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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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C. W. IRISH, M. D.
Dr. Cullen W. Irish stands in the front rank of the
medical profession in Summit county and is recognized as one
of Barberton's leading citizens, his record having gained
for him an exalted place in public esteem. He was born
at Barberton on the 16th of September, 1889, being one of
three sons of George W. and Hattie (Vincent) Irish.
He is a representative of an old family of this locality,
his great-grandfather, Abe Irish, having been one of
the early settlers of Summit county. His grandfather,
William P. Irish, established what is now known as
the Irish Homestead. Both the Doctor's
parents still live in Barberton and are numbered among its
most highly respected citizens.
Cullen W. Irish attended the grade and high
schools of Barberton and then entered Ohio State University,
from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of
Arts in 1911. He matriculated in the medical school of
that university and in 1915 was graduated with the degree of
Doctor of Medicine. During the following year he
served as assistant physician at the State Hospital at
Athens and then located at Canal Fulton. Two years
later he returned to Barberton and had practiced here about
five months, when he enlisted in the Medical Corps of the
United States Army for service in the World war. He
was first stationed at Ann Arbor, Michigan, but was later
transferred to General Hospital No. 28 at Fort Sheridan,
Illinois, where he served as chief of the neuro-psychiatric
service. On Oct. 1, 1919, he was honorably discharged
and at once returned to Barberton and resumed his practice.
He has been more than ordinarily successful in the treatment
of human ailments, has built up a large practice and is
regarded as one of his community's most reliable physicians.
On Mar. 1, 1916, Dr. Irish was united in
marriage to Miss Pauline Hartley of
Athens, Ohio, and they are the parents of a son, Cullen
W., Jr., born Jan. 30, 1917. The Doctor is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias,
the Kiwanis Club, the Brookside Country Club, the Phi Rho
Sigma college fraternity, the Summit County Medical Society,
the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical
Association and the medical section of the Reserve Officers
Corps. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church and gives his earnest support to every worthy cause
having for its object the advancement of the public welfare.
A man of straightforward and friendly manner, he enjoys a
wide acquaintance throughout this locality and has a large
circle of warm friends.
Source: Akron and Summit County,
Ohio 1825-1928 - Vol. II - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago &
Akron. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1928 - Page
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Donovan D. Isham |
DONOVAN D. ISHAM.
Among the younger representative of the Akron bar is
numbered Donovan D. Isham, better known as Don
Isham, who has already gained a creditable position as
an attorney, has keen mentality and laudable ambition
carrying him far on the high-road to success. A native
of Ada, Ohio, he was born Jan. 5, 1900, and is a son of
Charles and Verda (Borden) Isham, who are also natives
of Ada, where they still reside. The father is active
in oil land development and is one of the successful
representatives of that industry.
Donovan D. Isham, an only child, attended the
graded schools of Ada, Ohio, and also the high school at Ada
and afterward pursued the classical course in the Ohio
Northern University and also the law course offered by that
institution, being graduated with the LL., B. degree in
1922. He was admitted to the bar in June of that year,
when but twenty-two years of age. The following is an
excerpt from an interesting review of his career which
appeared in the Akron Beacon Journal: "He was deep in debt
for his education, and together with eleven other law
graduates who could play musical instruments, and were also
in debt for their schooling, organized a 'live wire'
orchestra with Isham as their leader and toured the
country as 'Isham and His Lawyers.' They gained
fame. While in Chicago late in 1922 they were heard by
the manager of the East Market Gardens, who had gone there
to hear them. He signed them up for Akron and they
played here for seventeen weeks early in 1923. While
here Isham looked Akron over. He decided it was
the right place for a young lawyer to locate in. He
turned his baton over to his pianist, resigned from the
orchestra and opened his law office." In the general
practice of law he has since made steady progress, having
already gained a position that many an older attorney might
well envy. At the primary held in November, 1927, he
was a candidate for nomination for municipal judge and was
defeated by a few votes. In the August primaries of
1928 he received the nomination on the republican ticket for
prosecuting attorney of Summit county.
On the 18th of June, 1924, Mr. Isham was married
to Miss Cretora L. Lawrence, of Kenton, Ohio,
daughter of William J. and Ada (Conner) Lawrence, of
that city.
Mr. Isham belongs to the Masonic lodge,
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks and the Fraternal Order of Eagles,
and that he is popular socially is indicated by the fact
that he has been admitted to membership in Masonic Club,
Wayfarers of the East and West Grotta, Welsh Club, the
University Club, and the Delta Theta Phi fraternity. He is
also a member of the Akron Chamber of Commerce and of the
North and South and West Hill Boards of Trade. Mr.
Isham has mastered the saxophone, piano and clarinet
and is one of the players in the Lawyers' and Business Men's
Orchestra. He is an honorary member of the Women's
Welsh Club. Both he and his wife are members of the
First Methodist Episcopal church and are interested in all
that makes for material, intellectual, social and moral
progress. Mr. Isham is now
superintendent of the senior department of the Sunday school
of the First Methodist Episcopal church. His name is
likewise on the membership roll of the Musicians Protective
Association, while along strictly professional lines he is
connected with the Summit County, Ohio State and American
Bar Associations. His political allegiance is given to
the republican party and since his school days he has been a
student of history. What he has already accomplished
argues well for the future.
Source: Akron and Summit County,
Ohio 1825-1928 - Vol. III - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago &
Akron. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1928 - Page
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J. J. IVORY,
Among the foreign-born residents of Akron who
have attained worthy places in business circles and high
esteem as citizens stands Joseph J. Ivory, vice
president of the Security Savings Bank Company, of which he
was one of the organizers. Born in Hungary on the 30th
of April, 1881, he is a son of Stephen and Augusta Ivory,
who were lifelong residents of that country, where the
father had devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits.
They became the parents of five children, Joseph J.,
Paul, Anthony, Anna and Maria.
Mr. Ivory received his
early education in the public schools of his native country,
completing his studies in a gymnasium, which corresponds to
an American high school. On leaving school he entered
a law office, in which he was employed until 1906, when he
emigrated to the United States. Locating at Barberton,
Summit county, Ohio, he engaged in banking and the handling
of foreign exchange, but soon afterwards moved to
Youngstown, where he followed the same line of business
until 1910. In that year he came to Akron and
opened a private bank and foreign exchange house under the
name of Berleczk & Ivory, in the management of which
he was distinctively successful, carrying it on until 1920,
when he sold to the People's Bank of Akron, with which
institution he remained for two and a half years. With
others, he then organized the Security Savings Bank Company,
which opened its doors for business on July 10, 1926.
He became its vice president, in charge of the foreign
exchange department and the travel bureau. He is in
every respect well qualified for this responsible position
and has become widely and favorably known in the banking
circles of this section of the state.
On June 2, 1926, in Akron, Mr. Ivory was united
in marriage to Miss Katherine Molmar, a
daughter of John and Agnes Molmar, and they are the
parents of a daughter, Emilie Ann, born in
Akron, Nov. 27, 1927. Mr. Ivory gives
his political support to the republican party and, active in
its ranks, takes a keen interest in its success and has
served as a member of the County Executive Committee.
His religious faith is that of the Hungarian Roman Catholic
church. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the
Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Liedertafel, the Akron
Automobile Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He is
honorary life president of the Magyar Home of Akron, of
which he was one of the original organizers and made
substantial contributions toward its erection. His
activities in church affairs, both Catholic and Protestant,
have been important and helpful. He has proven a loyal
citizen of his adopted country, true to its institutions and
sincerely interested in the public welfare, while his
business record and his stable and dependable qualities of
character have gained for him a high place in public esteem.
His residence is at No. 190 Highland avenue
Source: Akron and Summit County,
Ohio 1825-1928 - Vol. III - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago &
Akron. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1928 - Page
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