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History of Summit County,
with an outline sketch of Ohio
Edited by William Henry Perrin.
Illustrated.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers,
186 Dearborn Street
1881
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Copley Twp. -
ALFRED ADAIR, farmer; P. O. Copley
Center; was born in Montgomery Township, Northampton Co.,
Mass., Feb. 6, 1807. He is a grandson of Andrew
Adair, who was a native of Ireland, and a son of
James L. and Bathsheba (Griffin) Adair, to whom were
born the following family: Theodosia, Sally,
Alfred, Ursula, Anna, Elizabeth and Micah.
At the age of 10 years, our subject, with his parents,
removed to Genesee Co., N. Y., where they remained until
1824, when Alfred, who was then 17 years of age, went
to Canada, where he remained but one year, at the end of
which time his father died, and he returned home to his
widowed mother and took charge of the homestead, clearing it
of a heavy debt then hanging over it. In December,
1835, he married Martha P. Chamberlain, daughter of
Moses Chamberlain, and by her had eight children,
viz.: James L., who was born Sept. 24, 1837,
and died July 11, 1842; Joseph L., born Nov. 28,
1839; Alfred A., born Mar. 25, 1841; Martha A.,
born Apr. 19, 1843; Emily, who was born July 27,
1845, and died Aug. 24, 1848; Martha, who was born
July 31, 1847, and died Jan. 24, 1881, and Newman and
Newell, twins, born July 15, 1850. In 1840,
Mr. Adair, family, and mother, came to Copley Township,
Summit Co., Ohio, where the mother died, in January, 1855,
and the wife, Jan. 29, 1880. These two had been
married about forty-five years, and during that time were
always kind and considerate toward each other, and her death
leaves an aching void in his heart, as in those of her
relatives and friends. They took great pride in
educating their two sons, J. L. and A. A., who
valiantly served their country in its time of need,
enlisting in the spring of 1862 in Co. A, 4th O. V. I., and
serving faithfully until the close of the war in 1865.
Mr. Adair is an old and much respected resident of
Copley. He is a Republican, and is one of the
township's ablest citizens.
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City
of Akron -
FRANK ADAMS, President and
Superintendent of Akron Sewer Pipe Company, Sixth Ward; was
born in Windsor Co., Vt., July 5, 1819, and is the son of
Benjamin and Betsey (Crowley) Adams, who were natives of
Massachusetts, and were married in Vermont, where they had
moved with their parents when young. In 1838, they
came to Ohio, the journey being made by a wagon to Troy, N.
Y.; thence by canal to Buffalo; thence by lake to Cleveland;
and thence to Norton Township, in what is now Summit Co.,
where they settled on a farm previously purchased; they
farmed there about ten years, when they removed to Akron,
where they lived a retired life until his death, which
occurred Nov. 22, 1849; Mrs. Adams died about
twenty years later. They were members of the M. E. Church
for more than forty years, and took an active interest in
all church affairs. Frank remained at home
until within a few months of his majority; his education was
confined to a limited attendance at the district schools.
Upon leaving home, he went to live with his brother-in-law,
Mr. Samuel Manning, who was publishing
maps, and with him remained two years, in the printing
department. He then engaged as clerk in the post
office at Akron, remaining one year, when he left, and at
the expiration of another year, he returned to the post
office, remaining this time two years, when he engaged in
the map business, forming the partnership of Manning & Co.,
and remained one year, when the firm became Adams &
Egleston, the latter buying out Manning. They
continued until the spring of 1848, when their building was
destroyed by fire, which necessitated a dissolution of the
firm and the discontinuance of the business in Akron.
He then took an active part in the campaign, and was
Treasurer of the Whig Club. In March, 1849, he, was
appointed Postmaster of Akron by President Zachary
Taylor, and held the office during his administration
and that of his successor, Millard Fillmore.
After retiring from the post office, he opened a hat store,
which was burned in the spring of 1855. In May
following, he purchased an interest in the business of
Merrill, Powers & Co., and, in 1859, the firm became
Hill & Adams, which continued until 1868, when
the business was merged into a stock company, known as the
Hill & Adams Sewer Pipe Company, and, in
January, 1871, Mr. Hill retired, and the
corporate name became, as now, "The Akron Sewer Pipe
Company," of which Mr. Adams was made
President, also Superintendent, which offices he still
retains, having held them from the first formation of the
stock company. During the war, Mr. Adams
served as a member of the School Board, member of Council,
Treasurer of School Board, Corporation Treasurer, and
Treasurer of the Soldiers' Relief Fund. He was married
Jan. 21, 1846, to Miss Sarah J. Gale, a native of
Vermont, who came to Akron when young, with her parents. She
died Jan. 11, 1863. They had three children, two
living, viz., Julia Latham and May Perkins, both of
Akron. He was again married, Sept 2, 1863, to Mrs.
Janetta L. Murphy, formerly Miss Hart;
they have two children, viz., Frank H. and Belle
M. Mr. Adams was a Whig up to the formation of the
Republican party, and a Republican since that time. He
has been a member of the Episcopal Church for twelve years.
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Copley
Twp. -
WILLIAM G. ADAMS (deceased); was the
youngest in a family of eight children born to James and
Hannah Adams. The names of these children are as
follows: John, Alexander, James, Thomas, Charles,
Cyrus, Caroline and William G. William was
born June 17, 1819, and when quite young his parents moved
from his native State - Pennsylvania - and came to Wayne
Co., Ohio, where he remained with his parents until he was
26 years old, and then moved to Bath Township, and
subsequently to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. July 24, 1846, he
married Catharine, daughter of James and Sarah
Leonard, and to his union were born a family of six
children - James L., born June 4, 1849; John,
born Dec. 30, 1850; Melville, born Sept. 10, 1852;
Charles, born Feb. 20, 1854; Prentiss, born June
14, 1857, and Sarah, born Sept. 2, 1860.
Mrs. Adams was born Sept. 2, 1823. In the spring
of 1860, Mr. and Mrs. Adams, with their family, left
Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, and came to Copley Township, Summit Co.,
Ohio. It was here, on May 2, 1868, that Mr. Adams'
death occurred, of pneumonia. In his younger days,
Mr. Adams taught school to some extent, and his
subsequent life was full of enterprise and usefulness.
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City
of Akron -
ISAAC C. ALDEN, Treasurer of Whitman &
Miles Manufacturing Co., Akron, Ohio; is a son of Henry
and Abbie C. (Smith) Alden, and was born Nov. 20, 1851
at Bridgewater, Mass. When very young, the family
moved to Abington, Mass., where he went to school until he
was 15 yeas old, and then entered a wholesale dry goods
store in Boston, remaining two years. In 1869, he
entered the knife manufactory at Fitchburg, which place he
held until 1872, when he came to Akron and was made
Assistant Treasurer of Whitman & Miles Manufacturing Co.,
and, in 1877, he was made Treasurer of the concern. He
was married, Dec. 10, 1874, to Mis Emma L. Gifford,
of Fitchburg, Mass.
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City of Akron
DAVID S. ALEXANDER, agricultural
implements, Akron, Ohio; is a son of John and Mary
(Scott) Alexander, both of whom were born in Washington
Co., Penn., and were married in 1828. In February,
1831, they came to Ohio, and settled in Bath Township, where
he had previously bought 175 acres of land, upon which was
some improvements. He followed farming there for
several years, and, about 1840, began to import fine sheep
(Saxon breed) from Washington Co., Penn., of the McKeever
stock, driving overland. He was for some years a
prominent breeder and wool-grower, and brought into the
county the first flock of Spanish merinoes. He died in
1856, aged 58, and his wife in June, 1880, at the age of 80
years. They had four sons, of whom David, the
subject, was the oldest, and was born July 7, 1829, in
Washington Co., Penn., and was an infant when the family
came to this county. He grew up on the farm in
Bath Township, receiving his education in the schools of
Bath, and attending school in Akron from 18-47 to 1849,
under Gen. Leggett, now of Cleveland. At
24 years of age, he commenced business for himself, and, in
1851, bought the farm of J. P. Baldwin, and for
eleven years followed grain and stock farming successfully.
In 1861, he came to Akron, and bought several lots on "Ely
Tract," and commenced dealing in sheep, but dogs were very
destructive to them, and he quit the business. In
1871, he began to deal in agricultural implements, which he
still continues. His establishment was destroyed by
fire in 1879, entailing upon him a loss of $12,000. In
rebuilding, he fell from a scaffold and broke his thigh.
In June, 1853, he married Miss Sarah C. Hale, a
daughter of William Hale, of Bath Township.
Five daughters were born to them. Lucy J. was
the wife of C. R. Grant, of Akron, and died June
8,1880. Three brothers of subject died when young;
those living are David S. (subject), Joseph H., J.
Park and William G., who is a commission merchant
at Toledo, Ohio.
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City of Akron -
ALLEN FAMILY, Akron. Jesse
Allen, Sr., the progenitor of the Allen family,
was born in 1770, in Cornwall, Conn. His father
Nathaniel Allen was killed in the Revolutionary
war, when Jesse was rather young. He (Jesse)
lived with a family in Connecticut, until he grew up, and
there learned shoemaking. When a young man he went to
Tompkins Co., N. Y., where he married a lady of German
origin named Catherine Teitrich, in 1796; she was
born in Trenton, N. J., in 1776. He abandoned his
trade for farming, and bought a farm near Ithaca, N. Y., but
lost it by "bailing" a man, and thus his hard earnings were
swept away, except a few hundred dollars, with which he
determined to remove to Ohio, and, in the summer of 1811,
set out with his family of seven children, and brother's
family, bound hither; he bought land which adjoins the Sixth
Ward, then Middlebury. During the war of 1812, he
served under Maj. Spicer, and, while gone an Indian
spy came into the house, and the little boys working in the
clearing came with their axes to hew him down; it is
supposed the same Indian was killed near Summit Lake.
Mr. Allen continued to reside in Coventry Township
until his death, Sept. 12, 1837. Mr. A. was a
member of the Baptist Church, and in the early days, before
ministers came to the country, he, being an excellent
reader, used to read sermons at the pioneer religious
meetings. He was the father of ten children, seven of
whom were born near Ithaca, N. Y., as follows:
Jonah (see sketches in Coventry Township).
LEVI, the second son, was born Feb. 10, 1799,
and was 12 yeas old when the family came to Ohio; he walked
all the way and drove cattle. The following incident
is not inappropriate. When on the beach of Lake Erie,
the wagons with the provisions were delayed by accident, and
Levi and other boys, with John, a little
fellow, were on before with the cattle and were without
provisions, except the milk of the cows. At night, he
(Levi) covered John with sand to keep him war,
and thus they passed the night alone. Their first work
upon arriving, in July, 1811, was reaping in a harvest field
for Mr. Norton. He (Levi) grew up a
close thinker, and was a man of sound judgment.
DAVID, the third son, was born Dec. 2, 1800;
when about 18, he learned the trade of machinist; he and his
brother Jesse and McMillin commenced the
manufacture of carding machines about 1833. He
(David) married, in 1829, Beulah Jones. He
died in 1842.
JACOB, the fourth son of Jesse and Catharine Allen,
was born in Lansing Township, Tompkins Co., N. Y., Feb. 11,
1803; he was 8 years old when his family removed to Akron;
he learned his trade with Humphrey & Bagley in the
woolen mills at Middlebury, Ohio, and, when about 18, he
went to New York State and built a woolen factory near
Ithaca, where he lived until 1835, when he returned to Akron
and built several woolen factories, which he started, and
sold while in successful operation. He was in company
with Simon Perkins and Jededial Cummins for several
years, and was interested in all the railroads, doing all he
could to promote the interests of Akron, widening Howard
street and making various improvements. He was
interested in the manufacture of flour for several years,
and established an office for its sale, which his son,
Frank H., is now conducting in New York City. He
was a Democrat; never sought office, but was several times
in the Council. He married Miss Catharine Van
Sickle, Feb. 16, 1830; she bore him five children, three
of whom are living - Frank H., Mrs. Rufus Wright, of
Brooklyn, Long Island, and Miss Lizzie Allen.
He was liberal in the support of all churches, and died Nov.
25, 1879, in his 77th year.
JOHN, the fifth son, was born Dec. 5, 1804; he
learned the trade of stone-cutter, and was a contractor on
the locks of the Ohio Canal. He died at Piketon, Ohio,
Nov. 23, 1829.
JESSE, the sixth son, was born May 1, 1807; he
learned the trade of stone-cutter also, and, with his
brother David, manufactured carding machines in Akron
in early times; he engaged in flouring-mills in 1856, which
he continued until his death, Sept. 24, 1863. He was a
strong Whig during the last thirty years of his life, and an
active business man, and firmly established in uprightness
and integrity; of high moral standing talented; to know him
well was to esteem him.
CATHARINE was born Feb. 9, 1809, and died at the
age of 32 years. She married Mills Thompson, of
Hudson, Ohio; leaves six children.
SARAH was born Jan. 3, 1812, and was the first
one of the children born in Ohio. She married James
M. Hall, Mar. 22, 1832. She died Jan. 27, 1877.
HIRAM was born Sept. 14, 1814; he came to Akron
in 1840, and, with Jacob Allen, his brother, erected
in succession a woolen mill on Cherry street, the old
portion of City Mills, and brick mills, now occupied by
Allen & Co., first used as woolen factories; he erected
the block north of the Beacon Block, and which burned in
1871, when he immediately put up the present one. He
died Sept. 21, 1878, unmarried.
CHRISTIANA (Allen) Caldwell, the youngest
of ten children was born Jan. 30, 1822; she came to Akron in
1840, where she still resides in a pleasant home on
Broadway.
ALBERT Allen, the son of Levi Allen and
the grandson of Jesse Allen, Jr., was born Mar. 12,
1827, in Coventry Township, where, until he attained his
majority, he was employed at farming and clearing, after
which he learned mill-wrighting under John S. Gilcrest,
of Springfield, and engaged in plying his trade for a period
of nine years. In 1856, he built for J. & J. Allen
& Co., the Allen Mill, and was employed as
manager of the same for ten years. In 1867, in company
with Alexander H. Commins, he purchased the Stone
Mills which then had but four runs of stone; they conducted
a successful business under the firm name of Commons &
Allen, which continued up to the time of the death of
Mr. Commins, in 1880, since which time the firm name has
not been altered. The mills do an entirely merchant
business, and grind from two hundred and fifty to three
hundred barrels of flour per day. In the spring of
1881, the mills were changed to the Hungarian process, which
enlarges the capacity of the mills to four hundred and fifty
barrels of flour per day.
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Twinsburg
Twp. -
ETHAN ALLING, deceased, whose portrait
appears in this work, was born in North Milford, Conn., Aug.
13, 1800, and was a son of Lewis and Elizabeth (Clark)
Alling. His education was received by a limited
attendance at the schools of his neighborhood. In
1814, he entered the grocery store of Loomis & Johnson,
in New Haven, where he remained two years, when the firm
failed. In March, 1817, he came to Ohio with three
hired men for the purpose of improving some land his father
had bought in Twinsburg Township, and in Tract 3. They
at once commenced preparations for building, Mr. Alling
thus becoming the first actual white settler in the town.
In July, his father and mother arrived and became settlers.
They both died in September, 1823. The subject was
married, Apr. 24, 1824, to Miss Eliza Blackman, of
Bridgeport, Conn., who is yet living, and is now (1881) in
her 80th year. Mr. Alling opened a tavern in
Twinsburg in December, 1826, a business he continued for a
number of years. He was appointed Postmaster in
October, 1827, and, in 1831, he commenced the mercantile
business, and, in 1835, built a storehouse, in which he long
did a good business, and was finally succeeded by his two
eldest sons, Francis and Hoadly, who carried
on the business until their death. Mr. Alling
retired from business, and,
during the latter years of his life, lived upon the old
homestead; he died April 22, 1867. He was an active and
energetic business man, liberal in his support of churches
and charitable objects, and in public enterprises a leader.
By his marriage there were five children, but one of whom is
now living, viz., E. L. Mrs. Ailing has lived
on the old homestead since her husband's death.
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City
of Akron -
ANGELO ANDREW, of R. L. & A. Andrew,
of Akron; was born Feb. 1, 1846, in Boston Township, this
county; he lived at home until 17 years of age, when he was
apprenticed to the printer's trade with the Akron Beacon.
After serving two years, he went to Cleveland and worked on
the Ohio Farmer until Aug. 23, 1864, when he enlisted
in Co. H, 177th O. V. I., and served until the close of the
war, taking part in all the engagements in which his
regiment participated. On his return from the army, he
followed the business of painting, in Peninsula, for three
years; he then engaged as clerk in the same village,
in a general merchandise business, for a period of five
years. He then came to Akron and worked at his trade
with his brother, and, in 1877, formed the partnership
indicated above. Their business is confined to wall
paper decorations for public buildings and residences, which
they handle by the wholesale as well as retail, and all
kinds of painting, employing from six to twelve skilled
workmen. Their store is 22x66 feet, with two stories
and a basement; church and hall decorations are a special
feature of their business. Aug. 14, 1873, he married
Miss Lizzie Warburton, a native of Northampton
Township; they have three children - Maybelle, Frank
and Bessie.
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City
of Akron -
FRANK M. ATTERHOLT, lawyer, Akron, son of John and
Emeline (Williams) Atterholt, was born Dec. 19, 1848,
near New Lisbon, Ohio, where he lived on a farm until he was
14 years of age, in the meantime attending school, and then
entered the New Lisbon High School, which he attended for
three years. At the age of 17 he began teaching, and
continued some twelve years, spending his summer vacations
in the National Normal School of Lebanon. He graduated
from Mt. Vernon College in 1870, having entered three years
previous. He was for three years Superintendent of the
Columbiana Public Schools, and for some time editor of the
Independent Register of that place. In June,
1878, he began the study of law under the direction of
Upson, Ford & Baird, and pursued his studies with them
two years, being admitted to the bar on Oct. 5, 1880, at the
session of the Supreme Court at Columbus, and has since been
in practice here, having moved here in 1870. He was
married to Miss Mary E. Beard, of Columbiana, Ohio,
Dec. 31, 1872; she was a teacher in the public schools of
that place. She bore him one child, a son.
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