. When Mr. Reynolds first went to the Beacon in January, 1869, Mr. Staral, then a Bohemian boy, had just entered the office as the only bindery workman. He began then to board with Mr. R.'s parents, making that his home until his marriage in July, 1877, the two being associated as broth- | ers since. In June, 1873, Mr. Reynolds united | with the Congregational Church of Akron, and Jan. 3, 1878. he married Lillian Alice, only daughter of John H. and Laura A. Waggoner, of Akron. In December, 1878, a son was born to them - William Waggoner Rey- | nolds. Mr. R. has held no office, and seeks | none.

21, 1843; he was the son of Matthew andi Mary (Linn) Rankin, who were the parents of nine children, as follows: Ellen, now Mrs. Amos Macy ; Charles, died in 1880; Matthew, now of Cleveland; Mary, now Mrs. Peter | Decker ; Esther, now Mrs. B. F. Harris ; George T., of Akron; Joseph, of Hudson, N. Y.; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Cornelius Shaw ; John, of Cleveland. Mrs. Rankin was a lady of fine mental attainments, but died in 1849, while most of her children were quite small. Her husvand died Jan. 15, 1871, in the 61st year of his age. The subject of this sketch, when 12 | years of age, moved to Waterloo Township, | Jefferson Co., Wis., where he remained about | four years. In the fall of 1859, he returned to Hudson, N. Y., where he learned the carpenter | and joiner's trade, serving an apprenticeship of three years; he then removed to New York City and worked at ship joinering, pattern | making and general carpenter work, from the . year 1862 to 1871. He was married, Sept. 8, : 1870, to Mrs. Mary C. Weimer, who was born

| Jan. 21, 1847; in May, 1871, they settled in» | Akron, and since then have resided in the city. | | Mr. Rankin has frequently been employed wright work since settling in Akron, and was agent, for some five years, for the Cleveland | At the present > time, Mr. Rankin is a general carpenter and builder, employing, at times, six and eight | Mr. and Mrs. Rankin are members of Methodist Episcopal Church, of Akron; they are the parents of two children - Irving Cor- | nelius and George Thomas. By her former husband, Mrs. Rankin had one daughter, Jennie - T. Weimer.

of Akron, March 20, 1838, and is the eldest of six children born to John C. and Margaret (Kelly) Robinson. His parents were natives of Union County, Penn., and came to Middlebury in the Spring of 1836. Mr. John C. Robinson was a farmer and followed this business in Ohio until his death in 1875. His wife's death preceded nis some four years, occurring in 1871. Both were active members of the Presbyterian Church and were highly respected in the com- munity in which they lived. W. G. Robinson was brought up on the farm, gaining his education in the select schools in the neighborhood and in the High School of Akron. In 1857, he began as a clerk with Mr. A. Sawyer, in his book and stationery establishment, where he continued for four years. He then bought the business of Mr. Sawyer and has since conducted it with signal success. In August of 1879, he associated himself with other gentlemen in the formation of stock company, known as the Akron Telephone Company, for operating Bell's telephone in the cities of Akron, Canton, Massillon, Youngstown and Springfield, of which he was made President, a position he still occupies. He is also Manager of the Akron Academy of Music. which has been under his direction ever since its erection in 1869. Mr. Robinson made his home with his parents until his marriage in 1861. On the lst of January in that year he was united in matriage with Miss Mary E. Buckingham, a native of Watertown, Conn.

He came to Cuyahoga Falls, having heard of that place in England. He worked at farming and gardening for about eight months. and in the fall of the same year, he came to Middlebury since resided. his two brothers-in-law, Edwin and Herbert Baker. began the manufacture of yellow and rockingham ware; it was the first made in the county. and was represented at the county fair in 1851. In 1853, he erected a stoneware same ever since. He married Miss Eliza Baker April 21, 1834. She is a native of England. Of their eleven children but one is living, viz., William ; of the deceased but two were married, one of whom leaves a family, viz., Ann J., who came to America about the year 1852, and is now a farmer located near Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. By their marriage there were three children. viz., Charles F., Francis C. and Eva E. Mr. Rowley, though coming a stranger to a new country has by industry and economy been wife an ample competency for their old age. Both have spent over one-half a century as | members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in | which he has taken an active interest, and has | served in its several offices, being a class, | leader for the past twenty-two years. In poli- | tics, he has taken his standin the ranks of the , Republican party. WM. ROWLEY, stoneware manufacturer, Middlebury, Ohio ; is a native of England, and | was born in Staffordshire, Dec. 17, 1837. At ! the age of 12, he came withhis parents to America, and settled in Middlebury, now Sixth | Ward of Akron, where he has since lived. He | began to work in a pottery, and, at the age of | 18, established a business of his own, erectinga ! shop where his present establishment is. Since the destruction of his shop by fire, the building has been rebuilt of brick and he is now enlarg- | ing it so as to double its present capacity, | which will employ from twenty-five to thirty hands. Mr. Rowley was one of the incorpora- : tors of the Middlebury Clay Company, and © since the first year he has held the office of ' Secretary and Superintendent of thesame. May 10, 1864, he married Miss Mary Jane Wills, a | She came to the United | States with her parents, and was living with © them at Cuyahoga Falls at the time of her mar- Of their four children, three are living, viz.: Arthur J.. Maud L., and an infant. WILLIAM H. RAGG, Marshal. Akron, Ohio. Wm. Ragg. Sr., was born in Aberdeen, was born in Paterson, N. J., Dec. 6, 1840. | When 8 years old. he went with his father to - Syracuse, N. Y., afterward living in Water- - town, N. Y., until 1853, when they came to | Cleveland, Ohio, where subject lived until 1871. At 16, he was apprenticed to H. P. Hopkins, where he served nine years at sign painting - the last six as journeyman. Then he openeda |

Kidney, as painter, continuing six months, when he again established a paint-shop and successfully carried on business until 1878, when he was elected on the Republican ticket to fill the unexpired term of Jacob Koplin, (Marshal), and was re-elected in the spring of 1879 for two years, and in April, 1881, was again re-elected Marshal, on the Republican ticket by a large majority. Sept. 10, 1861, he married Miss Mary Pauline, daughter of Prof. Pierre A. Gollier, of Cleveland, Ohio. They have three sons living and one daughter deceased.

REV. JOHN F. ROWE, minister and journalist, Akron, son of Martin and Mary M. (Alshouse) Rowe, was born at Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Penn., March 23,-1827. In his youth, he worked for several vears at bricklaying, being master of the trade. In 1839, his father moved to Wooster, Ohio, where our subject prepared for college at Parrott's Academy, Wooster ; and he entered Bethany College in 1850, graduating four years later, receiving B. A. degree. He was editor of the college paper. At 24, he entered the ministry, being ordained by Wooster Church in 1851. In 1855, he went to Springfield, Ill, where he became associate editor of the Christian Sentinel, continuing two years, preaching at the same time. In 1857, he went to Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he became associate editor of the Christian Evangelist, being at the same time solicitor for Oskaloosa College for two years, when he came to Wadsworth, Ohio, and was Pastor of the Church of Christ for several years. organized a church; under his administration there two years, and then came to Akron, where he has sinve remained. When his labors closed in Corry, he became associate editor of the American Christian Review, at Cincinnati, Ohio, for seven years. In April, 1874, the Akron Argus, 4 non-partisan and independent newspaper, was started in Akron, and he was editor-in-chief for a period of about two years ; severing that relation, he was elected editor-inchief of the American Christian Review, a posi- paint-shop in Cleveland, and carried on busi- tion he still retains. It is one of the oldest | | ness until 1871, when he removed to Oil City, papers extant devoted to the interest of the |

Church of Christ. In the last twenty years, he has visited the churches of about twenty States and of Canada, being engaged in an evangelical work; he has been throughout the West as far as Salt Lake City, and South and East. He has brought many hundred persons into the Church. He has written several works on evangelical subjects, and is a public debater Sept. 28, 1852. he was married to Miss Editha M. Pardee, daughter of Judge Allen Pardee, of Wadsworth, Ohio. He has five children, all at home, viz., Eugene P., local where his youth was spent. His education was limited to the district schools, and to instruction received from an older brother. About the year 1854, he and his brothers bought a tract he purchased his present place, consisting of 11 acres, where he has since lived. He has been a careful student, and has gathered a valuable collection of books. In 1865, subject and his brother Samuel went to Panama, to examine there specimens of natural history. Sam- but he has for many years been prominently identified with the lumbering interests of Summit Co., and, as a representative and promoter of this branch of the county's industries, his portrait appears in this work. Having for many years acted in concert with those citizens who are first looked to in the forwarding of any local enterprise resulting in the general welfare of the citizens of Akron, his name is worthy of more than a passing mention. A tracement of the genealogy of the family proves the name of that branch of the ancestry of which Mr. Stone is a descendant to be of English origin. He was born Sept. 18, 1816, in Mahoning Co.. Ohio, and was the third child of a family of four children born to Milo and Sarah (Beardsley) Stone. both of whom were natives of Connecticut, and who, in the year 1815. quitted their native State. and, with an ox team, made their way westward to the much-talked-of Western or Connecticut Reserve ; they settied in that part of Trumbull now known as Mahoning Co., and subsequently removed to Tallmadge Township, Summit Co. ; this. also, at that date, was a part of Portage Co. Their settlement in Tallmadge was in 1817. which at that date was a tract of almost unbroken forest. By trade, Mr. Stone was a carpenter and joiner, but in that early day there was but little demand for mechanics of any kind; he therefore purchased and began the clearing up of a farm, though he devoted a portion of his time to working at his trade. The early settlers of Tallmadge Township being almost exclusively Connecticut people, it was not long before they established educational facilities far surpassing those of the surrounding new settlements ; the result of their efforts in this direction, was the establishing at the Center of Tallmadge an academy of more than the ordinary standard. K. T. Sturtevant, a graduate of Yale College, was for many years their principal instructor, and to him many of the now prosperous and influential men of the Western Reserve owe the foundation of their success, N. B. Stone among the number. To Milo Stone is due upon the organization of Summit Co., he was appointed one of the Real Estate Appraisers. His death occurred in April, 1856, and that of his wife on Feb. 8, 1861. Nelson B. Stone, after having received a fair education at the

, Tallmadge Academy, began in earnest the battle of life on his own account ; he spent several years in West Bloomfield, N. Y., Ravenna, Ohio, and Wheeling, W. Va.; in the latter

- until 1851, when he was elected to the office of _ County Clerk for a term of three years; he | discharged the duties and increased responsibilities devolving upon him to the satisfaction of all interested, and, at the close of his term of office, he accepted the position of Deputy County Clerk of Cuyahoga Co., though he continued his residence in Akron; returning from

, Cleveland, or rather severing his connection _ with the official management of Cuyahoga's af- | fairs, he became for a time connected with the - firm of Aultman, Miller & Co.

In 18635, he became a partner in the firm with which he is now connected, and in which he has since held Mr. Stone has given liberally toward supplying Akron with the different railroads that are and and, in the building-up of churches and schools, he has been an earnest worker. Both he and Mrs. Stone are members of the First M. E. Church; in 1843, when the present Sabbath school of the First M. E. Church was organized,

| with an attendance of thirty-three pupils, Mr. - Stone was elected Librarian, and has been of- | ficially connected with the school almost continuously to the present date, quite a period of time as Superintendent. He is an earnest, zealous worker in the Sabbath school, and at present is Secretary of the organization. In May of 1852, he was married to Miss Mary H. Clark, a native of North Springfield, Summit Co.; her death occurred in April of 1853; the issue of this marriage was one son - Nelson C. - who is now book-keeper for the Weary Snyder Wilcox Manufacturing Co. In August of 1854, Mr. Stone married Miss Elizabeth H. Beardsley, who was born within the incorporate limits of Akron, and whose people were among

INCREASE SUMNER (deceased); was born in Townsend, Vt., Feb. 25, 1800, and was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Sumner. He lived in Vermont about sixteen years, and then came to Ohio and settled in Middlebury, where his brother Charles was living, and where he lived until his death, Nov. 18, 1868. He was quite a prominent man, was connected with the milling business, was also one of the early merchants of Middlebury, and also a stone contractor, and built many of the bridges of the county, and dams in Akron, besides doing much stone work on the canal. In 1849, he fitted up an ox-team, and with a party of sixteen or eighteen men, of whom he was Captain and Treasurer, went to California, arriving in safety. Throughout the trip, he disdained to carry firearms, feeling confident in his own natural powers. Arriving in California, he opened a store in a mining district and continued it for nearly three years, when he returned to Middlebury. When he left, he said he would return in three years to prevent his wife getting a bill of divorce. On his return, the first question he asked his wife was, if the bill had been obtained, and was answered in the negative. This was one of the jokes peculiar to himself. On his return, he devoted his attention to farming, but finally sold his farm and bought a piece of land upon which he opened a stone-quarry, and contracted stone work. He continued in this until his death. He was married March 29, 1837, to Mrs. Miller, formerly Miss Elizabeth Hammel, they have no children. The first marriage of Mrs. S. to Arthur Miller occurred Jan. 29, 1827; she was a native of Ithaca, N. Y., and was born Sept. 21, 1812. Mr. Miller died July 16, 1830, leaving two children, both of whom have since died. In September, 1836, Mrs. Miller came to Ohio and lived in Norton Township with friends of Mr. Miller until the February following, when she came to Middlebury, and in March was married to Mr. Sumner.

COL. JULIUS A. SUMNER, retired, Akron, whose portrait appears in this history as a representative of that class of the pioneers of Summit County who have been identified with the progress of almost every improvement that and military life. ably robust, large of stature, and long-lived Tuve of people. An examination of the records traces the genealogy of the family back to 1634, when one George Sumner, who was of the third generation by the name, emigrated from Bicester, England, to the United States, and settled at Freeman, Mass. He removed from there to Milton, of the same State, where he was Deputy to the General Court in 1693, 1703. 1708-09. He was ordained Deacon, July 30, 1699, and died at Milton, in 1715. Edward Sumner, of born at Milton, Mass., Aug. 29,1676. He lived and died a resident of Massachusetts. John Sumner, of the fifth generation, son of Edward and the grandfather of our subject, was born August 1. 1705. He graduated at Harvard College, in 1723. Nov. 20, 1729, he married Susanna, daughter of Samuel Stevens, of Roxbury. She died Feb. 2.1733. In 1737-38 he was Representative from Roxbury. Hesettled on Martha's Vineyard, where, on Sept. 22. 1738, he married Jedidah Smith. He was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Duke's Co., from 1761 to 1774, when he removed to Spencer, where he died in 1787. Thomas Sumner, of the sixth generation, and father of Julius A., was a son by the second marriage of John Sumner. He was born June 2, 1757, and was

19, 1825, and his wife Oct. 10, 1842. Julius A. Sumner, the subject of this brief memoir, was born Jan. 2, 1802. at Townshend, Vt., and from the time of his 14th year he has been almost wholly dependent upon his own resources. Boston, and from there across the country on foot to Tyrone, Huntingdon Co., Penn.

he began work in a nail factory, in the manufacture of hand-made nails. He remained there until 16 years of age, and then went to the country and engaged in teaching school, which he followed for one year. It may seem improbable that a boy of this age, and with the , meager opportunities for attaining an education .

here, that Col. Sumner was a boy of more than | ordinary ability, energy and determination, all | of which traits of character have in later life - placed him in a position far beyond the average | pioneer of Summit Co. he began his journey on foot and alone to Middlebury. He arrived there in February, and began in company with his father and in what was then Portage Co. This was for the purpose of rolling strap and bar iron from which to manufacture nails. and to them must be given the credit of making the first market nails ever made in Ohio. In 1824, he married

In a short time he owned 1,200 acres, most of which he soon put in a state of At this same time, he built a distillery at Lock 17, on the canal, which (the latter) was finished Aug. 25, 1828. He also ran a pottery on his farm, and was engaged ex- of his executive ability, he was at one time running a farm of 1,200 acres, a pottery, two distilleries and three stores, and at the same time he was Colonel of one of the finest militia regiments in Ohio. He has built many costly buildings in Akron, among which is the Sumner House, erected in 1868 and burned in 1876, and immediately rebuilt and enlarged. This fire was a loss to him of $50,000; this, with his previous losses of $75,000, was a fortune of itself, especially as it was accumulated from a start of $1, and yet to-day he is counted one of the wealthy men of Summit Co. During his early career, the Colonel made eight different trips East with cattle, and crossed the Alleghany Mountains on horseback as many times. He and a brother also were the first shippers of cattle from the Western Reserve to Philadelphia. Col. Sumner's first wife died in 1849. In 1853, he married the widow of H. Bradley, who was one of the early settlers of the County. They lived together for twenty-seven years,when her death occurred, Oct. 18,1880. His children are, Charles A., now a prominent merchant of Baraboo, Wis.; Mary, wife of C. Ferguson ; Nellie, wife of J. B. Haughton ; Eliza, wife of E. Stilwell, and Vick, wife of Geo. S. Clark, the Colonel's associate in business. He is still a hale, vigorous man, of commanding appearance, extensive knowledge. and in his matured age enjoying the rich possessions of the fruits of his varied efforts.

EDWARD SUMNER, Akron, a brother of Charles Sumner, was born at Townshend, Vt., June 27, 1796; came to Middlebury about 1817, and in 1818, in connection with his brothers Julius and Joseph, built the first rolling mill and rail factory in the State, with which establishment he continued a number of years. He was married at 2 o'clock A. M., Jan. 1, 1822, to Miss Lucinda Hart, a sister to the wife of his brother Charles. He subsequently engaged in merchantile business until his departure, in 1848, for Baraboo, Wis., where he built a large hotel; also the court house for that county ; he served one term in the Wisconsin Legislature, and, about the close of the war, went to a place near San Francisco, Cal., where

At an early date he was Colonel of the Sth Ohio Militia, at that time the finest in the State ; he has always taken an active part in Masonry, joining, as soon as age would permit, in the

State of New York, and soon after his settlement in Middlebury he organized the lodge by that name, fitting up a hall in his own house, which was used for several years, subsequently, with Judge Spaulding, organized the Akron Lodge.

MISS LOUISE SUMNER, stock-raiser and farmer, P.O. Akron ; the only child of Charles Sumner and Clarrissa Hart, daughter of Rufus and Ksther (Cutter) Hart, who were natives of Cornwall, Conn., and migrated to Middlebury about 1815, after a residence of eleven years in the State of New York. She was born May 6, 1796, and died March 30, 1877, after a long and useful life. The Sumners moved to Vermont about 1800 from Roxbury, Mass., where the father of our subject was born, June 6,1794 ; he resided in Vermont until the fall of 1816, when he came to Middlebury, arriving in the spring of 1817, and was married the June following ; his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Holland) Sumner, arrived in the fall of 1817. During the early part of his life in Ohio he worked at the clothiers' trade and served the people as a minister of the Gospel; he built the first frame dwelling house in the village of Middlebury, hauling the lumber for the same from Wooster and Cleveland, and raising the frame on the day of his marriage; he also, in connection with Peleg Mason, kept the first store in the village, and about the same time he built the first carding mill, making subsequent extensive additions to the business; his congregation, until the time of the building of the canal, had grown quite extensive, but was almost totally broken up on account of the ravages of disease at that time, there being only four of his flock left to tell the story which had been so fluently imparted from the lips of their earnest and energetic leader, who rendered great assistance during that dark time to the widows and orphans, in providing for them - raising and finding homes for the orphan children, and building houses upon his own farm for the shelter of the poor and sick. He was a very in the business of drover, in which he was very successful, although at many times meeting with several narrow escapes in crossing the mount- mules. He moved to the farm, upon which his daughter now lives, in 1834. He was for nine years Associate Judge of Portage County, and was instrumental in the organization of and skill since her 20th year. She is a lady of rare ability and business tact. which was undoubtedly inherited from the father, and by her great love and superior knowledge of all kinds of stock, in which business she has been very successful ; having no little playmates she, in care of the herds with her father, acquired that great love for the brute creation which she has. She has owned the finest flocks of Spanish Merino sheep in Northern Ohio, having imported some of the finest thoroughbred sheep in the country ; the stock of her horses can be de-

To the Past and Present Members of the Akron Fire Department, this eulogy of our dead friend and comrade is respectfully dedicated by his former teacher and constant friend throughout a period of twenty-five years:

On the 1st of April, A. D. 1856, upon promotion, there appeared in the Grammer Department of the Akron High School, a boy small of stature, rugged in appearance, fair in complexion with round visage and rounder head, covered with intensely curled auburn hair, which boy entered into all the labors and tasks of the schoolroom with the same vigor, courage and determination that marked him in after The writer selected for him as a declamation in our school exercises ut that time, ''Cutter's Ode,'' to the sentiment | cattle principally. Her coal interests have been very extensive for several years, she realizing from $3,000 to $5,000 annually in royalty from the Middlebury Shaft and the Sumner Bank.

Stanford, and was born at Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1843. When a boy he came with his parents to Akron, where he attended the public schools and learned the trade of machinist, beginning in a Cleveland shop and finishing in the shops of Taplin, Rice & Co., where he steamer in the Fire Department ; he had been a fireman for some time. He filled the position with ability until his death, which occurred Jan. 3, 1881, an event that was deeply felt by the city. He had by close attention brought the appointments of the engine house to great perfection. He was a competent electrician, and was one of the oldest firemen of the service, having been a member since the organiza- | tion of the department in 1866. the late war in Shields' Battery for three years. He was a member of the Buckeye Post, G. A.

"and [ would cover all its height And brendth before that hour of shame, Till space should fail whereon to write, Even the initial of aname.

Many times during the years 1856 and 1857, our boy patriot was called out before school and visitors to recite this ode, a portion of which is here given - recite it because he did it so well he rejoiced in unison with its expressed patriotism, the brightness of his eye and the color upon his boyhood cheek, told how enthusiastically he drank at these foun- And now that his spirit has tled, who is there to doubt but that with this banner in his heart he was found in 1862, enrolled among the magnificent army of patriots who fought at Knoxville, Kenesaw, Resaca and in the siege of Atlanta. Three ~ears of service in the 19th Ohio Battery inthe gieat war of the Rebellion, christened the boy into manhood, unobtrusive of its merits, but nevertheless recognized. Before the war, in the year 1859, he entered the Mahoning Railroad shops as an apprentice machinist, under his subsequent Chief in the Fire Department, James McNeil, as foreman. He served in these shops until August 1862, the date of his enlistment. After his discharge was engaged for a short time in the railroad shops here and with Taplin, Rice & Co. until in 1868, when he entered the employ of the city. He died with his armor on in the thirteenth year of his service for the city, faithful to the last, his life stands a shining example of his ability, his integrity, his worth. A silent captain among men - he Ted, they | followed. An indefatigable student, he was at | the same time an accomplished mechanic. Theory enticed him along her intricate paths, yet he never lost sight of the real, the practicable, and to-day all over our city and all through this department, are to be seen examples of his handiwork. Like a great balance wheel in motion, he moved steadily forward, stopping not at trifles nor moving more rapidly from mere imagination and without cause. Thirtyseven year from the cradle to the grave. Thirtyseven years onward, upward! Thirty-seven years and this star has risen to its zenith, blotted out in its pathway at midday, it hath fallen into the grave beneath our feet, and now, as the shadows of life our dead brother. We bow our heads in sorrow at | the taking-away of our friend, and as we turn our | footsteps away from this tomb, we exclaim in one voice, surely the ways of Providence are inscrutable and beyond finding out. James Stanford, as at the | rising of the sun, we bid thee a glad welcome, as through the journey of life we stood near thee, loved and admired you, so now we, in our constancy of friendship, although with broken hearts,

FERDINAND SCHUMACHER, manufacturer, Akron. Ferdinand Schumacker was born ' in Celle, Hanover, on March 30. 1822, where | he attended school until he was 15 years old, at which age he had completed the High School course ; he then went to Harburg, where he | worked five years as an apprentice in a wholesale and retail grocery, receiving no remuneration during that time. In 1842. he commenced clerking with his father, and continued for two years, when he went to Hanover, and clerked in the extensive sugar refinery of Egestorf & Hurtzig, for about six years, his salary at first | being $150, and finally $200 per year. In| acres of land in Euclid, twelve miles from Cleveland, where he farmed for a year and a half, at the end of which time he left the farm in charge of his brother, and came to Akron, where he at once formed a partnership with | Theodore Weibesahn, and, in company with | him, kept a fancy goods, toy and notion store © in the basement of P. D. Hall's store. After eight months he retired from this, and started for himself a small grocery store in the site of the First National Bank ; this was attended with success, and he continued with it until 1863. In 1856, he rented water-power on the Ohio Canal, on North Howard St., and put in the necessary machinery for inaugurating a branch of manufacture, which steadily grew in value, and which was the manufacture of oat-meal according to ideas received by him as to the proper method of making palatable food out of the grain of the oat. while learning the grocery business in his native country. Into this, his adopted country, he introduced excellent oatmeal, by substituting machinery, driven by power, for the hand-mill he had been accustomed to see used by his employer in Germany. His experiment was successful, and the next year apparatus for pearling barley was added to what were appropriately called "German " mills, and the year following that, greater capacity was given to the millitself, by increasing the water power. In 1863 the Empire Barley Mills were built, which were enlarged in 1876. He built, in 1879, an elevator for the storage of grain. In 1872, the first mill burned, but within thirty days after the fire, a new structure, known as the present German Mills was | begun, and quite finished early in 1873. He bought the Cascade Flouring Mills in 1868, enlarged and supplied it with modern machinery. The capacity of the Barley Mills is 1,000 bushels per day; of the Cascade Mills, 250 barrels of flour; of the German Mills, 250 barrels oat-meal, consuming about 3,000 bushels of oats, in addition to which large quantities of pearl cracked wheat and feed are turned out. His three mills give employment to about 120 men and women, and the business amounts to $1,000,- 000, or more, annually, extending to all

Europe, but at present the importations of this valuable food are trifling in amount. The secret of his success is perseverance, energy, and his determination to excel in the quality of his goods, being quite dissatisfied with anything short of excellence in the way of machinery. On Oct. 7, 1851, he was married, at Cleveland, Ohio, to his cousin, Miss Hermine

Schumacher, of Bevern, Brunswick, Germany, by whom he had seven children, five of whom are deceased. Louis and Adolph are living. He has been a Prohibitionist since 1870, has given support to the various churches, and has been a member of the City Council.

he has rowed steadily and carefully up-stream. He attended school but little in Connecticut, his family moving from there to this site when he was only 12 years old, at which time they were the only white settlers where Akron now stands, although there were three white families at Middlebury. Here he started to school, in company with six sisters, the schoolhouse being a frame building, at Middlebury. built by his father; his first teacher there was named Skinner, whom Mr. Spicer remembered as a

They had great difficulty in obtaining salt here at that time, and, after being here two years, he, a boy of 14, led a horse to Cleveland, and returned on foot with a bag of salt, having been gone four days. The year following he took a horse, loaded with three bags of flour, to the Liverpool Salt Works, at Rocky River; for about fifteen miles of the way he had no guide but blazed trees, and when in the woods night came on, he tied the horse and went to sleep on the bags. Before morning the wolves began to howl, and he slept no more that night. about to start a fire in his father's house, blowing the embers, he saw a rattlesnake coiled up cabin, built of round logs, with no chinking ; there was timber all around the house. Deer came in sight of the house frequently, and it was not an unusual occurrence to see bears. Mr. Spicer recalls one occasion when, on going supposed to be a hog standing on his hind feet, but which he soon discovered to be a bear; his dog, which accompanied him, advanced and received the "hug," in which affectionate embrace he left him, while he soon lengthened the distance between them and himself. It was about a month after this occurrence, that a dog's prolonged barking attracted his attention, and on investigation he found the disturbance to be at a hog-pen. Securing a candle and a gun, he and his father fc''+wed the dog, and discovered a bear, at which he took aim and fired, but it escaped. He re. turned, and, on finding the hog dead, hastened to build a fire to protect it, but the bear succeeded in stealing it away before he accomplished his purpose. The next morning, he sought and found them, killing the bear with as Captain, with about 100 men in his com- | mand; he established a guard line from old | _ Portage to new Portage, and part way to Clevefor about four days, when he moved into a> war of *' 12," his mother went each night, taking her family with her, to lodge in the home of Amos Spicer, who had settled in Coventry Township; and one morning, on returning home with subject and his cousin, Pierpont Spicer, she discovered that the door had been opened, and supposing it had been done by Indians, they made cautious reconnaissance. Pierpont, on going to the loft, sprang down and said he saw Indians in bed. All three ran to go swiftly, found a treasure in her hoy, who slacked his gait to accommodate hers. On reflection, they all returned, and subject cautiously and tremblingly started up the ladder leading to the loft, followed very closely by her whose mother-heart bade her now urge him on, and now restrain him, which she did by gentle pushing or pulling at his coat, according as she grew brave or fearful. On reaching the loft, however, they found no one, although there was evidence of some two or three persons having occupied their bed, who, no doubt, were some of Hull's men, and not the lookedfor Indians. At the age of 21, he began earning his own living, working for his father two years at "truck and dicker," which employment brought him but $7 per month. Later, he became foreman of a large number of hands on the Ohio canal, furnishing stone for its locks. | In this he engaged for one season, and, in | 1824 or 1825, he and his uncle rented a saw- |

Cuyahoga in 1810. Harriet was born on Sept. 27, 1810, and is said to have been the first white child born on the Cuyahoga from Portage to Cleveland. After his marriage, he bought forty acres of land at $8 per acre, on the southern part of his father's farm, to which he made he raised sold for 30 cents per bushel. In 1837, he bought 150 acres of land in Coventry Township, making additions thereto until he owned 366 acres. which he farmed with good success, keeping a dairy for several years. He place, corner of Spicer and Carroll streets, | Akron, where his father formerly lived. He | was Infirmary Director of this county for fifteen years, serving during the construction of farmer in Coventry; and Ella C., wife of Charles Parmenter, of Waltham, Mass. Four children are deceased, viz., Isaac A., who died in California in his 23d year; Sarah C., who he came to Akron, and for two years é ed in the drug business. He returned in 1858 to Norton Township, and there ran a saw-mill for some two years, and, while working in the mill, became interested in the improvements of mowing and reaping machines, and, lacking favorable opportunities, constructed a machine which he brought out in 1859. In 1860, he experimented with this machine and named it the "Excelsior." In 1861, he took out his first

He was the first to discover the adjustable reel, which he did in 1870, or thereabouts. In 1875, he brought out the empire table rake, and in 1880, the single-wheel reaper. * * * He worked at Doylestown, until 1864, when he went to Massillon, where he established a manufactory, remaining one year. In October, 1865,

F. Seiberling & Co., for the manufacture of the " Excelsior," from which firm he withdrew in 1869. In 1871, he organized the Akron Straw | Board Company, located at Middlebury, of | which he is still a member, now being the | President and Treasurer of the same; to this, by means of his own inventions, he has added several new improvements. In 1875, he commenced the building of the "Empire," a new machine with new features, which was invented by him during the time not engaged in manu- The commendable features of the "Empire" are numerous, but it is especially valuable because of its strength and durability (the gears being inclosed, and all the parts made of iron), and the new principle making | light draft and little noise. The present capacity is 5.000 machines per year, which meet In 1880, he purchased the old | "Excelsior" works, and the business is controlled by himself, he being President and gen- | eral manager. In September, 1859, he married | Miss Catharine L. Miller, of Norton Township, and of this union there were nine children, all of whom are living, their names being as follows: Anna E., Frank A., Charles W., Cora D., |

Hattie M., Grace I., Kittie G., Mary B. and Ruth. The subject of this sketch has been a member of the School Board ; he is a member of the English Lutheran Church, and is now Trustee.

ROLIN W. SADLER, lawyer, Akron; was born to James J. Sadler, July 7, 1856, in Centerville, St. Joseph Co., Mich.; eleven years later, moving to Bryan, Ohio, where he remained two years, followed by a two years' stay in Wauseon, at both of which places he attended school. In 1871, he entered Baldwin University, and remained one year, when he entered Mt. Union College, from which he graduated in 1874, after which date he engaged in

| has been in active practice. Although young, ' he is a competent lawyer, and owes his success ' mainly to his own efforts, as, indeed, do nearly | | all truly successful men. On Sept. 15, 1880, years ago as Principal of the schools, previously having served in like capacity in the Reading, Mich., schools. The old firm name, Edgerton

LOUIS B. SCHNEIDER, hardware merchant, Akron. Frederick A. Schneider was born in Altona, near Hamburg, Germany, and immigrated to Pennsylvania at an early day, where, when quite a youth, he became engaged in mercantile pursuits. His father was a Captain in the regular "~rman army, and gave him a good education in German, French and English. In Pennsylvania, he engaged in book- | on the Atlanta Campaign, in the first engagement at Rocky Race or Dug Gap, he was wounded by a minie rifle-ball, which struck his spinal column, which resulted in paralysis of his legs. He was carried from the field, and lay in the hospital at Nashville for three months. He was discharged in November, 1864, and after almost a year he was able to walk with the aid of crutches. Then he purchased a jewelry store at 116 Howard street, in which he still retains an interest, the firm name being J. B. Storer & Co. In June, 1870, he was appointed, by President Grant, Postmaster of Akron, for a term of four years; re-appointed in 1874, and again in 1878, by President Hayes. On Jan. 11,1864, he married Miss Lucy M., daughter of Gibbons J. Ackley,of Akron. She bore him one child, a daughter. He is a member of the G. A. R.

EDWARD W. STUART, lawyer, Akron; son of Sylvanus and Caroline M. (Whittlesey) Stuart, who were natives of Connecticut, was born in Washington Township, Litchfield Co., Conn., on May 9, 1840, and two years later came with his father's family to Erie Co., Ohio, where they still reside. He is the oldest of their two children, his sister being now Mrs. Helen M. Gibbs, of Salina, Kan. Until he was 18 vears of age, he farmed during vacations from school, and in 1858, he entered Western Reserve College, from which he graduated in October of 1862, the graduation of the class having been postponed because of their enlisting in the service. About seventy students formed Co. B, 85th O. V. L., and served, doing guard duty, four months. after which, for a period of four years, he was engaged in teaching. He was two years the Principal of Shaw Academy, of Collamer, Ohio. In 1866, he was admitted to the bar at Cleveland, having made law a study for four years. He commenced practice at Kent, Ohio, with S. P. Wolcott, Esq.. continuing there until May, 1870, when he came to Akron, there forming a partnership with C. P. Humphrey, which continues. In April, 1871, he was elected City Solicitor, which office he held until January, 1877. In October, 1876, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Summit Co., and acted in that capacity two terms. In May, 1864, he married Miss Harriet Whedon, of Hudson.

Attended the Gymnasium at Ellwangen, Wurtemberg, Germany. Came to America in 1873, and lives in Akron since 1875. Has been musical director of the Akron Harmonie, from 1876 to 1879, and accepted the editorship of the Akron Germania in 1878. Married in 1879, to Louisa Doppstatter, of Akron ; has wife and one child.

FRANK J. STARAL, business manager of the Beacon, Axron. The subject of this sketch is a son of John and Julia (Podstatny) Staral. He was born Feb. 25, 1847, in the town of Beroun, Bohemia, where at the age of 12 he learned book-binding. He pursued this calling in his native town until 1865, when he came to the United States of America and erelong found employment in Cleveland, Ohio. Here he worked at book-binding about four years. He came to Akron Jan. 1, 1869, to assume the duties of foreman in the bindery of Lane, Canfield & Co. Mr.Staral held the same position in the Beacon Publishing Co., organized in 1871, until 1875. By his thrift and energy he became a stockholder in 1871. When the stock passed into present hands in 1875, Mr. Staral, with a larger share of stock, became its book-keeper, and succeeded Mr. J. H. Auble as business manager in 1877 ; a position he has since ably filled. July 10, 1877, he married Miss Bertha Weisenberger, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Of this union there is one son.

ALOIS STRAUB, musical instruments, Akron, Ohio ; isason of Alois and Magdalena (Gudfried) Straub, and was born Sept. 11, 1826, in Baden, Germany. He learned cabinet-making at 14 years of age, and after working two years, he began to work on musical instruments in Fernbach, which he continued for four years, when he entered the German Army. After leaving the army, he came to the United States, arriving at New York in the latter part of the summer of 1849; he went to Philadelphia ; and remaining in different parts of Pennsylvania until October 1851, he came to Akron, Ohio, and worked a short time in a cabinetshop. He commenced the manufacture of musical instruments for Horton & Rose, which he continued about five years, when his health failed, and, in the spring of 1857, he was employed as a traveling salesman for the company. | commenced this manufacture, which he continued some five years, at the same time keeping a music store, which he has continued ever since. He sells the celebrated Weber Pianos and the Mason & Hamlin organs, also the Burdette organs. He was married Jan. 5, 1857, to Miss Elizabeth Eisenhauer, of Akron. Mr. Straub is a member of St. Bernard's Catholic Church.