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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Portrait &
Biographical Record of Stark County, Ohio
Containing Biographical Sketches of
Prominent and Representative Citizens,
Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the
Presidents of the United States.
Chicago - Chapman Bros. -
1892
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HON.
W. J. PIERO, ex-Mayor, and an able lawyer of Canton,
doing business at No. 8 North Market Street, was born in the
city which is still his home Sept. 8, 1852, and was the
fourth son of fifth child in a family of eight children,
whose parents were Francis and Julia Ann (Krantz) Piero.
The father was born in Alsace, France, and the mother in
Hesse, Germany. The former emigrated to America in
1833, landing in New York City, whence he came to Canton.
For many years he was interested in the boot and shoe
business, but in 1860 sold out and embarked in the bakery
and confectionary business, which he arried on in Canton
until 1880. He then sold out and retired from active
business life. He was born Nov. 3, 1820, and his wife
in June of the same year. Both are still living, and
are well-known residents of Canton.
We now take up the personal history of our subject,
who, on leaving school, secured a position as office boy
with Judge S. Meyer, with whom he remained two years.
He then engaged in clerking in a clothing store for two
years, after which he returned to the office of Judge
Meyer and began reading law. He was admitted to
the Bar in September, 1874, after which he remained in the
office of his former preceptor and his son, with whom he
practiced until 1875, when he was elected Justice of the
Peace on the Democratic ticket, serving for a term of three
years. At the expiration of that time, he entered into
partnership with C. Turenne Meyer, under the firm
name of Meyer & Piero and with him successfuly
participated in practice until March, 1885.
On the 20th of December, 1883, Mr. Piero was
married to Miss Minnie T. Tyler of Canton, daughter
of Dominic Tyler Secretary and Treasurer of the
Diebold Safe & Lock Company in Canton. The lady was
born in Newport, Ky., and with her parents came to Canton
when about two years of age. They reside at No. 15,
East Fourth Street, and are numbered among the leading
citizens of the community, where they have a wide circle of
friends and acquaintances.
As the financial resources of Mr. Piero have
increased, he has made judicious investments in various
enterprises and is now interested in many leading business
concerns of Canton. He is connected with the Canton
Combination Lock Company, President of the Canton
Fertilizing Company and Director of the Canton Buggy
Company, the Crystal Spring Ice Company, the Ohio Volks
Zeitung Company and the Canton Board of Trade. He had
no special advantages in his youth, in fact began to earn
his own livelihood at a very early age, but he has overcome
the obstacles and difficulties in his path and worked his
way upward to a position of affluence.
For two terms, from 1881 to 1885, Mr. Piero served as
Mayor of Canton, having been elected on the Democratic
ticket, and during his administration some valuable
improvements were made in the city. The Market House
was erected, also the City Hall, which is a fire-proof
structure, and the city engine house. When his term of
service expired, he resumed the private practice of law, to
which he now devotes his energies. He is an able
practitioner, his arguments are logical and convincing, his
speech fluent, and thereby his success has been attained.
Source: Portrait &
Biographical Record of Stark County, Ohio - Chicago - Chapman Bros. - 1892
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