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Biographies
Source:
* Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County,
by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane.
Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job Department -
1892
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Henry Stephen Abbey |
HENRY STEPHEN ABBEY,
- born in Portland, Middlesex county, Conn., Nov. 5, 1808;
at an early age removed to Glastenbury, and in 1828 to
Bristol, where he learned the clock-making business.
Oct. 30, 1831, was married to Miss Elizabeth Smith of
Torrington, Conn., immediately removing to Buffalo, N. Y.,
and two years later to Niagara Falls, finally settling in
Akron in 1835. Here, for two years, he was engaged in
cabinet making in South Akron, when he embarked in the
jewelry business, in 1841 forming a partnership with Mr.
Hiram Payne and removing to the Stone Block, corner of
Howard and Market streets, later establishing himself at 120
Howard street, where he was continuously and successfully in
business until his sudden death, from heart disease, Oct.
25, 1873, at the age of 64 years, 11 months and 20 days.
Mr. Abbey was a fine musician, organizing and for
many years leading Akron's pioneer band; was an intelligent
florist, establishing the pioneer greenhouse of the village,
and was a liberal promoter of all public improvements; was a
member, and president, of Akron's pioneer gas company, and
served as a member of the Village Council for the years
1856, '57. Of the several children born to Mr. and
Mrs. Abbey, Henry E. Abbey, now of New York, only
survives, though their adopted daughter, Ellen G.,
now Mrs. S. E. Phinney, most fully shared their
confidence and love. Mrs. Abbey died July 1,
1874, aged 66 years, 9 months and 25 days.
Source: Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County,
by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane - Publ.
Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job Department - 1892~ Page 310 |
Frank Adams |
POSTMASTER
FRANK ADAMS
Our present well-known, and
still active, Frank Adams of the Sixth ward, through
an ardent young Whig, was deputy under Postmaster Johnson,
one year, in 1841, and again two years from 1843, running
awhile into the term of Dr. Evans
On the accession of
President Zachary Taylor the Whigs, of course being
entitled to the "plum," there was a spirited contest for the
prize between Mr. Adams and Dr. Elias W. Howard,
Frank coming in ahead, on the home stretch, entering
upon his duties Apr. 1, 1849, and has ever since been known,
among old residents, by the cognomen of "Old Zack," then by
general consent bestowed upon him.
Soon after taking
possession of the office, Mr. Adams bought the
property now known as Bennett's Block, and
removed the office to the room now occupied by Orson H.
Remington, the jeweler, Howard Street at that
point having been cut down, after the erection of the
building, leaving the floor of the office about four feet
higher above the side walk than it now is.
FRANK ADAMS, - born in Windsor County, Vt., July 5,
1819; common school education; came to Ohio in 1838; in
1839,'40, printed maps for Samuel and Levi Manning in
Akron; 1841, clerk in postoffice; 1843, printed maps; 1843,
'44, clerk in postoffice; 1845, partner in map business with
Samuel Manning, the latter selling out to Lorenzo
Eggleston burned out June 9, 1848; postmaster, by
appointment of President Zachary Taylor, from Mar.
1849, to May, 1853; in hat trade on Market street till again
burned out Apr. 30, 1855; manufacturer of sewer-pipe, and
for many years president and superintendent of Akron Sewer
Pipe Company, retiring in 1886; during the war was a member
of the Middlebury military committee, and treasurer of
soldiers' relief fund; for many years member and treasurer
of Middlebury Council and School Board; 1872, commissioner
on annexation of Middlebury to Akron; now active member of
Akron Board of Trade, president of Akron Water Works Company
and financially and officially connected with several other
industrial enterprises of Akron and vicinity.
Jan. 21, 1846, Mr. Adams was married to Miss Sarah
Hyde Gale, of Akron, who died Jan. 11, 1863, leaving two
daughters (now Mrs. Julia Latham and Mrs. May
Perkins); Sept. 12, 1863, was again married, to Mrs.
Janetta L. Murphy, who has borne him two children -Frank
H., and Belle M. Adams.
Source: Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit
County, by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane - Publ. Akron, Ohio:
Beacon Job Department - 1892~ Page 318 |
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Jacob Allen |
JACOB ALLEN
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fourth son of Jesse and Catherine (Teithrich) Allen,
was born in Lansing, Tompkins county, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1803,
removing with parents to Coventry, Ohio, in 1811; educated
in district schools; learned cloth-dressing trade in
Middlebury; at 18 went to State of New York and built woolen
mill near Ithaca; returned to Ohio in 1835, in 1837 building
woolen mill in Ghent; in 1S38 another mill in Akron near
Cascade mill ; in 1840 another on the old city mill site ;
in 1842 another, now a part of the oat meal plant of The
Hower Co., and in 1846, with others, a
satinet factory further south on Canal street,
converted into a flouring mill in 1856, and now known as the
Allen Mills, of which his son Frank, of New York, is
now one of the proprietors. Mr. Allen
was a liberal promoter of public improvements, and
especially influential in securing the location of the A. &
G. W. (now N. Y., P. & O.) railroad through Akron, his
latest private enterprise being the erection of the
three-story business block bearing his name on South Howard
street. Though not an office-seeker, Mr. Allen
was a member of Akron Village Council in 1841, '42. February
16, 1830, at Ithaca, N. Y., he was married to Miss
Catharine Vansickle, sister of the late N. E.
Vansickle and Mrs. A. M. Barber, who bore him five
children Hiram, deceased; Mary Helen, now
Mrs. Rufus Wright, of Akron; Frank H.,
now of New York City; Elnora, who died in infancy;
and Lizzie, now Mrs. Charles W. Kellogg, of
Chicago. Mr. Allen died November 25, 1879,
aged 76 years, 9 months and 14 days, Mrs. Alien dying
September 20, 1887, aged 73 years, 9 months and 10 days.
Source: Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County, by
Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane - Publ. Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job
Department - 1892~ Page 293 |
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Jonah Allen |
JONAH ALLEN -
son of Jesse Allen, Sr., was born in Tompkins county,
N.Y., Oct. 14, 1798; came to Coventry, with parents, in
1811, the father officiating as justice of the peace in
Coventry, with parents, in 1811, the father officiating as
justice of the peace in Coventry township for many years.
Mr. Allen was married to Miss Synthia Spicer,
sister of the late Major Spicer, May 12, 1821, and
established a farm home for himself in Coventry, which he
successfully carried on until his death, May 15, 1874, at
the age of 75 years, 7 months and 1 day, Mrs. Allen
having died September 11, 1860, aged 57 years, 3 months and
20 days. Mr. and Mrs. Allen were the parents of
five children - Catharine, born Nov. 5, 1822,
afterwards Mrs. Oren Beckwith, who died Jan. 23,
1855; Edward, born Aug. 18, 1824, died July 9, 1841;
William, born Feb. 18, 1827, died Nov. 28, 1886;
John, born Oct. 20, 1829, still residing upon the old
homestead in Coventry; Cynthia, who died in infancy;
the surviving son, John, like the brother,
William, the father, Jonah, and the grandfather,,
Jesse, being among the most enterprising and honored
residents of Coventry township; in politics an ardent
Republican, and in religion an earnest supporter of the
Disciple faith. John Allen was married, Dec. 9,
1857, to Ann Morgan of Newburg, Cuyahoga county, who
has borne him for children- Emma C. (now Mrs.
Henry B. Sisler, of Akron), born Nov. 2, 1858; Jesse
M., now working in Barberton, born Apr. 6, 1864;
Isham F., born Jan. 2, 1868; John R., born Mar.
23, 1871, now in Worthington's hardware store, in Cleveland.
Source: Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County,
by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane - Publ. Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job
Department - 1892~ Page 707 |
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Levi Allen |
LEVI ALLEN, -
second son of Jesse Allen, one of the very earliest
of Coventry's pioneer settlers, was born in Tompkins county,
N. Y., Feb. 10, 1799; moved with parents to Ohio, by ox
team, in 1811, Levi, then but 12 years old, walking
and driving cattle and sheep most of the way, arriving in
Middlebury July 4. At 21 Mr. Allen purchased
the farm now occupied by Levi Allen, Jr., a sort
distance south of city limits; in 1824, was married to
Miss Phœbe Spicer,
daughter of Major Miner
Spicer; who bore him six children - Levi, Jr.,
born July 28, 1824, now living on the old homestead, in
Coventry; Miner S., born July 29, 1825, died Dec. 20,
1825; Albert (whose portrait and biography appear
elsewhere), born Mar. 12, 1827, died Sept. 25, 1888;
Miner J. (see portrait on another page); born Nov. 11,
1829; Walter Scott, born Mar. 24, 1834, died Sept.
13, 1834; and Cynthia A., born April 22, 1839.
Mr. Allen, though not an office-seeker, ever took a
lively interest in pubic affairs, both local and general,
and for sixty years was an active and influential member of
the Disciple church. In 1868 Mr. and Mrs. Allen
gave up the care of the farm and removed to Akron, to reside
with their children, Albert and Cynthia, who kindly
cared for them to the end - Mrs. Allen dying Jan. 10,
1875, aged 74 years and 29 years, and Mr. Allen
passing away May 11, 1887, aged 88 years, 3 months and one
day.
Source: Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County,
by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane - Publ. Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job
Department - 1892~ Page 705 |
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Abel G. Alllyn |
ABEL
G. ALLYN, - son of Israel and Lucy (Gallup) Allyn,
was born in Coventry Township, Oct. 4, 1820; educated in
district schools; raised a farmer, working on old homestead
until 1847, when he purchased a farm a short distance
further west, which is now a part of the city of Akron; in
addition to general farming making dairying a specialty in
supplying the citizens of Akron with milk.
October 10, 1847, was married to Miss Adeline Capron,
daughter of Ara and Eliza (Sweet) Capron of Bath and
Copley Town Line, who bore him six children - Addie,
born July 23, 1848 (married Feb. 20, 1866, to Preston
Barber, of Akron, who died Dec. 13, 1886); Charles,
born May 25, 1851, now a farmer in Summit, Greeley county,
Nebraska, of which place he has officiated as postmaster for
several years; Ida, born Feb. 15, 1854, now wife of
States A. McCoy, a native of this county, now a
prosperous farmer in Leonidas township (Mendon P. O.), St.
Joseph county, Mich.; Leora, born May 14, 1860;
Ettie, Jan. 24, 1869, now a teacher in Leggett school.
Mr. Allyn is one of the solid men of his native
township, having held several of its most responsible
offices, and being for some or twelve or fifteen years
Coventry's member of Board of Directors of Summit county's
highly prosperous Agricultural Society. Mrs. Allyn
died Aug. 24, 1888, aged 59 years, 8 months and 3 days.
Source: Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County,
by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane - Publ. Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job
Department - 1892~ Page 713 |
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AMERICAN CEREAL
COMPANY - Since the foregoing (Hower
Oatmeal Mills) was published in serial form, most
of the principal oatmeal mills of the United States, in
June, 1891, united in the organization of The American
Cereal Company, with a capital of $3,400,000, the F.
Schumacher Milling Company and the Hower Company
selling their entire plants to, and the several members
thereof becoming stockholders of, the new company, with
Mr. Ferd. Schumacher as its president, and its principal
office in Akron.
Source: Fifty Years and Over of
Akron and Summit County, by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane -
Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job Department - 1892 - Page 457 |
Angelo Andrew |
ANGELO
ANDREW, - born in Boston Township,
Summit County, O., Feb. 1, 1846; common school education; at
17, apprenticed to printer's trade in office of SUMMIT
COUNTY BEACON; Aug. 23, 1864, enlisted in Company H., 177th
O. V. I., participating in all its engagements, and serving
until the close of the war; on retiring from the army,
returned to Peninsula and engaged in painting, three years
later accepting a clerkship in the store of Mr. Frederick
Wood, where he remained five years; resuming his trade
and removing to Akron, in 1877 he formed a partnership with
his brother, Robert L., under the firm name of
Andrew Brothers, and besides employing a large number of
painters and decorators, dealing extensively in paints,
paper-hangings, house and church decorations, etc.; in
September, 1890, buying his brother's interest and now
successfully conducting the business upon his own account.
Democratic in politics, Mr. Andrew has been thrice
honored with a seat in the School Board of the generally
Republican City of Akron, serving faithfully and acceptably
four full years, from 1887 to the present time, Aug. 14,
1873, Mr. Andrews was married to Miss Lizzie
Warburton a native of Northampton township, who has
borne him five children - Mabel, Frank, Bessie, Nellie
and Mildred.
Source: Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County,
by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane - Publ. Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job
Department - 1892~ Page 145 |
Robert L. Andrew |
ROBERT
L. ANDREW. - born in Boston township,
Summit Co., Ohio, May 24, 1841; in boyhood attended common
school and worked at the painter's trade with his father,
from 1857 to 1862 clerking at Peninsula and in Hudson; in
June, 1862, enlisted in 85th Regiment O. V. I., serving four
months and participating in engagements at Prentiss, Miss.,
and Vicksburg; in August, 1864, re-enlisted in 177th, O. V.
I., serving to the end of the war, with the rank of
sergeant, participating in the battles of The Cedars,
Shelbyville Pike, and Town Creek, and being present at
Johnston's surrender. On being mustered out,
clerked in store of E. H. Cole, at Peninsula, then
for E. B. Thompson & Sons, successively at Iona.
Marshall and Ann Arbor, Mich.; Oct. 6, 1869, removed to
Akron and resumed his trade, in 1873, erecting the store at
314 East Mill street, Jan. 1, 1877, associating with himself
his brother, Angelo under the firm name of Andrew
Brothers which arrangement continued until September,
1890, when he sold out to his brother, and established The
Paint and Color Company, elsewhere alluded to. Sept.
6, 1866, Mr. Andrew was married to Miss Emerancy
Hall, a native of Northampton, who died Apr. 3, 1879,
their two children also being deceased. Mr. A.
was again married, to Miss Emma Woods, daughter of
Mr. John B. Woods of Akron, Sept. 27, 1881. Though
an earnest and active Democrat, Mr. Andrew for two
successive terms (1886-90) represented the usually
Republican First ward in the City Council, the last year as
its President.
Source: Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County,
by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane - Publ. Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job
Department - 1892~ Page 303 |
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