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AKRON
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SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO
1825 - 1928
Volumes II & III
Illustrated
Publ. Chicago and Akron
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1928

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  CARL JUDD CASE.   The consensus of public opinion allots Dr. Carl Judd Case a creditable position in the ranks of Akron's physicians and surgeons and he is moreover entitled to representation in this volume from the fact that he comes of pioneer ancestry, being of the fourth generation of the family in Ohio.  He was born in Hudson, this state, Aug. 7, 1882, sixty-eight years after his great-grandfather, Chauncey Case, had taken up his abode within the borders of the present commonwealth, where he spent his life as a farmer of Summit county.  John Goodman Case, the Doctor's father, was born in Hudson and completed his education in Western Reserve College, after which he devoted many years to dairy farming, which he followed with success.  He is now residing at Los Gatos, California, where he is owner of an excellent fruit ranch.  He married Josephine Peck and they became the parents of six children: Carl Judd, of this review; Aubrey E., who is living in Painesville, Ohio; Laurence G., a resident of Los Gatos, California; Mrs. Marion Joy, of Cuyahoga Falls; Mrs. Jessie Plaskett, living in Salinas, California; and Ethel J., of Oakland, California.
     The youthful experiences of Dr. Case were those of the farm bred boy who early becomes familiar with the work of tilling the soil and caring for the crops.  He attended the district schools of Summit county and afterward continued his education in the high school of Hudson, from which he was graduated in 1898.  He next matriculated in the Western Reserve Academy at Hudson and won his Bachelor of Arts degree from Adelbert College in 1905.  A mental review of the broad field of business, with its limitless opportunities along industrial, commercial and professional lines, led him to the determination to make the practice of medicine his life work and he enrolled as a medical student in the Western Reserve University, which conferred upon him his professional degree in 1910.  A little later he secured the appointment of interne in the City Hospital of Cleveland and thus put his theoretical knowledge to the practical test.  In 1911 he opened an office in Peninsula, Ohio, where he remained until 1914, when he sought the broader field of labor offered in Akron and has since been a representative of the medical fraternity in this city.  At the time of the World war he offered his services to the government and became a member of the medical examining board for East Akron.  He was physician for the Children's Home for the year 1918, but the major part of his time and attention has been given to his private practice, which has steadily grown in volume and importance.  He has membership in the Summit County Medical Society, the Sixth District Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and thus keeps in touch with the onward trend of modern thought and progress.  He is most conscientious and faithful in the performance of his duties and his labors have brought rich rewards.
     On the 7th of August, 1912, Dr. Case was married in Cleveland to Miss Myra Clark, who was born at Shandon, Butler county, Ohio, and is a graduate of the Western Reserve College and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, while prior to her marriage she successfully taught music in Cleveland.  She is prominent in the musical circles of Akron and she has membership in the Burns Club, the Woman's City Club and the Oberlin College Club of Akron.  She likewise belongs to the New Century Club and the Woman's College Club and is director of French classes in the Woman's City Club.  Dr. Case has membership in the University Club, the Burns Club, the Civitan Luncheon Club, the Akron Real Estate Board, the Akron Chamber of Commerce and the Akron Automobile Club.  He and his wife are members of the First Congregational church.  They find their recreation largely in travel and are people of liberal culture, occupying a prominent position in the leading social circles of Akron.  Dr. Case's residence is at No. 277 South Arlington*.

Source:  Akron and Summit County, Ohio 1825-1928 - Vol. II - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago & Akron.  The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1928 - Page 705
* NOTE:  The home at 277 South Arlington, Akron, OH is no longer standing.

Hon. J. Earl Cox
HON. J. EARL COX.  Thoroughly qualified as a representative of thelegal profession,  J. Earl Cox has been called to the bench and is now serving as judge of the Akron municipal court.  Having chosen as a life work a profession in which advancement depends entirely upon individual merit and ability, he has steadily worked his way upward and now occupies an enviable position for one of his years.  His birth occurred on a farm outside of Mason, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1890, his parents being Richard M. and Lucy (Perine) Cox, natives of Ohio and of Illinois, respectively, the mother having removed to this state in early life.  Here they still reside and Richard M. Cox has always devoted his attention to the occupation of farming.  The family numbered three children: J. Earl, Richard M. and Mrs. Grace Stitt.
     The boyhood of J. Earl Cox was spent on the home farm, where he was required to work hard.  Determined to acquire an education he studied diligently, being graduated from the Mason high school in 1907.  He then entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he was graduated in 1911.  Returning to Mason, he taught mathematics and science in high school one year.  The next year he was employed in the internal revenue office in Cincinnati and the pension bureau in Washington.  He then accepted the appointment as superintendent of schools in Mason, thus serving in 1913-14, and it was while holding this position that he made his decision to give up pedagogy and take up law.   After a summer spent in the Kansas harvest fields, in 1914, he entered the law department of the University of Chicago, from which he
was graduated in 1917.  He sought to enlist in the army but was rejected three times because of a minor physical defect.  He was
admitted to the Ohio bar shortly after his graduation, and with the idea of practicing law in the west he visited Missouri, Oklahoma,
Nebraska and Kansas.  After three months' prospecting he concluded that Ohio was the best.  He returned to Mason and established himself.  At the same time he bought out the weekly paper published in Mason, the Warren County Appeal, which he edited and published for two years.  In law school he roomed with John Mcintosh, of Oberlin, who invited Mr. Cox to form a partnership with him.  They surveyed Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Cleveland and other places and decided on Akron, locating here in April, 1919.  They dissolved partnership in 1925.  Mr. Cox continued alone in active practice until the first of November, 1927, when he was elected judge of the municipal court.  A liberal clientele was accorded him and his work in the courts constantly increased in volume and importance.  Prior to his election to the bench he served as councilman from the first ward for one term beginning Jan. 1, 1926.  He is a director of the North Hill
Savings & Loan Company, which he organized, and is also serving as secretary of the North Hill Masonic Temple Company and the North Hill Holding Company.
     In 1917 Judge Cox was married to Miss Irene Moody, a daughter of Jason Moody, formerly of London, England.  They belong to the North Hill Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mr. Cox was formerly a member of the official board and now teaches a class of adults in the Sunday school.  Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging to Mount Akra Lodge No. 680, F. & A. M.; Lebanon Chapter, R. A. M.; and Yusef Khan Grotto, M. O. V. P. E. R.  He is likewise a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Torch Club, the Eskimo Club, the Elks and the Exchange Club, while along strictly professional lines he has membership connection with the Akron Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association.  Moreover, he belongs to the North Hill Board of Trade and he is the secretary of the Summit County Ohio Wesleyan Alumni Association. His interests are broad and varied.  He is alert to the needs and conditions of the time and in all that he does is actuated by a spirit of progress resulting beneficially to the community in which he makes his home.
Source:  Akron and Summit County, Ohio 1825-1928 - Vol. III - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago & Akron.  The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1928 - Page 474
  GEORGE W. CROUSE.     A native son of Akron, George W. Crouse, was born Sept. 7, 1877, his parents being George W. and Martha K. (Parsons) Crouse, the former a native of Tallmadge, Ohio, and the latter of Brimfield, Ohio.  The father long occupied a place as one of the distinguished and honored residents of the state by reason of his extensive operations in the fields of manufacture and finance and also by reason of the aid which he rendered his country both in days of peace and times of war.  Back of him was an ancestry honorable and distinguished, his grandfather having served as one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war.  His parents, George and Margaret H. (Robison) Crouse, were pioneer settlers of Summit county, where on the old family homestead George W. Crouse, Sr., was born Nov. 23, 1832.  His youthful experiences were those of the farm-bred boy and at the age of sixteen years he became a teacher, following that profession through five winter terms of school.  Appreciation of his worth and ability on the part of his fellow townsmen led to his appointment to the office of deputy treasurer of Summit county in 1855 and for four years thereafter he served in that position and also discharged the duties of deputy county auditor.   In 1858 he was elected auditor of Summit county and endorsement of his record during his first term came in a reelection in 1860, but before the end of his second term he resigned that office to become county treasurer, filling out an unexpired term.  He was ever most loyal to the interests entrusted to his care and discharged his duties most capably, measuring up to every requirement of public service.  While still in office he was appointed local representative of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad, which had been extended as far westward as Akron.  In 1863 he became local financial manager for C. Aultman & Company, supervising the erection of a branch factory in Akron.  Two yeas later a reorganization of the business led to the adoption of the firm style of Autman, Miller & Company, at which time Mr. Crouse became one of the stockholders and later was elected secretary and treasurer, continuing to fill the dual office until chosen for the presidency, in this connection he was instrumental in building up a large manufacturing enterprise that featured prominently in the growth and prosperity of the city.  His keep insight enabled him to recognize and utilize possibilties and opportunities that others passed heedlessly by.  He and Colonel George T. Perkins were the only two Akron citizens who supported the establishment of the first rubber factory here and continued with the industry through the days of its early struggle.  It was in 1870 that Mr. Crouse became a stockholder and one of the original incorporators of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company, and was a member of the first board of directors.  He never lost faith in the undertaking, which in the course of years has become one of the chief productive industries not only of Akron and Ohio, but of the entire country.  As a financier Mr. Crouse was also widely known.  He became one of the organizers of the Bank of Akron in 1870 and continued as its chief executive officer until it merged with the Second National Bank.  In 1890 he was elected to the presidency of the City National Bank and so continued until it was succeeded by the National City Bank in 1903.  The Akron Beacon was at one time among his business interests and in every field which he entered he so directed his labors that success in notable measure rewarded his efforts.
     When the United States became involved in civil war George W. Crouse, Sr., was filling office in Summit county, but in 1864 he donned the blue uniform as a private of Company F, One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio Infantry, with which he remained until honorably discharged after the close of hostilities.  Following the war he became the only third degree member of the Commandery of Ohio, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, and he ever proudly wore the little bronze button that proclaimed him a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.  He not only rendered valuable service to his country in times of war but was equally faithful in days of peace, being elected one of the county commissioners in 1872, his service on the board continuing through three years.  He was likewise a member and president of the Akron city council and served on the Akron board of education, of which he was likewise president.  In 1885 he was elected to the state senate and while a member of the upper house of the general assembly gave thoughtful and earnest consideration to all vital questions which came up for settlement.  No one ever questioned the integrity of his position nor of his devotion to the general good.  In 1886 he was elected to congress, in which he served with William McKinley, and between the two there was a warm personal friendship which continued through the latter's term as governor of Ohio and during his occupancy of the White House as president of the nation.  Mr. Crouse was long recognized as one of the republican leaders of Ohio and did much to direct the policy and shape the destiny of the party in this state.  His was a many-sided nature and at all times his activities were directed along lines of progress, reform and advancement.  He served as a trustee of Buchtel College for a number of years and gave to the institution Crouse Gymnasium.  He belonged to the Masonic fraternity and to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and both he and his wife were leading and helpful members of the Episcopal church, of which Mr. Crouse was a vestryman.  In the Beacon-Journal it was said editorially: "He gave a lifetime, almost, to the upbuilding of his beloved Akron, and in his passing all Akron bows its head in sorrow.  He was an example that has helped many a young man, unknown to him, but who, seeing and feeling the influence of his personality, has been encouraged to continue the good fight until some of that success that always crowns persistent effort has rewarded him.  His death is not only a distinct loss to the city, but a personal bereavement for thousands of friends, whose grief will be second only to that of the members of the immediate family."
     In his youthful days George W. Crouse, Jr., had no unusual experiences beyond those that come to the boy whose time is largely given to the acquirement of a public school education.  Later he was a student in Buchtel College and in Yale University.  A business rather than a professional career appealed to him, and at the age of twenty years he entered the business world, being first associated with the B. F. Goodrich Company.  He was also identified at different periods with the Aultman-Miller Company and the Thomas Phillips Company and in 1906 he turned his attention to the manufacture of sewer pipe. It was in that year that the Crouse Clay Products Company was organized and incorporated and its subsequent growth and development offers a fine tribute to its management.  Mr. Crouse is familiar with every phase of the business and as its chief executive wisely directs its interests and activities.  Among his other business interests he is a member of the directorate of the First Trust & Savings Bank and he is financially interested in various other business concerns of the city in which he has always made his home and with whose progress he has been closely associated.
     On the 14th of November, 1900, Mr. Crouse wedded Miss Elizabeth Alden, a daughter of Isaac C. Alden, who for many years was connected with the Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Company of Akron but passed away in 1921.  Mr. and Mrs. Crouse have one son, George W. (III), who was born in Akron in 1903 and is now associated in business with his father.  He married Miss Marjorie B. Burch, a daughter of Colonel Frank Burch, a well known attorney of Akron.
     Long a member of the Akron Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Crouse filled the presidency in 1915 and 1916 and has ever cooperated heartily in movements projected by that organization for the city's benefit and improvement.  He also served as chairman of the Summit County War Work Council. Appreciative of the social amenities of life, he is a member of the Portage Country Club, the Akron City Club, and the Akron University Club.  He and his wife belong to St. Paul's Episcopal church.  They are prominent in Akron's best social circles, and the hospitality of their own home makes it a most delightful social center.

Source:  Akron and Summit County, Ohio 1825-1928 - Vol. III - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago & Akron.  The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1928 - Page 631
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