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BIOGRAPHIES
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AKRON
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SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO
1825 - 1928
Volumes II & III
Illustrated
Publ. Chicago and Akron
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1928
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CARL JUDD CASE.
The consensus of public opinion allots Dr. Carl Judd Case
a creditable position in the ranks of Akron's physicians and
surgeons and he is moreover entitled to representation in
this volume from the fact that he comes of pioneer ancestry,
being of the fourth generation of the family in Ohio.
He was born in Hudson, this state, Aug. 7, 1882, sixty-eight
years after his great-grandfather, Chauncey Case,
had taken up his abode within the borders of the present
commonwealth, where he spent his life as a farmer of Summit
county. John Goodman Case, the
Doctor's father, was born in Hudson and completed his
education in Western Reserve College, after which he devoted
many years to dairy farming, which he followed with success.
He is now residing at Los Gatos, California, where he is
owner of an excellent fruit ranch. He married
Josephine Peck and they became the parents of six
children: Carl Judd, of this review; Aubrey
E., who is living in Painesville, Ohio; Laurence
G., a resident of Los Gatos, California; Mrs.
Marion Joy, of Cuyahoga Falls; Mrs.
Jessie Plaskett, living in Salinas, California; and
Ethel J., of Oakland, California.
The youthful experiences of Dr. Case were
those of the farm bred boy who early becomes familiar with
the work of tilling the soil and caring for the crops.
He attended the district schools of Summit county and
afterward continued his education in the high school of
Hudson, from which he was graduated in 1898. He next
matriculated in the Western Reserve Academy at Hudson and
won his Bachelor of Arts degree from Adelbert College in
1905. A mental review of the broad field of business,
with its limitless opportunities along industrial,
commercial and professional lines, led him to the
determination to make the practice of medicine his life work
and he enrolled as a medical student in the Western Reserve
University, which conferred upon him his professional degree
in 1910. A little later he secured the appointment of
interne in the City Hospital of Cleveland and thus put his
theoretical knowledge to the practical test. In 1911
he opened an office in Peninsula, Ohio, where he remained
until 1914, when he sought the broader field of labor
offered in Akron and has since been a representative of the
medical fraternity in this city. At the time of the
World war he offered his services to the government and
became a member of the medical examining board for East
Akron. He was physician for the Children's Home for
the year 1918, but the major part of his time and attention
has been given to his private practice, which has steadily
grown in volume and importance. He has membership in
the Summit County Medical Society, the Sixth District
Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society and the
American Medical Association and thus keeps in touch with
the onward trend of modern thought and progress. He is
most conscientious and faithful in the performance of his
duties and his labors have brought rich rewards.
On the 7th of August, 1912, Dr. Case was
married in Cleveland to Miss Myra Clark, who was born
at Shandon, Butler county, Ohio, and is a graduate of the
Western Reserve College and the Oberlin Conservatory of
Music, while prior to her marriage she successfully taught
music in Cleveland. She is prominent in the musical
circles of Akron and she has membership in the Burns Club,
the Woman's City Club and the Oberlin College Club of Akron.
She likewise belongs to the New Century Club and the Woman's
College Club and is director of French classes in the
Woman's City Club. Dr. Case has
membership in the University Club, the Burns Club, the
Civitan Luncheon Club, the Akron Real Estate Board, the
Akron Chamber of Commerce and the Akron Automobile Club.
He and his wife are members of the First Congregational
church. They find their recreation largely in travel
and are people of liberal culture, occupying a prominent
position in the leading social circles of Akron. Dr.
Case's residence is at No. 277 South Arlington*.
Source: Akron and Summit County, Ohio 1825-1928 -
Vol. II - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago & Akron. The S.
J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1928 - Page 705
* NOTE: The home at 277 South Arlington, Akron, OH is
no longer standing. |
Hon. J. Earl Cox |
HON. J. EARL COX.
Thoroughly qualified as a representative of thelegal
profession, J. Earl Cox has been called to the
bench and is now serving as judge of the Akron municipal
court. Having chosen as a life work a profession in
which advancement depends entirely upon individual merit and
ability, he has steadily worked his way upward and now
occupies an enviable position for one of his years.
His birth occurred on a farm outside of Mason, Ohio, Jan.
11, 1890, his parents being Richard M. and Lucy (Perine)
Cox, natives of Ohio and of Illinois, respectively, the
mother having removed to this state in early life.
Here they still reside and Richard M. Cox has always
devoted his attention to the occupation of farming.
The family numbered three children: J. Earl, Richard M.
and Mrs. Grace Stitt.
The boyhood of J. Earl Cox was spent on the home
farm, where he was required to work hard. Determined
to acquire an education he studied diligently, being
graduated from the Mason high school in 1907. He then
entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he was
graduated in 1911. Returning to Mason, he taught
mathematics and science in high school one year. The
next year he was employed in the internal revenue office in
Cincinnati and the pension bureau in Washington. He
then accepted the appointment as superintendent of schools
in Mason, thus serving in 1913-14, and it was while holding
this position that he made his decision to give up pedagogy
and take up law. After a summer spent in the
Kansas harvest fields, in 1914, he entered the law
department of the University of Chicago, from which he
was graduated in 1917. He sought to enlist in the army
but was rejected three times because of a minor physical
defect. He was
admitted to the Ohio bar shortly after his graduation, and
with the idea of practicing law in the west he visited
Missouri, Oklahoma,
Nebraska and Kansas. After three months' prospecting
he concluded that Ohio was the best. He returned to
Mason and established himself. At the same time he
bought out the weekly paper published in Mason, the Warren
County Appeal, which he edited and published for two years.
In law school he roomed with John Mcintosh, of
Oberlin, who invited Mr. Cox to form a
partnership with him. They surveyed Pittsburgh,
Youngstown, Cleveland and other places and decided on Akron,
locating here in April, 1919. They dissolved
partnership in 1925. Mr. Cox continued
alone in active practice until the first of November, 1927,
when he was elected judge of the municipal court. A
liberal clientele was accorded him and his work in the
courts constantly increased in volume and importance.
Prior to his election to the bench he served as councilman
from the first ward for one term beginning Jan. 1, 1926.
He is a director of the North Hill
Savings & Loan Company, which he organized, and is also
serving as secretary of the North Hill Masonic Temple
Company and the
North Hill Holding Company.
In 1917 Judge Cox was married to Miss
Irene Moody, a daughter of Jason
Moody, formerly of London, England. They belong to
the North Hill Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mr.
Cox was formerly a member of the official board and now
teaches a class of adults in the Sunday school.
Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging to
Mount Akra Lodge No. 680, F. & A. M.; Lebanon Chapter, R. A.
M.; and Yusef Khan Grotto, M. O. V. P. E. R. He is
likewise a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the
Torch Club, the Eskimo Club, the Elks and the Exchange Club,
while along strictly professional lines he has membership
connection with the Akron Bar Association and the Ohio State
Bar Association. Moreover, he belongs to the North
Hill Board of Trade and he is the secretary of the Summit
County Ohio Wesleyan Alumni Association. His interests are
broad and varied. He is alert to the needs and
conditions of the time and in all that he does is actuated
by a spirit of progress resulting beneficially to the
community in which he makes his home.
Source: Akron and Summit County, Ohio 1825-1928 -
Vol. III - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago & Akron. The S.
J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1928 - Page 474 |
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GEORGE W. CROUSE.
A native son of Akron, George W. Crouse, was born
Sept. 7, 1877, his parents being George W. and Martha K.
(Parsons) Crouse, the former a native of Tallmadge,
Ohio, and the latter of Brimfield, Ohio. The father
long occupied a place as one of the distinguished and
honored residents of the state by reason of his extensive
operations in the fields of manufacture and finance and also
by reason of the aid which he rendered his country both in
days of peace and times of war. Back of him was an
ancestry honorable and distinguished, his grandfather having
served as one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war.
His parents, George and Margaret H. (Robison) Crouse,
were pioneer settlers of Summit county, where on the old
family homestead George W. Crouse, Sr., was born Nov.
23, 1832. His youthful experiences were those of the
farm-bred boy and at the age of sixteen years he became a
teacher, following that profession through five winter terms
of school. Appreciation of his worth and ability on
the part of his fellow townsmen led to his appointment to
the office of deputy treasurer of Summit county in 1855 and
for four years thereafter he served in that position and
also discharged the duties of deputy county auditor.
In 1858 he was elected auditor of Summit county and
endorsement of his record during his first term came in a
reelection in 1860, but before the end of his second term he
resigned that office to become county treasurer, filling out
an unexpired term. He was ever most loyal to the
interests entrusted to his care and discharged his duties
most capably, measuring up to every requirement of public
service. While still in office he was appointed local
representative of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad,
which had been extended as far westward as Akron. In
1863 he became local financial manager for C. Aultman
& Company, supervising the erection of a branch factory in
Akron. Two yeas later a reorganization of the business
led to the adoption of the firm style of Autman,
Miller & Company, at which time Mr. Crouse became
one of the stockholders and later was elected secretary and
treasurer, continuing to fill the dual office until chosen
for the presidency, in this connection he was instrumental
in building up a large manufacturing enterprise that
featured prominently in the growth and prosperity of the
city. His keep insight enabled him to recognize and
utilize possibilties and opportunities that others passed
heedlessly by. He and Colonel George T.
Perkins were the only two Akron citizens who supported
the establishment of the first rubber factory here and
continued with the industry through the days of its early
struggle. It was in 1870 that Mr. Crouse
became a stockholder and one of the original incorporators
of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company, and was a
member of the first board of directors. He never lost
faith in the undertaking, which in the course of years has
become one of the chief productive industries not only of
Akron and Ohio, but of the entire country. As a
financier Mr. Crouse was also widely known.
He became one of the organizers of the Bank of Akron in 1870
and continued as its chief executive officer until it merged
with the Second National Bank. In 1890 he was elected
to the presidency of the City National Bank and so continued
until it was succeeded by the National City Bank in 1903.
The Akron Beacon was at one time among his business
interests and in every field which he entered he so directed
his labors that success in notable measure rewarded his
efforts.
When the United States became involved in civil war
George W. Crouse, Sr., was filling office in Summit
county, but in 1864 he donned the blue uniform as a private
of Company F, One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio Infantry,
with which he remained until honorably discharged after the
close of hostilities. Following the war he became the
only third degree member of the Commandery of Ohio, Military
Order of the Loyal Legion, and he ever proudly wore the
little bronze button that proclaimed him a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic. He not only rendered
valuable service to his country in times of war but was
equally faithful in days of peace, being elected one of the
county commissioners in 1872, his service on the board
continuing through three years. He was likewise a
member and president of the Akron city council and served on
the Akron board of education, of which he was likewise
president. In 1885 he was elected to the state senate
and while a member of the upper house of the general
assembly gave thoughtful and earnest consideration to all
vital questions which came up for settlement. No one
ever questioned the integrity of his position nor of his
devotion to the general good. In 1886 he was elected
to congress, in which he served with William
McKinley, and between the two there was a warm personal
friendship which continued through the latter's term as
governor of Ohio and during his occupancy of the White House
as president of the nation. Mr. Crouse
was long recognized as one of the republican leaders of Ohio
and did much to direct the policy and shape the destiny of
the party in this state. His was a many-sided nature
and at all times his activities were directed along lines of
progress, reform and advancement. He served as a
trustee of Buchtel College for a number of years and gave to
the institution Crouse Gymnasium. He belonged
to the Masonic fraternity and to the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks and both he and his wife were leading and
helpful members of the Episcopal church, of which Mr.
Crouse was a vestryman. In the Beacon-Journal
it was said editorially: "He gave a lifetime, almost, to the
upbuilding of his beloved Akron, and in his passing all
Akron bows its head in sorrow. He was an example that
has helped many a young man, unknown to him, but who, seeing
and feeling the influence of his personality, has been
encouraged to continue the good fight until some of that
success that always crowns persistent effort has rewarded
him. His death is not only a distinct loss to the
city, but a personal bereavement for thousands of friends,
whose grief will be second only to that of the members of
the immediate family."
In his youthful days George W. Crouse, Jr., had
no unusual experiences beyond those that come to the boy
whose time is largely given to the acquirement of a public
school education. Later he was a student in Buchtel
College and in Yale University. A business rather than
a professional career appealed to him, and at the age of
twenty years he entered the business world, being first
associated with the B. F. Goodrich Company. He
was also identified at different periods with the Aultman-Miller
Company and the Thomas Phillips Company and in 1906 he
turned his attention to the manufacture of sewer pipe. It
was in that year that the Crouse Clay Products Company was
organized and incorporated and its subsequent growth and
development offers a fine tribute to its management.
Mr. Crouse is familiar with every phase of the
business and as its chief executive wisely directs its
interests and activities. Among his other business
interests he is a member of the directorate of the First
Trust & Savings Bank and he is financially interested in
various other business concerns of the city in which he has
always made his home and with whose progress he has been
closely associated.
On the 14th of November, 1900, Mr. Crouse
wedded Miss Elizabeth Alden, a daughter
of Isaac C. Alden, who for many years was connected
with the Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing
Company of Akron but passed away in 1921. Mr.
and Mrs. Crouse have one son, George
W. (III), who was born in Akron in 1903 and is now
associated in business with his father. He married
Miss Marjorie B. Burch, a daughter of Colonel Frank
Burch, a well known attorney of Akron.
Long a member of the Akron Chamber of Commerce, Mr.
Crouse filled the presidency in 1915 and 1916 and has
ever cooperated heartily in movements projected by that
organization for the city's benefit and improvement.
He also served as chairman of the Summit County War Work
Council. Appreciative of the social amenities of life, he is
a member of the Portage Country Club, the Akron City Club,
and the Akron University Club. He and his wife belong
to St. Paul's Episcopal church. They are prominent in
Akron's best social circles, and the hospitality of their
own home makes it a most delightful social center.
Source: Akron and Summit County, Ohio 1825-1928 -
Vol. III - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago & Akron. The S.
J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1928 - Page 631 |
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