Twinsburg Township (part 27 of 38)

H. C. SANFORD, lawyer, Akron; a native of Portland, Me., was born Sept. 11. 1833, and is a son of John Q. and (De Lano) Sanford, who were natives, the former of Brunswick, Me., and the latter of Plymouth, Mass. His father was an extensive lumber dealer, and suffered heavy losses from the embargo laid by the General Government, from the effects of which he never fully recovered. He died when subject was but 8 years of age, and, being anxious to do something for himself, he left home at the age of 9. and went to Manchester, N. H., where an older shops there, and attended the public schools, and spent one year, also, in Kendall Academy, of that city. At the age of 18, he came to Ohio, and was engaged successively on the Sandusky, Mansfield & Newark, and the Cleveland & Toledo R. R. He commenced as fireman, but was soon promoted to Engineer, and 21 years the locomotive was put behind the train at the last station, to push it to the river, and, coming down grade one day. at a rate of speed they were unable to stop before arriving at the broken bridge, where the water was about twenty feet deep, and to prevent the train going into the river, Mr. S. started his engine un- end of the rails over the yawning river, and he still standing at his post. crowded with pasengers, and, but for this act of heroism of his, doubtless many would have

' nois in 1861. and came to Amherst. Ohio, where ' he engaged in the dry goods business, but soon ' after went to the oil regions of Pennsylvania.

1855, when he went to Quincy, Ill., and at once began running on the " Northern Cross Road," now the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and, when the road was completed, he took the first passenger train over it from Quincy to Galesburg. He remained on this road about six years, and then gave up his position for a train at Augusta, Ill., that he might be at home, and also to have an opportunity for the study of law, which he had resolved upon. He procured some law books, and read them on the footboard of his locomotive, at the rate of thirty miles an hour. While running on this road, he saved a passenger train of cars from running into a river near Plymouth Station, where a bridge had been washed away, by running his locomotive into the train. At the time, he and attended the law school one college year, and was admitted to the bar at Ravenna, "Ohio, April 24,1868. He then formed a partnership with Hon. N. W.

which time he went to Kent. but returned to Akron in 1870, where he has since practiced. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney on the Republican ticket, and served one term ; was elected City Solicitor in 1877, served one term. when he declined further honor. He was married on the 19th of January, 1857, to Miss Emily J. Fairchild, of Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio.

ERHARD STEINBACHER, merchant and is a son of John and Catharine Steinbacher, and was born March 30, 1825, in Bavaria, Germany. He attended the common schools until 14 years of age, and spent two years at Heidelberg. In 1844, he came to the United States, remaining two years, a portion of the time as clerk in a hotel (Cobb's Exchange, of Akron) at 38 per month ; then went to Cleveland, Ohio, and, in the fall of 1846, went back to Europe. He stayed there five or six months, and then returned to the United States, and came to Akron in 1847. In 1849, in company with fifteen others, went to California by the overland route, arriving in the land of gold in the latter partof July. He was successful, and returned to Akron, leaving California in December, 1850, via Panama, reaching Akron in February, 1851. He now opened a drug and grocery store (firm of Weimer & Steinbacher - Weimer retired in 1865), and has been an enterprising business man of Akron ever since. He has been President of " Citizens' Saving and Loan Association," ever since its organization in May, 1872 ; he has also been a stockholder in the First National Bank for fifteen years, and a stockholder and director in He

18, 1850, in Fitchburg, Mass., where he attend- He then spent two years in the office of City Engineer of Fitchburg. In 1867, he became a clerk in

He was made Superintendent at Fitchburg, which position he held until 1876, and the next year he came to Akron, and has since been Superintendent of the Whitman & Miles He was married in November, 1870, to Miss Ruth L. Gifford of Fitchburg, Mass.

HARRY J. SHREFFLER, Akron, son of Frederick and Mary A. (Auble) Shreffler was born in Center Co., Penn., March 26, 1847. At 18. he worked on a farm near Wadsworth, In 1866, he went into partnership with his father at West Salem, engaging in the manufacture of carriages, and continuing two years, when they removed to Burbank, Wayne Co., Ohio, where they continued in In July, 1871, he came to

1874, and has held that position ever since. He is superintendent of carriers and registry, and has general charge in the absence of the Postmaster. Oct. 29, 1872, he married Miss Eva Cubbison, of Akron; she died Oct. 31, 1873. Aug. 6, 1878, he married Miss Fannie I. Fouser, of Akron, who bore him one daughter.

LOREN N. SMITH, Akron. . Moses Smith was born at Stonington, Conn., Nov. 30, 1783, and died at Akron in his 83d year, Feb. 4, 1866. His wife, nee Miss Sarah Haley, was born Nov. 2, 1792, at Groton, Conn.; she was married to him on June 19, 1807, being only 15 years of age. They moved to Akron in 1826, and the following year he purchased a tract of land containing about 100 acres; here he farmed and engaged at the cooper's trade, having erected a shop for the purpose. He was an excellent marksman, and, as game was plentiful, he had many opportunities to display his skill. He regarded his word and was very exact in dealing. He was a stanch Democrat. Six children were born to him, viz., Sarah, wife of Hiram Hart, of Coventry ; she died in 1862; Warren H., who died in 1863, on the Atlantic Ocean, in which he was buried, while on his return from California, being in his 53d year ; Lucy A., wife of the late D. A. Hine, now living in the Sixth Ward; Henry, who died in his 6th year ; Harriet H., who was the wife of J. B. Curtis, and died at Kent, in 1853, in her 35th year; Caroline S., widow of the late Alvin Austin, now residing in Akron; William H., the only one of the family born in Ohio, died in Chili, South America, in 1872, in his 45th year ; and Loren N., the subject of these lines who was born in Dalton, August 16, 1823, being 3 years old when his family moved cut where his present residence stands. He went to school about six months per year until he was 17, learning the cooper's trade and to do farm work, from his father. In 1841, he hecame aclerk for the firm of James Sawyer & Co., remaining in their store until 1844, in the summer of which year he became proprietor of a confectionery and groeery store, it being the

He was afterward engaged in the same business on the site of the First National Bank ; from which place he removed to South Howard street until 1851, thence to Xenia, where, under the firm name of Austin & Smith, he did a large business in confectionery ; thence he removed to Cincinnati, in 1858, where he met with great success, remaining until 1878. While there he was President of the Phoenix Insurance Company ; and a member of the City Council for several years. On account of failing health he relinquished his business in Cincinnati and located in Akron, taking charge of the old homestead. Nov. 6, 1845, he married Miss Sarah J. Adams of Akron; she was born in Cavendish, Vt., and came to Akron in 1837. They have three sons and one daughter, viz., Henry N., of Cleveland; Fred. A., of Cincinnati; Frank E., of Cincinnati ; and Ida M., wife of R. S. Kirtley, of Cincinnati.

PROF. GUSTAV SIGEL, musician, Akron; was born in Wurtemberg, Germany. Jan. 30, 1848. He studied music in the conservatories of Germany until 1868, when he came to

Milwaukee, Wis. In 1872, he came to Akron, Ohio, at the call of the Liedertafel Society, and has since been its Director. From 1872 to 1878, he was teacher of instrumental music in Buchtel @ollege. He is now teacher of piano and stringed instruments. He was Director of the Saengerfest held in June. 1880, at Akron, and through his efforts it was a success. He owns some valuable stringed instruments.

John and Mary (Good) Schaffer, was born in Alsace (then a province of France), March 13, 1846. He learned weaving from his father, and engaged in that until he was 18 years of age, when, alone and with but a few dollars, he came to the United States, where he entered the employ of John T. Good, in whose oil refinery he worked for three years, followed by one year's employ at Oil City, after which he clerked for with Cook & Sons In' 1878, he opened a grocery on West Hill, where he did a good business. In 1880, he built the present two-story building, following out his own ideas and improving on the failures of others. As a matter of interest, we give the following from the Daily Beacon, descriptive of this establishment : of the new features in the way of glass front cases 12 inches high and 10 inches wide. These cases are about 14 inches long and are directly on the front

. separable apartments behind the counters, and directly above them are all kinds of packages and canned goods on shelves, protected from dust by glass doors. The old style of drawers is superseded with permanent boxes with glass door covers. showing the goods without exposure. Beneath the counters on three-inch-high platforms is large space for the grocery department. just as systematically as the grocery. ment is a tier of shelves with the name of streets. When an order is filled, the goods are put in a basket and placed on the proper shelf. A drive-way leading through the warehouse, the deliverying man

Tackling is provided so that all heavy articles do not have to be lifted. Molasses. cider, oil, ete.. are kept in a department in the wareroom; in fact, there will be nothing on which to tear or grease your clothes as you walk about in the store-

1816, near the springs, about forty rods from his present residence, that being the spot where his father first built his cabin. He worked on the farm until he was 19 years old; he went to school at Middlebury, his first teacher being one Squire Brown, a very severe man, who resorted to the "gad" upon the slightest misdemeanor, real or imaginary, of the pupils. These make them tough in order that they might burt more, and some were notched for the same purpose. Subject shared the same lot with other school children in those days for three months per year, until he was 19. When he was but from Akron to Bolivar, a distance of forty miles, traveling on horseback, and continuing four years, except during the winter seasons. At the age of 19, he learned the carpenter's trade with one Gideon Gardner, serving for board and clothing two years; he soon after began taking contracts, working with his brother Miner, who was a millwright, on several of the early mills of this vicinity. He worked for ten years on the Austin Powder Mills, and for several years on residences. married Miss Marilla A. King, daughter of Joshua King, who was one of the pioneers of

Avery King, of Akron, and Alice M., wife of Sevillian Payne, of Davis Co., Mo. Three died when young. Our subject entered the employ of Aultman, Miller & Co., in 1865, and has since continued. He has worked in woodwork, and had charge of the repairs of the shop-machinery for the last nine years. He was a Whig and cast his first Presidential vote for xen. Harrison ; became a Free-Soiler in the days of Van Buren, and a Republican at the organization of the party. He has been a member of

JOSEPH 8S. SMITH. druggist, Akron; son of Christian Smith. was born in Warren, Warren Co., Penn., Dec. 4+. 1855; at 14. he entered a drug store in Warren, where he remained four and a half years as clerk, after which he entered the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, from which he graduated in the spring of 1877, at the same time. In the fall of 1877, he and his brother bought a drug store at Wilkesbarre, Penn., continuing until 1878, when they sold out and bought the present store in September, 1878, of Sisler & Sorrick, located the first door north of the post office; they have a full stock of pure drugs, chemicals and sundries ; they have a laboratory for the manufacture of fluid and solid extracts, gelatine-coated pills, elixirs and pharmaceutical preparations in general ; they are doing a prosperous wholesale and retail business.

his father for five years; in 1868, he clerked for his father in a shoe store, and, the following year, became his partner, continuing as such until January, 1877, when he became a partner with his brother, Juseph S., at Wilkesbarre, Penn., in a drug store, remaining a year, when they sold out, and, under the firm name of Smith Bros., purchased their present drug store rooms are 80x22, with elegant modern appointments. He was married at Indianapolis September, 1873, to Miss Mary E. Cale, of that place ; they have one son and one daughter.

Fire Department, Akron ; is a son of Thomas C. and Mary J. (Hildreth) Simpson, and was born in New Haven, Conn., Feb. 18, 1836; in his 17th year, he came to Cincinnati, Ohio, with his father's family, and, in 1854, came to Cuyahoga © Falls, where he -:erved an apprenticeship with - Bill Bros., at the machinist's trade, for about | three and a half years ; he worked at different | points in Ohio until 24, when he went to Hart- © ford, Conn., where he worked two years at his trade ; in November, 1864, he came to Akron and entered the employ of the A. & G. W. R. R. Co. as mechanic until June, 1865, when he went to Kent in the employ of the same company until 1873. when he came back to Akron, and was employed in the C., Mt. V. & C. R. R. shops ; in 1875, he became foreman of the finishing department of Aultman, Miller & Co.'s shops, |

WILLIAM SHUTT, retired farmer; P. O. . Akron; is a son of George, the son of Jacob | Shutt, who came to America from Zweibrechen, | Germany, before the war of the Revolution, | passage ; after his marriage, he took up a large | tract of land at Pittsburgh, where he resided at | the time of Gen. Braddock's defeat, and, on ac- | count of the troublesome Indians, they returned to Maryland, toa farm near Boonesboro, Washington Co., two miles northeast of the battleground of Antietam. He had seven sons and | one daughter - Jacob, born Aug. 15, 1764; | in Stark Co., Ohio ; Peter, born Jan. 18, 1768 ; Philip, born Dec. 1, 1770 ; George (the father of the subject of this sketch), and Henry, his twin brother, born Jan. 10, 1772 (George died , Sept. 17, 1847) ; Adam, born March 15, 1774; Catharine, born Jan 16, 1776; all are dead. , The father of our subject married Mary Magdalena Kreitzer, who was also a native of the .

sold the old homestead formerly owned by the grandfather. and moved in 1836 to Paint Township, Holmes Co., Ohio, where they resided until their death ; in 1852, William moved to Tuscarawas Township, Stark Co., where he resided

. and Regine (Harmon) Cook, natives of Franklin Co., Penn; they had two children - Saman- | | tha, born May 6, 1852, now Mrs. W. M. Van- ; - dersall, residing near East Liberty ; and Uriah, . born Novy. 29, 1856, died May 9, 1873. He is |

In 1835, Dudley went to Manchester (same State), where he clerked in a geni eral store some four years, after which he taught , school in winter, and worked on the farm in

_ summer, until 1842, when he came to Ohio, and _ first located in Middlebury, but went to Wads- . worth, then to Tallmadge, and finally to Akron. _ In the fall of 1847, he was appointed Deputy ' Sheriff, and served five years, when he was term of three months' service, he, in company with George A. Purington (now Captain in the 9th U.S. C.), recruited Co. A, for the 2d O. C., Purington being Captain, and Mr. Seward First Lieutenant. He remained in the service until October, 1865, and was promoted successively, by regular gradation, to Colonel of the 1egiment, which position he held when mustered out. He was in the battles of the Wilderness, Rich Mountain, etc., on the Morgan raid, the Wilson raid and in other hard service. Upon his return from the war, he remained two years in Akron, and was assistant clerk in Ohio Senate | one term. He was then appointed Captain in | 8th U. S. Cavalry, and served in California, | Oregon and the Territories; in the regular - In 1871, he returned home, | and in 1873, he was elected Justice of the Peace, .

Mary J. (Irvin) Scott, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and were married in Pennsylvania. In 1811, they moved to Ohio, by team, and settled in Stark Co.. in the fall of the same year moving to Springfield, now Summit Co. He was a blacksmith, and followed his trade, in connection with a small farm. on which he located, near Mogadore. where he lived until his death in 1824; she died in 1820. David A. (the subject), lived at home until he the blacksmith trade, with Mr. Abraham De Haven, of Springfield, and served with him until he became of age. dlebury, where he worked at his trade until the fall of 1836. After some time spent at Madison, he went into business for himself. and in 1845 removed to Tallmadge. Summit Co. Four years later, he removed to Akron, and has worked at his trade since, except a few years, when he served as Constable, later as Deputy Sheriff, and, during the war, as Deputy United States Marshal. He held the oftice of Deputy Sheriff eight years. He was married, Noy. 21, 1838, to Miss Mary Ann Burton, a came to Middlebury, Ohio, in 1831. He conducted a sash and blind factory there, it being the first of the kind in the county. Four children were born to him, two of whom are living, viz., George S., merchant in Akron; Lois E., at home. telegraph operator, and died in 1866, and Walter B. was Captain of Co. H, 104th O. V. I, and died in Cincinnati, April 23, 186°. Mr. Scott was an early resident of the county, and often has shot deer and turkeys where Akron now stands.

of Norton Township, Summit Co., Ohio, and was born on his father's farm Jan. 16, 1839, and lived at home until he was 25 years of age. He is the fourth in a family of twelve children, born to Nathan and Catharine (Peters) Seiberling, and received a common-school education.

of a farm and saw-mill he and his brother J. F. had previously purchased, and conducted the business for five years, when he sold to his brother and moved to Canton, where he en-

' He then sold out and came to Akron, and purchased an interest in the Akron Straw Board Company, and was made the Superintendent, and the following year he also took the office of Secretary ; both offices he has held since. He was married in the fall of 1863 to Miss Sarah L. Miller, 1 native of Pennsylvania, and

In the spring of 1880, he bought a farm of 100 acres, located in Norton Township, about eight miles southwest of the city, which joins the old homestead, and which he operates, hiring the labor.

Stipe, of Green Township. He was born at Greentown, Stark Co., April 23, 1846, and when quite small his parents removed to Green Township, Summit Co., where Franklin was raised and educated. He attended the common schools, and at the age of 14, entered the Seminary at Greensburg, in which institution he received instructions for three or four terms. During the next few years he taught school in various districts of Summit County, teaching during the winter and assisting his father on the farm in the summer. He was a member of the Ohio National Guards during the rebellion, and as such was called into active military duty in 1864, serving from May to September in Co. H, 164th O. V.I. About the year 1866, he removed to Akron, and since that time has been engaged in that city at painting. He was married Sept. 7, 1865, to Soviah Koontz, who was born Nov. 17, 1843. She is the daughter of Jonas and Sarah (France) Koontz. Mr. and Mrs. Stipe are members of the First Methodist Church of Akron. They have four children, - Nora Elnor, Harry Jonas, Mable Lonely and Mattie Maria.

JACOB SNYDER, President of W. 8. & Co., and architect, Akron; was born in Columbia Co., Penn., March 12, 1823, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Miller) Snyder, natives of Eastern Pennsylvania. He was a contractor and builder, and died in Columbia County, in 1849. She died there about 1854. Jacob, the subject, lived at home until 1845, during which time he learned the trade of carpenter and builder, and also received an academic education.

ical course in architecture. He returned home and for two years engaged in contracting and building and practical architecture. He was married May 21, 1849, to Miss Mary A. Rinehart, a native of Cumberland Co., Penn. He came to Qhio in 1853, and settled in Akron, where he was for a time connected with the grocery trade. About 1855, he engaged in his business of contracting and building and architecture, which he followed until 1870, since which time he has devoted most of his time to architecture. ship in the lumber manufacturing business, with Messrs. Weary, Wilcox & Jackson; and still continues his interest in the business, most of the time having been President. He has served as a member of Board of Education and living, Mrs. B. L. Dodge, of Akron. He was raised a Democrat and adhered to that party until the second election of President Lincoln, since which time he has beena Republican. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1842, and taken an active part in its affairs. He was Superintendent of the Sabbath school a number of years, and is now a teacher and historian of the same. Mr. S. stands among the first in having contributed to the modern and advanced idea of Sabbath school architecture, and at present his practice

HUGO SCHUMACHER. book-keeper, etc.. Akron, Ohio; the oldest son of William Schumacher, was born in Saxony, Germany, Jan. 14, 1853 ; he was 6 years oll when he came with his parents to the United States and to Akron ; from 1865 to 1868, he attended a private school at Braunschweig. and returned to Akron in the latter year, and entered the mills as packer, until 1871, when he became head book-keeper and cashier for F. Schumacher. a position he has ever since held. In May, 1875, he was married

DR. WILLIAM SISLER, Akron, is a native of Lycoming Co., Penn., and was horn Sept. 12. 1819. He is the sixth child in a family of ten children born to Lewis and Margaret (Marsh) Sisler. They were natives of Pennsylvania, and moved to Erie Co., N. Y., in 1826, and engaged in farming, where he died. Mrs. Sisler where he followed teaching and farming. In 1843 he began reading medicine with Dr. Fernando Dalwick, of Canal Fulton, and in 1846 or 1847, he moved to Manchester, Summit Co., Ohio, ahd began to practice, his graduation at the Medical Department of Western Reserve College having been delayed because of his limited means. Upon the graduation of his brother, in 1852, they formed a partnership which continued until 1873. During the war, he responded to the call of Gov. Tod, and served in the hospitals after the battles of South Mountain and Antietam. In the fall of 1867, he was elected on the Republican ticket Representative from this County, to the State Legislature, and served

JUDGE NEWELL D. TIBBALS, Akron. Alfred M. Tibbals was born in Granville, Mass., Aug. +, 1797; he came to Ohio with his father in 1804. and settled at Deertield, Portage Co.. on wild land; here he followed farming until his death, in 1858, being 61 years old ; be was a successful farmer, and one of the early and influential members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he never sought public office. He married, in 1821, Miss Martha Swem, a native of New Jersey, and one among tle early settlers of Salem. She was born in 1800, and is still living; she was the mother of tive sons. one of whom died at the age of 13; those living are J. Lincoln, a farmer near Kent; Frederick D., a farmer on the old homestead ; Curtice S.,a farmer in Deerfield. and Newell D., the subject of this sketch, who was born in Deerfield, Portage Co., Ohio, on Sept. 18, 1833, where he remained until he was 17, at which age he entered the McLain's Academy, at Salem, Ohio, from which he graduated in the spring of 1853. In September of that year he came to Akron and entered the law office of Otis & Walcott, where he studied until September, 1855, when he was admitted to the bar at Akron, and at once opened an office, engaging in active practice until 1875, when he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Second Subdivision of the Fourth Judicial District - Summit, Medina and Lorain Counties. To this position he was re-electeu in under old charter. In the fall of 1865, he was elected to the State Senate from Summit and Portage Counties; in 1860, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney, and re-elected two years later ; in 1870, he participated in the preparation of the charter and other papers for the organization of Buchtel College, and has been a member of its Board of Trustees ever since its organization. He was a member of the City Board of Education, and served as a member of the Ohio National Guards. Oct. 22, 1856, he married Miss Lucy <A. Morse, of Akron, Ohio; she bore him three daughters and two sons.

planing-mill. Akron; a native of Millersburg, Ohio ; was born March 9, 1841. and is a son of George and Jane (Wilson) Thomas. His father was inostly brought up in Columbiana Co., Ohio, of Akron. For some years, Mr. T. did a large contracting business, and added lumber, finally establishing planing-mills on Market street. He built many of the public buildings of Akron ; was a member of the Council for several years,

He was also at Port Republic, in which his company came out with but fifty men; at Cedar Mountain; Chancellersville, where he was slightly wounded by a fragment of shell, and at Gettysburg. They were next sent to New York to quell the riot there, consequent upon the draft. Upon their return they were sent to the ticipated in all the engagements of that stirring © period. He was made Sergeant Major, and for | a time commanded Co. H, as Orderly Sergeant. | school until he was 16 years old, when he went | to Tallmadge to learn carriage-making with | Oviatt & Sperry, serving an apprenticeship of - and planing-mill business with his father, until 1873. when, upon the death of his father, Charles Miller and son became partners with him, remaining so until 1877, when subject sold out his interest to R. N. Kratz. The firm of Miller & Kratz closed up in 1878, and subject leased the planing-mill and lumber-yard, and conducted the business two years, when he bought it and has since done well in it. employing in the building season from sixty to one hundred men. In 1876, subject was elected which was afterward consolidated with the 8th Regiment, and he was assigned ten full companies; it is one of the best-drilled and appointed regiments in the State. He has been an active member of the G. A. R. since its organization, and at the annual Encampment in 1880, he was elected Department Commander. He was married Sept. 11, 1868, to Miss Alice Hale, a daughter of J. M. Hale, of Akron. They had four children, viz.: George H., James A., Frank and Elizabeth.

ALBERT B. TINKER, Finencial Secretary of Buchtel College, Akron; was born Jan. 28. 1852, and is a son of Horace and Sophronia (Skinner) Tinker. He is a native of Portage Co., and was brought up on a farm until 18, when he entered (in 1870) Hiram College, teaching during the winters. In the fall of. 187 3, be entered Buchtel College, and gradueal

Financial Secretary of Buchtel College, a position he has since filled. He was married Dec. 25, 1876, to Miss Georgie Olin, of Windsor, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.

JAMES B. TAPLIN, Akron. In Clermont. N. H., on Aug. 12, 1812, was born to John and Abigail (Sperry) Taplin, the subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this work. At the age of 5 years, his parents moved to New Haven, Vt.. where be lived three years, at | the end af which time, he was taken with them to Franklin Co.. N. Y., in which region he lived until about 22 years of age. His youth-time was employed in farming and attending school: the last six months of his school life were passed in the Franklin Academy, at Malone, N.Y. When 20 years of age, he began to learn carpentering, but only worked at that a short time, when he began millwrighting, and followed that in New York State until 1834. In the fall of 1834, he came to Akron, Ohio, partly by | canal, and partly on foot; he then worked at carpentering for a short time, but followed millwrighting until 1848, during which time he worked on most of the early mills. 1839, he married Miss Rachel Grandy, of Port Byron, N. Y.. who had taught for some time in Akron. In 1840-41, he built a large mill in Constantine, Mich.. returning to Akron in July, 1841. In company with (. D. Bates and Chas. Webster, under the firm of G. D. Bates & Co.. he started the Globe Foundry at Akron, in 1848, in a small building, and on a small scale. In some two or three years, Bates retired, and the business was continued hy the firm of Webster & Taplin, which continued with some changes until 1860, when fire destroyed a portion of the work, and the subject retired; in 1861, the present foundry was built, the firm being Taplin, Rice & Ford, as partnership until 1867, when a stock company was formed, and the business two of whom died in infancy, and one son, Jas. F., died at 7. The subject is a member of the Congregational Church, and was a.member of the Council.

son of Daniel and Polly (Wright) Upson, was | born Jan. 11, 1823, at Worthington, Franklin | Co.. Ohio, where he lived until his 10th year, | the period of two years, when he entered the Law Department of Yale College. where he attended one year. In September. 1845. he was admitted to the bar at Cleveland. and, in January of the following year, began his profession way matters,in the important litigations of which he has been called much into other States, and twice to Europe. a Republican. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney of this county in 1848, and served in that capacity two years.

Congress from the Eighteenth District. comprising the counties of Cuyahoga, Summit and Lake (usually called the Cleveland District), in 1868, by a majority of over 6,000, and was reelected in 1870. He was a member of the Committee on Reconstruction in the Forty-first Congress ; Chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the Forty-second, and a member of the Committees on Elections and Manufactures, in Louch. He was one of the leaders of the opposition to the measure giving back-pay to members, from its inception. When under cover of a general appropriation bill it was brought before the House for adoption, his moral sense was keen enough to discover at

_ securing, by persistent effort, a recognition from _ the Chair, he denounced it in no uncertain | ' words, and made the motion to strike out the |! _ objectionable clause. | _ opposition to what is known as the "salary | ' grab ;' them the hearty approval and thanks of an un- The old Eighteenth (Cleveland) District was recognized as one of the most important and influential in the nation. Its wealth, its growing and diversified interests and industries, the character of its people. all combined to make the office of its representative one of peculiar honor, responsibility and influence. The trust reposed in him was so well performed that when. upon the close of bis second term, he withdrew from political life. its press and people. without regard to party, gave him the warmest and most gratifying approval. He was a delegate to the National Convention. at Baltimore, which renominated Abraham Lincoln in 1864, and was a delegate at large from Ohio to the Convention at Cincinnati. which nominated Rutherford B. Hayes. He isa member of the Board of Trustees of Western Reserve and Oberlin Colleges, and also of Lake Erie Female Seminary. at Painesville. Ohio. He was first President of the Summit Co. Bar Association. and is now a member of the Executive Committee of the State Bar Association. On May 20. 1856. he married Miss Julia A. Ford. of Akron, They have two sons and two daughters.

P. VUPINGTON. harness-maker. Akron; the leading dealer in South Akron in harness, saddles. ete. Came to Akron in 1848. and began at "jour" work ; he followed his trade in this way for about one year. and then began business on hisownaccount. He was born March 3.1821, in County Cork. Ireland: he learned his trade with his father, and received a fair education in his native land. In 1847 - the year of the great by 55 feet deep, three stories and basement, and located near the corner of Main and Exchange streets ; he also owns considerable real estate in different parts of the city. Heisa member of the order of A., F. & A. M.. and of the following Lodges: Akron Lodge, No. 83 ;

No. 42; and Akron Commandery, No. 25. He was formerly a member of Massillon Commandery No. 4, and, upon the organization of Akron Commandery, he became one of the charter members.

W. R. UPHAM, boot and shoemaker, Middlebury ; was born in Windsor Co., Vt., in 1810, and was brought up on the farm. At the age of 17, he was apprenticed to his trade, and, after completing same. went to Burlington, Vt., where he

Y., remaining there one year, and, in the fall of 1833, came to Akron. In the spring of 18-+4, he moved to Middlebury. where he has since resided. He worked at shoe-making until 1850, when he went to keeping hotel in the Temperance House: also conducted a livery and feed stable until 1856. He then sold matches for six or seven years, traveling in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, after which he resumed his trade, and has worked at it ever since. He served as Constable in 1848 ; was elected Justice of the Peace in 1870. but did not qualify or serve. He was a Whig in politics, and. upon the organization of the Republican party, adopted its principles. He was married, in 1834, to Miss Susan KE. Burns, a native of Albany, N. Y., and ten children have - been born to them. seven of whom are living - | William Potter (lives at Red Wing, Minn.), |

Almira (Mrs. Robert Vance, also lives at Red Wing). Elizabeth (now Mrs. George Capell, lives in Detroit, Mich.), Ella (Mrs. James Currans, lives in Middlebury), George (Red Wing, Minn.), Charles (lives in Iowa), Walter Potter (lives at home) ; all are married except George and Walter.

DR. W. J. UNDERWOOD, physician, Akron ; was born in Dillsburg, York Co., Penn., March 20, 1840. and is the fourth of five children born to Joseph and Hannah (Wells) Underwood. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, his father being of Quaker descent and his mother of German. His father was a whip-maker, and followed his trade in Dillsburg until his death in 1842. Mrs. Underwood was subsequently married again, but is now a widow and living at Wooster, Ohio. Dr. Underwood lived at home until 1860, acquiring such education as the schools of the neighborhood afforded, at the same time teaching during the winters up to the time of his beginning the study of medicine. In 1860, he began reading with Dr. Ira Day, of Mechanicsburg, Penn., and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1864. In 1862, he went out with the 19th Penn. V. M. as medical officer, and after a short period, the regiment being disbanded, he was assigned to the hospital at Chambersburg as Assistant Surgeon. A month later he was transferred to the hospital at Camp Curtin, being assigned at the expiration of that time to the

- 151st Penn. V. I., with which he served as Assistant Surgeon during the term of that regiment's enlistment. . Returning from the army, he completed his studies, graduating as noted above.

practicing a year by himself, he came to Akron in August, 1867, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession. Dr. Underwood is amember of the Summit County Medical Society, of the Union Medical Association of Northeastern Obio, of the Ohio State Medical Society, and of the American Medical Association. In the two first he has served in various official capacities.

| In December, 1864, he married Miss Harriet, | daughter of John J. Shoemaker, Esq., of Harrisburg, Penn.; she died Dec. 9, 1873; three children were born, of whom two only are living - Edward S. and Alfred C. Feb. 28, 1877, he married Mrs. Francis C. Pizzala, of Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1878, Dr. Underwood was appointed Examining Surgeon for Pensions, an office he now holds. He has also served the city of Akron as Councilman.

in the Union Army in the war of the Great rebellion, three of whom lost their lives by reason of that service, and the other two were badly wounded and' will carry to their graves of these wounds. vanian by birth, and, at the age of 16, with his parents, settled in Stark Co., where he continued to live till the spring of 1834, when he moved into what is now Summit Co., then Portage Co. in the General Assembly in 1847-48, was the Whig candidate for the State Senate for the Summit and Portage District in the fall of 1848, but was defeated by a combination of Democrats and Free-Soilers; in 1850, was appointed one of the Associate Judges for his county, and served in that capacity till the office was abolished by the present Constitution. In 1857, he removed to Llinois, where he died in January. 1880, at the age oi 81 years. Judge Voris always had the confidence of all who knew him, possessed rare intelligence and purity of character, was public spirited, fearless and outspoken with his convictions, and a most sturdy hater of all kinds of meanness. Gen. Voris says of his father that he never heard him utter an oath or obscene expression, that, not only in manners, but in essense, was he an every-day Christian gentleman. Julia (Coe) Voris was a Connecticut Yankee by birth and that eminently fitted her for society, and the | nurture and moral development of her chil- | dren; she was a most devoted Christian and was | universally respected and beloved. The sub- | ject of this sketch says of himself that there was nothing remarkable about his birth or early life, except that he was the first baby in the family, but supposes that he was as good and heedless and playful as boys in general ; that he was a good scholar and took his juvenile switchings as complacently as any other of the boys, law. with reference to entering upon its practice. was admitted to the bar in June. 1853. and at once formed a partnership with the late Gen. L. V. Bierce, his law preceptor: this arrangement continued till 1857. As a young lawyer, he was singularly successful. both in getting business to do and in his manner of handling it: with the next term after his admission till the outbreak of the rebellion. he was constantly pitted against the strongest lawyers of the Ohio bar ; his yreat energy, ceaseless industry. courage 'and thorough preparation of his cases. gave him a recognized standing with the best of them.

Sept. 25. 1853. be married Lydia Allyn, daughter of Israel Allyn, Esq., near Akron, with whom he lived till March 16. 1876, when Mrs. Voris died, after a most painful illness of over four years. She was a most devoted wife and mother, and left three children, Edwin F., who is an attorney and prac-

A. and Bessie Coe. Edwin has settled down in life. married a wife. and like his father. is zealously engaged in raising a family of children.

In 1859, A. C. Voris was elected to represent his county in the General Assembly, which office he held fortwo years. In which, as a member of the Judiciary Committee, Chairman of Penitentiary Committee, and several important select committees, he was distinguished for his great industry and practical knowledge, which was also true of every matter in which he engaged. Instead of being a society man, or employi ing his efforts in mere partisan contests, he directed his attention to the practical business matters before the Legislature, and in which he at once took rank as » a leader. He was regarded as one of the ablest men on the floor of the House. He was apt and convincing as a debater, and always ready us a parliamentarian. He was selected Chairman of the Committee of the Whole House when the general appropriation bills were under consideration, because of his sleight at half the time expected to be consumed. Before his legislative term expired, rebellion broke out. session of 1861, he took « most decided stand against backing down to the demands of the

In September, 1861, the demand for men became so urgent for the army that he felt it his duty to go to the war himself, and enrolled himself as an enlisted man in the 29th O. V. L, but, without solicitation on his part, Gov. Dennison appointed him a Second Lieutenant for : the recruiting service, under which he was mus- | tered into the United States volunteer service on the 2d of October ensuing, for the organization of a regiment. to which "he applied himself with such zeal and effect that, in the organiza- | tion of the 67th Ohio, to which his men were | or from the date of its organization, Dec. 18, 1861, drilling and teaching men and officers, at such intervals as active service in the field permitted. On the 16th of March following, he became its commanding officer. On the evening of the 22d of the same month, he took his regiment into its first fight, against a reconnaissance of Stonewall Jackson, before Winchester, Va., which was, in fact, the opening of the first battle of Winchester, one of the most obstinately fought infantry battles of the war, the brigade to which the 67th Ohio was attached being ordered out to repel this attack, which was on our picket lines, to the south of Winchester. Lieut. Col. Voris turned out his com- he did under a brisk fire from the enemy's batteries, till the infantry battle opened, when he was directed "to pitch in;" not very definite orders, as the enemy were then three-fourths of a mile off, and extended over a wide front, and mainly obscured by woodland and hills.

appeared to be fiercest, and formed his men immediately to the left of Col. Tyler's brigade, which was lying on the ground in front of a rebel brigade, within point-blank range, the wall fence. fusilade of small arms, neither daring to advance on the other, with the advantage all on the side of the enemy. The 67th formed obliquely on the head and front of the wall, and | not more than 150 feet from the right flank of the rebel brigade, from which it got a deadly fire, without being able to do much execution in return. He held this osition but for a short time, and, not securing tne desired results, undertook to place his men so as to deliver an enfilading fire from behind the stone wall. While ported by two men, under each shoulder, notwithstanding his wound, called on his men to follow him, and, placing them in such position that this wall afforded no protection to the enemy, they opened a most destructive fire upon them. Two or three volleys caused the rebels the enemy broke in great disorder, and the | 67th dashed through their lines with a yell that | was plainly heard above the din of the battle. | Tyler's brigade soon followed suit, and the | whole left wing of Jackson's army was thrown | into a disordered retreat. Gen. Voris deservedly thinks this one of the very best public | acts of his life. Seeing that the stone wall was as good as a fort for the enemy, and that no | till they were dislodged from it, he, of his own | motion, pitched into them on their flank, a | movement that was decisive of the only Union victory ever gained over Stonewall Jackson. He was promoted to the colonelcy of his regi- | eastern Virginia, till the end of that year. | Among the thrilling incidents of the year, he | had the ill luck to be shipwrecked, with six | companies of the 67th Regiment. off Fortress | Monroe, Va.. en route to re-enforce Gen. McClel- This was described by an eye-witness as follows: "In the middle of the night, the waves tumbled the old barge at a fearful rate, and soon all hands were aroused by the startling cry that the line towing the | barge had parted, and that she was going to the bottom. To us on the steamer this was terrible intelligence for half our regiment. Its Lieut. Colonel, Adjt. Girty and several line | As the barge | broke from the steamer, its rudder was crushed to atoms, leaving the crazy craft entirely at the mercy of the waves. We could see, through the darkness, that the upper deck had broken down, and every indication showed that the The steamer | | was swung round as rapidly as possible, to give help. As we passed round, we could see fragments of the wreck floating by. The shrieks of the frightened ones on the barge were truly | distressing tous. For a long time, we could |.

nally, we heard the clear voice of Col. Voris, giving orders and urging the men to be quiet. He tried to soothe them by saying that 'all would end well, if they would let him boss the concern. By the way, the Colonel says that bossing that rickety old barge in a storm is worse than fighting Stonewall Jackson. By drowned, and five others were severely wounded. Col. V. was the last man to leave the wreck, directing the delivery of his men till all were safe. before be thought of himself. He came on board the steamer in rather an un-officerlike plight, bare-headed, in shirt sleeves. with naught but shirt, pants, vest and shoes in the line of dress ; all his other ficens went with the barge; and in that undress he reported to Gen. J. A. Dix, the next morning, for new supplies for his men.

year. He commanded his regiment in the dlisastrous assault on Ft. Wagner. the night of the 18th of July. in which he was very severely wounded. and was sent north ina few days alter to nurse his wound. In less than sixty days after he got this wound. he reported back to his command for duty, and shortly after was in the trenches before Charleston.

When the expedition was about to start from Hilton Head to attack Charleston, Col. Voris, with his regiment. was ordered to report for duty to Goy. Saxton. at Beantort, 3. C.. to aid him in his civil administration. He did not relish Provost Marshal and other fancy work while a great enierprise was 'on foot. and went at once to Gen. Hunter. who had command of the department. and inquired of him be YS really intended to capture Charleston. Being answered in the affirmative. he told ren. Munter that he was making a fatal mistake in leaving his (Voris}) regiment out; that there was not 2 man in the ranks of the 67th Regiment whose pockets were not full of locofoco matches with which to burn the cursed rebel city. Col. Voris carried back in his pockets an order to

' In the spring of 1864, he was assigned to , duty with his regiment in the movement up _ James River, Va., against Richmond, under Gen. Butler, and thenceforth was identified with the Army of the James till the close of the war. On the 9th and 10th of May, 1864, with lery, he successfully fought and repulsed confederate Gen. Ransom with four times as large a force, some ten miles below Richmond. In this engagement, he was specially conspicuous for gallantry and ability. and gained a brilliant victory, the first success for Gen. Butler in his advance on the confederate capital.

there would be a renewal of the fight the next morning, and (Col. Voris had sent for re-enforcements) Gen. Gilmore, to whom Col. Voris had sent for re-enforcements, directed his Adjutant General to send him assistance, but not to send interference from a superior officer. (Gen. A. H. Terry said of this engagement, that if he had 10,000 such menas Col. Voris and the 67th O. V. 1. be could take Richmond with them. For this fight Col. Voris was recommended for promotion as Brigadier General of Volunteers ; but political reasons in his Congressional district prevented so well-earned advancement. He was then suffering trom his Ft. Wagner wound, and was so prostrated by the fatigue and anxiety of the day, that he had to be helped to camp. Again, on the 20th of the same month, he fought the enemy at the Win Bottom Church, on the Bermuda Hundred front, re-taking our picket line, from which our troops had been torced ; at the same time taking contederate (sen. Walker prisoner. He still keeps Gen. Walker's sword as a trophy of that affair. The 16th of June following, while in command of the picket line, as general officer of the day, le took the line of rebel works, by which Gen. Butler had been bottled up on the Bermuda Hundred. taking quite a number of prisoners, and several heavy guns in the enterprise.

At Deep Run, on the left bank of the James, below Richmond, in August next. he led the skirmish line in an attack on the enemy's lines, protected by temporary field works, which force was killed and wounded; before they could re-load their pieces, our boys were clubbing them over their heads with the butts of their rifles. In an engagement on the 13th of score. If what the boys say is true, he told the contrabands to give their old oppressers h - l. Again, on the 27th and 28th of October following, he commanded a brigade of white troops on the Charles City road, in an attack upon the outworks for the protection of Richmond ; and in the latter part of the next November. he commanded a division against an attempt of the enemy to turn our flank on the north side of the James. On the 2d of April, 1865, he led the charge on Fort Gregg, Petersburg, Va.. and after having been in the ditch of the fort up to his neck in mud and water for nearly half an hour, he climbed up on its walls by the aid of a ladder made by the boys with their guns with bayonets fixed, and thrust into the walls one above the other, being the first Union officer on the fort. This was the last fort taken by storm of the confederate works surrounding Richmond and Petersburg. after being most tenaciously defended, at a loss of At

Upon the close of hostilities, he was assigned to command the politico-military district of South Anna, Va., embracing a territory of trifor and protected, all the interests of society looked after and conserved. the prejudices and cruelties of the system of slavery resisted and eradicated, a new system of labor organized, the mutual distrusts of the whites and negroes allayed, and confidence created between the late slave-owners and the freemen.

and humanity in their future intercourse, and upon terms of impartial equal rights. To protect the late slaves, and especially the infirm. old and little ones from ill-treatment and want.

relates to civil and military administration. He was for more than six months as absolute a satrap as ever governed, there being no other governing power except by and through the military, not a single civil, police or political orders prohibiting all sorts of personal violence. and turning off such infirm and helpless ones without adequate provision for their present support; and, in detault of which provision. he directed adequate assessment to be made anil collected by military power. He absolutely put a stop to the devilish practice of flogging colored people. and permitted no penalties to be inflicted on them that were not visited upon white people for like grade of offenses. So considerate was he in the administration of his public duties. that he never had a matter appealed from his orders or decrees to depart ment headquarters during the whole time he was in command of this district. though every class of disputed right came before him. common to community from murder down. His Department Commander said of him that his was the only district in the State that did not make him trouble. Gen. Robert E. Lee was a resident of his district. and under his comman< for several months after the surrender. The Charlottesville Daily Chronicle wrote concerning his administration, when he left the district. that * Gen. Voris has conducted himself in command here in the kindest and most considerate .

manner, and has shown himself an energetic. faithful and just officer. He leaves with the best wishes of our people." The colored people found in him a most valued friend and protector.

As illustrative of his way of putting things. we narrate the following incidents: When he went first to Charlottesville. Va., to organize for

| them as such ; that he would do all in his power ' to reconcile and harmonize any antagonisms | ' and distresses existing between the two races; | ' but that they would be required to adjust their

| "In that case. if I was your nigger, I would | take your life, Sir." _ of the same place, and afterward a high digni- _ tary in his church. came to him to get indul- rebellion against the United States, he was interviewed by a delegation of citizens as to what relations the freedmen would thenceforth sustain. To whom he replied, that the freed men intercourse with them on terms of reciprocal A fiery planter, not relish- | ing this equality doctrine, spoke up, "I tell re what it is. if my niggers don't do as I say, I will flog them." Gen. Voris instantly replied.

gence from the military authorities to omit from the prayer of their church service. the President of the United States and all others in authority, would be insincere, and that his congregation | could not. with their present feeling. join hon- : estly in it. ~ Let us see." said the General. | [3 it because they look upon the President and those in authority as still being enemies?" : It being admitted that this was substantially their feeling, he replied. - Lam not much of a Christian. and may not appreciate the gravity of the situation, nor do I know how your church people regard the New Testament Scriptures ; but if you mean to set them a truly Christian - example. [ would advise you to do as Christ commanded, ' Love your enemies, and pray for them which dlespitefully use you and persecute you. instead of coming to the military authorities to get excused from obeying the commands of Almighty (rod." ;

As a soldier he never shirked duty or exposure. He always shared with his men their hardships. dangers and privations. and never asked of them what he would not do himself. So prompt was he in the execution of whatever he had to do that the boys called him Qld Promptly," a name certainly not inappropriately applied. All through the war. in case of sudden danger. he was always first in place for action with his men. His watchfulness presents given to any officer during the war, a | magnificent sword, belt and sash, costing near- ° ly a thousand dollars; every man of his old | regiment contributing toward its purchase. A « leading Ohio daily paper in referring to this © best regiments ever mustered into the service | to one of the best soldiers that has entered the . He always saw to it that his men had - every thing the commissariat and quartermas- | ter's departments could furnish. and ever stood © up for the just rights of every enlisted man ; was a strict disciplinarian, requiring exact and prompt performance of duty from men and officers alike. the honorable character and standing of every man and officer in his command, not only as ance would be slighted by him, merely because he was a private soldier. He was proud of his men. Department regarding the meritorious part the 67th O. V. [L. had taken in the war. After having given the various campaigns and actions in which it had participated. he says: " The good order always observed by the 67th. the archives of the country as its most glorious deeds on the battle-field, than which no regiment can claim more glorious. I cannot close without saying [ am proud, procp, PROUD of the glorious, triumphant. bully 67th." in what estimation he was held by his superior officers as a soldier: '' Every General under whom Voris has served has esteemed him highly as brave and discreet. Gen. Terry, one of his corps commanders, says Col. Voris, in and courage." the leading Ohio papers are fairly represented by what George A. Benedict, editor of the Cleveland Herald, published concerning his record: "Among civilians appointed to the service, not a recipient has proved himself more worthy the trust than Gen. Voris. He has shown industry, perseverance, discretion, talent, and an utter fearlessness of danger." His regiment won a great reputation in the war, much of which was due to the efforts and leadership of Gen. Voris. He is not only a brave man in danger, but possesses that higher order of courage in an eminent degree - the courage of his convictions. He thoroughly believes in the policy of frank, honorable, fair dealing in all things. He was mustered out of the service in December, 1865, after having served in the army fifty and a half months, and then returned to Akron and engaged in the active labors of his profession, but under great difficulties, owing to the disability ovcasioned by his Fort Wagner wound.

In November, 1873, he submitted to one of the most remarkable surgical operations in the annals of surgery. His wound had apparently healed. The bullet which caused it was cut in two parts on his sword-belt ring, the smaller part lodging in the circular abdominal muscle, and was removed by the surgeon at the time of the injury ; the other part passed downward and backward in the abdominal cavity, and lodged on the crown of his bladder and became impacted in the walls of that organ until the fall of 1872, when it penetrated them and became loose within. Up to this time it had been a source of great annoyance and bodily infirmity, the cause not being suspected even by Gen. Voris. Nov it became most torturing, giving constant and almost unendurable pain, so much so that his friends supposed he must speedily die. His physicians did not suspect the nature of his disorder till carly in the summer of 1873, too late in the season for a desirable operation. He waited, under the advice of his surgeon, until the ensuing fall, when he underwent the lateral operation in lithotomy, by which three-fourths of an Enfield rifle shot was extracted, weighing one and one-eighth ounces. The great wonder is that he ever sur- | vived the first effects of this shot, and then | that he should carry it over ten years and have his bladder perforated by it, endure the torture and systematic derangement it caused and not die, to say nothing of the surgical operation. Nothing but pluck and an extraordinary constitution saved him. His surgeons say that he was the coolest and most self-possessed subject they ever witnessed at the operating table. All the years of his life since the 18th of July, 1863, have been weighed down by this injury, the pangs of which are still borne in nerves which never cease to ache.

a leading part in its deliberations and was one of its most efficient and influential members. He is an ardent Republican, politically, without being partisan, either in feeling or action. and a distinguished champion of protection to American industry. His late campaign speeches on the protective policy were concecled to })e masterly efforts and were widely circulated. Asa public speaker he is frank, candid, earnest, eloquent, never abuses, and always addresses his hearers as if they were intelligent and self-respecting. He is invariably listened to with interested attention.

As a lawyer, though his education was not what is strictly denominated liberal, was ample for all the requirements of his chosen protession, especially when it is considered that he was endowed by nature with a most vigorous and exceedingly wiry constitution, and a mind whose vigor, tenacity and comprehensiveness compared admirably with his physical organization. dition was more than compensated by the carefulness and thoroughness with which he had mastered the special science that covered the field of his future professional efforts. It was not long after he came to the bar till he took his position permanently in the foremost rank, composed though it was, of the ablest competitors. Whatever he undertook to do, he did with all his might, mindand strength, utterly fearless, though by no means regardless of the degree and character of the opposition to be encountered. In his arguments to the court upon questions of law, he was always clear, logical and concise. In his addresses to the jury, he was equally clear, systematic, and cogent in his statements of facts deduced from the evidence, and his own inferences and conclusions therefrom; and in such efforts he «ften rose to the very highest plane of exalted and refined forensic eloquence. At the commencement of his professional career, he occasionally fell into a style of oratory somewhat too verbose and ornate, and also into action and gesticulation too continuous and violent ; but increasing years and experience soon enabled him to excide such objectionable superfluities. In practice, and in his social intercourse with his brethren of the bar, he was always courteous and considerate in regard to the feelings of others, however much heated in debate. He was truthful insomuch that arguments made with him orally could be relied upon as implicitly as if reduced to writing. In his demeanor toward the court, he always recognized its assumed dignity. and accorded correspond- As to deception. chicanery. and trickery of all sorts. he simply despised them. and he equally despised and condemned every professional shys/-r who practiced or attempted to practice such arts, with a view to thwart the ends of justice.

EDWIN F. VORIS. Akron. only son of Gen. A. C. Voris, was born in Akron, July 31, 1855. He graduated from the High School in 1872. and entered Buchtel College at its opening. graduating June 30.1875. In the fall of the same year, he entered the Harvard Law School, and graduated in June, 1877. being admitted to the bar at Cleveland, Ohio. in Oct. 8, of that year. June 8. 1878, he went to St. Louis. and the following month was admitted to the bar in Missouri. He practiced and studied with J. M. & C. H. Krum, of St. Louis. until February 1879, when he returned to Akron, and there associated himself with his father, since which time he has continued to practice under the firm name of Voris & Voris. October. 1879. he married Miss Lizzie U. Slade, of Columbus. Ohio. y

NICHOLAS EMMONS VANSICKLE. tobacco merchant, Akron; one of seven children. was born in Germantown, N. J.. November 10, 1816. to Henry and Mary (Emmons) Vansickle. both of whom were natives of New Jersey. In 1825, they moved to Ithaca, Tompkins Co., N. Y., where the subject of this sketch engaged in farm labor and blacksmithing with his father. walking two miles to school three months per year. In May,

1837, by canal, they moved to Ohio, settling in Bath Township ona farm. After settling in this State, our subject learned to make cloth, and from 1838 to about 1845, with his brotherin-law, Jacob Allen, was engaged in the cloth business, during that period being one of the proprietors of the City Woolen Factory, now occupied as the City Mills. In September, 1844, he married Miss Margaret Mathew, of Akron. Of this union there are two children, Ella (now Mrs. KE. R. Grant, of Norton) and Dora (now Mrs. N. H. Bassett, of Cleveland). In 1848. he removed to Bedford, Ohio, where he kept a hotel on the old stage line from Cleveland to Pittsburgh, for a short time, after which he engaged in the railroad business, at which he has been very successful, having built considerable portions of several roads. In 1861, he returned to Akron, and for some years following. was employed in the public works of this place. In 1871, he built twenty miles of the Tuscarawas Valley Railroad. In 1875, he bought his present

Summit County, having been a member of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors of the same. He was formerly a member of the City Council. He is a stanch Republican, because of which fact he was several

H. C. VIELE, County Treasurer, Akron ; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., Oct. 29, 1841, and is the second in a family of five children born to Hiram and Abbie M. (McFarland) Viele. Renssalaer Co., N. Y., and was born Sept. 5, 1813. His father was a farmer and he was brought up on a farm until he was 20 years old, when he engaged as a clerk in the stove trade busi- which he continued for five years; he then lived a year im Washington Co., when the family came to Akron (1842), he engaged as a clerk and book-kKeeper in the Stone Mills and continued there until 1868, when he opened a flour and feed store, in which business he remained until his death, July 25, 1874. He was married to Miss Abbie M. McFarland Oct. 17, 1838.

She is a native of Salem, Washington Co., N. Y. Of their five children, three are living, viz., H.C., Mary I. and Fannie G. Mrs. Viele is living on the old homestead.- Our subject received his education in the schools of Akron, and at the age of 16, began clerking in the Stone Mills with his father for eight or nine years. He then became the agent for the Merchants Union Express Co., and after one year he entered the office of the C., Z. & C., now C., Mt. V. & C. R. R., and served two or three years, when he became a partner with his father in the flour and feed business, and after one year he was appointed County Recorder to fill the vacancy of Granville Thorp, deceased. He next served as a clerk in the County Treasurer's office, and

Clerk, and was re-elected to the office in 1880. Oct. 16, 1873, he married Miss Libbie F. Mack, a native of New York. They were married at her home, at Flat Bush, LongIsland. By the marriage there is one child. viz., Fannie Mack.

ofland. They were married in 1832. After the death of her husband in 1834, she was again married in 1840, to Nathaniel Munson, and in 1845, they moved to New York, but returned about 1850. He was a tanner by trade, and in New York while on a visit to his relatives about the year 1865. She is still living,» and makes her home with her son, Leroy Munson, in Tallmadge Township. George Viall lived at home with his mother until he was 19 years of age, receiving a common-school education. At the age of 19 he engaged in the grocery business at the old forge north of Middlebury. He followed the business some eighteen months, and then sold out and bought a canal-boat, following boating for three summers. when he is the only child of | Thomas C. and Mahala (Atwood) Viall, who | were natives of Vermont and Connecticut, and | when young came to Ohio with their parents. | He built a woolen and saw mill in Middlebury | where he did business three years longer. He then sold out and commenced the manufacture of stoneware in Middlebury, continuing for eight years. He sold out and went into general merchandise in Middlebury, and after nine years again sold out. He was one of the incorporators of the Middlebury Clay Co., of

JOHN F. VIALL, undertaker, corner Water and River street. Akron ; is a native of Chautauqua Co., N. Y.; was born April 30, 1825. and is the fourth of a family of nine children born to Bennett and Wealthy (Arnold) Viall. They were natives of Vermont and Connecticut. and were married in New York. whither he had gone when a young man, and she with her parents. He farmed there until 1832. when he came to Ohio, and settled in Springfield Township, farming there some two years. He then came to Middlebury and took an active interest in a saw and woolen mill, built by himself and returned to Middlebury, and soon after went to Granger Township, in Medina Co., where he followed farming until his death in 1877, aged 84 years. She died in 1845.

subject) lived at home until he was 22. learned the cabinet-maker's trade with his brother in Middlebury. After three years his brother died, and himself and brother Eli engaged in the furniture business under the firm facturers, for two years. He then bought an interest in his brother's cabinet-making business, continuing three years, when the firm | became Viall & Replogle, the latter succeeding , |

Eli Viall, and three years later he sold to Mr. Summit Co. Here he followed for a time char- ; coal burning, and later he became a contractor Viall became sole proprietor, and quit the fur- | niture business and followed the undertaking | He was married, Nov. 4, 1847, : to Miss Cornelia C. Wheeler, a native of Tall- | madge Township. They had seven children, five of whom are living - Francis (now Mrs. Obendorf, of Middlebury), Edwin W. (married. and lives in Middlebury), Laura C. (now Mrs. Charles B. Macey, of Middlebury), Arthur G. and Otis live at home.

for but a few years, he has already established He is the son of John and Susan M. (Seltzer) Vogt. and was born in Rhine Province, Germany. in 1846. In 1852, his people emigrated to the United States and settled in Springfield Township, Summit County. There he worked on his father's farm until he was 15 years old, and then he spent He began to learn his with EK. A. Collins as finisher forhim. He then spent one year in Tallmadge. In 1874, he began business in Akron on his own account ; his capital was small, and competition lively. but with a determination to succeed he pushed along, and in 1880 built this present manufacturing establishment. which is located on the corner of Main and Middlebury streets. South Akron, and is of the following dimensions: 22 feet front by 136 feet deep. three floors, and blacksmithing and trimming-shop in the rear. The ground floor is the wood-working room, and the third is devoted to painting and finish. ing. Mr. Vogt has taken quite an interest in political affairs, though he has been no officeseeker ; however. he was pressed intu the service so far as to have served four years as a member of the City Council from the Fifth Ward. This was by the courtesy of his Democratic friends. He was married in 1869 to Miss Mary E. McDonald.

JAMES VIALL. Superintendent Hill Sewer Pipe Co., Akron (Sixth Ward); is a native of Akron, Summit Co.. Ohio. Was born Jan. 15, 1828. and is the sixth of nine children born to James and Sarah (Hubbard) Viall, natives of Vermont. where they were married, after which ou the canal. After its completion, he engaged as bridge-builder. and built many of the bridges in this county. He died in February, 1837; | his wife lived in the vicinity until her death, | in the summer of 1880. at the age of 84 years. © James (the subject), lived at home until 22 years of age, receiving but a limited education | at the district schools. In 1841, he went on the ~ canal, following the same until 1865, the first two : years as driver, and in 1843 - then but 15 years | old - began as steersman. continuing as such as long as he remained on the canal, running between Pittsburgh «and Cleveland. He embarked, in 1865, in the manufacturing of stoneware, buying the business of Wm. Owens, which was located in Springfield Township, and has conducted the same ever since. About the year 1876. he sold a half-interest to George Markle, under the firm name of Viall & Markle. He also became interested. in 1865, with J. B. Woods, in the mining and manufacturing of clay, which he has since continued. and which has been incorporated into the Middlebury Clay Co. In Mareh. 1873, he, in company with Mr. Hill and others. incorporated the Hill Sewer Pipe Co.. of which he is Superintendent. He was also engaged for several vears. with Moses J. Huggins. in the grocery business in Middlebury, and for a time were the only representativesin that linein the place. He was married. Jan, 29. 1850, to Miss Mary Davis, a native of Middlebury. and daughter of Benjamin and Mary Davis - the former deceased. Mrs. Davis still living with her daughter. aged 86 years. Mr. Viall served as Councilman several terms in Middlebury before its incorporation. He has always been Republican in politics.

W.W. WARNER, abstracter of titles, etc., Akron; was born in Springtield Township, in this county. Feb. 28. 1848. and is the eighth of nine children born to John and Mary (Ettie) Warner. His parents were natives of Connecticut, and came to Ohio about 1839 and settled in Portage Township, Summit Co., Ohio. His father was a worker in iron. and was prineipally engaged as forgeman after coming to Ohio. Aug. 6, 1863, he was drowned in the Cuyahoga River at Cuyahoga Falls. His mother died Dee. 3, 1859. Mr. Warner lived at home until the death of his father. when -he went to live with Mr. Charles' Curtiss, working on his farm those at the '" Falls," in the Quaker City Busi- | ness College of Philadelphia. After an absence | of two years, he returned to Cuyahoga Falls

James A. Lantz, and later. for Mr. Thorp, continuing some two years in all. . gan the business of preparing abstracts of _ titles. In 1874, he added the feature of real estate and loan agency to his business, forming a partnership with E. C. Ruggles, under the firm name of Ruggles & Warner. Two years ner continuing the business alone to the present. April 15, 1869, he married Miss Annie M. Yeamans, a native of Philadelphia; she died Oct. 27, 18 - , leaving two children - Arthur Lee and Harry Albert, who were twins. Oct. 25, 1877, he married Miss Alice G. Littleton, a native of Cleveland. There is one child _ by this marriage - George Littleton.

AARON WAGONER, Auditor. Akron; was born on his father's farm in Franklin Township, Sept. 19, 1844. His early years were spent on the farm, and in the schools of the neighborhood, until the fall of 1862, when he enlisted in the army, joining Company B, 6th O. V. C.

Corporal, and later, a Sergeant, finally reaching the rank of Second Lieutenant in command of the company. He was mustered out as Second | Lieutenant in 1865. This regiment was with Sheridan in the Potomac Army, took part in

Richmond, at Appomattox Court House, and all the engagements of the army. At Aldié he was wounded, and for several months was dis- ' abled for active service. Returning from the army, he came to Akron and engaged as sales-

' holser, Keller & Co. After serving in this ca- | pacity for some eighteen months, he engaged as their book-keeper, continuing for four and a half years. when the firm dissolved. In 1872, he entered the City Bank as Teller. continuing there until 1880. In the fall of this year, he was elected on the Republican ticket as Auditor, entering upon his duties in the following November. April 30, 1868, he married Miss Amanda Smith, a native of Summit County ; by the marriage there have been born two children, viz.: Mabel Blanche and George Edward.

DR. JOHN WEIMER, physician, Akron ; is a native of Alsace, France, and was born Aug. 23, 1813. His father was a farmer. Our subject received an academic course of study, and at the age of 19 set out for America. On his arrival he felt the necessity of being able to speak the language of the new land. He engaged his services to a Yankee family, with tered a store in Buffalo, N. Y., as clerk, and atter about three months, while in Ohio on business, he met Dr. Underwood, of Baltimore, | Stark Co., and arranged with him to read med- | icine, under his instructions, which he began to | do in the latter part of the year 1832; two | years later, he read one year at Canton with Dr. Breisacher, and in April of 1836, he began to practice at Uniontown. In 1847. he removed to Akron, where he has practiced since. The

Township. Summit Co..Ohio. She died in January, 1875. There were four children and but one is living, viz., Mrs Valentine Hay, of Somerset Co., Penn. Dec. 25, 1879. he married Miss Mary C. Miller. a native of Stark Co., Ohio.

Elizabeth (Knowles) Webster, natives of Hart- When Charles was 3 years old his parents removed to Hartford, where they lived some twenty-three years. His education was confined to a limited attendance at the district schools. At the age of 16, he (subject) of window blinds. He then followed his traue until 1835, having established his residence in Massachusetts. He was married, April 30, 1833, to Miss Martha A. Atherton, a descendant of the Rev. Hope Atherton, who came |

Merriman and family. They left Dalton, Mass., May 5, 1835. and were fifteen days on the journey, arriving at Matteson on the 20th. He worked for a time on a hotel for Mr. Merriman, after which he visited Akron. settling on a tract of land belonging to Merriman. He built a cabin on it, but the following spring he moved to the then village of Akron, where he has ever since resided. He worked at his trade, and at millwrighting until 1848. when on the 15th of May, in company with G. D. Bates and James Taplin. he formed a partnership under the firm name of G. D. Bates & Co., which continued until 1869. when a stock company was formed, of which Mr. Webster is President. Their business is the building of stationary engines and boilers, and mining, milling and pottery machinery. also of general machine work. Mr. Webster has been identified with this business ever since its establishment in 1848. When he came to Ohio. he was in very limited circumstances. and has accumulated his means by his own industry.

T. G. WILLIAMS, of Williams & Abhott. stoves. tinware, ete.. Middlebury (Sixth Ward) ; was born in Durham. England. May 2. 1843. In 1846. his parents. Rev. Michael and Mary (Wilkinson) Williams. came to America, and resided successively in New York City. Paterson. N. J.. Johnstown. Penn.. Alexandria. Ind.. Pittsburzh. Penn.. New Castle. Penn. when they remained at the latter place several years. While there the subject went to Jolnstown and learned the tinner's trade. and. at the beginning of the late war. enlisted in Co. IK (Johnstown Zouaves) 3d Penn.Y. L.: served three months. when the command re-enlisted for three years, and again. at the close of the term, as veterans. In the first enlistment for three years. his command became Co. A. 54th Penn. Y. I. In the re-enlistment as veterans. Mr. Williams was commissioned as First Lieutenant of his company. He purticipated in the battles Petersburg, New Market. Lynchburg. Winchester. Antiet tam, Cedar Creek. Fisher's Hill. at Appomattox. and all other engagements of his command. He was in the army from the first battle of Bull Run to the surrender at Appomattox : was wounded twice in the battle of Lynehburg. and was confined some two weeks in-hospital, when he rein full view when the surrender took place. He | joined his regiment; was again wounded at - Winchester, but kept with his command rather : than go into a hospital. His regiment was | taken 'prisoners a few days before "the surren-_ der, and were afterward paroled. They were » was discharged at Harrisburg, and afterward © came to Ohio. his father being on a circuit at the time in Twinsburg Township, Summit Co. T. G. (subject). lived in Twinsburg, and, about - 1866, went to Cleveland and worked at his trade, serving as foreman of Parrish & Knight's shop for four years. He then engaged in business for himself at Atwater, Portage Co., and one year later came to Middlebury, where he engaged in business and has since lived. He was married. in 1878, to Miss Julia A. Koon, a native of Springfield Township. By this marriage they bave three children. viz., Maud D.. May and Archibald. His parents came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, and his father has preached in Ohio since, until recently. He and his wife now live at New Philadelphia, Ohio, retired.

S. C. WILLIAMSON, Probate Judge. Akron; was born in Randolph. Portage Co., Ohio. Aug. 18. 1837, and resided there until 1854. when he entered the preparatory school at Hudson, Ohio, and. in 1860, graduated from the Western Reserve College. In the spring of 1861. he enlisted in Co. G.. 19th O. V. L. and served three months. when he re-enlisted (October, 1861) in the 18th U. 8. I. He was appointed Sergeant. and Benredl iu this capacity until the battle of Stone River. where he was wounded and was contined to the hospital for three months. After a leave of absence of several months. having been promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant. he was assigned to duty at Detroit and Grand Rapids as mustering and disbursing officer. and subsequently was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant. and. in 1864. he was ordered before the Retiring Board at Wilmington. Del., and retired with the rank of First Lieutenant, and was next ordered to Missouri on duty in the Provost Marshal General's -Departiacnt, serving as assistant until the closing of the office: he was then assigned to duty as Post Adjutant and Inspecting Officer at Benton Barracks. and later, at Fort Leavenworth. Kan.. as Assistant Commissioner of Musters. where he served until January, 1867, when he was commissioned Captain of the 42d U. S. I, and was _ stationed with the regiment at Hart's Island and Madison Barracks, N. Y., until the consolidation of his regiment with the 6th at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, where he was placed on waiting orders. and resumed the reading of law with Tibbals & McKinney, completing a course interrupted by the war, and was admitted to the bar in 1870. and began practice in company with F. 3. Hanford, and after a year - or two practiced alone. In the fall of 1875, be was elected Probate Judge on the Republican ticket. and was re-elected in 1878.

J. H. WISE, deceased, was a native of Green Township, Summit Co.. Ohio. He was born March 24, 1821. His father, George H. Wise, was a merchant of Greentown. Our subject was raised in his native township Dee. 14, 1853. He married Miss Catharine Middlekauff, ' anative of Hagerstown, Washington Co., Md. ; At the time of the marriage. and for five years thereafter, he was engaged in the mervantile business in Greentown. with his brother-in-law. Tn 1858. he sold out his interest in the busi- _ hess and came to Akron, superintending the | farm he had bought just north of the city. In 1861, he engaged as agent for the United States Express Company at Akron, and continued in that employ for four years, and next clerked in the Buckeye Works; he was interested in and became Secretary and Treasurer of the Akron Straw Board Company, but sold his interest after one year, after which he served as assignee for a number of concerns. By the marriage, there were three children. all since deceased. Their son. W. W., was Quartermaster of Co. L, 2d O. Y. I.. and died in the service of his country at Ft. Scott. Kan. Mr. Wise died March 30.1877. Mrs. Wise has con- | continued her residence in the old homestead in Akron.

and integrity, withal a just man in all his relations. He was born Oct. 23,1799, at Acworth, N. H., and as he was known to state, he lived during the life-time of Washington, Washington dying the 14th of December, 1799. Mr. Wilson, with his father's family, moved from Acworth, N. H., to Guernsey Co., Ohio, in 1815, in an ox-wagon, driving their stock before them.

Their nearest neighbor was three miles distant, and they were obliged, on one occasion, to carry a fire-brand the three miles to start a fire. He left his father's home in: the 'wilderness. bought his time until he became of age, and came to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1819, and was employed with Judge Kingsbury in the grading of the streets around the public square, and in clearing the forests in the county roads. when Cleveland was but a hamlet with but a score of houses. Hampshire, walking all the way there and back again to Cleveland in mid-winter. He considered the soil of no consequence, which he could have purchased at $3 per acre. in the heart of the town, but instead purcbased a large farm a few miles east. in Warreusville. paying more for it - believing it to be the best investment - where he resided for forty-two years, cleared otf the native forest, built buildings. and made a beautiful home. trust and honor. He married in 1829. Miss Luraney Thomas, of Hudson, formerly from York State. and reared a family of eleven children, of whom eight survive him. In 1866, he sold his farm. and located at Stow Corners. Summit Co.. where be resided to the time of his death. His was a family of noble lineage. As far back as 1606. the family of John Wilson and many others in Scotland were Presbyterians and come-outers from the Church of England. and were subjected to many martyrdoms and persecutions for religion's sake. It is related of the family that there was a grandmother and thus died in their faith. The name Margaret has been perpetuated, in commemoration, in each generation down to the present. The family subsequently emigrated to Londonderry, Ireland, and from there to this country, in 1718, their adoption in Ireland. In William Cullen Bryant's recent history ' the United States, page 138, Vol. III, we quote the narrative of their history. He says:

"The emigration of some Scotch Presbyterians to New Hampshire, in 1718, while Shute was Governor, was of much importance. The people who undertook to better their condition in America, were descendants of the colonists who had been transferred by James the First to the North of Ireland, where their condition, from penal laws against Protestants and from local taxation, had become intolerable. Arrived first in Boston, they dispersed in

| various directions; but sixteen of the families hold- ; ing together, settled upon lands a few miles north- , east of Haverhill, in New Hampshire. The disputed time by other families, they called their place Londonderry in 1722. Their minister, MacGregor, informed Gov. Shute how offensive it was to them to be confounded with the Irish, against whom they nad fought always in the defense of Protestantism: but the New Hampshire people were jealous of the new-comers, who went into quiet possession of the soil at a time when their own lands were threatened with litigation. The Presbyterians did the province the good service of introducing the manutacture of linen by the spinning-wheel and the cultivation of the potato. The vegetable was first planted at Andover, Whose inhabitants began by boiling the balls instead of the bulbs. wondering when the result was served up at their simple tables, that a potato was considered an esculent. The prosperity attending the new colonists led other people to petition for grants of land."

Wilson. His own grandtather. John Wilson, was an original settler at Londonderry, N. H., and his own father was a triplet, and was so small that he was placed in a quart cup at birth, but subsequently grew to be a very large man, and was known as "Big John Wilson." to distinguish him from another family. who were known as ~ Little Wilsons." ~ Big John Wilson's" fumily consisted of twenty-one children, all living to grow up and meet together at one time. Andrew Wilson was one of the oldest sons. The tamily descendants are now numbered by the bundreds, and are scattered trom New Hampshire to Oregon. He lived a serene and happy life. and died at the ripe old age of 81 years and 2 months, Dec. 23; 1880, He was a stanch Whig and Republican in politics during life. In later years a member of the Disciples' Church where he resided. His wife passed on before him in 1856 to the reward of a faithful life. Some years later, Mr Wilson married for the second time, Mrs. Nancy Lindsey. a sister of his first wife. who survives him. Andrew Wilson's children were : tirst. Harriet. who married Austin B. Burdick, and resides at Grand Rapids, Mich.; Nancy W., Married Lansford W. Perry. of the lumber firm married William H. Hower, junior partner of | the firm of Hower & Son, dry goods, Cleveland, | Ohio; died Aug. 25, 1871, aged 37 years, leaving one child, a daughter, Birdie E. Hower; | Andrew J., farmer and blacksmith, a soldier for three years, on the Union side in the great rebellion ; married Miss Laurie Lindsay, and re- . sides on his farm in Stow. Hiram V. resides in Cleveland, and is a member of the lumber firm of Fisher, Wilson & Co. ; married Miss Alma Fisher. Abbie A., married E. C. Simpson, Chief of the Akron Fire Department (see biography) ; : also connected as foreman of the machine department of the Buckeye Mower & Reaper - Works, and resides in Akron. John W. was accidentally killed by the fall of a tree at his home, then in Warrensville, Ohio, at the age of 15 years ; Solon N., lumber dealer at Akron, where he resides (see biography); Mary Z., married Daniel Tuttle, and resides at Grass Valley, Cal.; Mattie L., married Harpin <A. Botsford, a brother of Solon N. Wilson's first wife ; resides at Cleveland, Ohio.