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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.
Chicago, Ill -
1908
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McCAUSLAND BROTHERS,
leading brick manufacturers in Portage Township, and general
farmers, owning ninety acres of valuable land, succeeded
their father, who was the founder of the business in 1885.
The firm is made up of JOHN J. and
JAMES C. MCCAUSLAND, sons of the
late John McCausland.
John McCausland was a son of James McCausland,
and he was born in Ireland, where he remained until 1848,
when he came to America. The aged father subsequently
came from Ireland and died in the home of his son. For
several years he worked in the agricultural districts as a
farm hand and after coming to Portage Township, Summit
County, rented the old Simon Perkins farm, now known
as the Fouse farm, and then bought seventy-five acres
of the present home farm. To this he added until he
had 180 acres. He continued to farm after 1871,when he
started his brick business, in which his sons were
practically brought up. John McCausland built
two brick houses on his farm, the one in which he resided
until his death, being now the property of James Breen.
He had commenced the erection of the large brick residence,
in which his sons live, but did not survive to see it
completed. His death occurred in November, 1884.
He was a man of great business enterprise and succeeded in
whatever work he undertook.
John McCausland married Mary McQuillan
who was a daughter of Charles McQuillan. She
was born in Ireland and came to America in young womanhood.
She died on Decoration Day, 1894. They had six
children, namely: James C., Margaret, John
J., and Mary, who married James Breen.
Two children died as infants.
The two sons of John McCausland as stated above,
succeeded to their father's interests and have continued
together as they have been since boyhood. The older
brother, James C. has never married. John J.
McCausland married Anna M. Doran, who was reared
at Akron and is a daughter of William Doran
They have three children: Leo aged twelve
years; Helen, aged eleven years; and Mary,
aged four years. John J. McCausland has served
two terms as township treasurer and enjoys the full
confidence of his fellow-citizens. Both brothers are
members of St. Vincent Catholic Church and belong to the
order of Knights of Columbus.
The McCausland Brothers' brick plant has a
capacity of about 4,000,000 building brick, and during the
six months in the year that it is running, employment is
given to about twenty-five men. It is one of the best
established industries of Portage Township and its owners
are among the representative citizens
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 848 |
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GEORGE
A. McCONNELL, dairy farmer of Northfield Township,
was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, April 8, 1856, and is a
son of John and Jane L. (Shannon) McConnell.
John McConnell was born in County Donegal,
Ireland, and was brought to America by his parents when he
was eight years of age. He died Mar. 6, 1905, aged
within a few days of his eightieth birthday. He lived
on the home farm in Coshocton County, where his parents had
settled until 1864. Prior to his marriage, with his
brother Alexander, he operated the home farm of 480
acres. After coming to Northfield Township he bought
one tract of land after another until he owned 367 acres, on
which he wintered from sixty to seventy head of cattle, and
raised many horses and hogs and some 200 sheep. Later
he turned his attention to raising wheat, at which he was
very successful, and he also engaged in dairying. He
took an intelligent interest in public matters, but he was
never a politician. In Coshocton County he married a
daughter of Isaac Shannon. She died Mar. 30,
1896, aged sixty-five years. They had nine children,
namely: John, who is deceased; Isaac, of
Northfield Township; George A., subject of this
sketch; Hervey A., justice of the peace in Northfield
Township; LaGrande, a physician, now deceased;
James and Albert, deceased; Sarah, who
married H. R. Boyden, of Northfield; and Charles,
of Magnolia, Colorado.
George A. McConnell attended school in
Northfield Township until he was sixteen years of age, in
the meanwhile assisting on the home farm, as did also his
brothers, all working for the common benefit. He then
learned cheese-making, and industry that he followed for six
years, and with the exception of that period, has ever since
been a farmer. He keeps from thirty to thirty-five
head of cattle and ships milk to Cleveland. He raises
nearly all his own cows and is making plans to keep only the
Ayreshire stock, having purchased the thorough-bred
Ayreshire ball. He has had a valuable silo constructed
with dimensions of 16 by 18 feet, 27 feet high. In
1892 he built his present comfortable residence.
Mr. McConnell married Jane A. Willey, of
Northfield Township, and they have a family of five
promising children: Albert A., Carl W.,
Ella L., Clark and Lucy. Mrs. McConnell
is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr.
McConnell is affiliated with the Republican party.
He has never served in any office except one connected with
educational affairs, including a number of terms on the
school board, and for a few years as township trustee.
He is giving his children every educational and social
advantage in his power.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 462 |
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HON. JAMES McNAMARA,
mayor of Barberton, is one of the best known and most
popular citizens of Summit County. He was born at New
Portage, Summit County, Ohio, Dec. 4, 1866, and is a son of
John McNamara, also a well known and popular citizens.
Mayor McNamara spent his boyhood days at New
Portage, which is now a part of Barberton, and, with the
exception of two or three years' residence in Akron, has
spent his life in this town. During his youth, while
attending school, he assisted his father in the latter's
store, at New Portage, and later was connected with the
Barberton Sewer Pipe Company. He served under Mayor
E. M. Buel for two years as a clerk, and was assistant
postmaster during the nineteen years that his father held
the government office, from July, 1893, until February,
1898. Later he was associated with his father in the
real estate business, the firm being large dealers in realty
in this vicinity for many years. When his father was
made mayor, in 1900, the present mayor served as his clerk,
and in the fall of 1905 he was elected to the same high
office in the fall of 1907, which is the first time in the
history of Barberton that any mayor has succeeded himself.
His whole life has been passed, more or less, in the public
eye, and whatever important position he has filled, h is
integrity has never been questioned. He possesses in
large degree those qualities which arouse warm friendship,
and enjoys the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizen,
irrespective of party lines.
Mayor McNamara was married (first) to Minnie
McMullin, who died Aug. 2, 1901, leaving one child,
Velva. He was married (second) Jan. 9, 1907, to
Mary McMahon. In church relationship Mayor
McNamara is member, councilman and secretary of St.
Augustine Roman Catholic Church at Barberton. He
belongs to the Elks and holds membership with Lodge No. 982,
Barberton.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 510 |
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HON. JOHN McNAMARA.
Sometimes truth reads as strangely as fiction and the record
of the life of John McNamara, from the condition of
an orphan bound-boy to the honorable station of leading
citizen in a prosperous community, in another land than that
of his birth, contains matter for serious consideration.
He was born in County Clare, Ireland, probably on Feb. 12,
1833, and certainly was baptized by the parish priest on
February 15th of that year. His parents were Martin
and Mary (McInery) McNamara.
There can be little provision
made for the future by the small tenant farmer of Ireland,
and when John McNamara's parents died, the mother
when he was nine years old and the father three years later,
the little lad of eleven years found himself entirely
dependent upon his own abilities. The kind hearted
farmers in the neighborhood were all poor, but they gave the
child a chance to work, and with a prudence that was
remarkable, he saved the pittances he earned until he had
accumulated enough capital to take him to England, where he
bound himself out to learn the plasterer's trade. His
employer, taking advantage of his youth and ignorance, kept
him for two years at labor without giving him any chance to
learn the trade, and the boy stood it no longer, but ran
away. He then became a coal miner and worked in a coal
bank until 1854, when he came to America, landing at
Philadelphia. He first sought farm work in the
agricultural districts, and was employed for two years in
Delaware County. Then coming to Ohio, he continued to
work as a farmer in Geauga County, until 1863, when he came
to Barberton, or to Ne4w Portage as it was then. He
saw a good business opportunity in the opening of a general
store, and in this enterprise met with success, conducting a
first-class mercantile establishment here for many years.
He was made the first postmaster and served in that capacity
for eighteen years. In the meantime, through his
industry and legitimate business methods, he had acquired
property and had promoted the growth and development of the
town in many ways. In 1900 his fellow-citizens honored
him by electing him their mayor, and he served as such until
1903. During his administration Barberton took many
forward strides. Mr. McNamara is now largely
interested in the real estate business.
In 1864 Mr. McNamara was married to Hannah
Woods, who is a daughter of Jeremiah Woods.
They have had seven children, four of whom survive namely:
Mary, James, who has succeeded his father as mayor of
Barberton: Stephen, and Myrtle, who is
the wife of Thomas Davis. Mr. McNamara, with
his family, belongs to the Roman Catholic Church.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 421 |
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JAMES
MACKEY, formerly one of Richfield Township's leading
citizens and successful farmers, was born near Belfast,
County Antrim, Ireland, Jan. 28, 1823, and died on his farm
in Richfield Township. Dec. 4, 1903. His parents
were James and Rachel (Tipping) Mackey.
The parents of Mr. Mackey came to America in
1837, making the journey across the Atlantic Ocean in a
sailing vessel. They were met at Cleveland, Ohio, by
an old friend, with whom they remained until the father of
Mr. Mackey located on a farm in Boston Township, just
north of the village of that name. On that farm the
late James Mackey grew to manhood and was there trained to
be a good farmer. At the time of his marriage he
bought his farm in Richfield Township, from the heirs of
Ebenezer Palmer, and here he lived during the rest of
his life. Prior to his marriage he had owned and
operated a boat on the Muskingum River, and later became
interested largely in the cattle and stock business.
The home farm, which his widow has rented out for the past
two years, was conducted mainly as a dairy farm, the milk
going to the local creamery.
Mr. Mackey was a man of high standing in his
community. For thirty years he was a trustee of the
Richfield Congregational Church. His business ability
was recognized when he was put in charge of the building
Committee of the School Board, of which he was long a
member, when the Richfield High School was built. In
the following year he was on the building committee for the
erection of the Congregational Church. In politics he
was formerly a Republican, but later became identified with
the Prohibition party. He was made a Mason in middle
life, and was a valued member of Meridian Sun Lodge, No.
266, F. & A. M.
On Apr. 21, 1868, James Mackey was married to
Harriet Palmer and four children were born to them, the
survivors being Jennie E.; James Earl, residing in
Iowa; and Harriet Lucy, who married Frank
Manelik, residing at Akron. One child, Helen
Eliza, died in infancy.
EBENEZER PALMER, father of Mrs. Mackey,
was born at Sand Gate, Vermont, in 1795. He came to
Richfield Township in 1826, settling at East Richfield,
where he established himself in business a carpenter and
builder, engaging in wagon-making during the winter seasons.
A few years later he moved to Indiana, where he remained
about eighteen months, and then returned to Summit County
and bought a farm of 150 acres in South Richfield Township,
and on his farm, Mrs. Mackey was born, Nov. 18, 1844.
Mr. Palmer lived there until his death, which
occurred in 1867. For a short time he served in the
War of 1812. He was a man of sterling character,
worthy and reliable in every first wife dying in New York
before he came to Ohio. He was married (second) to a
Miss Griffin of Copley, and at death she left three
children: Miland, Ethan, deceased; and
Griffin He was married (third) to Laura Rust,
who died in 1872. She was a daughter of Phineas
Rust, of Brecksville, Ohio. They had ten children, the
survivors being: Frederick; Palmer; Jennie, who
married Phineas Carter, resides in Kansas; Mrs.
Mackey; and Eben Palmer, physician, who lives in
Texas.
Both parents were active members of the Congregational
Church.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 981 |
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JOHN P. MACKEY,
dairyman and general farmer, in Northfield Township, was
born in Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio, Aug. 23, 1853,
and is a son of Thomas and Margaret (Pope) Mackey.
The father of Mr. Mackey
came to America from County Antrim, Ireland, when seventeen
years of age, and joined an older brother, who had located
in the State of New York. There he learned the
carpenters' and joiners' trade, which he followed for
seventeen years, and then, about the time of his marriage,
settled down to farming. While following his trade
exclusively, he worked in various cities through what is now
the Central West, thus visiting Summit County. He was
pleased with this section and subsequently bought the farm
on Oak Hill, in Boston township, on which he spent the rest
of his life. He was married in 1850 to Margaret,
daughter of John Pope of Northfield Township, and
four of their eight children grew to maturity, namely: John
P., above mentioned; Amy, who married Rev. William
G. Harper, a Methodist clergyman, residing at Washington
Village; George F., residing at Rocky River; and
T. Harvey, also residing at Rocky River. The
mother of the above mentioned family died in 1895. She
was a member of the United Presbyterian Church. The
father, Thomas Mackey, died in 1891, lacking a
few days of being seventy-five years old. His father,
James Mackey, also came to America and farmed
for a time in Northfield Township, but later bought a farm
near Everett, in Boston township.
John P. Mackey obtained his education in the
public schools and remained on the home farm until the
second year after his marriage. He then moved to
Portage County where he farmed for one year, then returning
to the home farm on Oak Hill, where he remained until
February, 1907. While there he lived on a tract of
sixty acres just across the road from the old homestead,
which he had purchased, and on which he carried on
agricultural operations for twenty-seven years, finally
selling it to J. P. Nolan, In March, 1906, Mr.
Mackey brought his present farm in Northfield Township.
It originally contained 100 acres and was settled by his
maternal grandfather. Later 108 acres were added, but
the A. B. C. Electric Railroad has taken forty-one acres, so
that the present farm contains about 167 acres, ninety of
which Mr. Mackey has under a fine state of
cultivation. He keeps twenty-four head of cattle and
sells his milk to the Brooks Creamery Company, uses all the
oats he raises for feed, and markets his wheat and potatoes.
He has taken a great deal of interest in his agricultural
operations, and has paid considerable attention to improving
the stock of horses in this neighborhood. He owns a
magnificent Percheron stallion, "Valliant," the pedigree of
which is recorded in Percheron Stud Book of America.
Mr. Mackey married Amelia Darrow, who is
the daughter of Malcolm Darrow, of Bedford.
they have one daughter, Margaret I., who married
Henry Harrington and she and her husband reside with
them. Mr. Mackey and family are members of the
Congregational Church on Oak Hill, Boston Township, which is
a branch of the Richfield Congregational Church, and of
which formerly, Mr. Mackey was a trustee.
Mr. Mackey is one of Northfield's most substantial men
and highly respected citizens.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 1073 |
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REV. T. F. MAHAR, D. D.,
pastor of St. Vincent de Paul's Church, at Akron, is a
well-beloved and valued member of the Catholic clergy in
this city. He was born Sept. 28, 1851, at Scranton,
Pennsylvania, and is a son of Thomas and Ann (Hart) Mahar
both of whom were of American birth.
Father Mahar entered St. Mary's College, at
Cleveland, Ohio, where he devoted four years to study, prior
to becoming a pupil at St. Lois College, at Louisville,
Stark County, which he entered in 1866 for a term of three
years. In 1869 he went to Rome, Italy. where, amid
churchly surroundings, he pursued his ecclesiastical studies
for six years, under eminent instructors, subsequently being
awarded the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of
Divinity.
In 1875 Father Mahar came to Cleveland, having
been ordained May 30, 1874, and was made assistant pastor of
St. John's Cathedral. In this capacity he served for
five years. On Aug. 1, 1880, Bishop Gilmour
appointed him pastor of St. Vincent de Paul's Church at
Akron, which is one of the largest and most influential
Catholic churches in the city, having a membership of 500
families. His work in connection with this charge has
been eminently successful.
A history of churches, as of individuals, is vastly
interesting and instructive, when it tells a story of
obstacles bravely overcome and difficulties surmounted in a
righteous cause, and a short account of the growth of St.
Vincent de Paul, from the early nucleus of little pioneer
fire-side gatherings, visited by an overworked priest, when
it was possible for him to make his way through the then
unsettled regions, to the stately structure now standing,
which fitly represents the faith, endurance and piety of
both priests and people, must arrest general attention.
The first records tell of Father Henni,
afterward Archbishop of Milwaukee, coming to Akron in 1835,
riding on horse-back from Cincinnati, and holding services
and saying mass in the cabin of the late James McAllister.
From 1837 to 1842 the village was visited by Rev. J. B.
Purcell, later Archbishop of Cincinnati; Rev. Louis
Goesbriand, Father McLaughlin, Father Basil
Shorb and others. In 1843 a small frame house was
commenced on Green Street by Father M. Howard, who
retained charge of the congregation until 1844. From
1845 to 1848 Father Cornelius Daly had charge, and
during his pastorate, he being the first regularly
appointed, the house on Green Street was enlarged and
completed. Following Father Daly came a long
list, of able and faithful priests as follows: Rev.
Casimir Mouret, from October, 1848, to June, 1850;
Father Goodwin, June to December, 1850; Rev. Francis
McGann, December, 1850, to August, 1855; Rev. L.
Molon, January, 1856; Rev. Thomas Walsh and
Rev. W. OConnor, to 1859; Rev. M. A. Scanlon,
from July, 1859, to November, 1873; Rev. Timothy Mahoney,
from November, 1873, to August 1, 1880, when Rev. T. F.
Mahar assumed charge.
The present imposing stone edifice on the corner of
West Market and Maple Streets, was begun on St. Patricks
Day, 1864, and continual improvements have been going on
ever since. The architecture is of the Roman order,
with twelve large, stained-glass, emblematical windows.
The tower contains a fine bell and a first-class clock.
An elegant brick parsonage has also been erected, and the
church owns seven acres of land fronting on West Market
Street, which is dedicated to cemetery purposes.
Father Mahar has many ideas as to future
improvements.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 423 |
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IRVIN R. MANTON,
superintendent of factory No. 3, Robinson Clay Product
Company, at Akron, has been connected with this large
business enterprise ever since he completed his education,
and his industry, capacity and fidelity have contributed in
full measure to the success of the concern. He was
born at Akron, Ohio, Jan. 24, 1874, and was educated in the
schools of Akron, with three years of instruction at
Saltsburg, Pennsylvania. After completing his school
studies he entered the factory of the Robinson Clay Product
Company, of which he has been superintendent for the past
four years. He has engaged rather extensively, also,
in the breeding of fine horses, at present owning about
fifteen head, they possessing qualities which make them
exceedingly valuable.
On Apr. 5, 1898, Mr. Manton was married to
Fredericka Wickdal Hurxthal, a member of one of the old
and substantial families of Canton, Ohio. They have
one child, Laona. Mr. Manton is a member of the
First Presbyterian Church. He has numerous social
connections, being a member of the Portage Country Club, the
Canton Country Club, and the Gentlemen's Driving Club of
Akron.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 899 |
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F. H. MASON,
first vice-president of the B. F. Goodrich Company, at
Akron, has been a resident of this city for twenty-eight
years and is prominently and officially connected with many
of the important business enterprises which have made its
name known in all parts of the world. Mr.
Mason was born in 1852 at Littleton, New Hampshire.
In early life the parents of Mr. Mason
removed to Vermont, where he was reared and educated, but
young manhood found him in the oil fields of Pennsylvania,
and later on in the mining regions of California.
There he gained a large amount of practical knowledge,
combined with beneficial experience. In 1879 he came
to Akron and entered the works of the Goodrich Company as a
general employe, but was shortly made foreman, then
assistant superintendent and later superintendent and
general manager. On Jan. 1, 1907, he succeeded B.
G. Work as first vice-president of this company.
He owns stock in a number of other successful enterprises,
and is president also of the Bridgewater Machine Company,
and is on the directing board of the Thomas
Phillips Company.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 815 |
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WARD B. MIDDLETON,
physician and surgeon at Cuyahoga Falls, and proprietor of
"The Elms," a private hospital, is an eminent member of his
profession, for which he prepared by long courses of study
in the most advanced scientific schools of the country.
Dr. Middleton was born in Jackson Township, Coshocton
County, Ohio, Oct. 24, 1858, and is a son of Jesse and
Susan A. (Titus) Middleton. Ignatius Middleton,
the paternal grandfather of Dr. Middleton, was born
in South Carolina, where he owned a large plantation and was
one of a distinguished family, his uncle., Arthur
Middleton, being one of the signers of the Declaration
of Independence.
Jesse Middleton father of Dr. Middleton
was born in South Carolina and was a son of Ignatius ad
Sarah (Loomis) Middleton He died in Coshocton
County, Ohio, in 1886, aged seventy-six years. He had
long been engaged in farming and stock-raising. In
politics he was a stanch Democrat. He married Susan
A. Titus, who was a daughter of Timothy Titus of
Harrison County, and she resides at Roscoe, Ohio, being now
in her eighty-sixth year. They had five children,
namely: William C., residing on the old homestead;
Caroline, who married John Norris and resides in
Coshocton County; Frances L., who married Henry
Ash and resides at Roscoe, Ohio; Bessie
(deceased), who married Dr. G. S. Morris of Arkansas
City, Kansas; Ward B., the youngest, whose name
begins this sketch. Jesse Middleton and his
wife were early promoters of the Presbyterian Church in
Coshocton County.
In boyhood Dr. Middleton attended first the
local schools and later the Normal school at Ada, and a
school at Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania. He taught school
for seven years, during which period he entered upon the
study of medicine, beginning to read in 1880 under Dr. W.
C. Frew, of Coshocton. He subsequently entered the
Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, where he was
graduated Mar. 5, 1885. He began the practice of his
profession at Roscoe, where he remained for eighteen months,
then practiced for one year at Newark, after which he became
examining surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, for
four years residing at Pittsburg, and for the latter four
years of this connection at Akron. Dr. Middleton
retired from railroad practice in 1899, since which time he
has mainly devoted himself to surgery, residing, at Cuyahoga
Falls, where, in February, 1905, he opened his private
hospital. This medical retreat which he has named "The
Elms" is a modern institution, beautifully located and
thoroughly equipped, with accommodations for ten patients,
all of whom come directly under Dr. Middleton's
personal care.
Dr. Middleton is a member of the Summit County
Medical Society and the American Medical Association.
He keeps closely in touch with the progress of his
profession and makes use of such perfected apparatus as his
own knowledge and experience have proved to be of value.
In 1898 he passed three months in the New York Polyclinic
Hospital, doing post-graduate work in surgery and
gynecology; in the fall of 1899 he spent three weeks in the
Chicago Clinical School; in the fall of 1900 he took a
special course in gynecology at the Mary Thompson Hospital,
Chicago, under Dr. Bryson Robinson, and at the same
time he took an operative course in the post-graduate school
in the same city, which he has visited since.
Dr. Middleton married Clara R. Wood, who
is a daughter of H. H. Wood of Coshocton County, and
they have two children, namely: Louis A. and
Margaret L. Dr. Middleton is nominally
identified with the Democratic party, but is practically
independent in political action. He is affiliated with
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 813 |
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WILLIAM HENRY
MIDDLETON, residing on a very valuable farm of over
200 acres, which he acquired in 1882, is one of the
substantial agriculturists and leading citizens of Hudson
Township. He was born, May 19, 1856, in County Kent,
England, and is a son of James and Mary (Grigsby)
Middleton.
Both parents of Mr. Middleton were born in
County Kent, England, and in 1869 they came to America with
their seven children. The voyage was one of danger and
disaster. The family set sail in the vessel the
City of Hudson, which was wrecked on the banks of
New Foundland and drifted backward helplessly, for 500
miles, with three feet of water in the hold. The
captain had lost all hope of saving his passengers, but
fortunately kept up their courage when he lost his own, and
finally help came and in the course of time the Middleton
family reached East Cleveland in safety. The
father was a brick-layer by trade. He died Aug. 4,
1906, aged seventy-five years. The mother of
William H. Middleton died Dec. 21, 1878. The
father was married (second) Jan. 7, 1880, to Mrs.
Elizabeth Pinecombe. The children born to his
first marriage were as follows: William H.; George,
residing at Mayfield Heights, Cleveland; Sarah Jane
who died Oct. 12, 1905; Alfred, who died Apr. 12,
1883; Elizabeth, who married George Lintern
died in 18194, at Cleveland; James, residing at
Cleveland; Charles, residing in Hudson Township; and
Hattie, who married Julian Scott, residing on
the Streetsboro road in Hudson Township.
William H. Middleton resided at East Cleveland
and at Glenville for about two years, and started a milk
route which he continued until 1884,when he came to his
present farm. He bought over 202 acres and has since
added about twenty-seven acres. He operates his farm
mainly as a dairy farm and ships his milk to Cleveland.
On Aug. 31, 1875, Mr. Middleton was married to
Sarah Ann Pincombe, who was born at Plymouth,
England, and was ten years old when her parents William
and Elizabeth (Rockey) Pincombe, crossed the Atlantic
Ocean. The father went back to England and died there.
The mother, later in life, became the second wife of the
father of Mr. Middleton, and died on the present farm
in an adjoining house, Dec. 3, 1894. The Pincombes
had three children to grow to maturity, namely:
Elizabeth who married John Lintern, residing at
Cleveland; Selina, who married W. B. Hopkins
residing at Cleveland; and Sarah Ann, who married
Mr. Middleton. Mr. and Mrs. Middleton
have five children, as follows: May
Elizabeth, who married W. S. Mills, residing at
Twinsburg, has two children, Florence Elizabeth
and Winnifred Ann; William, residing in
Hudson Township, married Pearl Beardsley;
Emanual Alfred, residing in Bedford, married
Emma Post, of Macedonia; and Blanche
Winnifred and Bert Eli, both residing at
home. Mr. Middleton and family belong to
the Congregational Church at Hudson. In politics he is
a Republican. Mr. Middleton is a type of
self-made man and enjoys the position in which he finds
himself, in middle life, because through his own efforts he
has brought his prosperity about.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 856 |
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AUGUST C. MILLER,
general contractor at Akron, dealing in brick, stone and
lime, with quarters at No. 295 Buckeye Street, came to this
city in 1874. He was born in 1852 in Prussia-Germany,
and was eighteen years of age when he came to America.
Mr. Miller had partly learned his trade before
leaving his own land, and he completed his apprenticeship in
America, working in New York, Chicago, Milwaukee and
Cleveland. when he reached Akron he was ready to
undertake any kind of contract for mason work or building
construction. He worked awhile for different parties,
but in 1876 embarked in general contracting on his own
account, his first big job being for the Robinson
Brothers' Sewer Pipe plant. Mr. Miller has
continued in the contracting business and during his
business life of a quarter of a century here, he has had the
contracts for some of the city's most important buildings.
His work is seen in the Akron Savings Bank Building; the
O'Neil Building; the brick work for the Diamond Rubber
Buildings; the Kubler and Beck Buildings; the
Burkhardt Brewery plant; the Star Drill Machine
Company's plant, and many others of lesser note. At
the date of this writing (1907) he is building the Star
Rubber Company's new plant. In addition to what may be
called his personal business, Mr. Miller
is interested in a number of other important enterprises of
Akron, in which his name has inspired additional confidence.
He was one of the organizers and a director of the Security
Savings Bank, a stockholder in the People's Savings Bank.
He is interested in the Central Savings and Trust Company;
is a stockholder in the Diamond Rubber Company, the B. F.
Goodrich Company, and the Akron Brewery Company, and is also
a director in the Lodi Oil and Refinery Company.
In 1881 Mr. Miller was married to Adele Uitas,
who was born in Prussia, Germany, and they have two
children, Adele and Bodo E., the latter of whom is a
medical student in the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor.
Mr. Miller is a prominent member of the Democratic
party in this city and takes much interest in local affairs.
For three years he has been a member of the Akron
Liebertafel, a leading German social organization. A
man of unimpeachable character, Mr. Miller is a
representative of Akron's best citizenship.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 972 |
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CHARLES N. MILLER, a
representative citizen of Mogadore, and manager, secretary
and treasurer of the Colonial Pressed Brick Company, an
important industry of this section, was born in Plain
Township, Stark County, Ohio, Feb. 27, 1880, and is a son of
N. S. and Ellen (Wise) Miller.
The Millers came
originally y from Pennsylvania to Ohio, Abraham Miller, the
grandfather, bringing his family to Stark County, where the
father of Charles N. Miller was born and where he
still resides, at the age of fifty-eight years. His
occupation since he reached mature years has been farming.
He married Ellen Wise, who also survives, and
they are the parents of three sons and four daughters,
namely: Roy C., residing at Canton; Joseph A.,
residing at New Berlin; Nettie, who married Harry
Stover, residing at Canal Fulton; Minnie, who
married Arthur Wearstler; Lydia, who
married Thomas Weaver, residing at Canton; Ellen,
residing with her parents; and Charles N.
Charles N. Miller was educated in the schools of
New Berlin and after graduating from the High School, took a
course in the Spencerian Business College, at Cleveland,
where he was graduated in 1902, after which he accepted a
position as cashier for the Federal Manufacturing Company,
manufacturers of automobiles and parts, at Cleveland.
He remained with this organization until 1905, when he
entered into his present business, which was then located at
Akron. He became bookkeeper for the Pressed Brick
Company, and after its removal to Mogadore he became
manager, secretary and treasurer.
The Colonial Pressed Brick Company is an Ohio
corporation, and in 1904, the late Ira A. Miller, of
Greentown, was its president. J. A. Sheets was
elected vice-president and C. N. Miller secretary,
treasurer and general manager. The other capitalists
connected with the company are: J. W. Hisey, Henry
Sweitzer, Levi Stoner, E. C. Sheets
and W. E. Butler. They are engaged in the
manufacture of face or stiff mud brick. The kiln has a
capacity of 12,000 brick per day, machine capacity, 40.000,
and they employ 25 men and market their product over a large
area of country, finding ready sale on account of its
superior quality. The plant is most conveniently
located where there is an abundance of clay, with water
supplied by the Little Cuyahoga River. Its equipments
are entirely modern. When Mr. Miller
took charge it needed a man of his business capacity to
adjust what was wrong and to put the business on a full
paying basis. This he has done and it is numbered with
the prospering industries of this part of Summit County.
In 1904 Mr. Miller married Rhuie Summers,
who is a daughter of Rev. H. B. and Elizabeth Summers,
who was born at Baltimore, Fairfield County, Ohio, and they
have one son, Homer Summers. The father of Mrs.
Miller is a well-known minister of the Evangelical
Church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller belong to the
United Evangelical Church. They have been residents of
Mogadore for the past two years.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 547 |
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EDWARD B. MILLER,
manager of the People's Improvement Company, at Akron, has
been a resident of this city since childhood, and has been
identified with many of the city's important industries.
He was born Feb. 15, 1859, at Canton, Ohio, and is a son of
Lewis Miller, who was the originator and founder of
the Chautauqua Association.
He was scarcely more than five years old when his
parents moved to Akron, where he attended school. He
later entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, remaining three
years. In the meantime he evinced a natural leaning
toward mechanics, and this led him to enter Stevens School
of Technology, at Hoboken, New Jersey, where he took a
course in mechanical engineering. Mr. Miller
then went for a tour of Europe, and on his return he entered
the foundry department of his fathers concern, the
Aultman-Miller Company, with the determination of
learning every detail of the business. This plan he
carried out and became assistant superintendent of the
shops, remaining for eight years with that company.
Later he was superintendent of the Akron Iron Company for
eight years. During all this period he had been
quietly investing in land in and around Akron, which since
then he has been platting and building thereon comfortable
homes for the public. His foresight has proven him a
man of business faculty of high degree. His land is
well improved, and, while materially benefiting himself, he
has added much to the general attractiveness of his city.
Since childhood he has been united with the First Methodist
Episcopal Church at Akron.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 379 |
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FRANK F. MILLER,
mechanical engineer, with the Star Drilling Machine Company,
of Akron, has been identified with this line of work ever
since he entered into business, and has been a resident of
this city since he was ten years old. He was born in
1879 at Smith's Ferry, Ohio, but his childhood was passed at
Braceville, Leavittsburg and Newton Falls, to which point
his parents, J. W. and Abbie (Brown) Miller moved
while he was very young.
Mr. Miller entered the public schools of Akron
at the age above mentioned and continued until he was
graduated from the Akron High School, in 1897. He then
became a student at the Western University of Pennsylvania,
from which he was graduated in 1901, with his degree of M.
E. During the following year he worked for the
American Bridge Company, first at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
and later at Canton, Ohio, then for one year he was with the
Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Engineering
Company, of Cleveland, since which time he has been with the
Star Drilling Machine Company,, in his present capacity.
He is a stockholder in this enterprise and also owns stock
in the Star Rubber Company.
In 1902 Mr. Miller was married to Clara A.
Parisette, daughter of Charles and Susan (Selzer)
Parisette. Charles Parisette was born in Germany
and came to the United States about 1857. Mr.
Parisette volunteered in a California regiment during
the Civil War, and now makes his home in Akron, at 738 West
Market Street. Mrs. Miller graduated from the
Akron High School in 1898, also from the Perkins Normal
School two years later. She then taught in the Allen
school. With her husband, she belongs to the First
Congregational Church. They are the parents of two
children - Forest Kenneth and
Alma Lenore.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 973 |
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FRANK H. MILLER, one of
Norton Township's reliable citizens and good farmers,
residing on his eighty-acre farm, was born at Loyal Oak,
Summit County, Ohio, Mar. 30, 1856, and is a son of
Daniel and Amelia (Boerstler) Miller.
Both parents of Mr. Miller were born in
Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and the father came to
Summit County in 1843 and the mother in 1850. They
were married in Norton Township and had but one child,
Frank H. The father purchased the farm on which
his son lives, when the latter was fifteen years of age, and
here he died Oct. 26, 1900. His widow still survives,
aged seventy-four years, a lady who is most highly esteemed
in this community.
Frank H. Miller attended the district schools of
Norton Township, and his occupation in life has been
farming. In 1877, he was married to Sarah Ann Moser,
who is a daughter of Louis and Litina Moser, and they
have four children: Mattie, who married William
Moser, has one child, Roy Daniel;
Elsie; Louis D., who resides in Sharon Township,
married Nettie Davis, and they have two
children, Wanda May arid Una Marion;
and Earl Francis. Mr. and Mrs. Miller
lost one daughter, Carrie. The family belong to
the Lutheran Church, of which Mr. Miller has
been secretary for fourteen years. For several years
Mr. Miller has been the treasurer of the
Norton Fire Insurance Company.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 708 |
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GEORGE MILLER - See
John F. Miller
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 347 |
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JOHN F. MILLER, a general
farmer, residing on his valuable farm of forty-eight acres
in Portage Township, was born at Wadsworth, Medina County,
Ohio, July 29, 1844, and is a son of George and Rebecca
(Baughman) Miller.
Jacob Miller, the grandfather of John F.,
was one of the earliest settlers in Medina County, locating
at Wadsworth in 1816, and purchasing a farm one mile east of
the village. In journeying from Pennsylvania, Mr.
Miller and family passed through Middlebury, then the
infant Akron. They stayed for one year at Canfield,
Mahoning County, before pursuing their journey farther west.
Jacob Miller, anxious to secure good land,
examined its quality in several sections before purchasing.
He was offered a farm for $3 per acre, which is now in the
very heart of Akron, on the site of the Perkins public
school. He was not satisfied, however, and went on to
Medina County, where ho invested his money. The
maternal grandfather of John F. Miller came also from
Pennsylvania, locating between Wadsworth and Doylestown.
GEORGE MILLER was born in
Pennsylvania, and was a boy when his parents came to Ohio.
His older brother, John Miller, went into partnership
with John Pardee, in a mercantile business at
Wadsworth, which was one of the earliest enterprises there,
and when the brother died, George assumed his
interests and continued in partnership with Mr.
Pardee for some time. A few years later he bought
a farm on Silver Creek, near Wadsworth, on which he lived
for a few years, selling it at a later date. In 1853
he bought 240 acres, and on a part of this property John
F. Miller now lives. George Miller carried
on farming and stock-raising on this land quite extensively.
In 1856 he built the substantial stone house which is still
standing. He was a very just man, and divided his land
so that all his children were provided for. He made
three farms of the 240 acres he owned in Portage Township,
and the old Miller homestead in Wadsworth Township he
left to the heirs of his daughter, Mrs. Springer.
There he died, four days after his 80th birthday. George
Miller married Rebecca Baughman and
they had four children: Sarah, Paul, Martha
and John F. Sarah, residing in Portage
Township, married Solomon Koplin.
Paul has been a resident of California since 1860. Martha,
now deceased, was married, first to Dr. F. F. Falk,
who died at Western Star, aged twenty-eight years. She
married, second, Frank Springer. The mother of the
subject of this sketch died in 1868 on the home farm.
John F. Miller was eight years old when his
parents came to Portage Township, and, although he has spent
some time away from here, on various occasions, this has
always remained his home residence. For two years in
early manhood he followed railroading and mountain teaming
along the Pacific coast, but for many years he has been
engaged in agricultural pursuits on his fine property here.
This land is well improved, and its value may be estimated
from the fact that Mr. Miller recently sold twelve
acres of it, for which he received $1,000 per acre, the
purchaser being W. B. Miller, of Akron. Mr.
Miller also owns another farm of sixty-four acres in
Medina County, Ohio.
In October, 1868, Mr. Miller was married
(first) to Charity Brouse, who died in
February, 1892. They bad four children: Elton Harry,
Paul and Laura, of whom Laura died when
aged fourteen months. Elton Miller,
who resided on the farm in Wadsworth township, which is
owned by his father and sons, was accidentally killed there
Sept. 13, 1906, by an accidental explosion of the steam
pipes in a saw mill. He married Nellie Blackford.
Harry Miller is foreman of the shipping
department of the Quaker Oats mills at Akron; Paul
Miller assists on the home farm. On Oct. 20, 1897,
Mr. Miller married (second) Mrs.
Christeen (Mohn) Palmer.
For twenty-five years Mr. Miller was
identified with the Prohibition party, and then united with
the Democratic party. For four years he served as
trustee of Portage Township. He has long been a
prominent member of the West Congregational Church at Akron.
In 1904 he and his wife took a trip to California, where he
revisited scenes made familiar to him in his first trip.
On the way they visited the exposition then in progress at
St. Louis.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 347 |
Lewis Miller |
LEWIS MILLER. Few
citizens of Akron, now passed off the scene of life, have
more claims to remembrance than the late Lewis Miller,
the genius who invented the Buckeye Mower and Reaper.
He was born July 24, 1829, at Greentown, Stark County, Ohio,
and his useful life closed Feb. 28, 1899.
Mr. Miller completed his education in the
Academy at Plainfield, Will County, Illinois. From
1846 until 1851 he taught school during the winter seasons
and worked as a plasterer in the summers. All the time
he was studying out inventions, many of which have been
since patented and put on the market. In 1851 he
became a member of the firm of Ball, Aultman
and Company, manufacturers of stoves, plows, threshers, and
the old Hussey reaper. After the firm removed to Canton,
Mr. Miller became superintendent of the plant. Then
followed his invention of the Buckeye Mower and Reaper, and
in 1865 of the Buckeye Table Rake and still later, the
self-binders. To his inventive genius, Akron and other
manufacturing cities of Ohio owe a large part of their
prosperity. In 1864 works were erected at Akron for
the further enlargement of the business, under the firm name
of Aultman, Miller and Company, Mr. Miller
being the president and superintendent of the organizations
with which his name was connected. His capital became
invested in numerous other manufacturing plants,
particularly at Akron and Canton, as well as in banks and
other business organizations. He was a trustee of Mt.
Union College, of Allegheny College and the Ohio Wesleyan
University, and at Akron was connected prominently with
educational work. Although a good citizen he was never
a prominent politician, being too busily engaged otherwise,
but at various times he consented to serve on the City
Council, and gave generously of his time to promote all
civic measures of importance. Thousands each year
enjoy the benefits of the Chautauqua Association, of which
he was the originator and founder. Mr.
Miller was united in marriage, Sept. 16, 1852, to
Mary V. Alexander, a native of Macoupin County,
Illinois, who was born Dec. 6, 1830. They were the
parents of eleven children, of whom eight, are now living,
namely: Ira, who resides in Akron; Edward,
also of Akron; Robert, postmaster of Porto Rico;
Lewis, residing at the family home in Akron; Mina,
wife of the distinguished inventor, Thomas A. Edison,
of Llewellyn, New Jersey; Mary, who is single
and resides at home; Grace, a teacher in a select
school at Cleveland, and John B., who is associated
with Mr. Edison in his scientific work.
Those deceased are: Eva, who died just before
reaching her sixteenth year; Jennie, who was the wife
of Richard Marvin, who is also deceased;
Theodore, who was killed in Porto Rico during the
Spanish-American war.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 331 |
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LEWIS A. MILLER, one of
Akron's capitalists and men of large business interests,
whose investments and dealings in real estate in the city
and vicinity include the handling of some of the most
valuable property in this section, is also interested in the
manufacture of electric automobiles, and he is
vice-president and a director of the Byrider Auto Company of
Cleveland.
Mr. Miller was born at Canton, Ohio, in October,
1863, and is a son of Lewis Miller. His parents
moved from Canton to Akron when he was six months old.
Lewis Miller the father, was the inventor of the
Buckeye mower, reaper and binder, and he was also the
founder of the great Chautauqua movement, in 1874.
Lewis A. Miller was reared at Akron, where he
attended the public schools and for a time was a student at
Mt. Union College. He then made a tour of Europe,
afterwards returning to Akron. For the fifteen years
following. Mr. Miller was connected with the
firm of Aultman and Miller, as a department
manager and as a member of the board of directors. He
also acted as assistant secretary to his brother. For
the past six years he has given his main attention to
investments of realty character, as mentioned above.
Mr. Miller is a member of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church at Akron, and belongs to its official
board. He still retains his membership and interest in
his Greek fraternity at Mt. Union College.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 506 |
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LUTE H. MILLER,
gardener and dairy-man, residing on his well-cultivated farm
of eighty-six acres, situated in Copley Township, was born
on this farm, Mar. 1, 1871, and is a son of Charles C.
and Mary Ann (Philbrick) Miller.
Charles C. Miller, father of Lute H., was
born at Akron, Dec. 11, 1832. His father, Ansel
Miller came from Vermont to Ohio, in 1819, locating at
Akron, which was then a settlement consisting of a few
houses. The outlook apparently did not please Ansel
Miller, as he went back to the East, and did not return
until he could find work in the building of the canal,
during which period he bought the farm in Copley Township.
In November, 1860, after the marriage of his son, Charles
C., he came to live on the farm, where he died in 1879,
aged eighty years. He was married at Akron to Lucy
Hawkins, who came to Ohio with her parents, from
Vermont. She died in 1838, leaving two sons:
Charles Carroll and James Nelson, the latter of
whom died in infancy.
Charles Carroll Miller grew up in the village of
Akron, and attended the sessions of school held in the old
stone building known to all the older residents of the city.
His literary education was completed in Cleveland. He
then became bookkeeper in a store in Akron, on the canal,
but being of an enterprising nature and wishing to see
something of the world, he shipped, in 1848, on a whaling
vessel, with the expectation of going around Cape Horn to
California and visiting local leaders of his party. He
is interested in the National City Bank, and is treasurer of
the Akron Times-Democrat Company.
On Oct. 3, 1867, Mr. Hoye was married to
Isabella Mulligan, who died May 16, 1872, leaving two
children - William J. and A. P. On Oct.
14, 1872, he married for his second wife, Mary Cummins
who has borne him five children - Mary, Isabella, Robert,
Grace and Julia. Since Mr. Hoye's
second marriage he and his wife have adopted twelve
children, making nineteen in all, whom they have reared and
educated.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 492 |
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MINA
MILLER, daughter of Lewis and Mary V. (Alexander)
Miller, was born in Akron, July 6, 1865; after
graduating from the Akron High School, for a time attending
Mrs. Johnson's academy, in Boston, Mass., followed by
a European tour, becoming an accomplished musician, and
familiar with a number of modern languages. Meeting
with Mr. Edison, while visiting with mutual friends,
in the East, and later at Chautauqua, a marriage engagement
ensued, which was consummated at the home of her parents, in
Akron, at 3 o'clock p.m., Feb. 24, 1886. After a few
months' sojourn at their winter villa, near Fort Meyers,
Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Edison returned to the family
home, "Glenmont," at Llewellyn Park, N. J., where they still
reside. They have two children - Madeline, born
May 31, 1888, and Charles, born Aug. 3, 1890.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 500 |
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PERRY R. MILLER, who
came to Barberton in 1892, one of its first home-makers,
resides at No. 926 Wooster Avenue* , where his beautiful
dwelling is surrounded by two acres of improved land.
For many years prior to that date he was a large farmer and
successful dairyman in Norton Township. He was born in
Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio, Aug. 29, 1855, and is
a son of CYRUS and Hannah (Reese)
Miller.
CYRUS MILLER
was also born in Norton Township, but the grandfather of
Perry R. Miller was born in Ireland. He emigrated
to America and lived for a time in Summit County, but later
moved to Illinois, and both he and wife died there before
the birth of their grandson. Cyrus Miller
worked as a tailor during some of his earlier years, on
account of an accident, which resulted in the loss of a leg,
which for a time prevented agricultural work, but he
subsequently became a farmer in Norton Township. He
died at Akron, aged eighty years, his wife dying when
seventy-eight years old. They had six children,
namely: Wellington, residing at Barberton;
Wealthy who died in girlhood from being accidentally
burned; Perry R.; Wilbur and Willis, twins,
the latter of whom is deceased, the former residing at
Barberton; and Arthur residing at Akron.
Perry R. Miller was reared on the house farm in
Norton Township, in which, with the exception of one year,
1865, when the family resided at Wadsworth, he has spent his
life. He at one time owned 240 acres of land, in
two-farms, and for many years resided on one of 190 acres,
which belonged to his wife and her mother. During the
winter of 1906-7 he sold that farm but retains one of fifty
acres, which, with his property at Barberton, still leaves
him the owner of some very valuable realty. He was
educated in the district schools of Norton Township, after
which he taught school for about three years, but later
turned his entire attention to farming and dairying, in
which he met with much success.
Mr. Miller married Addie L. Dickerman,
who is a daughter of Simeon and Mary Ann Dickerman
who came early to Norton Township. Mr. Dickerman
is deceased, but Mrs. Dickerman resides with
Mr. and Mrs. Miller. The latter have two sons,
Vernon and Leland.
Mr. Miller has always
taken an active and intelligent interest in township
affairs, and on numerous occasions has been called on by his
fellow citizens to accept office, and has served most
acceptably as township clerk and trustee. He is one of
the leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Barberton, in which he is steward, trustee and treasurer,
and also serves as assistant superintendent of the Sunday
school. He occupies himself mainly in looking after
his real estate interests, which he has lately increased.
He is a man of public spirit and the improvements he puts on
his properties add to their value and also to the general
appearance of the town.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 733
NOTE: The house at 926 Wooster Ave., Barberton is no
longer there. |
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STEPHEN C. MILLER,
attorney-at-law, at Barberton, with offices in the American
National Bank Building, on the corner of Fourth Street and
Tuscarawas Avenue, enjoys a large and lucrative general
practice, which extends all over Summit County. Mr.
Miller was born at Hudson, New York, Mar. 1, 1863, and
is a son of Abraham and Ann H. (Miller) Miller.
Abraham Miller also a lawyer, practiced his
profession for some years in New York. and died at Palmyra,
in that state, in 1871, at the age of thirty-three.
His wife Ann still survives.
In 1876 the subject of this sketch came to Akron, Ohio,
to make his home with his uncle. Dr. S. H. Coburn
with whom he remained until 1881, in the meantime attending
the common and High Schools of this city. He commenced
his law reading in the office of Edgerton & Kohler,
at Akron, and completed his legal studies in Florida, to
which state he went in 1881. He was admitted to the
Florida bar in 1890, and practiced at Tallahassee until
1895. He then returned to Akron, where he practiced
law until 1901, and then located permanently at Barberton.
Here he has taken part in a large portion of the important
business before the various courts, and has demonstrated his
ability on many occasions. Mr. Miller was
married in Florida to Minnie Beazley who was reared
at Monticello, Jefferson County, Florida, and who is a
daughter of Judge William Beazley of that place.
They have two children, Susie and Isbell, the
latter being named for Charles Isbell of Akron.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 297 |
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COL. STEWART MILLER, a
well known and highly respected citizen of Akron, residing
in his comfortable and attractive home at No. 183 Ellwood
Street, is a worthy veteran of the great Civil War,
throughout which he served with honorable distinction.
He was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Feb. 7,
1834, and comes of the sturdy Scotch and German stock with
which that section of the United States is largely settled.
When Colonel Miller was a child of ten years his
parents moved to Harrisburg, where he spent three years of
his early life, at the end of that period accompanying them
to Lancaster County, in the same State, where they settled
on a farm. This furnished him with plenty of healthful
occupation until he was eighteen years old. He then
began an apprenticeship to the blacksmith's trade, at which
he continued for three years, during this period receiving
wages amounting to but $25 a year. After becoming
proficient at his trade, and being confident of securing
employment almost anywhere, in order to see something of his
native country, he left home in 1860, journeying as far west
as Mansfield, Ohio, where in August of that year, he began
work in the blacksmith shop of the Mansfield Machine Works.
Here he might have remained indefinitely, but for the
breaking out of the Civil War. But the rebel attack on
Fort Sumpter changed for the time being the even current of
his life. He had a good position with an excellent
concern, but to him his country's call was imperative.
Putting aside all thoughts of self-interest, with loyal
determination he stepped promptly forward to join the ranks
of the Nation's defenders.
On Apr. 13, 1861, Mr. Miller enlisted for a
service of three months in Company I, First Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in at Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, April 18th, being sent directly to
Philadelphia. Ten days later the regiment went to
Washington City, camping for drill along the Orange Run
Railroad. From that point it was sent soon after to
Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia, where it had its first
engagement with the enemy, sustaining a loss of ten men
wounded. Its second was at Bull Run, July 21, 1861,
and this closed Mr. Millers first term of enlistment,
which had been fairly strenuous. His second enlistment
was on Oct. 14, 1861, in the Sixth Ohio Independent Battery,
and his third, for three years more, on Dec. 12, 1863, his
final discharge being effected Sept. 1, 1865, at Camp Chase,
Columbus, Ohio.
During this long period of almost constant military
activity Colonel Miller participated in the
following engagements, being promoted from the ranks to one
official position after another. As noted, his first
two engagements were at Vienna and Bull Run respectively,
after which he was on duty at Washington, D. C, until his
discharge, Aug. 3, 1861.
The Sixth Ohio Battery in which Mr. Miller
re-enlisted in the following October, was organized at Camp
Buckingham, Mansfield, Ohio. On Nov. 10, 1861, Mr.
Miller was made a sergeant of his company. On
Dec. 15, 1861, the battery was sent to Louisville, Kentucky
and assigned to the Eleventh Brigade, Department of the
Ohio. It remained at Camp Gilbert until Jan. 12, 1862,
when it transferred to the Cumberland River. March 18,
it journeyed to Nashville, Tennessee, by steamer, marched
with the Artillery Reserve, Army of the Ohio, to Savannah,
arriving at Pittsburg Landing on the morning of the second
day of the battle of that name, otherwise known as the
battle of Shiloh. The siege of Corinth under
Halleck, April 30, to May 30, followed, the brigade
being under the immediate command of General James A.
Garfield . On the evacuation of Corinth by the
Confederates the brigade went into camp at Stevenson,
Alabama, where it remained from June 18 to August 21.
It then took part in the pursuit of Bragg to
Louisville, Kentucky, until September 25.
As a part of the Artillery Brigade. Sixth Division,
Second Corps, the Sixth Battery engaged in the pursuit of
Bragg to Crab Orchard, October 1 to 15, subsequent movements
being to Perryville, October 8, Harrodsburg, October 11,
Stanford, October 14; thence to Nashville, Tennessee.
The Sixth Battery was then made a part of the Artillery
Brigade First Division Reserves of the Fourteenth Army Corps
of the Army of the Cumberland, and as such saw active
service at Lavergne, December 26-27; Stewart's Creek,
December 28; Stone River, December 28-31; January 1-3, 1863,
Colonel Miller being wounded January 2d. The next
service of the battery was at Tullahoma, June 24-30;
Hoover's Gap, July 24-25; Lee and Gordons
Mill, September 11; Lect's Tanyard, September 12-13;
Chickamauga, September 18-21; Siege of Chattanooga,
September 24-October 26; then in garrison at Fort Wood,
where Colonel Miller veteranized.
Colonel Miller took part in all the engagements of
importance in which his command participated in the Atlanta
campaign, including the following: Tunnel Hill, May 7;
Buzzard's Roost Gap, May 8; Rocky Face Ridge, May 8-11;
Resaca, May 13-16; Adairsville, May 17-18; Dallas, May
25-June 24; Pickett's Mill, May 2; Kenesaw Mountain, June
17-July 2; Pine Mountain, June 14; Lost Mountain, June
15-17; Pine Knob, June 19; Culp's House, June 22; Assault on
Kenesaw, June 27; Smyrna Camp Ground, July 3-4;
Chattahoochee River, July 6-17; Peach Tree Creek, July
19-20; Siege of Atlanta, July 21-August 25; Ezra Chapel,
July 28; Utoy Creek, August 5-6; Jonesboro, August 31-
September 1; Lovejoy Station, September 2-6; Pursuit of
Hood in Nashville Campaign, November to December;
Columbia, Duck River, November 24-28; Spring Hill, November
29; Franklin, November 30; Nashville, December 15-16;
Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River, and Huntsville,
Alabama.
Colonel Miller was on duty in the Department of
Louisiana from July 3 to Aug. 23, 1865, and was mustered out
September 1, as before mentioned. During this long
period of almost constant danger Colonel Miller was
twice wounded - once seriously, through the arm at Stone
River, and once slightly, in the abdomen, his life being
saved on this latter occasion by his having a notebook with
family letters in his pocket. His wounds kept him in
the hospital for over two months. The life-preserving
book and papers he still keeps naturally regarding them with
tender sentiments. They will descend to those who come
after him as precious relics of the day when, but for their
opportune presence, a brave soldier's life would have been
sacrificed.
At the close of the war Colonel Miller returned
to Mansfield, where he resided until 1882. He then
came to Akron, entering the rolling mills of the Akron Iron
Company, in which he continued to work at his trade for
thirteen years, after which he retired from active
industrial life.
On Dec. 15, 1864, Colonel Miller was married to
Lizzie McCoy, a daughter of John and Jane McCoy.
He and his wife are the parents of three children, namely:
Mary S., wife of A. J. Wills who has charge of
the tire department of the B. F. Goodrich Company;
Charles J. who is a traveling representative of Leggett
and Company, of New York City, the largest wholesale grocery
house in the world; and Harry C., who is a salesman
for the B. F. Goodrich Company. Both Mr. Miller's
sons are very able business men.
A man of firm political convictions, Colonel Miller
has taken an active part in civic matters. He has held
local offices at various times and for six years was
assessor for the Second War at Akron. Army affairs,
too, have always remained interesting to him, and the old
veteran organizations have claimed much of his time and
attention. He was the main organizer of the Union
Veteran Union of Ohio, from which organization his title of
colonel was received. For the last thirty-two years he
has been a member of the order known as the Knights of
Honor, belonging to Acme Lodge, No. 35, Akron, Ohio.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 363 |
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URIAH A. MILLER,
a prosperous agriculturist of Copley Township, where he is
cultivating a fine farm of fifty-two acres, was born on his
grandfather's farm in Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio,
and is a son of Jonas Franklin and
Marietta (Slaughback) Miller.
John Miller, his grandfather, was the first of the
family to come to Ohio, making the trip from Pennsylvania in
wagons, with about sixty other pioneers, and settling on the
partly cleared lands of Norton Township. His home was
one of the first frame houses in that section, and he became
the owner of two farms, of eighty and 175 acres
respectively, which are still in the family name. He
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. F. Seiberling.
John Miller and his wife had a family of eleven
children, eight daughters and three sons, of whom three
survive: Catherine, who married J. F.
Seiberling; Pollie, who is the widow of John Lahr;
and S. H. Miller, of Doylestown.
JONAS FRANKLIN MILLER was a boy
of eight or ten years when he made the trip from
Pennsylvania with his parents, and he was reared on his
father's farm, experiencing all the hardships of pioneer
life. Throughout his entire active period, Mr.
Miller was a hard-working, industrious citizen, and at
the time of his death had accumulated a fortune estimated at
$20,000, most of which was invested in land in Norton
Township, Barberton and Loyal Oak. His death occurred
at Loyal Oak, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1907. Mr. Miller
married Marietta Slaughback, who was born at
Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and who still survives,
her home being at Loyal Oak. Nine children were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Miller, namely: Uriah
Augustus; Alice, who became the wife of H. F. Myres;
Milton H.; Ida, who is deceased; Harry E.;
John G.; Ella, who married James Harter;
Ellsworth, deceased; and Elizabeth, who married
Charles Gable.
Uriah Augustus Miller, the direct subject of this
sketch, lived on his grandfather's farm in Norton Township
until he was eight years old, at which time the family
removed to his grandfather's 170-acre property in the same
township, where he resided until attaining his majority.
He then spent seventeen years and a half on his father's
property. On Feb. 14, 1894, he purchased his present
farm from Frank Seiberling and Frank Wilcox of
Akron, it being known as the California
property. Mr. California having been the
original owner. The farm has been improved to a high
state of cultivation, and under Mr. Miller's able
management yields large crops.
In June, 1877, Mr. Miller was married to
Adaline Amelia Koplin who was born in Wadsworth
Township, Medina County, Ohio, a daughter of David and
Mary A. (Moser) Koplin. Her parents were natives
of Summit County, to which Mrs. Miller's grandfather,
Christian Koplin came from Huntingdon County,
Pennsylvania. He died in Wadsworth Township when his
son David was a child of four years. Mrs.
Miller died Apr. 23, 1891, aged thirty-three years,
having been the mother of four children, namely: Morris
E. who died in infancy; Inez, who lives in Akron;
Nellie who resides at home; and Raymond, who
is an employe of the Barberton Rubber Company, at Barberton,
Ohio.
On Feb. 22, 1899, Mr. Miller married for a
second wife, Sarah Jane Stocker, who was born in
Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a daughter of
Phillip and Mary (Acre) Stocker, both of whom are
living. Phillip Stocker came from Pennsylvania,
and was married to Mary Ann Acre who had come to
Summit County at the age of fourteen years with her parents,
who were pioneers of Summit and Medina Counties.
Mr. Miller is a Republican in politics, to which
party his father also belonged, his grandfather having been
a stanch Whig. He served his township as ditch
commissioner the only year that the office was in existence.
With his wife he attends the Lutheran Church of Loyal Oak.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 484 |
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WARREN MILLER, who is well
known throughout Summit County as a former successful buyer
and seller of stock, to which business he devoted many
years, now carries on general farming on his valuable tract
of sixty-four acres, situated in Copley Township, ten miles
west of Akron, on the township road of Bath and Copley, and
the county road of Summit and Medina Counties. He was
born in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1840,
and is a son of William and Electa (Crosby) Miller.
WILLIAM MILLER, his father, was
born in 1817, in the State of New York, a son of Morris
and Hettie (Lucas) Miller who came to Ohio in 1818.
For a short time they lived with the Turner family on
the very farm that Warren Miller now own, and then
moved to Bath Township, locating west of Ghent, where
Morris Miller cleared up a farm. He died in Bath
Township, after which his widow returned to Copley Township
and died at the home of a daughter. They had the
following children: John, William, Aaron and
Morris all deceased; Harriet, now deceased, who
was the wife of N. Hubbard; Charlotte, who is the
widow of B. Lee; and Laura, who married
George McMillan and, with her husband, is now deceased.
William Miller attended school for a short time
at Lamb's Corners, not far from his son's present
farm, but the greater part of his boyhood was passed in Bath
Township. He married Electa Crosby, whose
parents came to Summit County at an early day, from New
York, settling in Granger Township. Afterward, he and
wife lived for a short time on Liberty Hill, Granger
Township, and then settled in Bath Township, remaining there
until 1858, when they moved to Copley Township, living here
for a number of years. Later, William Miller
bought the Harris mill in Bath Township, but
subsequently returned to Copley Township. Afterwards
he built a fine residence at Akron, where he died in 1893.
His widow married a Mr. Findlay who died in 1904, she
surviving him up to the present time. There were two
children born to William Miller and wife;
Ralsamond and Warren, the former being now
deceased.
Warren Miller spent his boyhood on the farm, and
obtained his education in the schools at Stony Hill and
Sharon Center. For a number of years and until quite
recently, he devoted the larger part of his time to dealing
in stock. In 1870 he purchased his present farm from
the Turner heirs- Mrs. Turner and Mrs.
Sackett. The present residence was then standing,
but he built the substantial barn in 1880.
Mr. Miller was married (first) in November,
1863, to Eliza Hawkins who died in 1870, leaving one
son, Forrest C. The latter married Effie
Hoeglan and they have one child, Florence.
Forrest C. Miller is engaged in farming in Copley
township. Mr. Miller was married (second) in
June, 1877, to Emily Huntley, who is a daughter of
Seymour and Eveline (Miller) Huntley. One son,
William H. has been born of this union. Mr.
Miller is one of the solid, substantial men of his
community and has the esteem of his fellow-citizens.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 478 |
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WILLIAM F. MILLER,
general farmer and stockraiser of Bath Township, who resides
on his well-improved property of fifty-two acres, was born
Sept. 6, 1853, at Canton, Ohio, and is a son of David and
Mary (Killinger) Miller.
David Miller was born in Lebanon County,
Pennsylvania, where he was reared, and shortly after his
marriage he came to Canton, Ohio, where he worked at
shoemaking and also carried on farming. In 1856 he
removed to Copley Township, Summit County, where he
purchased a farm of eighty acres, one mile north of Copley,
on which he resided until retiring from agricultural
pursuits in 1875, when he removed to Copley Center, and
there his death occurred in April, 1904, aged ninety-four
years. His wife had died in August, 1876. They
were the parents of the following children: Mahlon,
who died an infant at Canton, Ohio; Alice, who
married Albertus Kellar, of Portage County,
Ohio; Caroline, who is the widow of Urias Miller,
lives at Battle Creek, Michigan; Elizabeth, who is
the wife of William Vickers, who is a farmer
of Fulton County, Michigan, and William F.
William F. Miller was reared in Copley Township,
and all of his mature life has been spent in farming, with
the exception of six years, when he was engaged in teaming
at Akron. He remained at home until he was married,
when he rented a farm in Copley Township for one year, and
then removed to Richfield Township, to what was first called
Baldwin's, and later Miller's Corners, just
across the Bath Township line. He purchased a farm of
eighty acres in 1877, but in 1893, removed to Akron, where
he lived for six years, and then returned to his farm for an
equal period. In 1905 Mr. Miller sold
that farm and purchased his present one.
In 1876 Mr. Miller was married to Mary
Goodman, who is a daughter of Peter and Mary
(Jackson) Goodman. She was born and reared in
Pennsylvania, and moved to Copley when about twelve years of
age, at which place the father died in 1888. Her
mother still lives at Copley. To Mr. and Mrs.
Miller the following children have been born:
Clarence, who died at the age of eighteen months;
Marcia, who died when twenty-five years old, was the
wife of Harry Brock, and left one child, Clarence
Brock, who lives with Mr. Miller; Earl,
who is a shipping clerk for a large Cleveland shoe house,
married Gertrude Vallen; Maude and
Dana, who live at home, and Leta, who died at
Akron, aged six years.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 867 |
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HARRY BROWN MILLS,
proprietor of the Kleanit Manufacturing Company, at Akron,
is one of the city's native successful business men and
representative citizens. He was born in 1867, at
Akron, Ohio, and belongs to a old pioneer family of this
section.
ITHEL MILLS, the grandfather of
Harry B., was born in New York, and was a pioneer of
resourceful and enterprising character. He located in
Summit County at a very early day and he built the old
county court-house. He married Emily Spicer,
who was the first settler of Akron, and one of Summit
County's prominent men in his day. The late William
H. Mills, the father of H. B., was born at Akron,
where his life was spent. He married Alice S. Brown,
a daughter of Charles W. Brown the Browns
being also old Summit County settlers.
Harry B. Mills was reared and educated in his
native place. Early in his business career he
conducted a grocery, but for the past sixteen years he has
been interested in his present manufacturing business.
The introduction of his product, Kleanit, met with success
from the start, and in face of all competition, has been
accepted as the best article of its kind ever put on the
market. It has required comparatively little
advertising, proving its merits wherever used. Mr.
Mills has a constantly increasing business which now
extends over a large territory. He is located at No.
1009 South High Street, Akron.
In 1890 Mr. Mills was married to Carrie L.
Smith, who was born at Clinton, Ohio. Her father
was George Smith, a well-known citizen of that
section. Mr. and Mrs. Mills have three children
- Ruth, Paul and Mildred. Mr. Mills
belongs to the First Christian Church at Akron.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 824 |
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ARTHUR A. MOORE,
president of the People's Savings and Banking Company, at
Barberton, and also interested in a real estate and
insurance business, was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio,
Sept. 15, 1857, and is a son of Reuben and Lavantia
(Adams) Moore.
For a number of years Reuben
Moroe, father of Arthur A., conducted a general
mercantile business at Leon, Ohio, and was concerned to a
considerable extent in the lumber industry of Ashtabula
County, where he owned mills. He also owned and
operated mills in Florida. Both he and wife are
residents of Barberton.
Arthur A. Moore in boyhood attended the country
schools near his home, and later the Grand River Institute
at Austinburg. When eighteen years of age he started
into business with his father with whom he remained two
years. On attaining his majority, he decided to go
into business for himself, having his own ideas concerning
its development. Lacking capital to purchase a horse
and wagon, he hired them, bought a stock of seasonable
goods, and started out through the country to sell them.
He met with excellent success, and soon established a store
of his own at Leon, Ohio, keeping a man on the road, and was
thus engaged for about thirteen years. When he came to
Barberton he immediately showed his enterprise by the
erection of the first brick block in the place, a
substantial building, in which he established a general
store. He was appointed the first postmaster of the
village, serving in this office for two years. Closing
out his mercantile interests, Mr. Moore, in
1901, entered into the insurance and real estate
business, in which he is now the leader in this place.
When the People's Savings and Banking Company was organized,
Mr. Moore was elected president of this financial
institution, which enjoys the confidence of the public.
In many ways he has sown his public spirit and demonstrated
his progressive ideas, and he ranks among the most prominent
citizens of Barberton.
In 1879 Mr. Moore was married to Dora N.
Bailey, and they have three children, namely: Nellie,
Lena and Hattie. For five years Mr.
Moore served as a member of the Barberton Board of
Education, all his influence being given to encouraging good
schools and other uplifting agencies. Mr. Moore
is a member of the U. b. Church, of Barberton, an one of its
most liberal supporters. Fraternally he is a Mason.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 600 |
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JOHN A. MOORE,
a prominent business man of Akron, conducting a men's
outfitting establishment at No. 326 South Main street*, was
born in 1865, at Akron, Ohio, and is a son of J. B. Moore,
one of Akron's honored retired citizens. Born in
Pennsylvania he came to Summit County in his boyhood.
He was reared in Springfield township and worked on his
father's farm until he came to Akron. where he assisted in
building the plant of the Buckeye Mower and Reaper. He
was associated industrially with the Buckeye Mower and
Reaper Works for twenty-seven years, severing his connection
with the same in 1892. He has now reached the age of
seventy-one years and has been a witness of the city's
wonderful development.
J. A. Moore was reared and educated in Akron,
completing a business course in Hammel's College,
where he was a bright student. He entered business
life and was one of the first to take stalls in the old
Market House on South Main street, where he held stalls Nos.
6 and 7, for two years and a half. After selling out
his interest he traveled through the West, including the
States of Michigan and Indiana. In the winter of
1888-9 he returned to Akron and in 1890 he established his
present business. Like other successful enterprises of
this city, it was started in a small way and built up into a
large business through the energy and capacity of its owner.
Mr. Moore started with but $70 in cash and put
in a stock worth $800. In nine months time he was out
of debt, and he has steadily advanced until now his business
is one of the leading ones of its kind in the city. He
carries a complete line of gent's furnishing goods,
including hats, and as a side line he keeps on hand a stock
of cigars and high grade tobaccos. He has other
business interests also, and is a member of the finance
committee of the Depositor's Savings Bank.
In 1891 Mr. Moore was married to Ora
Johnson, who was born at Kent, Ohio, and who died
Feb. 11, 1906. She is survived by three children -
Raymond C., Bessie L. and Eva L. Mr. Moore
is an active member of Grace Reformed Church. His
fraternal connections include membership in the Protected
Home Circle and the Pathfinders.
Since 1901 Mr. Moore has done a considerable
amount of building. In the spring of that year he
purchased a desirable lot, where his business is now
located, with a twenty-two foot front and a depth of 165
feet, on which he erected the fine two-story brick building,
which is one of the finest store buildings in the city.
He also erected his beautiful modern residence at No. 816
West Cedar Street.**
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 401
* NOTE: This building is still there. (Unless another
one was built in its place)
** NOTE: This building is no longer there. |
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McCONNELL MOORE,
one of the highly respected retired residents of Cuyahoga
Falls who has made this city his home since 1885, was born
Nov. 9, 1836, in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and is a
son of Hugh and Fanny (Shryock) Moore.
The Moore family
traces its ancestry back to Scotland and Ireland, but has
been American through a number of generations. John
Moore, great grandfather of the subject of this sketch,
was born in 1749. He was of Scotch-Irish blood, coming
to this country directly from Ireland and settling in
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, near New Alexander.
The exact date of his death is at present unknown, but it
occurred some time before the burning of Hannasbown by the
Indians. He had four children, namely: William,
born in 1773, who died in 1832 in Butler County,
Pennsylvania, married Mary Conway; James, born
in 1774, married Catherine Chambers, and died in
1846; Mary, who married Thomas Dickie.
William and Mary (Conway) Moore, were the parents
of children as follows: Jane, born in 1798, who
married Thomas McCurdy; John, born in 1801,
married Matilda McAfee, died in 1881; Hugh,
born in 1803, married of birth and death not given), married
Margaret McAfee.
Hugh Moore, who married Fanny Shryock,
had the following children: John S., born Aug.
23, 1826; did Aug. 19, 1870, married Elizabeth Gibson;
William, born Feb. 24, 1828, died Dec. 25, 1864,
married Elizabeth Conrad; James born Mar. 3, 1830,
married Eliza Henry; Lavena, born Dec. 8, 1832, died
Aug. 26, 1870, married Barnard Hendrick; Thomas Harper,
born November, 1834, married Nancy McClery;
McConnell, born Nov. 9, 1836, married Elizabeth
Mildren; Sarah Jane, born Jan. 22, 1839, married
Samuel Nicholson; Margaret Ann, born Sept. 25, 1841,
married John Adams; George H., born Nov. 8,
1843, married Annie Thomas; Samuel Curtis, born Mar.
8, 1846, did Feb. 17, 1854.
The Shryock family originated in this country
through a Leonard Shryock, who came, it is thought,
from Prussia, between 1720 and 1730, one of whose grandsons
was the maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch.
The said maternal grandfather (born in 1776, died 1859),
married Jane Conway, and had children - Margaret,
who married Thomas Harper; Fanny who married Hugh
Moore; Eliza who married John Hindman; Sarah who
became the wife of Andreas Wilk; Lena, who married
Thomas Mcelvain; John, who married Eliza Dickson;
Daniel married Elizabeth Lincoln; Jane married
Peter Hyskell.
William Moore, the
paternal grandfather of McConnell Moore, was born in
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where his whole life was
spent. Hugh Moore, father of McConnell Moore,
was born in the same county in 1806, and died in 1900, in
Sugar Creek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, to
which section he probably removed about the time of his
marriage. Hugh Moore and wife were members of
the Presbyterian Church. They had a family of ten
children born to them, nine of whom reached maturity, as
follows: John and William, both deceased;
James, residing at Johnstown, Pennsylvania;
Lavinia, deceased; Thomas H., residing at Los
Angeles, California; McConnell; Sarah Jane,
who is the widow of Capt. Samuel J. Nickerson, of
Indiana, Pennsylvania; Margaret Ann, who is the widow
of John Adams, of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
The mother of Mr. Moore survived to the age of
eighty-three years.
McConnell Moore was reared in Armstrong
County and obtained his education in the district schools.
For several years he was connected with mercantile pursuits
at Brady's Bend, later had charge of Oil interests at Oil
Creek, after which he entered a rolling mill at Pittsburg
for several years. He returned to Brady's Bend in the
capacity of ore inspector for the Brady's Bend Iron Company,
remaining with that concern for seven years, and was also
interested in the oil fields for himself. In 1872,
Mr. Moore became manager of a fire brick business owned
by his brother-in-law, E. J. Mildren, at Blacklick
Station, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where he remained
until 1885, when he came to Cuyahoga Falls. Mr.
Moore resumed his mercantile interests for a time but
subsequently accepted the position of time-keeper at the
Rivet and Machine Works, where he remained until Apr. 15,
1907, when he retired. He owns a fine residence on
Bailey Road, north of town, and a valuable farm of fifty-one
acres, which is managed by his son Charles.
In 1861, McConnell Moore was married to
Elizabeth Mildren, who was born in Penzance, Cornwall,
England, in 1842, and is a daughter of Jacob L. Mildren,
formerly of Brady's Bend. Of the thirteen children
born to this marriage, twelve reached maturity; as follows:
Fannie Jane, who married B. B. McConnaughy, of
Homer city, Pennsylvania; a. Kate J., now deceased;
Edward J., residing at Cleveland; Melda, who
was a victim of the great Johnstown flood; Lavina,
residing Cuyahoga Falls, who married f. J. Creque;
Charles M., residing on the home farm; Alice, who
married John Young, residing at Muskegon, Michigan;
Leroy M., residing at Newark, New Jersey; Frank R.,
residing at Cuyahoga Falls; Ralph R., residing at
Cuyahoga Falls; Richard L., postmaster at Cuyahoga
Falls; and Dora, who married Rev. C. Z. Coakwell,
a minister of the Disciples Church, residing at Lennox,
Iowa.
Mr. Moore has always been identified with the
Republican party. For fifteen years he served as a
member of the Board of Education of Cuyahoga Falls and
during the larger part f this time he was clerk of the
board.
RALPH MOORE,
the second youngest son of Mr. Moore, is one of
Cuyahoga Falls' most enterprising young business men.
He was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Sept. 8, 1878,
and his education was secured there and in this city.
After completing his school course he turned his attention
to the Jewelry business and subsequently studied optics, and
in both occupations he has met with the most gratifying
success. He commenced his studies with B. F.
Phillips, at Cuyahoga Falls, going from there to
Cleveland, where he had expert teaching in the many
technical points of his work, and after he became proficient
he entered the employ of the Webb C. Ball Company, of
Cleveland. After several business ventures, more or
less satisfactory, Mr. Moore took a complete Courts
in the Philadelphia Horological College, and from this
institution received his diploma in optics. Following
his graduation he took charge of a store of Bygate
and Son, of Pittsburg, later was with A. E. Siedle &
Company of that city, where he was a watchmaker, engraver,
and optician. Later he was in business at Port Huron,
Michigan, which city he left on account of climatic
conditions, and in February, 1905, he embarked in a business
at Cuyahoga Falls, which has grown to remarkable proportions
in the past two years, necessitating a change of quarters
and fine facilities. Mr. Moore is a
member of Star Lodge, F. & A. M., N. 187, and of Pavonia
Lodge, No. 301, Knights of Pythias.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 1013 |
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MILLER G. MOORE,
who holds the responsible position of division
superintendent with the Northern Ohio Traction Company, with
headquarters at Cuyahoga Falls, was born at Anthony,
Hunterdon County, New Jersey, July 20, 1872, and is a son of
John H. and Martha (Everett) Moore.
John H. Moore was born in New Jersey, where he has
always lived an honorable useful life. By trade he is
a blacksmith and conducts his own business. For some
years he has been a justice of the peace, and he is now
serving as postmaster at Middle Valley. His three
children are: Miller G.; Georgia, who
resides in Norwich, New York; and Frank, residing at
Garwood, New Jersey.
After completing the common school course in his native
place, Mr. Moore learned telegraphing, which he
followed in connection with railroad work, for two years.
He has been connected with transportation lines ever since
he was fourteen years of age. Mr. Moore
began in a humble way and understands the business in all
its details. He has filled positions similar to his
present one both in Cleveland and Detroit, and came to
Cuyahoga Falls in June, 1902. He has charge of the A.
B. C, Kent and Ravenna and Barberton lines, and has control
of about 125 men, with seventy-five or eighty miles of track
under his jurisdiction. His thorough technical
knowledge and reliable character, make him a valuable part
of the great system which he represents.
Mr. Moore was married at Detroit, Michigan, to
Marie Common, a daughter of James Common, of that
city, and they have two children, Melba and Doris.
The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr.
Moore belongs to Court Bagley, of the
order of Foresters, of Detroit, of which he has been chief
ranger; and he is also a member of the National Union.
He is an Independent in politics.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 1062 |
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ORISON M. MOORE,
general farmer and dairyman, operating his valuable farm of
some seventy acres, is one of the prosperous agriculturists
of Stow Township. He was born in Suffield Township,
Portage County, Ohio, Dec. 20, 1847, and is a son of
Samuel Lucius and Sally H. (Randall) Moore.
The father of Mr. Moore was born May 29, 1819,
at Middletown, Connecticut, and accompanied his parents when
they moved first to Pennsylvania, and some years later to
New Portage, Ohio, where they purchased a small farm.
They were Lester H. and Ruth (Smith) Moore.
They had the following children: Lois B., who
was born Jan. 31, 1816; Samuel Lucius; Mary A., who
was born in 1822; Orison Erskine, born in 1823;
Rufus Spalding, who was born in 1826; John Humphrey,
who was born in 1829; Juden Harrison, who was born in
1833; Polly O., who was born in1836; Orville Smith,
who was born in 1839; and Sarah Lucretia, who was
born in 1841.
Samuel Lucius Moore worked in youth on his
father's farm and subsequently acquired property of his own,
which included a one-half interest in pottery, in Suffield
Township, where he worked for some years as a turner.
He became a man of local prominence in Suffield Township and
served as a trustee. In April, 1869, he came to Stow
Township and purchased the farm on which his son, Orison
M., resides, which was the old Wetmore homestead,
and at that time contained about 120 acres. The
railroad has taken some eight acres of the original farm.
On this property Mr. Moore raised many sheep, having
been previously engaged in this industry in Suffield
Township, and also carried on general farming and dairying.
He died on the present farm May 19, 1886, leaving his
property to his heirs, Orison M. having the use of
the present farm as long as he lives. Of his seven
children, but two grew to maturity: James S.,
residing also in Stow, and Orison M.
Orison M. Moore enjoyed
educational advantages, completing his education in the
Suffield High School, at Randolph. He assisted his
father on the homestead, and has resided in Stow Township
ever since his marriage. For nine years following his
father's death he rented the present farm, but since 1898
has had the sole control. During this time he also
cultivated a farm which Mrs. Moore inherited
from her father, and which is still her personal possession.
Mr. Moore raises wheat, oats, corn and
potatoes, and keeps twelve head of cattle through the winter
and sells his milk to the Co-operative Creamery at Stow.
He is also interested in raising poultry and supplies a
large demand from Silver Lake.
Mr. Moore was married to Clara Wetmore,
who belongs to an old and distinguished family of this
section. She is a daughter of Edwin and Polly
(Wetmore) Wetmore. The Wetmore family
came originally from Wales, in the persons of three
brothers, Seth, Chauncy, and one whose name
has been lost. Seth settled in Connecticut and
the Wetmores of Stow Township descended from him.
His son William was the first justice of the peace in
Stow Township. He was known as Judge Wetmore
and was the grandfather of Mrs. Moore. His
children, Edwin, William, Henry, Ogden and
Clarissa, were his heirs, and Edwin owned some
200 acres. He built the house which belongs to the
heirs of Mr. and Mrs. Moore. He was a justice
of the peace and a man of consequence in this part of Summit
County. He was born in 1798 and died Dec. 25, 1872.
Mr. and Mrs. Moore have had seven children, the
three survivors being one daughter and two sons: Grace
Claribel, Henry W. and Arthur Garfield.
Mr. Moore is a valued member of the Disciples Church at
Stow Corners.
In politics, Mr. Moore votes with the Republican
party in national matters, but prefers to be independent in
local affairs. He is identified with several fraternal
organizations, and is past commander of the Macabees, is
past president and a trustee of the Pathfinders, at Cuyahoga
Falls, is past chief ranger and a trustee of the Foresters
at Cuyahoga Falls. He takes an active interest in the
public affairs of his neighborhood when benevolent movements
are organized. Mr. Moore and family are people
who enjoy the highest measure of public esteem.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 728 |
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RALPH MOORE
- See McCONNELL MOORE
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 1014 |
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RICHARD L. MOORE,
postmaster at Cuyahoga Falls, and one of the representative
citizens of the place, was born at Blacklick, Indiana
County, Pennsylvania, Aug. 24. 1880, and is a son of
McConnell and Elizabeth (Mildren) Moore.
The Moore family is of Scotch-Irish extraction.
WILLIAM MOORE, the great-grandfather
of Richard L., was born in Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, where his life was .spent, engaged in
agricultural pursuits. His son, Hugh Moore,
was born in Westmoreland County in 1806, and died in Sugar
Creek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, in 1900.
He followed the trade of blacksmith. His wife was
Fannie, daughter of John Shryock, of
Butler County, Pennsylvania, and they reared the following
children: John and William, both deceased;
James, residing at Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Lavinia,
deceased; Thomas H., residing at Los Angeles,
California; McConnell, residing at Cuyahoga Falls;
Sarah Jane, who is the wife of Captain Samuel J.
Nickerson, of Indiana, Pennsylvania: Margaret Ann,
widow of John Adams, of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania; and
George H., of Rimersburg. Pennsylvania. The
mother of the above family died at the age of eighty-three
years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Moore were devout
Presbyterians. Mr. Moore being an elder
in the church.
McConnell Moore, father of Richard L.,
was reared in Armstrong County and educated in the district
schools. He was employed as clerk in a general store at
Brady's Bend for several years, and then went to Oil Creek,
where he had charge of some oil interests for about a year.
Then he went to Pittsburg, where he worked at heating in a
rolling mill for two and one-half years. He then
returned to Brady's Bend as an inspector of ore for the
Brady's Bend Iron Company, in which capacity he worked for
seven years, after which he was in the oil business for
himself for one year. In 1872 Mr. Moore
went to Blacklick Station, in Indiana County, where he
managed a firebrick business for his brother-in-law, E.
J. Mildren, and he continued there until 1885, when he
came to Cuyahoga Falls. For a time he was engaged with
different firms in this city in more or less responsible
positions, until he entered the employ of the Rivet and
Machine Works as timekeeper, remaining with that great
industry until Apr. 15, 1907, when he retired from business
activity.
In 1861, McConnell Moore was married to
Elizabeth Mildren, who was born in Penzance, Cornwall,
England, in 1842, and is a daughter of Jacob L. Mildren,
formerly of Brady's Bend. Of the thirteen children of
this marriage twelve grew to maturity, namely: Fannie
Jane, who is the widow of B. B. McConnaughey, of
Homer City, Pennsylvania; A. Kate J., deceased;
Edward J., who is a resident of Cleveland; Melda,
who was a victim of the great flood at Johnstown,
Pennsylvania, May 31, 1889; Lavina, who married F.
J. Creque, and resides at Cuyahoga Falls; Charles M.,
residing at home; Alice, who married John Young,
of Muskegon. Michigan; Leroy M., a resident of
Newark, New Jersey; Frank R., residing at Cuyahoga
Falls; Ralph R., who is engaged in the jewelry
business and resides at Cuyahoga Falls; Richard L.;
and Dora, who married Rev. C. A. Coakwell, a
minister of the Disciples Church, located at Lennox, Iowa.
Richard L. Moore was reared and educated at
Cuyahoga Falls, attending both the common and High School.
Prior to his appointment as postmaster, which was made June
15, 1906, he worked in different factories in this vicinity,
being a .skilled mechanic, but since he assumed his present
duties, on July 1, 1906, he has given the postoffice his
main attention. His success as a public official has
been generally recognized, and he is held in high esteem by
his fellow citizens.
Mr. Moore married Bessie Belle Schnee,
who is a daughter of Joseph and Jennie
Schnee, of Cuyahoga Falls. He and his wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr.
Moore has always been interested in public matters
and has been an active worker in the Republican party.
Fraternally he belongs to Howard Lodge, No. 62, Odd Fellows,
and to the Foresters.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 451 |
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SAMUEL L. MOORE
- See ORISON M. MOORE
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 731 |
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WILLIAM MOORE
- See RICHARD L. MOORE
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 451 |
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HARVEY A. MYERS, a well
known farmer and stock dealer of Norton Township, was born
on the excellent farm of eighty acres on which he now
resides, Dec. 29, 1853, son of Alpheus and Salome (Myers)
Myers.
ALPHEUS MYERS was born in
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1818, and in boyhood
accompanied his father, Henry Myers, to a farm near
Wooster, Ohio. Later, Henry Myers, with all his
family except Alpheus, removed to Indiana, where he
died. Alpheus Myers came to Summit County
April, 1846, where he purchased the 80-acre farm now owned
and operated by his son, Harvey. He later
bought the Sherman farm of 140 acres, and during the
Civil War he further increased the extent of his property by
purchasing a farm of 100 acres situated across the road from
where he lived and which was called the Mosier farm.
In addition to these farms he owned one of 140 acres in
Missouri. He also drilled and found coal and opened
the mine, known as the Myers mine in Wadsworth
Township, Medina County. He was a man of excellent
business qualifications, and during the Civil war made a
large amount of money in buying and shipping horses for the
government. He was a highly respected citizen of
Norton Township and died Mar. 1, 1878. His death was
the result of an accident. He was about to make a
business trip to the west and also visit his aged mother.
While waiting at the Wadsworth station, engaged in
conversation with a friend, he accidentally stepped in front
of a moving train and was instantly killed.
Alpheus Myers married Salome Myers, who
survived him many years, dying in October, 1900. They
had six children, the youngest of whom, Owen, died
Oct. 7, 1905. The others were as follows: William
H., residing in Akron; Mary, wife of Isaac
Tinsman, and a resident of Akron; Lavina, who
married Solomon Kraver, and resides in Medina County;
Josepha, residing in Medina County, who married
(first) Septimus Siberling, and moved to Iowa, where
he died, and (second) Jacob Slamker who she survives;
and Harvey A., of Norton Township.
Harvey A. Myers was reared in his native place
and has always resided on his fine, old farm, where he
successfully carries on general farming and stock-dealing,
making a specialty of cows. He attended the district
schools during his boyhood, and is a man of much general
information, keeping himself abreast of the times, as the
modern farmer has to do to enjoy a full measure of
prosperity.
Mr. Myers married Alice B. Miller, a
daughter of Frank Miller, of Norton Township, and
they have a family of eight children, namely: Frank,
married and residing in Akron; Fred, who married
Emma Weaver and resides at home with his parents;
Sadie, who is the wife of Charles Messner, and
has one child, Florence; Mattie, who married
William Helnick, and has one child, Floy;
Hattie, who married Elmer Hall and has one child,
Harold; and Elsie, Vernie and Chloe.
Mr. and Mrs. Myers have their children settled around
them, or still remaining under the home roof, and have never
yet been called on to part with any of them. The
family is one well known all through Norton Township.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 585 |
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HENRY MYERS, residing on his
valuable farm of 159 acres, situated in Hudson Township, is
a representative citizen of this section and is a man who in
a large degree commands the respect and enjoys the esteem of
his fellow citizens. He was born in Luzerne County,
Penn., Oct. 19, 1832, and is a son of Philip and Margaret
(Brode) Myers.
The father of Mr. Myers was born in
Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of John
Myers, who was born at Newark, New Jersey. The
grandfather had two brothers in the Revolutionary War, both
of whom were killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Philip J. Myers owned a farm of some 300 acres in
Northampton County and subsequently operated a store in
Luzerne County. Henry Myers has one brother and
four sisters. The former resides in the old home
neighborhood. His sisters are: Mrs. Christiana
Lutsey, residing at Green Bay, Wisconsin; Mrs. Maria
Spade, residing at Dorrance, Luzerne County; Mrs.
Elizabeth Jones, residing at Scranton, Penn.; and
Mrs. Priscilla Jones, residing in Slocum Township,
Luzerne County.
When he was about twenty-one years of age, Mr. Myers
went to Shalersville, where he was clerk in a hotel for
three months, and then bought a farm adjoining his wife's
property in Freedom Township, and engaged in farming.
For two years, while living in Luzerne County, he was
fireman on the railroad, and he was the first fireman and
his brother George was the first engineer that ever
ran a train over that part of the Pennsylvania system.
He subsequently sold both farms and came to Hudson, and
bought a farm of 102 acres for a son who was educated in the
Western Reserve College. In 1902, he sold his own farm
of seventy-two acres.
On June 20, 1857, Mr. Myers was married to
Ruth Ann Woodruff, with whom, in 1907, he has had the
privilege of celebrating their Golden Wedding.
Mrs. Myers was born at Farmington,
Hartford County, Connecticut, and is a daughter of Col.
Daniel Woodruff, who served as an officer in the War of
1812, as coast guard in Connecticut. A cannon ball
fired during that time is preserved in the family, its
mission to the fort having been the killing of Col.
Woodruff and his brave men, which fortunately it did not
accomplish. He lived to establish a home first in
Hudson and later in Freedom Township, to which he moved in
the spring of 1840, where he died in 1855. He married
Sarah Ann Mills, who was born in Connecticut.
Colonel Woodruff was county surveyor of Portage
County, before Summit was divided from Portage.
Mrs. Myers is the only living cousin of John Brown
of immortal fame. Mr. and Mrs. Myers have one
son, Daniel Woodruff. He was born in Freedom
Township, and was a student in the Western Reserve College
before it was moved to Cleveland. Daniel W. Myers
was married (first) to Lelia J. Bediant, and they had
four children: Maud Eliza and Mabel Anna, twins, and
Marian and Daniel Woodruff, Jr. Mr.
Myers was married (second) to Carris P. Downing,
and their one little daughter, Margaret Janette, died
aged three months and one day.
Henry Myers is a Republican in politics and has
served as supervisor of his district. He is a member
of the Congregational Church at Freedom, and is a liberal
supporter of church and educational movements.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 872 |
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I. S. MYERS, county treasurer
of Summit County, elect, is president of the I. S. Myers
Company, one of the leading clothing houses in Akron, in
which city he has maintained his home for about a quarter of
a century. He was born in Green Township, Summit
County, Ohio, in 1862 and is a son of Peter and Mary
(Stump) Myers.
Peter Myers was one of the early settlers in Stark
County, just across the line of Summit County. In 1860
he moved to Green Township, Summit County, of which township
he later became a prominent citizen, serving as one of its
trustees. He was a self-made man and was very highly
esteemed. The mother of I. S. Myers was a
daughter of John Stump, who came with his wagons
across the wild country from Pennsylvania, and settled in
Franklin Township, Summit County, in 1832. He was one
of the newly-settled region's most reliable and substantial
men.
I. S. Myers remained on the home farm, assisting
with the farm work and in the meantime acquiring a
good education in the local schools, where he began teaching
at the age of seventeen, when he came to Akron and engaged
as a clerk in a clothing store until 1893. He then
embarked in a clothing business for himself, under the firm
name of Myers, Ganyard & Stump, which firm continued
for one year, when Mr. Stump sold his interest and
the firm name became Ganyard & Myers, until 1900,
when Mr. Myers bought his partner's interest.
In 1902 the firm of the I. S. Myers Company was
incorporated, with a capital stock of $55,000, with I. S.
Myers as president. This is an extensive business
and its method are along modern line. A branch store
is operated at Wadsworth, which is also doing well.
The firm deals in clothing and manufactures hats, having
both in clothing and manufactures hats, having both a large
wholesale and retail trade, and gives constant employment to
from twenty-eight to thirty people. A marked feature
of its management is that all employes who have continued
with the firm for a certain length of time, have a financial
interest in the company, this liberal policy resulting in a
better feeling and more satisfactory results than seem to
prevail in many large concerns where different methods are
followed. The Wadsworth store is a fine concrete
structure, 114 by 80 feet in dimensions, while their Akron
establishment is a three-story building, 30 by 100 feet,
with a basement. Mr. Myers is also the owner of
a plant for the manufacture of concrete blocks.
In the fall of 1906 Mr. Myers was elected to the
important office of county treasurer, and a better selection
could scarcely have been found. He is a man of great
business faculty, has proven himself an able financier in
his own affairs, and commands the confidence and esteem of
his fellow-citizens for his personal high character.
He assumes the duties of the office in September, 1907.
In 1887, Mr. Myers was married to Mary
Sisler, of Manchester, who is a daughter of the late
John Sisler. They have one daughter, Ruth,
who is a student at Painesville, Ohio.
Mr. Myers belongs to the Odd Fellows and the
Elks, both at Akron.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 873 |
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JOEL MYERS,
residing on his 100 acres of valuable land which is situated
on the old Smith road, in Bath Township, was born in
Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio, Apr. 15, 1843,
and is a son of Samuel and Mary (Paulus) Myers.
SAMUEL MYERS accompanied his
father, Jacob Myers, from Snyder County,
Pennsylvania. The family settled near Uniontown,
Springfield Township, in 1805, in fact the greater part of
that village is built on the old Myers farm.
Samuel was at that time a strong lad of twelve years and
he learned the stone-mason trade, at which he worked on the
construction of the old canal. He died on the farm in
Springfield Township in 1883. He married Mary
Paulus, who was born in Jackson Township, Stark County,
Ohio, and died in 1868, the mother of ten children.
Samuel Myers married a second time and had two more
children.
Joel Myers was reared in Springfield Township
and attended the district schools. His main business
in life has been farming, stock-raising and manufacturing
brooms. He was married May 30, 1859, to Elizabeth
Schnee, who is a daughter of John and Hannah (Young)
Schnee. They were natives of Snyder County,
Penn., and were of German extraction, Great-grandfather
Schnee having come from Germany to America on the good
ship Phoenix, in 1746. Mrs. Myers was
born within a half-mile of the old Myers homestead in
Pennsylvania, in 1852, and accompanied her parents to
Springfield Township in 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Myers
have had eight children: Lydia, John, William F.,
Frederick, Ira, Robert, J. Park and an infant, the babe
and John being deceased. Lydia married
Charles Boltz and they live in Bath Township and have
three children: Edith, aged sixteen years; Harley,
aged twelve years, and Irma, aged eight years.
William F. married Dottie Martin, who died
August, 23, 1907, her infant son dying on the previous day.
She is survived by her bereaved husband and little Eva,
three years old, who will find a home with her
grand-parents. Frederick married Amanda
Snyder and they have a bright little three-year-old son,
Floyd, and reside at Akron. Ira, who was
born in 1881, operates the home farm. Robert,
who is a graduate of the Bath High School, is successfully
teaching the Maple Valley, the largest county school in
Summit County, where he has fifty-two pupils. J.
Park resides at Cleveland, where he is employed as a
bookkeeper.
After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Myers lived on the
Myers home place until 1875, where Mr. Myers
carried on farming in the summer and engaged in making
brooms in the winter. In the fall of 1874 Mr. Myers
purchased the present place, in which they settled in the
following year. He has made many improvements here,
including the building of a substantial barn in 1881.
The commodious frame residence in which the Myers
family reside, was built by a Mr. Meredith and was
the first frame one erected in Bath Township. The
Merediths were great entertainers and were somewhat
given to frivolity, and on many occasions country dances
were held in the big rooms of the upper portions of the
house. Prior to coming to this farm, Mr.
Myers bought one of eighty acres in Indiana, but sold it
before moving to it. This is one of the old,
substantial and representative families of this section.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 606 |
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