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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio
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Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.
Chicago, Ill -
1908

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  GEORGE H. WADSWORTH

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 1054

  WILLIAM WAGGONER

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 503

  GEORGE WAGONER

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 372

  HENRY L. WAGONER

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 722

  PHILIP WAGONER

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 372

  WILLIAM H. WAGONER

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 529

  WALTER WAINWRIGHT

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 748

  T. W. WAKEMAN

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 299

  JOHN WALDKIRCH

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 926

  RICHARD B. WALKER

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 801

  HIRAM H. WALLACE

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 901

  JAMES W. WALLACE

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 902

  JOHN W. WALSH, whose fine estate of ninety-five acres can scarcely be excelled in Summit County for beauty of location or extensive improvements, has here made stock-raising a science and farming a hobby.  Mr. Walsh was born in Cuyahoga Falls Township, Summit County, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1854, and is a son of William and Rose (Carlin) Walsh.
    
WILLIAM WALSH, was born in County Cork, Ireland, came to America in 1848 and died in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Mar. 23, 1904, aged seventy-six years.  In Ireland he learned the trade of shoemaker, which he intended to follow after locating in the United States, but circumstances diverted him to the paper-making industry, which he followed for some forty years at the Falls, being an active man up to the time of his death.  He married Rose Carlin, whom he survived, her death taking place Jan. 23, 1901, when she had attained the age of seventy-five years.  They had eight children, namely:  Mary, who married Jacob Donaldson, residing at Cuyahoga Falls; John W., Richard E., who is deceased; Rose A., residing with her brother, John W.; Thomas F., Isabelle A., deceased; Cornelius M. who is connected with the Walsh Milling Company, and Margaret E., residing with her brother, John W.  The family was reared in the Roman Catholic faith.
     John W. Walsh obtained his education in the common and High Schools of Cuyahoga Falls, after which he spent seven years in the Hanford Brothers' paper mills.   At the end of this time he entered the regular army, becoming a member of Company E, Second U. S. Infantry.  He remained in the service for five years, being successively under the command of General Miles, General Wheaton and General Howard.  He reached Idaho, in August, 1877, and for one year was engaged in the campaign against the Nez Perce Indians.  After leaving the army Mr. Walsh continued to live in the West for five years more.  He went to Washington and there embarked in a saw-mill business which he expanded into a flourishing industry, requiring him to employ a force of twenty men.  This business he continued until 1889, when his thoughts turned to the East and to the section in which he was born, resulting in his coming back to look over the business situation here.  He has never since left this favored part of the country.
     Shortly after his return to Cuyahoga Falls, Mr. Walsh purchased an interest in the Cuyahoga Paper Company, which later became the Walsh Paper Company, and he continued to manage this business until May 19, 1902.  In the meantime he had purchased the Howe farm, his present estate, and resided in the old homestead until the completion of his magnificent residence, which, without doubt, is the finest rural home in Summit County.  The building of this home was commenced in 1899 and was completed in 1901.  It is solidly constructed of brick and its stately exterior is matched by its fine interior finish and rich furnishings.  Every modem comfort and convenience made possible by the use of money and the exercise of good taste, have been introduced to make this a home in every sense of the word.  The house has a beautiful setting, including a wide, grassy lawn, noble shade trees and flowering shrubs.  There is about the entire place a harmony of details that is pleasant to contemplate and must have been a joy to plan.
     On this beautiful farm is to be found a herd of some of the finest cattle in Summit County.  They include Aberdeen, Angus and Holstein, with a few Jerseys.  Mr. Walsh owns a Polled-Angus bull, a splendid specimen, which took the prize at the Summit County fair in 1905.  He makes farming only a side issue, enjoying it more as a hobby than as an occupation for profit.  He has two silos and raises his own feed.  Mr. Walsh here also is able to indulge his love of fine dogs and owns a number of blooded Shepherd and French bull dogs, of the test strains.  It is scarcely necessary to add, in a work which belongs especially to a section in which he is so well known, that Mr. Walsh is a genial, companionable man, big-hearted and generous, benevolent and charitable.  Although he is an admirer and strong supporter of the present Chief Executive of the Nation, he was reared a Democrat and still adheres to the old principles of that party.  He is a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church of Cuyahoga Falls.

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 766
  WILLIAM WALSH - See John W. Walsh
Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 766
  WILLIAM WALTERS

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 971

  DAVID WALTZ

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 597

  FRANK WALTZ

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 758

  MADISON WALTZ

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 597

  HON. R. M. WANNAMAKER

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 314

  JOSEPH WARBURTON, M. D.

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 636

  ISRAEL WARE

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 539

  NORMAN WARE

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 539

  ADAM K. WARNER

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 885

  C. C. WARNER

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 342

  FRANK WARNER

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 877

  HENRY WARNER

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 927

  W. E. WILSON, junior member of the firm of Betzler and Wilson Fountain Pen, a prospering industry at Akron, came to this city in 1878.  He was born at Niles, Ohio, Nov. 3, 1869, and was about nine years old when he parents - James and Isabella (Biggers) Wilson - located in Akron.
     Mr. Wilson was educated in the Akron schools and, being an ambitious boy, early began to be self-supporting, securing a position with the B. F. Goodrich Company while still young.  He was faithful and industrious and remained with that company and the American Hard Rubber Company until 1891.  He then went to Cincinnati, where he was engaged in the fountain pen business until 1892, when he returned to Akron and, in partnership with J. F. Betzer, established the firm of Betzler and Wilson, for the manufacture of the fountain pen bearing the name of the firm.  The business has prospered and fifteen men are employed in the factory at Nos. 54- 56 South Street, while four traveling salesmen represent the firm on the road.  They manufacture 100 different styles of pen, making a specialty of the Betzler and Wilson Self-filling Pen.
     In 1892 Mr. Wilson was married to Ella I. Gregory, of Akron.  He is a Thirty-second Degree Mason and belongs to the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council at Akron, the Alkoran Shrine and the Lake Erie Consistory at Cleveland.  He is prominent also as an Odd Fellow, belonging to both branches of the order.  Mr. Wilson, like Mr. Betzler, is an enterprising business man, one who not only understands the demands of the public for a first- class article, but knows also how to push its sale.  The firm .stands high as a business house of Akron.
Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 1086
  BYRON P. WISE, secretary of the Camp Conduit Company, at Akron, has been identified with electrical work almost throughout his business career.  He was born in Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of William Wise, a native of that township.
     The family to which he belongs came from Pennsylvania to Ohio at an early day.  David Wise, the grandfather of Byron P., settling in Green Township, Summit County.  Mr. Wise's ancestors in general have been agriculturists, and his father is a retired farmer living at Greentown.
     Mr. Wise was educated primarily in the Uniontown public schools, and later took a business course in the Hammel's Commercial College at Akron.  He then associated himself with business houses where he could closely study electricity, in which he was deeply interested.  For a time he was in the employ of the Erie Railroad, then was connected with the Camps for six years, and since the organization of the Camp Conduit Company, has been the secretary of his concern.
     In 1900 Mr. Wise was married to Lela Smith, of Summit County, who is a daughter of D. J. Smith.  He has two sons: Royale C. and John Clarke.  Mr. Wise and family belong to Grace Reformed Church.

Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill - 1908~Page 444
  URIAS C. WITNER

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 1099

  FRANCIS HANMER WRIGHT, a leading citizen of Tallmadge, was born in Tallmadge Township, Summit County, Ohio, July 7, 1834, and is a son of Francis H. and Clarinda (Fenn) Wright.
     In 1810 the grandparents of Francis Hanmer Wright, Elizur and Rhoda (Hanmer) Wright, came to Summit County.  They settled on what was known as the Southwest road, along which Mr. Wright bought a large tract of land.  He built here the first frame barn in Tallmadge Township, and this structure was utilized for a time as a place in which to hold religious exercises.  He continued to acquire land until he owned a large portion of the western half of the township, including the valuable property known as Coal Hill.  He had been a prominent man in both church and public affairs at Canaan Connecticut, and he continued to be held in high esteem after settling in Summit County.  He reared a family of five daughters and four sons, all of whom became more or less noted in their various communities.  They were:  Philo, Elizur, Francis H., James, Polly, Clarissa, Harriet, Amelia and Lucy.  Philo
Wright married Sally Owen and they resided in Tallmadge Township, where he practiced medicine for many years.  Elizur Wright (2) was a distinguished man.  He resided for a time in the city of New York and was the able editor of a strong anti-slavery paper there.  He became professor of mathematics at the Western Reserve University, at Hudson, which position he was obliged to resign on account of his radical views against slavery.  He then removed to Denham, Massachusetts, and had an office in Boston, where he was an actuary of life insurance, and for several years was Commissioner of Insurance for the state.  He died in 1890, aged eighty years, at which time a biographical sketch of his life was produced in McClure's Magazine.  James Wright became a minister of the Congregational Church.  After a pastorate at Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio, he went to California and died there in 1900.  Polly Wright married Dr. Daniel Upson, then of Worthington, Ohio, who later came to Tallmadge, and they were the parents of William, Daniel A., James W. and Francis H., the latter of whom died in Cleveland, and left a family of children. Clarissa Wright married a Mr. Rurrell, of Elyria, Ohio.  Harriet Wright married Rev. John Seward, who became a minister of the Congregational Church, who was stationed at Hudson and at other points.  Amelia Wright married Rev. William Hanaford, who entered the Congregational ministry, and after serving pastorates at a number of places, died at Tallmadge.
     Francis H. Wright, father of Francis Hanmer, was born at Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, July 16, 1795, and died in Tallmadge, in 1886, aged ninety-one years.  He accompanied his parents to Summit County and subsequently inherited a part of the valuable Coal Hill property.  In partnership with his brother-in-law.  Dr. Daniel Upson, he was engaged for many years in developing coal mines here, shipments being made to Cleveland and Chicago, Mr. Wright accompanying the first load of coal ever shipped to the latter city.  He married Clarinda Fenn, who was born in 1802, and died in 1888.
     Francis Hanmer Wright was reared in Tallmadge, attended the Tallmadge Academy and spent one year in the Cleveland Agricultural College, leaving when nineteen years of age and teaching school for a year.  He then stalled to farm and subsequently went into a dairy business, which latter industry he continued until the spring of 1897, supplying patrons at Akron for a period of twenty-two years.  During the Civil War, when the governor of Ohio called out men to serve for 100 days, Mr. Wright responded and became a member of Company D, 164th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in as first lieutenant.  He was mustered out at Cleveland, after assisting in the defense of the forts around Washington city.  He is a member of Buckley Post, Grand Army of the Republic.  He belongs to the Grange.
     Mr. Wright married Harriet Kilbourn, of Akron, who was a daughter of Lewis and Eliza KilbournMrs. Wright died July 27, 1904, at the age of sixty-six years.  They had four children, namely: Winnifred B., who died in 1882, at the age of nineteen years; Elberta, who married E. R. Hine, died in 1900, aged thirty-five years, leaving one son and two daughters, Leland W., Winnifred and Leora; Francis H., who was born in 1868, married Frances Parmalee, a daughter of Charles P. Parmalee, and has five children, Julia, Geneva, Kathryn, Dorothy and Francis H., resides with his father at Tallmadge; and Ida, who married W. A. Osborn, lives at Akron, Ohio.

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 664
  HON. THOMAS WRIGHT, a prominent citizen of Springfield Township, who served in the Ohio State Legislature from 1890 until 1891, declining renomination, is a representative of a leading pioneer family of this section.  Mr. Wright was born in Tompkins County, New York, Feb. 22, 1830, and is a son of Thomas Wright, Sr., and his wife, Lucy (Kirkman) WrightThomas Wright, Sr., and his wife celebrated their golden wedding in 1867.  They were born and married in England.  Four of their children were born in England and two after they came to America.  They were: George, James, Jemima, Josiah, Thomas and Lucy.  The eldest son, George Wright, died some years, and then became a bookkeeper, residing in Akron.  He married Mary Bucchtel, who was a sister of John Bucchtel.  Jemima, the eldest daughter, residing on her farm in Michigan, is the widow of William Harris, who died on his farm in the neighbor of Hudson, Michigan.  Josiah Wright (deceased) was educated at Meadville, Pennsylvania, and then went to Virginia as a teacher.  He married there, and after the death of his first wife, married again and subsequently moved to Missouri, where he engaged in a lumber business.  Lucy A., the youngest member of the family, died in the winter of 1906.  Prior to her marriage with Andrew Jackson, she was a school teacher, a profession her husband also followed.  Later Mr. and Mrs. Jackson moved to Akron, where he and h is sons went into the lumber business.  One son, Dr. Thomas Jackson, went to the Philippine Islands in the service of the government.
     Thomas Wright was gifted by nature with a quick intelligence, and, although his schooling was limited to attendance at the public or district schools, by home study he became quite well informed.  He prepared himself for teaching school, and taught for two terms in Coventry Township so satisfactorily that he was besought by his patrons to continue in the educational field after his marriage.  He thought it best, however, to turn his attention to farming, and began on rented land in Springfield Township, but later he purchased the old Wright homestead, on which his father had settled in 1837.  This property was partly cleared but the country round about was but thinly settled.  The aged parents lived in this home until death.  They were typical pioneers and are remembered with the respectful affection by their children.
     In October, 1852, Thomas Wright was married to Elizabeth A. Henderson, who died in May, 1904, aged seventy-two years.  She was a daughter of James and Mary (Smith) Henderson residents of Springfield Township, who reared a large family which still has numerous descendants in this locality.  Mrs. Wright was a teacher prior to her marriage.  She was a most estimable woman, fulfilling every duty as wife, mother and neighbor.  For many years she had been a consistent member of the Pleasant Valley Methodist Episcopal Church, and she was laid to rest in the cemetery adjoining.  Her happy married life had covered fifty-two years.  She was permitted to enjoy the celebration of their Golden Wedding, on Oct. 5, 1902, a memorable occasion to all who were permitted to participate in its quiet festivities.  The children born to Thomas Wright and wife who reached maturity were: James F., .John F., Lucy J., Myron T. and Edwin E.  All the children, both of Thomas Wright, Sr., and Thomas Wright, Jr., who attained maturity were school teachers. 
     James F. Wright, eldest son of Thomas Wright, Jr., residing near his father and engaged in farming is one of the leading citizens of Springfield Township.  Her married Mary Steese and they have three children.  Lucy, the only daughter, was educated very thoroughly and became a teacher.  She married Herman G. McChesney, who is in the rural mail service, and resides at Akron.  Mr. McChesney owns an excellent farm of forty acres near Krumroy.  Mr. and McChesney have on eson in the mail service, and two other children residing at home.  Edwin E., the second son of Mr. Wright, engaged in teaching prior to his marriage, but for a member of years has been prominently associated with newspaper work.  He was first connected with the Akron Journal, later the Cleveland Press, then the Pitsburg Dispatch, and the New York Press, but now fills the editorial chair of the Youngstown Telegram.  He married Lucy Carl of Mogadore, Ohio.
     In his early political life, Mr. Wright was a Whig, casting his first presidential vote for Gen. Zachery Taylor.  He came into sympathy with the party that made John C. Fremont its standard-bearer, then voted for Abraham Lincoln and for every subsequent Republican candidate.  He saw service during t he Civil War, enlisting in Company H, 164th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1864, with the rank of corporal.  He has long been an active factor in politics in Summit County, but has seldom accepted political office of any kind, although well qualified to do so.  In 1889 he was elected a member of the State Legislatureand served through one term with fidelity and efficiency, but no arguments were sufficient to induce him to be again a candidate.
     Mr. Wright's fraternal connections are with Buckley Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Akron, and with Akron Lodge. No. 83, A. F. & A. M.  He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 736
  GEORGE W. WUCHTER

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 1029

  WILLIAM WUCHTER

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 1029

  FREDERICK WUNDERLICH

Source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 576

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