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Biographies
Source:
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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Franklin
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DAVID D. DAILEY, farmer; P. O.
Nimisila. He was born in Blair Co., Penn., Nov. 15,
1817. He worked on his father's farm until 1841, when
he came to Franklin Township, and has been here ever since.
He was married in 1846, to Elizabeth Row; they had
one son, Adam; wife died in 1850; he was remarried,
in 1852, to Anne Holl. They have four children
- Andrew, Catharine, Michael and Clara.
He is one of the prominent and well-to-do citizens of his
township.
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Copley Twp. -
S. DALES, farmer; P. O. Montrose; was
born in Cartright Township, Delaware Co., N. Y., Mar. 25,
1802. He is one in the following family, born to
William and Susanna (Hunt) Dales, viz., Stephen,
William, Peter, Samuel. James and Hannah,
of whom but Stephen and James are living. In
1812, this family came to the neighborhood of Cuyahoga
Falls, near which place the father rented a farm for his
family, and then enlisted as teamster in the war of that
year. Since their arrival in Summit County, the
Dales have resided there. The father died an
honored and respected citizen at the advanced age of 76.
The date of the mother's death is Jan. 20, 1841. In
December, 1826, Stephen was married to Miss Marcia
Richardson, daughter of Elkanah Richardson, and
to this union was born a family of seven children as
follows: Olive, Alvira, Mary (deceased),
George (deceased), George S., William and
Angeline. After his marriage Mr. Dales
removed to Bath Township where he and family remained two
years, at the expiration of which time they moved to Copley
Township, locating on Lot No. 4, where they have since made
their home. For them life was filled with the
privations and hard labor common to pioneers. The wife
and mother died May 26, 1865, and for his second and present
wife Mr. Dales married Mary Viall, widow of
Sullivan Viall and daughter of George Freely.
Mr. Dales has a fine home and property, which he and his
family have earned by hard and honest labor.
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Hudson Twp. -
DANFORTH FAMILY
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Hudson Twp. -
DR. HARRISON DANFORTH
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Twinsburg
Twp. -
ERASTUS DANIELS, farmer; P. O.
Twinsburg; son of Lemuel C. and Eunice (Young) Daniels;
was born in August, 1824, in Middlesex Co., Conn.; he
was raised to farming in his early boyhood, which business
proved distasteful to him, and he learned the wagon-maker's
trade. Of the children born to Lemuel and Eunice
Daniels, were Aristarchus, Seth, Levi, Amasa, Edmund,
Harriet, Rosetta, came West, to this township with his
brother Levi, purchasing 105 acres of E. Carver,
on Lot 14, for which they paid $3,000; for about fifteen
years they followed their trade, in connection with farming.
Jan. 9, 1860, he married Wealthy Matthews, who came
West in 1853; she was born June 26, 1836, in St. Lawrence
Co., N. Y., and was the daughter of John Matthews,
who was born in January, 1807, in Hamilton Co., Vt.; her
father was a son of Joseph, who was born on Cape Cod
Aug. 16, 1772, and was a Sea Captain; he died Dec. 6, 1845;
his wife was a Hall. The mother of Mrs.
Daniels, prior to her marriage was Delulia Thompson;
their marriage was solemnized Jan. 1, 1827, and her death
occurred Sept. 20, 1840; the Matthews family are of
English ancestry; the children born to John and Delulia
Matthews were as follows: Louisa, Mary, Martha,
Amelia, George, Wealthy, Harriet and Alma.
To Mr. and Mrs. Daniels have been born one child -
Minnie G.; they are members of the Congregational
Church; in politics, he is Republican, yet no politician;
his farm, consisting of 105 acres, is situated nearly one
mile south of the Center; his brother Levi died in
February, 1865, and was unmarried.
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Hudson Twp. -
DARROW FAMILIES
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Stow Twp. -
HARVEY DAVIS, farmer and fruit-grower; P. O. Hudson;
was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1813. His parents,
Nathaniel and Electa (Palmer) Davis, were natives of
Middletown, Conn., and from their native village they went
to New York, in 1807. From New York they came to
Summit Co., Ohio, in 1818, where they remained for a short
time. From this point they went to Copley Township,
buying 320 acres of woodland, on which they soon erected a
comfortable log cabin, and they then commenced clearing and
improving the place. Here Mr. and Mrs.
Davis brought up a family of nine children, of whom
only our subject and two others are living. Mr.
and Mrs. Davis always made this place
their home, from the time of their arrival there to their
deaths. Harvey was raised and educated in
Copley Township. He began in life with nothing but a
strong constitution and willing hands. He was married, in
1842, to Clarissa Bosworth, and by her had a
family of six—Francis, Nathaniel (deceased).
May and Fay. Francis was a soldier in
the war of secession, and was a member of Company G., 115th
Regiment, O. V. I. Since the war, he married Hattie
Nighman, and lives in Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
Warner married Annie Grubb, and lives in Stow
Township. In 1855, Mr. and Mrs.
Davis went to Tennessee, and farmed there until 1859,
when they came back to Ohio. After living one year in
Copley Township, they came to their present place, which
consists of -to acres on lot 68, in Stow Township.
Mr. Davis deals quite extensively in fruit, and
he has one of the finest vineyards in the county.
Mrs. Davis is a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Davis is an intelligent and enterprising
citizen.
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Franklin
Twp. -
MATHIAS DAVIS, retired farmer; P. O.
Johnson's Corners; was born Sept. 23, 1810, in 1810, in
Pennsylvania. His father, John Davis, with wife
and ten children, emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and
settled on the farm where Mr. Davis is now residing,
in 1817. The parents have long since gone the way of
all mortals, and but four of the children survive, viz.:
Mathias, Nancy, Christina (now Widow Hassett,
living in Hudson Township with her son), and Mary
living in Carroll Co. Matthias took charge of
the farm when about 19 years of age. He and a brother
farmed it together for several years Their location is
one of the most naturally picturesque spots in the township,
being quite elevated, overlooking the valley of the Cuyahoga
River for miles, and immediately over the Erie & Ohio Canal.
The first wheat raised for market in this vicinity, was that
grown by Dr. Davis, which was sold for 50 cents per
bushel, and one of the first lots ever shipped to Cleveland
on the canal was a lot of Mr. Davis' for which he
received about 50 cents per bushel. Mr. Mathias
Davis never married, and is now well advanced in years;
lives in very comfortable circumstances, and cares for an
aged and feeble sister; ;he is a man of generous and
hospitable impulses, though very unassuming; his memory is
replete with incidents of early pioneer life and hardships,
which both old and young were necessitated to endure during
their struggle for existence in the unbroken forest.
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Edited by William Henry Perrin. -
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Hudson Twp. -
HENRY DEACON
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Hudson Twp. -
JOHN DEACON
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Hudson Twp. -
EDWIN DEWEY
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City
of Akron -
DIEHL & CASKEY, house furnishing,
decoration and floor covering, Akron. This firm was
established in 1875 by Diehl & Oviatt. In 1878,
the business was moved to Nos. 219 and 221 East Market
street, where the business occupies the entire three floors,
90x40 feet. In 1880, the present partnership succeeded
the old firm, Mr. Caskey buying the interest of
Mr. Oviatt. This is the only house in the city
dealing exclusively in this line of goods. W. H.
Diehl of this firm is a native of Summit County, being
born in Manchester July 5, 1843. His father, Daniel
Diehl, came here from York County, Penn., and settled in
Franklin Township, this county, in 1827; he married Miss
Hannah Harter. W. H. Diehl was the second of four
children born in this marriage. His younger days were
spent in Manchester, but at the age of 11 years his parents
moved on a farm, where he remained until 1861. In
August of this year he enlisted in the 2d O. V. C., and
served three years, taking part in the engagements and raids
led by Gen. Sander to Knoxville; at Bull's Gap,
Richmond, Ky., where he was slightly wounded, but remained
with his company; at Lebanon, Ky., Huffs Ferry, Tenn.,
Campbell's Station, at the siege of Knoxville, and in the
march of Atlanta. In September, 1864, he returned home
and attended school at Akron. In the following spring,
he entered a dry goods store of Akron as clerk, where he was
engaged for eight years. In 1871, he engaged with
Oliver Baker as clerk in the carpet business, and some
four years later, opened up a business of his own.
Mr. Diehl, on Sept. 26, 1867, married Miss Mary A.
Sisler, a daughter of Dr. William Sisler, of
Akron. This marriage has been blessed with three
children - John, Jennie and Ford.
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Hudson Twp. -
JAMES DITTY
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Franklin Twp. -
ANDREW DONNENWIRTH, saddler, Clinton.
He is one of the nine children of John Donnenwirth, a
native of Alsace, France, who married Margaret Lang.
He was born in Canal Fulton, Stark Co., Ohio, Dec. 19, 1845.
He received a common-school education, and learned the trade
of saddler. He came to Clinton in 1865. There he
began his career as a business man, by carrying on a harness
and saddle business. In 1868, he opened a general
store, doing a good business until 1880, when he again
worked at his trade. He was married in 1869 to Mary
A. Ingraham, a native of England. They have five
children - Ross, Willie, Belle, Lorena and Daisy
M. He enjoys the confidence and good-will of his
fellow-citizens,, and was recently elected Justice of the
Peace. He is a member of the English Lutheran Church.
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Edited by William Henry Perrin. -
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Bath Twp. -
MRS. CHARLOTTE DOOLITTLE, Bath.
Among the old and honored pioneer women of Bath Township,
none is more worthy of especial mention than Mrs.
Charlotte Doolittle, who was born Feb. 28, 1809, in
Bristol, Ontario Co., N. Y. She is the daughter of
Stoten and Lydia (Allen) Hale, both of whom were natives
of the Empire State, and the parents of five children.
Mr. Hale was a wheelwright by trade. He was a
soldier during the war of 1812, and served his country with
distinction. Both he and wife died when our subject
was a small girl. She was united in marriage to Mr.
Samuel Shaw in 1827. He was born in Bristol,
Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1804. From this union there
were six children, viz., Samuel A., Samuel H., Charlotte
C., Lorenzo, Dency L. and Richmond. In
1829, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw left their native State for
Bath Township, this county. They had purchased 145
acres of land, which, on their arrival at Cleveland, they
payed for which left them about $60 to begin improvements
with. They arrived in Bath Township on Tuesday, and
the following Friday they had a building erected, into which
they moved. It was a rude structure indeed, and built
on a side hill with the fire-place in the lower end, and
only a rude puncheon floor in a portion of it. When it
rained, the water would run in from the upper side and come
coursing down through the room and put out the fire.
This served them as a dwelling by being "patched up" for
some time, when they added an upper story to their welling.
This was an unusual proceeding, and the people of the
neighborhood thought they were "putting on airs."
Mr. Shaw was a carpenter by trade, and a man of energy
and great physical powers. His good wife and companion
would go with him into the woods and help him get out
timbers for buildings. She would take one end of the
cross-cut saw and saw with her husband all day long, only
stopped long enough to get their meals. They worked on
in this way until the death of Mr. Shaw, which
occurred in 1836. They had in this time built a large
two-story, frame house, had a nice, young, bearing orchard,
their place well stocked, and many other comforts and
conveniences. Mrs. Shaw was married, in 1837,
to Mr. Lyman Doolittle, a native of Ontario Co., N.
Y., where he was born in 1801. This gentleman died in
1862. By this second marriage there were five 1862.
By this second marriage there were five children, viz.,
Liza M., Lucy M., Orpha O., Irving and Genevieve.
Mrs. Doolittle lives upon the old homestead,
surrounded by the comforts and conveniences of a well-earned
competency. She is a lady of more than ordinary powers
of mind and executive ability, and is respected by all who
know her.
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Richfield Twp. -
FRANK I. DUNBAR, druggist, West Richfield; is a young
and enterprising business man of West Richfield. He
was born in Brighton, Lorain Co., Ohio, in 1856. His
father, Simeon T. Dunbar, is a native of New York,
and his mother, whose maiden name was Ellen E. Ackley,
was born in Connecticut; they are now residents of
Richfield, his father being Pastor of the M. E. Church.
Frank has had the advantages of a classical course of
education at Berea, where he graduated. In 1879, he
came to West Richfield to reside, and, in 1880, bought out a
stock of drugs, medicines, etc., and is now permanently
located there engaged in that business. His stock is
large and complete, and, as it is his intention to keep all
the sundries of a first-class drug store, is a great and
welcome addition to the business interests of West
Richfield.
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