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ENOCH ROWLEY, retired, Middlebury, is a native of Stafljordshire, England, and was born Dec. 22, 1814. His father, William Rowley, was a potter and Enoch was taught the trade. In February, 1849, he landed in New York, prepared to try his fortune in the new country. 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 and bought his present place, where he has since resided. In the Spring of 1850, he and 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 manufactory and has been identified with the 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., married Mr. F. Manton, a native of England, who came to America about the year 1 852, 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 econom} been successful in business, securing for himself and wife an ample competency for their old age. Both have spent over one-half a century as members of the Metliodist Episcopal Church, in which he has taken an active interest, and has served in its several offices, being a class, leader for the past twent3"-two 3'ears. In politics, he has taken his stand in 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 with his 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, erecting a 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 enlarging it so as to double its present capacity, which will emplo}' from twent^'-five to thirty hands. Mr. Rowley was one of the incorporators of the Middlebury Clay Company, and since the first year he has held the office of Secretary and Superintendent of the same. May 10, 1864, he married Miss Mary Jane Wills, a native of England. She came to the United States with her parents, and was living with them at Cuyahoga Falls at the time of her marriage. 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, Scotland, and came to the United States when 18 3^ears of age, pursuing here the calling of baker and confectioner. He was prominently connected with the bakery of Queen Victoria, in England. He died in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1854, in his 43d year. Jane (Farquer) Ragg, (his wife), died at Paterson, N. J., in 1840 ; she was of French parentage. The only son of their marriage is the subject of this sketch, who was born in Paterson, N. J., Dec. 6, 1840. When 8 yeai's old, he went with his father to Syracuse, N. Y., afterward living in Watertown, 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 opened a paint-shop in Cleveland, and carried on business until 1871, when he removed to Oil Cit}',

Penn., and there engaged at his trade four 3'ears. In April, 1875, he moved to Akron, Ohio, and entered the employ of Charles E. 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 majorit}-. 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 3'outh. he worked for several years 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, 111., 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. In 1865, he went to Corry, Penn., and organized a church ; under his administration a church and parsonage were built ; he labored there two years, and then came to Akron, where he has since 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, a non-partisan and independent newspaper, was started in Akron, and he was editor-in-chief for a period of about two yeai'S ; severing that relation, he was elected editor-inchief of the American Christian Review, a position he still retains. It is one of the oldest papers extant devoted to the interest of the

Church of Christ. In the last twenty 3'ears, 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 of ability. Sept. 28, 1852, he was married to Miss Editha 3L Pardee, daughter of Judge Allen Pardee, of Wadsworth, Ohio. He has five children, all at home, viz., Eugene P., local editor of the Beacon ; Kittle F. L., Ada .E., Frank E. and Louis F.

THOMAS RHODES, retired, Akron ; is a son of Thomas and Miriam (Garside) Rhodes, and was bom April 18, 1826, in Lancashire, England, seven miles from Manchester. When 7 years of age, his parents came to America, landing at New York on tlie 10th of April, 1833. Soon after, they came to Massillon, Ohio, where they stopped for a short time, and then settled in Sharon Township, in Medina Co., where his youth was spent. His education was limited to the district schools, and to instruction received from an older brother. About the year 185-4, he and his brothers bought a tract of land on " Chuckery Plains," which they farmed until 1859, when they sold out and removed to Portage Township, and bought 546 acres of land, which they cleared, improved and drained ; he still owns 280 acres. In 1867, 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. Samuel was taken sick, and, three days after leaving, died on board the steamship, Jan. 4, 1866, on the way to New York. In 1862, his brother Samuel was drafted, when he took his place, serving about ten months in Co. A, 72d O. V. I., during which time he took part in the siege of Vicksburg. Subject was married Dec. 21, 1876, to Miss Sarah B. Garside, of Wisconsin. He was a Republican from 1860 to 1872, when he joined the Prohibition party, and is now Financial Secretary of the Ohio Anti-Liquor Alliance, and a thorough temperance worker.

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 ^-ears 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 fomily 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 settled 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 pai't 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 the^^ 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. E. 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 a fair share of the credit of thus early paving a wa}' for the education of his children ; the church, however, received his greatest encouragement and most liberal support ; by his early and persistent efforts, he succeeded in organizing the first M. E. Church of Tallmadge. Such offices as he would accept were given him, and.

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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 place he spent two and a half years at bookkeeping ; in December of 1 840, he came to Akron, and, a short time after his arrival, he accepted the Deputy Clerkship of Summit Co.; he continued to discharge the duties of Deputy 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 affairs, he became for a time connected with the firm of Aultman, Miller & Co. In 1865, he became a partner in the firm with which he is now connected, and in which he has since held the offices of Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. Stone has given liberally toward supplying Akron with the different railroads that are and have been so largely conducive to her success, 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 officially connected with the school almost continuousl}^ 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

Summit County's early and prominent pioneers. Two children have been born to them - Philo C, who died in 1872, and Dwight M., living at home.

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 histor}' as a representative of that class of the pioneers of Summit Count}' who have been identified with the progress of almost every improvement that has placed Akron and Summit Co. among the leading cities and counties of Ohio, is a descendant of one of the old and prominent families of the United States. The name of Sumner is familiar to the people from the fact of different members of the fiimil}- having from time to time held prominent positions in civil and military life. Theirs has been a remarkablv robust, large of stature, and long-lived n.ce 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 the fourth generation, and son of George, was born at Milton, Mass., Aug. 29, 1676. He lived and died a resident of Massachusetts. John Sumner, of the fifth generation, son of Edwaixl 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. He settled on Martha's Vine3'ard, 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 married at Brookfield, March 9, 1780, to Miss Elizabeth Holland, of the same place. They lived for a time at Spencer, and then went to Townshend, Vt., and in 1817 they removed from there to Middlebury, Ohio, where he died April 19, 1825, and his wife Oct. 10, 1842. Col. 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. At the age of 14 years he went to Boston, and from there across the country on foot to Tyrone, Huntingdon Co., Penn. He remained there for a time, and then started again on foot a distance of 130 miles, across the Alleghany Mountains to Pittsburgh. There 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 3'ear. It may seem improbable that a boy of this age, and with the meager opportunities for attaining an education that were afforded him, should be able to teach a common school, but it may be as well to state 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. In the spring of 1818, he began his journey on foot and alone to Middlebury. He arrived there in February, and began in compau}' with his father and brothers the erection of the first rolling-mill 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 Miss Margaret, daughter of Rev. Obadiah Newcomb, of Wadsworth, Ohio. She was a native of Nova Scotia, and was the mother of his children.

About the time of his marriage, the Colonel engaged in the mercantile trade, in which he has since been interested, and stands to-day as the oldest or pioneer merchant of Akron, as he is still interested in business as a member of the firm of Clark & Sumner, grocerymen. When he began business, freights from New York to Middlebury were $12 per 100 pounds. He sometimes ran as many as three stores at a time, but when freights came down to $5 per 100, he found so much competition springing up, that he gave up a part of his mercantile business and opened a woolen-mill. In 1832, his health being somewhat impaired by confinement, he sold his mill and store and moved to the country. He purchased a tract of land, of which he cleared 175 acres the first year. He began farming as he did everything else, on a scale that surprised some of his neighbors. In a short time he owned 1,200 acres, most of which he soon put in a state of cultivation. 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 extensively at merchandising. As an evidence of his executive ability-, he was at one time running a fixrm of 1,200 acres, a potter}', two distilleries and three stoi'es, 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, especiall}' 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 earl}' 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, wlio 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 enjo3ang the rich possessions of the fruits of his varied efforts.

EDAVARD 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 Avith his brothers Julius and Joseph, built the first rolling mill and rail factory in the State, with which establishment he continued a number of 3'ears. 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 he engaged in the hotel business and mining. At an early date he was Colonel of the 5th 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 3'ears, 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 Esther (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, 1 796, and died March 30, 1877, after a long and useful life. The Sumners moved to Vei'mont 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 Pcleg 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 enterprising, energetic, successful and liberal man, having, a few years after his removal to this State, purchased a large tract of land in Springfield Township, upon which he kept a large amount of stock of all kinds, and engaged in the business of drover, in which he was very successful, although at many times meeting with several narrow escapes in crossing the mountw ains ; his stock consisted of liorses, cattle and 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 Summit Co., in which he served as Associate Judge from its organization until his death. His death occurred June 22, 1845, his daughter acting as administratrix of the large estate, in connection with John Hart, and, being the onljchild, became heir to the liirge amount of property-, which she has managed with great tact and skill since her 20th 3'ear. 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 her attention to the pets of the farm and the 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 thoi'oughbred sheep in the country ; the stock of her horses can be determined from the prices sold at, ranging from $500 to $2,000 singly ; she is now dealing in cattle principall}'. 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.

JAMES H. STANFORD (deceased), Akron, Ohio, is a son of William and Jane (Stevenson) 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 worked until 1868, when he became engineer of 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 deeplj^ felt by the city. He had b}' 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 organization of the department in 1866. He served in the late war in Shields' Battery for three years. He was a member of the Buckeye Post, G. A.

To the Past and Present Member.s 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 Higli 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 years, in our estimation, as a man. The writer selected for him as a declamation in our school exercises at that time, "Cutter's Ode," to the sentiment uttered b}' Henry Clay at the dedication of a monument at Lexington, Ky., erected over the remains of those who had fallen in the battle of Buena Vista, among whom were those of his son:

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 its grand national sentiments - his heart beat in unison with its expressed patriotism, the brightness of his eye and tlie color upon his boyhood cheek, told how enthusiastically he drank at these fountains of national existence. And now that his spirit has fled, who is there to doubt but that with this banner in his heart he was found in 1863, enrolled among tlie magnificent army of patriots who fought at Knoxville, Keuesaw, Resaca and in the siege of Atlanta. Three years of service in the 19th Ohio Batterjr in the great 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 macliinist, 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 from the army, which occurred June 20, 1865, he 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 cit}', faithful to the last, his life stands a shining example of his abilit3% his integrity, his worth. A silent captain among men - he led, they followed. An indefatigable student, he was at the same time an accomplished mechanic. Theory enticed him along her intricate path.s, 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 oiu- feet, and now, as the shadows of life point toward the east, with joined hands around this open tomb, we pledge anew our faith, our love, our hope in all that makes man immortal, as found in the remembrances of the life and character of our dead brother. We bow our heads in sorrow at tlie taking-away of our friend, and as we turn our footsteps awa}' 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, stand around thy grave at this final separation, and bid thee, noble hearted, grandly gifted, true hero, all hail and farewell.

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 yeai's as an apprentice in a wholesale and retail grocer3^ receiving no remuneration during that time. In 1842. he commenced clerking with his lather, and continued for two 3ears, when he went to Hanover, and clerked in the extensive sugar refinery of Egestorf & Hurtzig, for about six 3'ears, his salary at first being $150, and finally $200 per year. In 1850, in company with his brother Otto, he emigrated to the United States. He bought 46 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 grocer}^ 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 capacit}^ was given to the mill itself, 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 earl}^ in 1873. He bought the Cascade Flouring Mills in 1868, enlarged and supplied it with modern machiner}'. 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 parts of the country, all of it being under his personal direction, and with but one traveling solicitor. When he began, all the oat-meal in this country was imported from Canada and Europe, but at present the importations of this valuable food are trifling in amount. The secret of his success is perseverance, energ\', and his determination to excel in the quality of his goods, being quite dissatisfied with anything short of excellence in the way of machiner}'. On Oct. 7, 1851, he was married, ' at Cleveland, Ohio, to his cousin. Miss Hermine

Schumacher, of Bevern, Brunswick, Grermany, 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.

AVERY SPICER, Akron, Ohio. Avery, oldest son of Miner and Cynthia (Allen) Spicer, began life's voyage on Oct. 26, 1799, at Groton, New London Co., Conn., since which time 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 very severe man, priding himself more on being a "master" than a teacher. On arriving here, his father bought 260 acres on the present site, none of which, at that time, was cleared. The three white families then in Middlebury were Aaron Norton, Rial McArthur and Capt. Hart. Mr. Spicer's father lived in McArthur's house for about four days, when he moved into a 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 to a neighbor's, he saw what he had at first 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 followed the dog, and discovered a bear, at which he took aim and fired, but it escaped. He returned, 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 gun-shot. They had great diflflculty 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 Rock}' 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. One morning, as he was just about to start a fire in his father's house, blowing the embers, he saw a rattlesnake coiled up about one foot from his hand, and to escape he threw himself backward, and when the light shone up struck the snake with the shovel, and then sprang on the bed in the dark, the fire having gone out ; the snake was not killed, but badly hurt ; it was but one of the man}^ which were then existent. When they settled here, Indians were plenty. After Hull's surrender, Mr. Spicer's father enlisted and went to Cleveland, from which place he was sent back as Captain, with about 100 men in his command ; he established a guard line from old Portage to new Portage, and part way to Cleveland. Subject was at Hudson when Perry won his memorable victor}', and he distinctly heard the guns. He reverences greatly his name. While his father was in Cleveland, during the 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 from the house, but Mrs. Spicer, being unable to go swiftly, found a treasure in her boy, 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 mothei'-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 emplo3'ment 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 sawmill and sawed lumber for the locks for a period of two years. He was boss of the hands who built the log bridge across the Cuyahoga, east of Mustle's, being paid the same amount they received, which was 31 cents per day. He married, on Sept. 3, 1826, Miss Harriet King, daughter of Joshua King, who settled on the 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 additions until he owned seventy-tive acres, which he farmed until 1837. The first wheat 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 dair}^ for several years. He was Trustee of Coventry Township for many years. In 1857, he moved to his present place, corner of Spicer and Carroll streets, Akron, where his father formerly lived. He was Infirmary Director of this count}- for fifteen years, serving during the construction of the present building. He has five children living, viz., Cynthia, wife of Greorge Cogshall, of Akron ; Austin A. (see sketch in Coventry Township), of Coventry ; Harriet, wife of James T. Trowbridge, of Akron ; Harrison M., farmer in Coventr}^ ; 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 was the wife of John Newton and died in Michigan, and Olive and Oliver, twins, who died when 5 months old.

JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Akron ; oldest son of Nathan and Catharine (Peters) Seiberling, was born March 10, 1834, in Norton Township, this county, where he spent his youth, having common and high-school advantages. In 1856, he came to Akron, and for two years engaged 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 patent - the main feature being the " dropper," which was the first made or conceived. From 1861, he gave his whole time and attention to the business, going to Doyleston, Ohio, where he established a manufactory which is still in operation. He experimented every season, and, in 1861, he invented the side-brace bar coupling, and, in 1862, the horizontal folding fingei'-beam. 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, he came to Akron and organized the firm of J. 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 Middlebur}-, 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 manufacturing. 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 a ready sale. In 1880, he purchased the old "Excelsior" works, and the business is controlled by himself, he being President and general 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., Kittle 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 3'ears' 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 teaching for some time. In the summer of 1876, he came to Akron, entering the law office of Edgerton & Kohler, as student, and was admitted to the bar in 1878, since which time he has been in active practice. Although 3'oung, 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, he married Miss Cai'rie M. Comstock, of Bedford, at which place he was engaged a few years ago as Principal of the schools, previously having sei'ved in like capacity in the Reading, Mich., schools. The old firm name, Edgerton & Kohler, is changed to Kohler & Sadler. His father, James J. Sadler, was born in New York City, and moved thence to Pennsylvania, after which he came to Stow Township, where he grew to manhood, receiving his education in Twinsburg Institute. He began teaching at the age of 17, engaging in that vocation in different parts of Summit Co., and at Middlebury. He is now Superintendent of the public schools of Stanton, Mich. He has six children, of whom Rolin is the second son.

LOUIS B. SCHNEIDER, hardware merchant, Akron. Frederick A. Schneider was born in Altona, near Hamburg, Germany, and immigrated to Pennsylvania at an earl}' day, where, when quite a youth, he became engaged in mercantile pursuits. His ftither was a Captain in the regular German army, and gave him a good education in German, French and English. In Pennsylvania, he engaged in bookkeeping for a large house in Philadelphia, and teaching school ; subsequently kept a liardware store at Chambersburg, where he met and married Miss Rebecca Faber, who bore him nine children, viz., Mrs. Chas. Cranz, and Mrs.

Judge G. W. Raflt", of Canton, Ohio ; Anton G., of Akron ; F. A., of Omaha ; Louis B.; Edward F. (deceased), who was an Adjutant under Gov. Hayes ; Mrs. Henrietta R. Wallace, of Canton, Ohio; Mrs. W. .J. Broatch, of Omaha, and Emma S. (deceased). In 1828, the father of subject moved to Canton, Ohio, where he engaged in the hardware business, and was ver}' successful. Positions of trust were given him, among others, that of Mayor of Canton. He died in 1867. His fifth child and third son, Louis B., was born in Canton, Ohio, Nov. 15, 1834, where he lived until he was 16 years of age, at which period he came to Akron, where he engaged his services as clerk in the hardware store of C. Cranz & Co., retaining his position seven years. In 1858, he went to Omaha, Neb., where, for two years, he conducted a hardware store for his father, and then returned to Summit County, where he established a store of his own at Mogadore, which he managed for three years, at the end of which time, he established and conducted another at New Portage, which continued in operation but two years, both adventures beingsuccessful. In 1865, he came to Akron, and re-entered the store of Charles Cranz, this time as a partner, which for ten years he continued to be, and in 1875, he bought out the store, having since done a good business. In June, 1859, he married Miss Emma L. Welch, of Mogadore, and they have two children - Flora M. and Faber E.

JAMES B. STORER, Postmaster, Akron; son of W. B. Storer ; was born in Akron Jan. 22, 1839, where, until he was 17 years of age. he attended the public schools, after which he learned the jeweler's trade, serving with W. H. Fallmon, and for a short time with H. S. Abbey. He was subsequently engaged in an iron store for a year, when the war broke out, and he enlisted as soon as the news reached Akron, being among the first on the x'oll of Co. G, 19th 0. V. I., and was in service three months, rising, in the meanwhile, to the rank of Sergeant. He re-enlisted in Co. H, of the 29th O. V. I., engaging in the battles of Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Creek, South Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge. He was appointed Adjutant and recruiting officer, and recruited almost ever}' man present with the regiment in December, 1863, as veterans. In May, 1864, on the Atlanta Campaign, in the first engagement at Rocky Race or Dug Gap, he was wounded by a minie ritle-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. K

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 years 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 0. V. I., 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 w.as elected Prosecuting Attorne}' of Summit Co., and acted in that capacity two terms. In Ma3% 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 Harmonic, 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, Akron. 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 3'ears. 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 ; is a sou 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 3-ears, 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, became 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 insti'uments 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. About the year 1861, he began dealing in instruments on his own account, it being the first music store in the city, and about 1870-71, commenced this manufacture, which he continued some five j-ears, 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.

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 b}' the General Government, from the effects of which he never fully recovered. He died when subject was but 8 3^ears 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 brother resided. He worked in the locomotive shops there, and attended the public schools, and spent one year, also, in Kendall Academy, of that cit3^ 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 ran a passenger train before he was 21 years old. He continued on the C. & T. R. R. until 1855, when he went to Quincy, 111., 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 3'ears, and then gave up his position for a train at Augusta, 111., that he might be at home, and also to have an opportunity for the stud}- 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 thirtymiles an hour. While running on this road, he saved a passenger train of cars from running into a river near Plymouth Station, whei'e a bridge had been washed away, by running his locomotive into the train. At the time, he was bringing out the construction train in the morning, and taking it back in the evening. The passenger trains transferred their passengers at the river, and, to facilitate matters, 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 under a full head of steam, and struck the baggage car, which was in front. When the trains stopped, his engine was within a few feet of the end of the rails over the 3'awning river, and he still standing' at his post. The train was crowded with pasengers, and, but for this act of heroism of his, doubtless many would have lost their lives. The engineer of the passenger train was at once discharged. Mr. S. left Illinois in 1861, and came to Amherst, Ohio, where he engaged in the dr}^ goods business, but soon after went to the oil regions of Pennsylvania, but was unsuccessful in " striking ile," and he found employment on the A. & G. W. R. R. He did not sta3' long with this road, but went to FoT't Wa3'ne, Ind., and took an engine on the Wabash Railwa3' ; returned to Meadville, and ran between that place and Akron, until the shops were put in operation at Kent, when he took charge of the engineers and men at that place, and also of an eating-house for the railroad compan3' at $175 per month. He left their emplo3- in the summer of 1867, and went to Ann Arbor, Mich., 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. Goodhue, of Akron, for one 3'ear, at the end of which time he went to Kent, but returned to Akron in 1870, where he has since practiced. He was elected Prosecuting Attorne}' 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, a dauo'hter of Elam and Lydia Fairchild.

ERHARD STEINBACHER, merchant and banker, Akron ; is a son of John and Catharine Steinbacher, and was born March 30, 1825, in Bavaria, German3'. 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 3'ears, a portion of the time as clerk in a hotel (Cobb's Exchange, of Akron) at $8 per month ; then went to Cleveland, Ohio, and, in the fall of 1846, went back to Europe. He stayed there five or six mouths, 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 part of 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 grocer}^ 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 the Akron Iron Co., from its beginning. He was married, in April, 1853, to Miss Phoebe Potter, of Suffleld, Ohio ; they have three children, viz., Kate L., Edward E. and Georgia Belle.

CHARLES E. SHELDON, Superintendent of Whitman and Miles Manufacturing Company, Akron. Is a son of Samuel D. and Augusta (Smith) Sheldon, and was born July 18, 1850, in Fitchburg, Mass., where he attended school until 16 years of age. He then spent two years in the office of City Engineer of Fitchburg. In 1867, he became a clerk in the office of the Whitman & Miles Manufacturing Co., at Fitchburg, Mass., of which establishment his father was foreman previous to that time. He was made Superintendent at Fitchburg, which position he held until 1876, and the next j-ear he came to Akron, and has since been Superintendent of the Whitman & Miles works here. He was married in November, 1870, to Miss Ruth L. Gifford of Fitchburg, Mass.

HARRY J. SHREFFLER, Akron, son of Frederick and Marj- A. (Auble) Shreffier was born in Center Co., Penn., March 26, 1847. At 18, he worked on a farm near Wadsworth, Ohio, one summer. In 1866, he went into partnership with his father at West Salem, engaging in the manufacture of carriages, and continuing two years, when the}' removed to Burbank, Wayne Co., Ohio, where they continued in the same business. In July, 1871, became to Akron and clerked two years in the post office, he was made Assistant Postmaster in April,

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 ; hei'e 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 Hii'am Hart, of Coventry ; she died in 1862; Warren IL, who died in 1865, 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 3'ear ; Caroline S., widow of the late Alvin Austin, now residing in Akron ; William H., the onlj' one of the family born in Ohio, died in Chili, South America, in 1872, in his 45th 3'ear ; and Loren N., the subject of these lines who was born in Dalton, August 16, 1823, being 3 v'ears old when his familj' moved to Akron ; he remembers seeing the first tree cut where his present residence stands. He went to school about six mouths per 3'ear until he was 17, learning the cooper's trade and to do farm work, from his father. In 1841, he became a clerk for the firm of James Sawyer & Co., remaining in their store until 1844, in the summer of which 3ear he became proprietor of a confectioner3' and grocer3' store, it being the first one established on North Howard street. 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, I'emaining 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 German}' until 1868, when he came to the United States, and for four years taught in 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 College. 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.

GEORGE G. SCHAFFER, Akron, son of John and Mar}'^ (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 doUai's, 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 some time for Jacob Good, and six years was 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 :

The grocery room is 22x60 feet in the clear; it has counters on either side with a cross counter in the rear end of the room; the side counters contain one 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 margin of the counter, leaving about 23 inches of counter room in the rear. There are some 60 of these cases which will at once be seen serve to display a large amount of goods, doing away with having boxes standing around witli the lids half off. Sugar, crackers, etc., are kept in barrels incased in 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 Ijoxes with glass door covers, showing tlie goods without exposure. Beneatli the counters on three-inch-liigh platforms is large space for apples, potatoes, etc., in full sight but not under foot as is the case in so many places, and all this class of matter being on platforms is free from the dust tliat naturally accumulates on any floor in a public place. All classes of goods are classified and all articles of a greasy nature are separated entirely from other goods, occupying the space behind the j rear counter. The entrance to the cellar is from the I warehouse which is conveniently reached by a partii tion door. By this arrangement no odors from the cellar can reach the grocery proper and fm-nishes every precaution against anything objectionable in the grocer}' department. The warehouse is arranged just as sj'stematically as the grocery. In one department is a tier of shelves with the name of streets. When an order is filled, tlie goods are put in a basket and placed on the proper shelf. A drive-way leading through the warehouse, the deliverying man can drive directly to his place, load his goods and be off, doing away with carrying loads of goods through the store. Tackling is provided so that all heav}' articles do not have to be lifted. Molasses, cider, oil, etc., are kept in a department in the wareroom; in fact, there will be nothing on which to tear or grease yoiu- clothes as you walk about in the storeroom, and everything will be open to inspection, and yet protected against dust or soiling by evaporation.

HIRAM J. SPICER, Akron, son of Maj. Miner Spicer, was born in Akron, Oct. 24, 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 Middlebur}^ 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 'gads" were first roasted and then twisted to make them tough in order that they might hurt 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 9 years old, he carried the mail once a week from Akron to Bolivar, a distance of forty miles, traveling on horseback, and continuing four years, except during tlie winter seasons. At the age of 19, he learned the carpenter's trade with one Gideon Gardner, serving for board and clothing two 3'ears ; he soon after began taking contracts, working with his brother Miner, who was a millwright, on several of the early mills of this vicinit}'. He worked for ten years on the Austin Powder Mills, and for several j'ears on residences. Feb. 31, 1839, he married Miss Marilla A. King, daughter of Joshua King, who was one of the pioneers of Northampton Township. Their children are 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 Gen. 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 the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1872. His wife died Jan. 19, 1861, and, in August of the same yea,Y, he married Mrs. Cerenia L. Barnett, of Akron. Ohio.

JOSEPH S. 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, being engaged as clerk in a Philadelphia house at the same time. In the fall of 1877, he and his brother bought a drug store at Wilkesbarre, Penn., continuing until 1878, when thej' sold out and bought the present store in September, 1878, of Sisler & Sorrick, located the first door north of the post office ; the}' have a full stock of pure drugs, chemicals and sundries ; the}^ 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.

SIMON C. SMITH, druggist, Akron ; was born in AVarren Co.. Penn., May 25, 1850 ; he attended the public schools of Warren until he was 1 5, when he clerked in the post office under 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, Joseph S., at Wilkesbarre, Penn., in a drug store, remaining a year, when they sold out, and, under tlie firm name of Smith Bros., purchased their present drug store at 193 South Howard street; the business 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.

EDWARD C. SIMPSON, Chief Engineer of 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 served 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 Hartford, 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, emplo3'ing a force at present of ninety men ; he entered the fire department in 1876, and w^as appointed Assistant Engineer, which he held until June, 1878, when he was appointed Chief Engineer, a position he still holds. He was married June 3. 1862, to Miss Abbie Wilson, of Warrensville, Ohio ; the}' have three children.

WILLIAM SHUTT, \-etired farmer; P. 0. Akron ; is a son of George, the son of Jacob Shutt, who came to America from Zweibrecben, Germany, before the war of the Revolution, and was sold by the ship's captain to pay his pa.?sage ; after his marriage, he took up a large tract of land at Pittsburgh, where lie resided at the time of Gen. Braddock's defeat, and, on account of the troublesome Indians, thej' returned to Maryland, to a 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; John, born Ma}' 20, 1766, died at the age of 96, 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 bi'other, 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 State of Maryland ; they had seven sons and two daughters - Henr3', Elias, John, Susannah, Jacob, George, Abraham, William (our subject, born July 16, 1822), and Margaret; William and George are the only two living. The parents 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 fifteen years, and, in 1867, removed to Coventry Township, where he remained until in December, 1877, when he came to the city of Akron, where he has since resided. He was married Nov. 7, 1844, to Catharine Moyer, who died about five years later, leaving one daughter, who died May 2, 1873 ; he was re- married Oct. 24, 1850, to Amanda Cook, daughter of Adam and Regine (Harmon) Cook, natives of Franklin Co., Penn ; the}' had two children - Samautha, born May 6, 1852, now Mrs. W. M. Vandersall, residing near East Liberty ; and Uriah, born Nov. 29, 1856, died May 9, 1873. He is a stanch Republican. He received a liberal education, and began teaching school in 1844, which he followed for several terms. He and family are members of the Evangelical Association.

COL. DUDLEY SEWARD, Justice of the Peace, Akron ; was born in Utica, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1819. He is a son of T. G. and Elizabeth Seward, and the fifth of a family of nine children. His parents, in 1812, removed to Watertown, N. Y. In 1835, Dudley went to Manchester (same State), where he clerked in a general 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 Wadsworth, then to Tallmadge, and finall}' to Akron. In the fall of 1847, he was appointed Deputy Sheriff, and served five years, when he was elected Sheriff, and served two terms. In April, 1861, he enlisted in the 19th 0. V. I., Co. G, of which he was Sergeant. At the end of his 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 0. 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 legiment, 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 army four years. In 1871, he returned home, and in 1873, he was elected Justice of the Peace, which office he has held ever since. He was married, Nov. 2, 1848, to Miss Lois Clark, a native of this count}'. Three children were the fruit of this marriage ; two living, Louis D. and Mary C.

DAVID A. SCOTT, machine forger, Akron ; was born in Springfield Township, Summit Co., Ohio, Nov. 21, 1812, and is a son of Josiah and Mary J. (Ii'vin) 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 was 9 years old, and was then apprenticed to the blacksmith trade, with Mr. Abraham De Haven, of Springfield, and served with him until he became of age. He then went to Middlebury, 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 x\kron, 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 office of Deputy Sheriff eight years. He was married, Nov. 21, 1838, to Miss Mary Ann Burton, a native of Montgomery Co., N. Y., and a daughter of Smith and Elizabeth (Wilcox) Burton, who 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. Of the two deceased, William I. was telegraph operator, and died in 1866, and Walter B. was Captain of Co. H, 104th 0. V. I., and died in Cincinnati, April 23, 186 '-. Mr. Scott was an earl}' resident of the count}^, and often has shot deer and turkeys where Akron now stands.

M. SEIBP]RLING, Secretary and Superintendent of the Akron Straw Board Company, Middlebury (Sixth Ward), Akron ; is a native 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. In the spring of 1844, he took the management of a farm and saw-mill he and his l)rother J. F. had previousl}' purchased, and conducted the business for five years, when he sold to his brother and moved to Canton, where he engaged in the lumber business for three years. 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. INIiller, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of John Miller, who came to this county about 1843. B}- this marriage, there have been nine children, seven of whom are living, viz., Emma, Alton, Katie, Ella, Frederick, Laird and George. Mr. S. has always been a Republican in politics. He is a member of the English Lutheran Church, in the affairs of which he takes an active interest, and has been both Deacon and Elder. 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.

FRANKLIN G. STIPE, painter, Akron, eldest son of Harrison and Anna (Neutchen) 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 0. 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 ai'e 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. S. & Co., and architect, Akron ; was born in Columbia Co., Penn., March 12, 1823, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Miller) Sn^'der, natives of Eastern Penns3'lvania. He was a contractor and builder, and died in Columbia Countj-, 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. In 1845, he entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle, Penn., and remained there three years, taking a genei'al college course, also a theoretical course in architecture. He returned home and for two years engaged in contracting and building and practical ai'chitecture. He was married May 21, 1849, to Miss Mary A. Rinehart, a native of Cumberland Co., Penn. He came to Ohio 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. In 1863, he formed a partnership 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 as Trustee of Portage Township. Of his marriage there were four children, one of whom is living, Mrs. B. L. Dodge, of Akron. He was raisetl a Democrat and adhered to tliat party until tlie second election of President Lincoln, since which time he has been a 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 scliool architecture, and at present his practice in this kind of design extends throughout the State.

HUGO SCHUMACHER, book-keeper, etc., Akron, Ohio ; the oldest son of William Schumacher, was born in Saxonj-, German}^ Jan. 14, 1853 ; lie was 6 3'ears old when he came with his parents to the United States and to Akron ; from 1 865 to 1868, he attended a private school at Braunschweig, and returned to Akron in the latter \'ear, 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 to Miss Amelia Mills, of Akron ; they have one son.

DR. WILLIAM SISLER, Akron, is a native of Lycoming Co., Penn., and was born Sept. 12, 1819. He is the sixth child in a family often children born to Lewis and IMargaret (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 continued her residence there until 1850, when she came to Manchester, Ohio, and lived with her children until her death, in 1872. At the age of 21 our subject came to Manchester, Ohio, where he followed teaching and fYirming. 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, and 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 one year. Upon coming to Akron, he, in company with his brother-in-law, John F. Hoy, opened a drug store, which was continued until the fall of 1879. During his residence in Akron, the Doctor has not practiced medicine, except to accommodate some of his friends. In the fall of 1875, he was elected Count}^ Commissioner, and was re-elected in the fall of 1878. On July 23, 1846, he married Miss L. R. Hoy, a native of Manchester, Summit Co., Ohio, of which place her parents are pioneers. Six children were born, of whom three are living, viz., Mary I., now Mrs. Diehl ; Emma, now Mrs. Neiburg, and Henry.

JUDGE NEWELL D. TIBBALS, Akron. Alfred M. Tibbals was born in Granville, Mass., Aug. 4, 1797 ; he came to Ohio with his father in 1804, and settled at Deerfield, Portage Co., on wild land ; here he followed farming until his death, in 1858, being 61 3'ears old ; he 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 Swein, a native of New Jerse}^, and one among the early settlers of Salem. She was born in 1800, and is still living ; she was the mother of five 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 IMcLain'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-elected in 1880, for five years, to date from Ma}-, 1881. In the spring of 1865, he was elected City Solicitor (first), and filled that office two terms, having been influential in securing the present charter for the city of Akron, being emplo3'ed by the Council to assist Mr. H. W. IngersoU, Recorder of the incorporated village of Akron under old charter. la 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.

COL. DAVID W. THOMAS, lumber and planiug-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 mostly brought up in Columbiana Co., Ohio, and at the age of 20 went to Holmes Co., where he was married in about 1840. His wife died in 1842, leaving an only child, David W., the subject, but an infant. In 1845, Mr. Thomas came to Akron, and about the year 1847, married. Miss Mary Caldwell, of Akron, who survives him, and had six children. He died in 1873. Only two of the last family of children are now living - Louisa J., wife of D. A. James, of Akron ; Eva, wife of William Picton, 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, and prominently connected with the interests of the city. He was a Free-Soiler and one of the first Republicans ; was a member of the Baptist Church and a devoted Christian. David W., the subject, was 4 3'ears of age when his father came to Akron. He here attended school until he was 16 years old, when he went to Tallmadge to learn carriage-making with Oviatt & Sperry, serving an apprenticeship of four 3ears, returning to Akron in February, 1861. In April following, he enlisted in Co. G, of the ''old 19th," 0. V. I., for three months, under Capt. Lewis P. Buckley, afterward Colonel of the 29th 0. V. I. The 19th served in West Virginia until its term expired, and was in the battle of Rich Mountain. In October, 1861, Mr. T. enlisted in Co. H, of the 29th 0. V. I. Their first engagement was at Winchester in which they were commanded by Gen. Shields.