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† Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.
Chicago, Ill -
1908
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FERDINAND SCHUMACHER,
formerly president of the American Cereal Company, but now
retired, has long been identified with great manufacturing
enterprises which have brought wealth and fame to the city
of Akron. Mr. Schumacher was born Mar. 30,
1822, at Celle, Hanover, Germany, and is a son of F. C.
and Louise Schumacher. Until he was fifteen years
of age he attended school, then became clerk in a grocery,
and later an employ in a sugar refinery. In 1850 he
emigrated to America, settling first on a farm grated to
America, settling first on a farm near Cleveland. His
previous training, however, had not been in the line of
agriculture, so in 1851 he is found at Akron engaged in a
fancy goods business. In the year 1856 he embarked in
the business, which through his enterprise developed into
one of the great world industries, and which has brought him
the title of "Cereal King." Under his own name he
continued in the manufacture of oatmeal, pearl barley and
other cereal products, until later he consolidated with the
firm of Commons and Allen, under the style of The
F. Schumacher Milling Company. He thus largely
increased the capacity of the mills and immediately repaired
his great loss in the fire of 1886, which destroyed mills
and elevators at the depot. About 1891 he consented to
a further combination of interests under the great
corporation known as the American Cereal Company, and was
elected as its president. He continued with H. P.
Crowell and Robert Stuart as executive committee
of this great concern until 1899, when he failed to be
re-elected, and gladly accepted retirement from the busy
life he had led for so many years, finding rest and quiet in
his beautiful home at No.
258 East Market
Street, Akron*.
The American Cereal Company's head office is now located at
Chicago, that city being a great center, but the Akron Mills
are its most important property.
On Oct. 7, 1851, Mr. Schumacker was married at
Cleveland to Hermine Schumacher, who was born at
Bevern, Brunswick, Germany, and died June 1, 1893.
They had seven children, two of whom survive, namely:
Louis, a resident of Akron, who was vice president of
the F. Schumacher Milling Company, and F. Adolph,
who was secretary of the same company, and is now engaged in
business at Riverside, Iowa. Mr. Schumacher
married for his second wife, Aug. 1, 1899, Mary Zipperlen
who is a daughter of Dr. A. Zipperlen, of Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Mr. Schumacher has always been a valued citizen,
not because he has busied himself in regard to local
political affairs, but because he has been a man of broad
views and generous inclinations, which have resulted in
public-spirited enterprises, and in liberal assistance given
to education, religion and charity. It was mainly
through his benefactions that a number of the religious
edifices of the city were completed, this notably being the
xase in regard to the Universalist Church. By example
and years of protest against the liquor evil. Mr.
Schumacher has become known as one of the leading
temperance advocates of Ohio. Time has touched him
lightly, and notwithstanding his many yeas of intense
devotion to business, with the cares that harass even the
most successful, he has retained remarkable vigor.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 422
* Note: The house is no longer there. |
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CHARLES W. SEIBERLING,
treasurer of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, at Akron,
and a business man who is largely interested in many
successful manufacturing enterprises of this city and
vicinity, was born in Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio,
not far from Western Star, Jan. 26, 1861, and is a son of
John F. and Catherine L. (Miller) Seiberling.
John F. Seiberling was born at Norton, Ohio, Mar.
10, 1834. In the spring of 1861 he moved with his
family to Doylestown and thence in 1865 to Akron, with the
business interests of which city he was prominently
identified until the close of his long and fruitful life.
From operating a sawmill at Norton, where he pursued the
studies and experiments which resulted in the invention of
the agricultural machinery with which his name is still
connected, he removed to Doylestown, where better conditions
prevailed for the erection of works and manufacture of the
inventions which had sprung from his fertile brain.
Later for like business reasons, he came to Akron, soon
after calling his eldest son, Frank A., who is now
president and general manager of the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company, from college to assist in further developing
his plans. In 1871 he organized the Akron Strawboard
Company, in 1883 he founded the Seiberling Milling
Company and in 1889 he gained a controlling interest in the
Akron Electric Street Railway. His death took place at
Akron, Sept. 3, 1903.
In 1878 Charles W. Seiberling, the second son of
the late John F. Seiberling, completed the public
school course at Akron, and then entered Oberlin College.
At that institution he pursued a two-year eclectic course,
and then returned to Akron in order to assume
the duties of foreman of his father's extensive works where
the Empire Reaper and Mowers were manufactured. On the
incorporation of
the J. F. Seiberling Company, in 1884, Charles W.
was elected a director and subsequently became
superintendent of the works.
In 1896, in association with his father, Mr.
Seiberling became interested in the organization of the
India Rubber Company, of which his father was elected
president, and he became its secretary. He continued
with this company for two years in this capacity, and then
resigned in order to accept a similar position with the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. This company, with
which Mr. Seiberling has been identified since
1898, was organized in that year. It is engaged in the
manufacture of rubber goods, especially solid and pneumatic
carriage and automobile tires, bicycle tires, rubber
horseshoes, rubber tiling, golf balls, moulded rubber and
rubber specialties. The officers of the company are as
follows: F. A. Seiberling, president and general
manager; L. C. Miles, vice-president; G. M.
Stadleman, secretary; C. W. Seiberling,
treasurer; and P. W. Litchfield, superintendent.
The goods of this company find a market all over the world.
Mr. Seiberling has not confined his attentions
to the enterprise mention, but has also invested in and
promoted other prosperous concerns.
In 1895 Mr. Seiberling was married to
Blanche C. Carnahan, and they have four children :
Charles W., Jr., T. Carnahan, Lucius Miles and
Catherine. They reside at No. 76 Fay street, Akron.
†Source: Centennial
History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill -
1908~Page 487 |
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FRANCIS SEIBERLING,
attorney-at-law, and a member of the law firm of Slabaugh
& Seiberling, at Akron, with offices in the Everett
Building, was born Sept. 20, 1870, at Des Moines, Iowa, and
is a son of Nathan Septimus and Joseva (Myers) Seiberling.
Nathan Septimus Seiberling, father of Francis,
was a son of Nathan Seiberling, who was one of
the early pioneers of Summit County. Nathan S.
Seiberling, at the age of eighteen years, enlisted for
service in the Civil War, in March, 1865, for one year, and
was a member of Company D, 198th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
He was honorably discharged, May 8, 1865, at the close of
hostilities. He married Joseva Myers, who was a
daughter of Alpheus Myers, one of the earliest
settlers in Norton Township. Both the Seiberling
and Myers families came to Summit County in
the days when it was a wilderness and both assisted
materially in the development of its resources and in
bringing about civilizing influences.
When but three years of age, Francis
Seiberling suffered the loss of his father, who died in
early manhood. His mother then returned to her old
home in Norton Township, this county, where he was reared to
the age of twelve years. He then went to Medina County
and completed his course of study at the Wadsworth High
School. He entered Wittenberg College, Springfield,
Ohio, in the fall of 1888, where he remained two years, and
then entered Wooster University, where he was graduated in
1892, with his degree of A. M. He immediately began
the study of law in the office of Marvin, Saddler
& Atterholt, and was admitted to the bar in October,
1894. He practiced his profession for about one year
alone, and then entered into his present partnership, under
the firm name of Slabaugh & Seiberling.
Mr. Seiberling's interest, in politics is
merely that which he has in common with every good citizen.
On June 16, 1897, Mr. Seiberling was
married to Josephine Laffer, who is a daughter
of James M. Laffer, one of the pioneer druggists of
Akron. He and his wife have two children, Eleanor
and Josephine. Mr. Seiberling is a member
of the Lutheran Church and belongs to its board of trustees.
Fraternally he is a Mason.
†
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 293 |
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FRANK A. SEIBERLING,
president and general manager of the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company, at Akron, is a business man of this city who
has been identified with many of its important enterprises.
He was born on his father's farm near Western Star, Summit
County, Ohio. Oct. 6, 1859, and is a son of John F. and
Catherine L. (Miller) Seiberling. In 1861 John
F. Seiberling removed with his family to Doylestown, and
in 1865 to Akron. Of his eleven children nine are
still living.
Frank A. received his first school training in
the building then used for school purposes which stands
adjacent to the Congregational
Church on the south. After he had completed the first
year's course in the High School, he entered Heidelberg
College at Tiffin. He remained there two years,
retiring at the end of his junior year in order to be of
assistance to his father, who had just started the
manufacture of the Empire harvester. The young man's
collegiate training proved useful in the official business
which grew out of this industry, and in 1884, when the
Seiberling Company was organized, Frank A. became
secretary and treasurer. Other large industries,
companies and corporations with which he has been
identified, either as stockholder or as official, are the
Akron Twine and Cordage Company, the Werner Printing
and Lithographing Company, Superior Mining Company, Canton
Street Railway Company, Zanesville Street Railway Company,
Akron Street Railway Company, Manufacturers' Mutual Fire
Insurance Association, the Thomas Philips Company,
and the National City Bank. His main attention is now
given to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, of which he
is president and general manager, the other officers being:
L. C. Miles, vice-president; G. M. Stadleman,
secretary; C. W. Seiberling, treasurer; and P. W.
Litchfield, superintendent. The Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company, with which Mr. Seiberling has
ben identified since 1898, was organized in that
year. They are engaged in the manufacture of rubber
goods, their specialties being solid and pneumatic carriage
and automobile tires, bicycle tires, rubber horse shoes,
rubber tiling, golf balls, moulded rubber and rubber
specialties. There is no
portion of the civilized world where these goods do not find
ready sale.
On October 12. 1887, Mr. Seiberling was
married to Gertrude F. Penfield, of Willoughby, Lake
County, Ohio. He and his wife are the parents of five
children: John Frederick, Irene
Henrietta, Willard Penfield. James
Penfield and Gertrude Virginia.
†
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page
443 |
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HON. GUSTAVUS SEIBERLING,
who has been mayor of Western Star for the past fourteen
years and a county commissioner of Summit County since 1905,
was born June 19, 1854, on the farm in Norton Township, on
which he still resides.
The father of Mr. Seiberling was born in
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in 1811, and came to Summit
County and settled in Norton Township when the entire
country was an uncleared wilderness. He bought eighty
acres of land which he cleared, and on which he built a
sawmill, where later was built the first Excelsior reaper.
He lived a long and active life, and was identified with the
development of Norton Township in a larger degree than
almost any other citizen. He married Katherine
Peters, who was also a native of Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania, and they reared a family of thirteen children,
eight sons and five daughters. Of this family six sons
and one daughter survive, namely: James Henry,
residing at Jonesboro, Indiana, where he owns a large rubber
manufacturing plant; Monroe, a large plate glass
manufacturer, residing in a suburb of Chicago; Charles,
residing at Mitchellville, Iowa, a retired farmer, formerly
a soldier in the Civil War; Columbus, a retired
farmer residing at Wadsworth; Milton A., a farmer
residing in Norton Township; Sarah, wife of Jacob
M. Harter, residing at Wadsworth, and Gustavus,
who is the youngest of the family.
Mr. Seiberling was reared on the home
farm and was mainly educated at Western Star Academy.
For many years he carried on extensive farming and
stockraising, and has also taken a prominent part in the
public affairs of Summit County. He was one of the
organizers and a charter member of the Norton Mutual Fire
Association, of which he has been secretary for twenty
years, and for fourteen years he has served as mayor of the
town of Western Star. He was elected commissioner in
the fall of 1905, but prior to that had served in many
offices, for twenty years being a member of the School Board
of Western Star village school, for ten years school clerk;
and in 1900 he was elected real estate assessor.
Politically, he is a Republican and has been an important
leader in the ranks of that party for many years.
In 1875, Mr. Seiberling was married to
Julia Kulp, who is a daughter of John M. Kulp,
of Norton Township, and they have five children, namely:
Wilson F., residing on a farm adjoining that of his
father; Claud, operating the home farm: Sarah
Katherine, who is the wife of Dr. William Wise, V.
S., residing at Barberton; and Pauline and Raymond G.,
who reside at home with their parents. Mr.
Seiberling is a member if the Lutheran Church at
Wadsworth in which he has been choir leader for fifteen
years. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page
1053 |
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JOHN F. SEIBERLING,
a former citizen of Akron, where he was for many years
identified with a number of the important business interests
of the city, some of which were directly the result of his
own genius and energy, was born Mar. 10, 1834, at Norton,
Ohio. He was one of a family of fifteen children
(thirteen of whom grew to maturity) born to his parents, who
were Nathan and Catherine (Peters) Seiberling.
Mr. Seiberling completed his education at the
Western Star Academy, and for two years, from 1856 to 1858,
he was in the drug business at Akron. He was, however,
of a mechanical turn of mind, and in the latter year went to
operating a sawmill at Norton. It was while there that
he invented his noted Excelsior mower and reaper,
with the dropper attachment, and in 1861 he established
works for their manufacture at Doylestown, which are still
in operation. By 1864 the business had sn expanded
that extra works were needed, which were erected at
Massillon. In 1865 the J. F. Seiberling Company
was established at Akron, but in 1869, Mr.
Seiberling withdrew and then began the manufacture of
the Empire machine, which is so well known all over the
country. Mr. Seiberling by this time not only
had a perfect knowledge of business conditions and trade
relations in every section, but he had command of a large
amount of capital, and
in 1871 he organized the Akron Strawboard Company, which he
conducted until 1887. In 1883 he founded the
Seiberling Milling Company and at this time built a
six-story brick flouring mill, as well as the Academy of
Music Block. In 1889 Mr. Seiberling
obtained a controlling interest in the Akron Electric Street
Railway. Later he expanded other important interests
both in Akron and at other points.
On Sept. 6, 1859, Mr. Seiberling was married to
Catherine L. Miller, of Norton. Their family
numbered eleven children, nine of whom are still living.
They are as follows: Anna A. wife of S.
Samuel Miller of Akron; Frank A., president and
general manager of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, who
married Gertrude F. Penfield, and resides at No. 158
East Market Street; Charles W., treasurer of the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, who married Blanche
Carnahan,and resides at No. 76 Fay Street; Cora D.,
wife of Lewis T. Wolle of Cambria, Wyoming;
Harriet M., wife of Lucius C. Miles, of Akron;
Grace I., wife of Dr. W. S. Chase, of Akron;
Kittie G., wife of Luther H. Firey of Kansas
City; Mary B., wife of Henry B. Manton, of
Akron; Ruth J., wife of Ernest A. Pfleuger,
also of Akron. The two deceased are John Frederick
and Maude M., both of whom died in infancy.
Mr. John Frederick Seiberling, the father of these
children, died Sept. 6, 1903. His widow still
survives, and resides at No. 144 East Market Street.
Mr. Seiberling was a man who was honorable,
prompt, and true to every engagement. Throughout his
career of far-reaching usefulness he remembered with a
generous heart those who had not been so fortunate, and in
quiet benevolent brought much cheer to those who needed it.
For many years he was a member and a trustee of the Trinity
Lutheran Church.
†
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page
326 |
S
Residence of
Milton A. Seiberling,
Norton Township |
MILTON A. SEIBERLING,
a substantial citizen and successful agriculturist, residing
on a small farm of five acres, which is located in Norton
Township on the Center road, owns a very valuable farm of
111 acres, which lies on the Hamet-own road, near Sherman.
Mr. Seiberling belongs to a prominent old
family of Summit County, and he was born on the farm which
is the property of his brother, Gustavas
Seiberling, Nov. 20, 1850. His parents were
Nathan and Catherine (Peters) Seiberling.
The parents of Mr. Seiberling were both
born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, where they were reared
and attended school. Shortly after their marriage they
came to Norton Township. Summit County, where they lived
long and virtuous lives; and when the father died at the age
of eighty years, and the mother, aged eighty-four, there
were many outside their large family who grieved to lose
them from the community in which they had been long noted
for their kindness and charity. They were the parents
of fifteen children.
Milton Seiberling was reared on the home
farm in Norton Township, and, after completing his education
in the country schools, he immediately began active farming
operations. He remained on the home farm for about
four years after his marriage, and then purchased the farm
which is occupied by his son-in-law, Robert
Helmick, and started at once to make improvements.
He removed a house from another farm to the new location,
remodeled it, and built a substantial barn, and then set out
orchards and a grove of maple trees, and continued improving
until his property was equal in value to any of like size in
the neighborhood and more attractive than any.
On that farm Mr. Seiberling continued to
reside, carrying on farming and stock-raising, until in the
spring of 1898, when he retired from hard work and settled
on his present tidy little place, which it gives him only
needful exercise to manage. Mr. Seiberling has
always been considered one of the most prosperous farmers of
Norton Township on account of his progressive methods and
the great interest he always took
in his work.
On Nov. 30, 1871, Mr. Seiberling was
married to Fayetta Johnson, who is a daughter
of Joseph Johnson, who was born and
reared in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Seiberling
have three children: Minnie, who married Harman
Dague, resides at Doylestown and has three children—Ethel.
Florence and Roy; Martha, wife of
Robert Helmick, who operates her father's farm,
and who has had two children—one who died in infancy; and
Gertrude, the younger; and Ruth, residing at
home. Mr. Seiberling and family belong
to the Lutheran Church. He is a member of the
beneficial order of Pathfinders.
†
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page
711 |
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WILSON F. SEIBERLING,
a general farmer, residing on a part of the old
Seiberling homestead farm, which is
situated on the Norton Center road, just east of Western
Star, was born on this farm, in Summit County, Ohio, Sept.
24, 1876, and is a son of Gus and Julia (Kulp) Seiberling,
the former of whom was one of the county's prominent men.
Wilson F. Seiberling was reared and educated in
Norton Township and attended school at Western Star,
completing his education at the Norton Center High School.
From that time to the present he has given his attention to
general farming and to the raising of fine horses. He
settled on his present farm immediately after his marriage,
and has continued to develop and improve the land ever
since.
On November 29, 1899, Mr. Seiberling was
married to Kittie Marnin, who was reared in
Chippawa Township, Wayne County, Ohio, and is a daughter of
William Marnin. They have had two
children, a babe that died in infancy, and Marcella
Gertrude.
Mr. Seiberling, like other members of this old
Summit County family, is a member of the Lutheran Church.
†
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page
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GEORGE ADAM SHOOK, whose
excellent farm of eighty-seven acres is situated in Coventry
Township, about six miles south of the center of Akron, is
one of the representative agriculturists of this
section. Mr. Shook was born June 19, 1837, on
his father's farm in Stark County, Ohio, and is a son of
David and Catherine (Hanse) Shook.
The Shook ancestors came to Pennsylvania, from
Germany, in the day of the great-grand-father of George
Adam, and settled in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
There the family prospered and became one of prominence.
The grandfather, David Shook, was born in
Pennsylvania, where he married and later, with his family,
moved to Niagara County, New York, settling on a farm near
Lockport. That he mediated coming to Ohio was shown by
the interest he took in this section, visiting it on
horseback when it was but a wilderness all through Summit
County. However, he never settled here, and his last
days were passed in Niagara County, New York.
David Shook the second, the father of George
Adam, was born in Pennsylvania and was one of the
younger members of a family of fourteen children. He
was a boy when his parents moved to Niagara County, New
York, and remained there until his older brother Philip
Shook, moved to Portage County, Ohio. Shortly
afterward, David went on a visit, but was so well pleased
that he remained with Philip, assisting him in
clearing up his wild farm, until his own marriage, after
which he acquired a small farm in Stark County. He
lived there through the death of his first wife and after
his second marriage, but in 1852 he removed to a farm in
Michigan, where he died, aged sixty-two years.
In Stark County, Ohio, David Shook was married
to Catherine Hanse, who was born near New Berlin,
Ohio, and died in August, 1838, aged twenty-three years,
leaving but one child, George Adam. The father
married ( second ) a Miss Holben, also of Stark
County, who survived him, and they had the following
children: Jonathan, David, Catherine, John, Elias,
William and Reuben.
George Adam Shook was left motherless when he was
fourteen months old and he was taken to the home of an aunt,
Mrs. Mary Rauch, who reared him in
Mahoning County, Ohio, until he was fourteen years of age,
permitting him to attend the district school while
supporting himself by work on her farm. However,
Mr. Shook did not feel independent until he had earned
fifty dollars by himself and paid this sum to the Rauch
family, this being sufficient to cover all the expense
he had ever caused them. He had now started out for
himself and as his work was farm labor he lived at various
homes in the neighborhood, remaining with the Sluss
family for three years. Not being satisfied with
the education he had been able to obtain in the district
schools, he arranged to attend the Randolph select school,
later took a course in Greensburg Seminary, in Summit
County, and still later, enjoyed one term at Mt. Union
College. During the time he was thus acquiring a
really superior education, he was industrious and reliable
and always found good homes where he worked on the farm
during the summers. When he was about eighteen years
of age he began to teach school and taught through fifteen
winters, mostly in Stark, Summit and Wayne Counties, in 1864
teaching one term at the reservoir in Coventry Township, and
occasionally teaching summer terms.
Mr. Shook continued to teach until 1877, having
also carried on farming during the larger part of the time.
He had secured an interest in a farm near Uniontown, in Lake
Township, Stark County, and later purchased the whole farm
and the educational field. Mr. Shook bought a
grist-mill at Uniontown, which he operated for three years,
and then sold it to David and Samuel Ritter, after
which he rented a farm for a few years. In 1881 he
bought his present property from Jacob Sellers and
moved on this place in the spring of 1882. It was well
improved property when he purchased it and he has kept up
its condition. Later he bought a tract of timber land,
in Green Township, which he still owns in partnership with
his son-in-law, William H. Wagoner. For twelve
years after settling on this place Mr. Shook was
engaged in the threshing business and also successfully ran
a sawmill for a time with Mr. Wagoner. He
carries on general farming, making his land pay for all the
attention he gives it, and keeps good stock and uses
improved machinery.
On Mar. 17, 1861, Mr. Shook was married to
Elizabeth Mutchler, who was born in Stark County, Ohio,
and is a daughter of Godfrey and Judith (Meiers) Mutchler.
Her parents came from Germany and were married in Stark
County, Ohio, this being the second marriage of her father.
There were five children born to this union, namely: Eva,
Elizabeth, Mary, Magdalena and Rosina, who is
deceased. Mr. Mutchler had married first in
Germany, Christina Gasz, who left three children:
Dorothy, Christina and Barbera. Both
parents of Mrs. Shook died at New Berlin.
Mr. and Mrs. Shook had the following children:
Clara E., who married William Wagoner; Henry E.,
who married Emma Heimbaugh; Erwin J., who married
Amelia Dietz; and Anna, who married Edward C.
Eippert. Mr. Shook and family belong to the
Lutheran Church. His children are all well educated
and all four have been teachers. In politics Mr.
Shook is a Republican and he has served both as township
trustee and as assessor.
†Source: Centennial
History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill -
1908~Page 946 |
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SOLOMON E. SHOOK, who
fills the important position of head miller in the Walsh
Milling Company's mills at Cuyahoga Falls, was born in
Jackson Township, Stark County, Ohio, Nov. 22, 1860, and is
a son of Philip and Margaret (Everhard) Shook.
The great-grandfather of Solomon E. Shook
was John Shook, who was born in Germany and came to
America in 1752, landing at what was then called Port of
York but is now the city of Philadelphia. He lived
there for a time and then went into the farming regions of
the State, purchasing 400 acres of land in Northumberland
County, which are still owned by his descendants. He
married a Miss Ohl, and he died in 1799. His
son, David Shook was born on the land above referred
to and died Oct. 24, 1868, aged seventy-nine years. He
was a carpenter by trade and also a farmer. In 1810 he
came to Ohio, settling at New Berlin, Stark County, and from
there went out as a soldier in the War of 1812, in which he
served as captain. He married Sarah Mark who
was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and died in Ohio,
in 1861. Both grandparents of Solomon E. Shook
lie buried at New Berlin in the old Zion church yard.
Philip Shook was born at New Berlin, Stark
County, Ohio, in 1840, and died at Wadsworth, Ohio, aged
sixty-three years. He combined farming with
carpenter's work and contracting. He reared a family
of twelve children, Solomon E. being the youngest son
and tenth child.
When Solomon E. Shook was three years old, his
parents moved to Wadsworth Township, Medina County, where he
was educated in the district schools. In 1877 he went
into the grist mill of his eldest brother, David Shook,
where, during his eighteen months stay, he learned the
elementary principles of milling, and from there he went to
Millport and worked for James McLean as second
miller. He remained with him for two years, and then
went to Toledo as head miller for Potter & Company, two and
a half years later coming to Akron to become second miller
for Seiberling Milling Company. For four years Mr.
Shook was a foreman for the Seiberling people.
In 1889 he went to New Brighton, Pennsylvania, where for
three years he was head miller in the City Mills. Then
returning to Akron he took charge of the Clinton Milling
Company's plant, which was owned by A. L. Clause & Company.
In 1895 Mr. Shook took a pleasure trip to Riverside,
California, which covered two years. After his
return to Akron he accepted his present position. He
has two millers in his employ and turns out 200 barrels of
flour per cay. His equipments are ample for the
grinding of all kinds of feed. Mr. Shook is
grinding of all kinds of feed. Mr. Shook is not
only an expert miller, but an inventor. He is the
author of an appliance intended to take the place of the
usual babbitt metal, which is easily adjusted and which he
has been using in his mill for the last five years. It
has proved to be of the utmost utility and is an
intervention that all deserves to be patented.
†Source: Centennial
History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill -
1908~Page 424 |
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GEORGE A. SMEAD* a
leading business man of Akron, is located at No. 65 South
Main Street, where he is proprietor of the largest art and
wall-paper store in Northern Ohio. He was born in
1882, in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, but was
practically reared and educated at Akron. Mr. Smead
has been identified with his present line of business ever
since his entrance into the industrial world. For two
years he was with M. D. Brouse, following which, for
three years he was in the wall-paper department of M.
O'Neil, and for three years managed the wall-paper store
of C. G. Oliver. In June, 1906, he bought the
business and conducts the largest wall-paper store in all
this section of the State, carrying all grades of paper, and
of the simplest to the most expensive and exclusive designs.
In connection therewith he also carries on an art
department, in which he handles only works of real merit.
Many visitors go to his establishment to see the exquisite
wall hangings and choice works of art always on exhibition.
IN 1903, Mr. Smead was married to Elta M. Biltz,
who died June 9, 1903, leaving two little sons Elmer E.
and Chester Ray. Mrs. Smead is greatly missed,
both in her home and in social circles, where she was a
favorite. Mr. Smead is a member of the Wooster
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally, he
belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Royal League, and the
Protected Home Circle.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 1114 |
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CALVIN SPADE,
foreman of the Robinson clay Company factory No. 3,
at East Akron, a responsible position he has filled for the
past five years, was born in Springfield Township, Summit
County, Ohio, Sept. 6, 1851, and is a son of John and
Elizabeth (Heckman) Spade.
John Spade, the grandfather of Calvin Spade
to Uniontown, Springfield Township, in 1812, from Snyder
County, Pennsylvania, and died when advanced in years.
Of his fourteen children, all reached maturity except two,
and the survivors reached a good old age, the majority
leaving descendants. The eldest child, George,
was born in Snyder County, in 1811, was brought by his
parents to Springfield Township, where he married Rebecca
Weaver; Jacob married Miss Myers,
and died at the age of seventy-two years; Samuel also
married a Myers, and died aged sixty-seven years;
Catherine also married into the Myers family,
and died aged seventy-three years; William married a
Miss Weaver, and died aged seventy years;
Henry married a member of the Myers family,
and lived to be sixty-eight years of age; Noah
married a Miss Starr, and died aged
seventy-eight years; Thomas married a Miss
Weaver, and died aged seventy years; Sarah
married a Kreichbaum, and died aged thirty-five
years; Eve never married, and lived to the age of
eighty-one years; John, father of Calvin,
lived to the age of seventy-seven years; and Michael
married a member of the Weaver family.
The grandparents died aged sixty-six and eighty-one years,
respectively.
Both parents of Calvin Spade were born in
Springfield Township, where their lives were passed.
They had the following children: Samuel, who died
aged two years; Catherine, who married
Joseph Bollinger ; Eve, who married
Moses Israel; Calvin; Michael, who
married Barbara Jane Swinehart;
William, who married Barbara Keller;
John, who married Minerva Schriner;
Sarah, who remains unmarried; Elizabeth, who is
unmarried.
Calvin Spade had few educational
advantages in his youth. His life had been one of
constant industry and has been mainly confined to the
pottery industry. He learned his trade at the pottery
of his uncle, George Spade, and for the past
thirty-three years he has been engaged at Factory No. 3,
this plant having been established for a half century.
Mr. Spade, from his long experience, has the
work here well in hand, and since he has been
superintendent, the product has not only been increased in
quantity but has still more surely confirmed its reputation
as to quality. Mr. Spade has thirty-six
workmen under his control and the most cordial feelings
exist between the foreman and his employes.
In 1873 Mr. Spade was married, and nine
of his family of children still survive, namely: William
Edward, residing in New Mexico, is a locomotive
engineer, married Pearl Metzger and they have
one child; Robert, residing at Atlanta, is a pitcher
in the Southern Base Ball League, married Carrie
Boiling and they have two children, Glynn and
Vera; Grace, who married William
Ritzman, a farmer of Springfield Township, has one
child, Hazel; Stella, who married John
Ritzman, a farmer of Springfield Township, has one
child, John; Louisa, who married George
Ody, resides in the Hunt Allotment of
Akron; Ira, who is engaged with his father at
the pottery; and Huldah, Lillie and Carrie
L., all residing at home. The family belong to the
East Market street Reformed Church. For thirty years
Mr. Spade has been a member of the order of
Knights of Pythias, belonging to Aetolia Lodge, No. 24,
Akron.
†
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 554 |
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W. A. SPENCER, attorney, a
member of the well-known law firm of Esgate, Spencer and
Snyder, at Akron, was born in London, England in 1870, and
was seven years of age when his parents came to America and
located at Akron.
In 1888 Mr. Spencer was graduated from the Akron
High School and spent the following year on a fruit farm in
Tennessee, earning the money will which to give him two
years training at Buchtel College. He then entered
upon the study of law in the office of Sawders and
Rogers, at Akron, where he remained until the spring of
1898, when he enlisted in Company B, Eighth Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, for service in the Spanish-America War.
His regiment was sent to Cuba, and with his comrades he
participated in the Santiago campaign, and remained in the
service for eight months. He was mustered out at
Wooster, Ohio, and returned to Akron, where he was admitted
to the bar one year later. He began practice alone,
but later became a member of the present firm of Esgate,
Spencer and Snyder which succeeded Esgate,
Spencer and Snyder, which succeeded Esgate,
Spencer and Loomis, on the death of Mr. Loomis.
Mr. Spencer is a director in the German American
Building and Loan Association. He has ever taken an
active part in politics and is chairman of the Democratic
executive committees of city and county. Under
Mayor Kemple he served two years as police prosecutor.
In 1900 Mr. Spencer was married to Gertrude
Huse, of Akron, and they have one child, Margaret.
Fraternally Mr. Spencer is identified with the Masons
and the Pathfinders, and he belongs also to the
Spanish-American War Veteran Association. He is a
self-made man to a large extent, and owes little to favoring
circumstances attending his boyhood or youth.
†
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page
278 |
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JOHN J. STARR, secretary of
the Robinson Clay Product Company, one of Akron's most
important industries, is a native of this city, born here in
1867, and is a son of Jonathan Starr, and a grandson
of Jonathan Starr.
The grandfather of Mr. Starr was a native of
Connecticut. He came to Summit County in 1813, became
a man of substance and prominence and was a member of the
first board of Summit County commissioners. He owned
large bodies of land in Copley Township, and there he reared
his family, his son Jonathan being born there in
1831.
John J. Starr was reared and educated at Akron.
When fifteen years of age he entered the employ of the E.
H. Merrill Pottery Company and he has worked himself
steadily upward through the grades of promotion until he has
become secretary of one of the largest pottery concerns in
the United States.
In 1892 Mr. Starr was married to Adelaide
Akers, who is a daughter of Alfred Akers, of
Akron, and they have four children, namely: Helen, Anna,
Miriam and Harriet.
Mr. Starr is a 32nd degree Mason and belongs to the
Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery at Akron and to
Lake Erie Consistory of Cleveland.
†
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 788 |
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SHERMAN B. STOTLER
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 449 |
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N. C. STONE,
president of the National City Bank, of Akron, was born in
this city in 1854. He is a son of
Nelson B. Stone, who was
formerly a prominent citizen here, and a sketch of whom may
be found on another page of this volume. Mr. Stone
was reared in Akron, and after graduating from the public
schools, became a member of the class of 1876 of Ohio
Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio. He then spent
one year in European travel, at the end of which time,
returning to Akron, he entered business life, becoming
connected with the Weary-Snyder-Wilcox Manufacturing Co.,
manufactures of and dealers in lumber. With this
concern he remained for about seven years. He was then
connected for a short time with the Seiberling
Milling Company. His next move was to Kansas City, but
after a short stay there his business interests called him
to New York City, where he was located for about two years.
In 1887 he returned to Akron and entered the employ of the
Selle Gear Company, with whom he remained until the spring
of 1888. In this year he entered upon an entirely
different sphere of business activity, becoming cashier of
the City National Bank. On the expiration of the
bank's charter in 1903, by limitation, a new organization
became necessary, and the National City Bank was acordingly
organized in May of that year, Mr. Stone becoming
president, which office he has since retained. Mr.
Stone is also interested in a number of manufacturing
enterprises in Akron. He is a man of sound and
extensive information in regard to the business and
financial conditions, both of Akron and the surrounding
district, and while enterprising and fully abreast of the
times, exercises a conservative judgment in all business
matters which come before him for his decision. In
politics he is a Republican. He is affiliated with the
First Methodist Episcopal Church, which he is now serving on
the board of trustees. Mr. Stone was married in
1879, to Miss Margaret J. Oburn of Chicago, Illinois.
†
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 371 |
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NELSON
B. STONE, who passed from this life at his home in
Akron, Nov. 9, 1893, after a well spent life of
seventy-seven years, was born Sept. 18, 1816, as his
parents, Milo and Sarah (Beardsley) Stone, were
resting at the hamlet of Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio, on
their way from Connecticut, by ox-team, to Tallmadge
Township, Summit County.
When the mother and babe could travel, the father of
Mr. Stone continued on his way with his family to
Tallmadge Township, settling in the woods and subsequently
clearing up a good farm there. On this farm, Nelson
B. Stone was reared, attending the district school
through boyhood and later the Tallmadge Academy, and still
later Allegheny College, at Meadville, Pennsylvania.
He began industrial life as a clerk, filling positions
successively at West Bloomfield, New York, and at Ravenna
and Chardon, Ohio. In December, 1840, he came to
Akron, which place was to be his future home. Shortly
after locating here he was offered and accepted a position
in the county clerk's office, under Clerk Lucious S. Peck,
and served until the fall of 1851, when he was elected clerk
of Summit County, being the first incumbent of the office
under the new constitution. For a short time he served
also as deputy clerk in Cuyahoga County, but still
maintained his residence at Akron. He was subsequently
connected, for a short time, with the firm of Aultman,
Miller and Company, but in 1865 he became secretary and
treasurer of the Weary, Snyder and Wilcox
Manufacturing Company, a position he filled during the
remainder of his active life.
Mr. Stone was married (first) to Mary H.
Clarke of Akron, who died Apr. 6, 1853, leaving one son,
Nelson C., who is now
president of the National City Bank, and one of Akron's most
prominent business men. Mr. Stone married for
his second wife, Elizabeth H. Beardsley, of Akron,
and they had two sons, of whom the one survivor, Dwight
M., resides in Akron.
In political sentiment, Mr. Stone was a stanch
Republican, and was sent as a delegate to the first
Republican State convention held in Ohio, at which time the
late Hon. Salmon P. Chase was nominated for governor.
During the whole extent of his long and useful life,
Mr. Stone was actively interested in the First Methodist
Episcopal Church. For fifty-two consecutive years he
served as secretary of the Sunday-school of that church, and
he preserved his interest in the work until the peaceful
close of his life. He was a practical Christian, one
who believed thoroughly in supplementing thoughts and words
with action, hence his mourners did not come entirely from
the higher walks of life. The poor, the lowly, the
needy and afflicted had so often partaken of his kindness
and practical sympathy, that they crowded to the bier, at
his funeral, to pay the only token of affection they could
give. In religious, political, social, benevolent and
business circles, the estimate of his character was the
same, and as his remains were borne away to be laid in the
quietude of Glendale cemetery, each recognized that a good
man had passed from their midst.
†
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page
401 |
George J. Stubbs |
GEORGE J. STUBBS
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 751 |
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AARON A. SWIGART,
who is engaged in agricultural operations on an excellent
tract of 200 acres, is one of the substantial citizens of
Franklin Township, and was born Aug. 6, 1857, on his
present farm in Franklin Township, Summit County, Ohio, and
is a son of Joseph and Sarah
(Haring) Swigart.
George Swigart, grandfather of Aaron A.
was a native of Pennsylvania, where he married. On
coming to Ohio he had to clear most of his farm from the
woods, and here his first wife died. He was married
the second time to a Miss Daily, a native of Summit
County, and here the remainder of their lives were spent,
his death occurring in his 85th year, his second wife having
preceded him to the grave. They had a large family,
about fourteen children, and of these Joseph was next
to the oldest.
JOSEPH SWIGART was born on his
father's farm, which was located south of the present
Swigart farm, and was reared to manhood here, helping to
clear the farm from the wilderness. Prior to his
marriage he purchased a part of the present Swigart farm,
and to this he kept adding from time to time, making
improvements, including a large house and barn, and
converting his property into one of the finest farms in
Franklin Township. Here he died in 1895, at the age of
seventy years. Mr. Swigart was married to
Sarah Haring who was born in Franklin Township, and who
is a daughter of Charles Haring. Mrs.
Swigart survives her husband and resides on the home
farm with her son Aaron A. Two children were
born to Mr. and Mrs. Swigart; Aaron A., above
mentioned, and Charles, who married Hattie Diehl
a daughter of William Diehl, and has two children -
Gladys and Hallie.
Aaron A. Swigart attended the district schools and
afterward engaged in agricultural pursuits, in which he has
been occupied all of his active period. With his
mother and brother he owns the excellent homestead of 200
acres, on which is situated a large and comfortable
residence. The row of beautiful shade trees on each
side of the driveway leading to the house were planted by
Mr. Swigart and others twenty-five years ago, and add
much to the attractiveness of the property.
On Sept. 16, 1901, Mr. Swigart was married to
Mary Scholl, who is a daughter of Peter and Ann
Scholl, and to this union one child has been born:
Joseph Herman. Mr. Swigart is a member of the
Reformed Church at Manchester.
†
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 542 |
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CHARLES H. SWIGART,
one of the best known and most popular citizens of Franklin
Township, the talented teacher of music in the rural
schools, was born on the old family homestead in Summit
County, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1863, and is a son of Joseph and
Sarah (Haring) Swigart.
The Swigart family is an old settled one of this
section of Ohio, Joseph Swigart, the
great-grandfather, having brought the family from
Pennsylvania. George Swigart, the grandfather,
was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and was a boy
when his parents made the long overland journey, settling
first near Canton, but removing later to Canal Fulton, where
Joseph Swigart secured the farm now owned by
Isaiah Swigart. On that farm the great-grandfather
died at the age of forty-eight years. George
Swigart married Elizabeth Daily and they spent
their lives in Franklin Township, where he owned 206 acres
of land. They died aged about eighty-two years.
Their children were fifteen in number and those who survive
are: Mrs. Caroline J. Cormany, Mrs. Catherine D.
Grill, Mrs. Susan S. Kepler, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Surfass,
George A., Henry, Jacob, Hiram and Daniel.
Those deceased were: John, Joseph, David, Anna,
Sarah and Margaret.
Joseph Swigart was born on his father's farm in
Franklin Township, which is now owned by Aaron A.
Swigart. He married Sarah Haring, who was
also born in Franklin Township, where she still survives,
living on the old homestead. Joseph Swigart
died in 1895, aged seventy years. He had two children:
Aaron A. and Charles Hiram.
Charles Hiram Swigart attended the
district schools and supplemented the instruction so
obtained by a period in the graded schools of Manchester and
Clinton, completing his education with two years' attendance
at the Normal University at Ada, Ohio. Gifted with
musical talent, Mr. Swigart has spent quite a
large amount of time and spent quite a large amount of time
and money in developing and perfecting it, and has done a
great deal of musical instructing. He has also taught
school in various sections. He owns a one-half
interest in the old homestead place of 201 acres, which he
and his brother operate together, and he also carries on
general farming on the old Diehl farm.
On Apr. 19, 1894, Mr.
Swigart was married to Hattie May Diehl, who is a
daughter of William and Eliza (Diehl) Diehl. They
have two children, Hallie and Gladys.
Mr. Swigart is a member of the Lutheran Church.
He belongs to the order of Macabees.
†
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 596 |
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GEORGE SWIGART,
a representative citizen of Copley Township, Summit County,
Ohio, who is carrying on agricultural operations on his fine
farm of sixty-eight and one-half acres, was born July 7,
1842, in Franklin Township, and is a son of George and
Elizabeth (Daily) Swigart.
George Swigart, grandfather of George A.,
was a native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from whence he
came to Ohio in a prairie schooner and located in a cabin in
the Wilderness of Stark County. He married
Elizabeth Peifer, who survived him many years, and they
had the following children: John, George, Joseph,
Jacob, Peggy, who married Joseph Rex; Catherine,
who married H. Sours; and Caroline who married
a Mr. Asper.
George Swigart, father of George A., was
also born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and was just a lad
when he made the journey to Ohio with his parents.
After his marriage he purchased a farm in Franklin Township,
Summit County, Ohio, and there he spent the rest of his
life. Mr. Swigart married (first) Mary Daily,
who died without issue some years later, and he married
(second) her sister, Elizabeth Daily, by whom he had
the following children: Margaret, who married
D. Waggoner; John; Susan, who married Samuel
Kepler; Joseph; Mary Ann, who married J. Vocht;
Sarah; Jacob; Catherine who married Daniel Grill;
Elizabeth, who married Phillip Serfass; Caroline,
who married Phillip Serfass; Caroline, who
married J. Cormany; Henry; David; George Adam;
Daniel; and Hiram.
GEORGE ADAM SWIGART
was reared on the home farm, and, after obtaining a good
common school education, began teaching school, an
occupation which he continued to follow until his marriage,
after which he rented a farm in Norton Township for three
years and then purchased his present farm, on which he built
all of the buildings. Mr. Swigart is a Democrat
in politics, and has served on the school board. With
his wife he attends the Reformed Church.
On Sept. 28, 1871, Mr. Swigart was married to
Eliza J. Harter, who is a daughter of Daniel Harter
who now lives with Mr. and Mrs. Swigart and is
eighty-eight years old. One child has been born to
this union: Homer A.
HOMER ALDEN SWIGART was born
Aug. 9, 1875, on his father's farm in Copley Township,
attended school at Montrose, the Copley High School, the
Ohio University at Ada and the Mount Union at Alliance.
In 1892 he began teaching school and continued in that
profession for thirteen years in Copley and Coventry
Townships. After giving up teaching he engaged in a
creamery business at Cleveland for five months, but returned
to Copley Township and engaged in business with his
father-in-law, Eugene A. Hawkins, with whom he is
still in partnership. They are dealers in coal,
fertilizer, lime, cement, plaster, farm implements, buggies,
wagons, etc., and do a large business throughout the
surrounding country. He is also considering a
proposition to become ticket freight agent for the N. O.
Railroad. Mr. Swigart purchased his present
large dwelling in 1904. He is a Democrat in politics,
and has been active in the ranks of his party in Copley
Township, serving for four years in the capacity of township
clerk, to the satisfaction of all concerned.
During the year of the Buffalo Exposition Mr.
Swigart was married to Mabelle A. Hawkins, who is
a daughter of Eugene A. and Laura (Colson) Hawkins,
and two children have been born to this union: Alverda M.
and Alice V.
†
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 516 |
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GEORGE A. SWIGART
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 516 |
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HOMER A. SWIGART
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 517 |
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JOSEPH SWIGART
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 542 |
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