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Biographies
Source:
† Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.
Chicago, Ill -
1908
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FRED G. ZELLER
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 774 |
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GEORGE ZELLER, one of
Portage Township's representative citizens and successful
agriculturists, resides on his valuable farm of ninety-five
acres, which he has placed under an excellent state of
cultivation. George Zelle was born in Stark
County, Ohio, Mar. 19, 1852, and is a son of William
Zeller.
The Zeller family originated on the farther
side of the Atlantic ocean, its first members in America
having come here from Germany. William Zeller
came to Ohio and settled in Stark County, and in 1860 he
came to Summit County. He was a saddler by trade but
turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, acquiring
large tracts of valuable land and when he died, Mar. 2,
1907, at the age of eighty-two years, he was a man of ample
fortune.
Up to the age of twenty-four years George Zeller
remained at home and assisted on the homestead farm, and
then went to Akron for a few years and worked in the Buckeye
shops; and then he worked as a steamfitter. Eventually
he returned to the country, purchasing at that time his
present farm, on which he has since continuously resided.
Formerly he raised many head of hogs, but now contents
himself with keeping about twelve head of cattle, shipping
his milk to Akron, and to raising abundant crops of wheat,
corn and
oats. Mr. Zeller's farm is somewhat
noted for the magnificent barn he put up in 1897, replacing
one that had been destroyed by fire in the previous year.
Its dimensions are 70 by 40 feet and the supports are
18-foot posts. The interior of this structure is well
finished, and his cattle have clean and sanitary quarters.
George Zeller's family is made up
of wife and two children. He married Lenora
Sharp, a lady who was born at Akron. Their son,
Fred G., is a prominent farmer and stockraiser, who owns
186 acres of land in Northampton Township, Summit County.
Their daughter, Clara, lives with her parents.
Politically, Mr. Zeller is a Republican, but
he is not an active politician. He is a good,
reliable, straight-forward man, one whose neighbors know
just where to find him on any question involving right and
wrong.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 623 |
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SAMUEL F. ZILIOX
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 803 |
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ZIMMERLY BROTHERS
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 668 |
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FRED ZINDEL
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 330 |
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CLARENCE M. ZWISLER
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 666 |
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