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Biographies
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† Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.
Chicago, Ill -
1908
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RICHARD J. DALLINGA,
whose highly cultivated truck farm of twenty-five acres is
situated in Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio, was born
June 22, 1864, in Holland, and is a son of
Jacob and Emma
(Van Cingel) Dallinga.
JACOB DALLINGA, who was a
farmer and brewer of the Netherlands, was married to Emma
Van Cingel, also a native of that country, and to them
were born seven children, namely: Richard Jacob: Herman,
who is bookkeeper for George Crisp & Son, of Akron;
Cecelia, who is deceased; Julia the wife of
Charles DeBruyn, proprietor of the Valley City Machine
Works of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Remina, who married
Dr. W. L. Holbrook of Wellington, Ohio; Dena,
who married Elger Barnard, of Medina County, Ohio;
and Grace. In 1897 Jacob Dallinga died,
and his widow married for her second husband, J. G. C.
Van der Wonde, with whom she came to America in 1883.
She died in Copley Township, Feb. 22, 1899, aged fifty-six
years. There were no children born of her second marriage.
Richard J. Dallinga was reared on his father's
farm, and attended the common school until eleven years old,
at which time he entered the academy. After graduation
therefrom he took a general course at Ryks Hoogers Burger
school, which he left just before graduation at the age of
nineteen years, and where he was instructed in French,
English, German and Dutch. In 1883 he came with the
family to America, first settling at Grand Rapids, Michigan,
where all the boys of the family found employment 'in the
furniture factories. Being dissatisfied with this kind
of work, Mr. Dallinga went to Kalamazoo, Michigan,
and engaged in celery growing on a small farm purchased by
his stepfather, and he also worked on a nursery farm for
L. G. Bragg and Company, attending to the duties of the
shipping department. While there he was engaged by
W. R. Wean and O. P. Chapman, of Wean,
Horr and Company, of Medina County, Ohio, now the
Horr-Warner Company, to take charge of the celery
department of their l,500-acre truck farm. One year
later he became general superintendent, a position which he
held for nine years, when he engaged with the Copley Garden
Company, located on the old Sackett estate in
Copley Township. He continued with this institution
for three years, at which time the business was dissolved
and he purchased his present tract of twenty-five acres.
At this time the property was considered worthless, but
Mr. Dallinga soon cleared it and brought it under
cultivation, erected new buildings, and made it one of the
best truck farms in this section.
On Dec. 23, 1890, Mr. Dallinga was
married to Lucy E. Rockenfelder, who was born in
Ashland County, Ohio, and who is a daughter of William
and Catherina (Yost) Rockenfelder. Five children
have been born to this union : Charles, a student at
Buchtel College; Rosa, who attends Copley High
School; Clarence, who died young; Mabel, and
Emma Lucille.
Mr. Dallinga is a Republican in politics and has
always taken a great interest in educational matters, having
served as president of the Board of Education of Copley
Township for three years. Fraternally he is connected
with the Masonic order, and he is a prominent member of the
local Grange.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 746 |
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JOSEPH DANGEL
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Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 609 |
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HARRY S. DAVIDSON, M. D.
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 443 |
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J. M. DAVIDSON
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Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 577 |
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HON. CHARLES A.
DAVIS, mayor of Cuyahoga Falls, and proprietor of the
largest grocery house in the city, was born at Canastota,
Madison County, New York, Jan. 19, 1856, son of
George M. and Sarah J. (Hale) Davis.
His paternal grandfather was
Samuel Davis, a native of New Jersey, but of Welsh
parentage, who came to this county at an early day.
This Samuel Davis died in Lennox Township, Madison
County, in 1850, at the advanced age of eighty-two years,
having moved from New Jersey to Lewis County, New York, in
1828. He was a farmer by occupation.
Samuel's son, Aaron, grandfather of
Mayor Davis, was born in New Jersey, sixteen miles from
Brunswick, about 1808. Previous to his marriage he
moved to Lewis County, New York. At the age of
eighteen he learned the blacksmith's trade, which he
followed until the death of his wife, when he went West, to
Des Arc, Prairie County, Arkansas, where he became the owner
of 1,200 acres of land. In 1850 he wrote saying that
he would return home in the spring, if nothing happened to
prevent him, but that was the last news received from him.
He married, in Auburn, New York, Aug. 25, 1825, Rachel
Merritt. They had four children, of whom three
grew to maturity, namely: Mary who is now
deceased; Samuel, and George M.
GEORGE M. DAVIS was born in
Lewis County, New York, and came to Cuyahoga Falls in the
spring of 1866, being for some years after coming here in
the employ of L. W. Loomis. In January, 1875,
he returned to New York with his family, afterwards
returning to the Falls, where he and his wife now live
retired. They have two children, Charles A.,
whose name begins this sketch, and Frank J., who is a
resident of Larned, Kansas. Politically George M.
Davis is a Democrat. His wife is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
Charles A. Davis completed his literary
education in the High School at Cuyahoga Falls, and then
worked for several years on a farm, which he left to enter
the printing office of the Cuyahoga Falls Reporter.
In 1875, when his parents returned to New York, he
accompanied them and remained there for three years, later
returning to Cuyahoga Falls. Subsequently he worked as
a printer on the Akron Daily Tribune for a year, or
until its suspension. He continued in journalism a
while longer, accepting a position with the Oil City
Derrick, at Oil City. In the latter part of 1879
he returned once more to Cuyahoga Falls and entered the
Jones Bros.' grocery store as a clerk. Two years
later, on the firm's going out of business, Mr. Davis
opened a store of his own and conducted it for eighteen
months, after which he resumed clerking. He had long
been an active worker in the ranks of the Democratic party,
and when President Cleveland entered upon his second
administration, Mr. Davis was appointed assistant
postmaster. At the close of his term in that office he
purchased the Cuyahoga Falls Reporter, which journal
he conducted with marked ability for six years.
In November, 1903, Mr. Davis sold the newspaper
and bought his present grocery store, from H. E. Wells
He now conducts the largest grocery trade in the town,
besides which he has other important business interests,
being a director in the Cuyahoga Falls Savings Bank, also in
the Falls Savings and Loan Association and in the Elgin
Butter and Ice Cream Company, and a member of the Finance
Committee of the Cuyahoga Savings Society. He has been
a strong political factor for many years, and was elected
Mayor of Cuyahoga Falls on the Democratic ticket, assuming
the duties of the office Jan. 1, 1906.
Mr. Davis was married to June E. Laughead,
a daughter of Carlisle B. Laughead of Middleport,
Ohio. Mrs. Davis died in 1903, leaving two
children, Leslie L. and Frank A. Mr. Davis is a
member of Star Lodge, No. 187, F. and A. M. A
patriotic and enterprising citizen, he keeps the public
welfare ever in view, and his official acts have been
fraught with beneficial results to the community.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page
558 |
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GEORGE S. DAVIS
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Ill. - 1908 - Page 578 |
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E. S. DAY
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Ill. - 1908 - Page 818 |
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HORACE L. DEACON
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Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 865 |
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SENEY
A. DECKER, attorney at law, at Barberton, is a
leading member of the Summit County bar and has been
established in this city since May, 1903, having convenient
offices in the Barberton Savings Bank building. He was
born in Seneca County, Ohio, March 11, 1875, and is a son of
Samuel and Lovina (Noel) Decker.
Mr. Decker was reared on his father's farm and
attended the country schools. He was an ambitious boy
and made the most of his opportunities and secured a
certificate permitting him to teach, before he had completed
his own education. For five years he taught country
schools and then attended Heidelberg College, at Tiffin,
Ohio, for two years, following this by the study of law in
the office of Platt & Black, leading attorneys at
Tiffin. After two years of study there he attended the
Ohio Normal University, at Ada, for eight months, and on
December 6, 1902, he was admitted to the bar. His
close devotion to study had somewhat impaired his health,
and he returned to the home farm, where he remained until
the following March, when he located for practice at Attica.
From there, six weeks later, he came to Barberton, where he
found he was not deceived in believing that a field of
business was awaiting him.
On February 10, 1905, Mr. Decker was married to
Minnie Leininger, who was a daughter of Isaac and
Elizabeth Leininger, of Flat Rock, Seneca County, Ohio.
Mr. Decker is fraternally connected with the Elks and
the Eagles. His professional ability has brought him
many business friends while the agreeable personality of
himself and wife was led to their welcome admission into the
most select social circles of Barberton.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 275 |
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PHILIP F. DEEDS
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
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ERNEST C. DEIBEL,
general manager of the Renner Brewing Company and a resident
of Akron for the past sixteen years, was born at Youngtown
in 1862. After completing his education in his native
city, he became connected with the brewing interests, and
later took a course in the Brewing Academy, at Chicago.
In 1892 he came to Akron and assumed the position of general
manager of the Renner Brewing Company. He is also the
manager of the Renner-Deibel Gas Company, operating
sixty-two wells in Columbiana County, Ohio. He married
Elizabeth Renner, who is a daughter of George J.
Renner, and they have one child, Helen Deibel.
Mr. Deibel is a member of the Eagle and Elk
fraternities. He belongs to St. Bernard's Catholic
Church at Akron.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 441 |
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JOHN H. DELLENBERGER
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 379 |
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JEREMIAH DICE
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 782 |
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JOHN F. DICE,* one of Summit
County's good, practical farmers, who resides on an
excellent farm of ninety acres, located in Franklin
Township, was born May 9, 1856, near Manchester, Summit
County, Ohio, and is a son of Jeremiah and Caroline
(Dissinger) Dice.
Jeremiah Dice, who was a native of Pennsylvania,
came to Ohio as a young man, and for some years was engaged
in work on various farms of Franklin Township. He
subsequently purchased the farm now operated by John F.
Dice, and at the time of his death, Feb. 28, 1904, in
his seventy-seventh year, he was considered a man of ample
means. Shortly after coming to Ohio, Mr. Dice
was married to Caroline Dissinger, daughter of
John Dissinger, one of the early pioneers of this
section, and a native of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Dice,
who was born in Ohio, survives her husband. Seven
children were born to Jeremiah band Caroline Dice,
namely: John Franklin; Mary, who married M.
Waltz; William; Alma, who married J. Baughman;
Elton; Emma, who married Thomas Sauers; and
Marvin.
John F. Dice received his early educational
training in the district schools of his native township, and
here he has spent his entire life in agricultural pursuits.
In association with his mother he owns the home farm of
ninety acres, and his careful cultivation has largely
increased its value. On Jan. 31, 1877, Mr. Dice
was married to Savilla Snyder, who is a daughter of
George and Susan (Kepler) Snyder. Two children
have been born to this union, namely: Bertha, who
married Clarence Snyder, residing in Akron; and
Irving, who also makes his home at Akron. Mr.
Dice is a member of the Reformed Church, of which he is
now serving as treasurer. In political matters Mr.
Dice is a Democrat, but he has never aspired to public
office, preferring to give his time and attention to his
home interests. He is fraternally connected with the
Maccabes.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 1112 |
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WILLIAM A. DICE
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Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 782 |
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GEN. CHARLES DICK
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Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 1077 |
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ALEXANDER DICKINSON
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 1003 |
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CLARENCE F. DIEHL
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 1084 |
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A. J. DIETRICH
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 638 |
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G. CARL DIETZ, secretary of
the Burkhardt Brewing Company, and president of the
Depositor's Savings Bank, of Akron, was born in this city in
March, 1875, and is a son of Henry and Caroline (Rupp)
Dietz.
His parents were both born in
Germany and came to Akron almost a half century ago.
The father, an iron worker, died when G. Carl was
still a youth, leaving his wife with a family of six small
children to rear. Thus the subject of this sketch at
an unusually early age was obliged to relieve his mother of
a part of her heavy burden, and responsibilities fell on his
shoulders before he was hardly old enough to assume them.
He gave all the assistance he could in the rearing of the
family, and guided his younger brothers and sisters to
careers of usefulness. Laboring through the day time
and attending school at night. Mr. Dietz
acquired a good business education, and finally obtained a
position in the People's Savings Bank, where he remained for
ten years. He later became cashier of the Security
Savings Bank, having previously been a clerk in a clothing
store for some three years. Still later Mr. Dietz
retired from the Security institution, after serving five
years, and became secretary of the M. Burkhardt
Brewing Company. The bank business, however,
continuing to have attractions for him, he became one of the
organizers of the Depositors' Savings Bank, which was opened
for business Apr. 15, 1907, and of which he was made
president. He also fills the position of secretary and
treasurer of the Burkhardt Realty Company.
On Nov. 17, 1902, Mr. Dietz was married to
Ida Burkhardt, who is a daughter of the late W.
Burkhardt. He and his wife are members of the
German Reformed Church. He has the esteem and
confidence of his fellow-citizens, many of whom have traced
his successful business career from boyhood.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 445 |
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CHARLES A. DIXON, M. D.,
physician and surgeon, with offices at No. 634 South Main
Street, Akron, has been a resident of this city for the past
thirteen years, and is an eminent representative of the
Homoeopathic School of Medicine, in Summit County. He
was born in Dec., 1871, in Genesee County, N.Y.
Dr. Dixon was educated at Batavia, New York,
graduating from the High School and from Devoe College, and
subsequently, in 1894, from the Cleveland Medical College,
at Cleveland, Ohio. He located immediately at Akron,
where he now enjoys a large and lucrative practice. He
is president of the Summit County homeopathic Clinical
Society and member of the Northeastern Homeopathic Medical
Society, the State Homeopathic Medical Society and the
Summit County Medical Club. He is a close student and
enthusiastic scientific investigator and his numerous papers
are listened to with interest and profit by the members of
the various professional organizations in which they are
read. He is one of the directors of the Summit County
Medical club. Dr. Dixon is a Thirty-second
Degree Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge Chapter, Council
and Commandery, at Akron, and to Lake Erie Consistory and
Alkoran Shrine, at Cleveland, being an official in the
lesser branches. He belongs also to the Masonic Club,
an exclusive organization at Akron.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 797 |
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RUSSELL T. DOBSON
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
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Ill. - 1908 - Page 726 |
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BURDETTE L. DODGE
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
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Ill. - 1908 - Page 984 |
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WILLIAM M. DODGE
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
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Ill. - 1908 - Page 268 |
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G. C. DONALDSON
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Ill. - 1908 - Page 803 |
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BURT DONCASTER
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 865 |
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CLINTON A. DOX
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 415 |
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HON. DAYTON A. DOYLE
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 318 |
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PETER W. DOYLE
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 1074 |
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HON. WILLIAM B. DOYLE
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Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 318 |
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PETER W. DOYLE
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 1074 |
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HON. WILLIAM B. DOYLE
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 276 |
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CHARLES DREISBACH
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 544 |
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GEORGE DREISBACH
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 544 |
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ADAM DUNCAN
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Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 886 |
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R. H. DUNCAN
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Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 886 |
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ALBERT G. DURSTINE
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Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 785 |
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