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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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S. EARL McFARREN.
Alert and energetic, S. Earl McFarren has made the
most of his opportunities and is now a dominant figure in
the management of the business of one of the large oil
companies of Ohio, June 11, 1897, and is a son of Alden
Adam and Ada M. (Hoffman) McFarren, also natives
of that county, in which they were married. The father
was a trusted employee of the Northern Ohio Power and Light
Company for many years and now resides in Akron, conducting
one of the filling stations of the C. A. Pierce Oil
Company.
S. Earl McFarren, an only child, attended the
public schools of Massilon, Ohio, and also took a commercial
course. After his graduation he entered the employ of
The Freedom Oil Works Company of Fredonia, Pennsylvania, and
his diligence and ability were soon rewarded by promotion.
In 1919 he severed his relations with that corporation and
located in Akron. Since Jan. 1, 1921, he has been
associated with C. A. Pierce and is now general
manager of the C. A. Pierce Oil Company, which has
established a large number of filling stations in the city.
A forceful executive, he has perfected plans resulting in
increased efficiency of operation and has influenced the
progress of the firm to a notable extent. Practical
experience and close study have given him a detailed
knowledge of the oil industry and his standing
as a business man is indicated by the fact that he is vice
president and a director of the Ohio Petroleum Markets
Association and secretary and a director of the Akron
Petroleum Association.
Mr. McFarren is identified with the York
and Scottish Rite bodies of Masons as well as the Shrine and
holds the thirty-second degree in the order, closely
adhering to its bénéficient teachings. He is a member
of the Masonic Club, the Petroleum Luncheon Club, the
Brookside Golf Club, the Akron Automobile Association and
the Chamber of Commerce. A keen sportsman, he enjoys
fishing and hunting trips and also derives much pleasure
from travel. Although but thirty-one years of age, he has
already advanced far on the highroad which leads to success,
and his tireless energy and pronounced ability insure his
continued progress. Mr. McFarren is
genial and companionable, and his genuine worth is attested
by a wide circle of loyal, steadfast friends
Source: Akron and Summit County, Ohio 1825-1928 -
Vol. III - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago & Akron.
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1928 - Page 73 |
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GEORGE ANDREW MILLER, M. D.
Prominent among the able professional men of Hudson and of
Summit county is numbered Dr. George Andrew Miller,
who is now successfully practicing, his ability being
attested in the liberal patronage accorded him. He was
born in Twinsburg, Ohio, July 30, 1875. His father,
Robert J. Miller, a native of Ireland, was of
Scotch-Irish lineage and came to the United States when a
young man of twenty-two years. He wedded Amelia
Foster, who was
born in Boston township, Summit county, Ohio, while her
parents were Connecticut people.
Dr. Miller was reared to young manhood on the
old homestead farm, situated two miles south of Aurora, this
state, and after completing a high school education in 1894
he entered the Western Reserve Academy, which he attended
until 1897. He next became a student in the
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and won his diploma in
1903, after which he matriculated in Tufts Medical College
and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1908.
During the years in which he was engaged in the study of
medicine he also owned and conducted a drug store in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and thus he provided the means for
his college course.
It was in the year 1908 that Dr. Miller came to
Hudson and opened a drug store, while two years later he
entered upon the active practice of medicine and surgery, in
which work he has attained splendid success, being
recognized as one of the foremost representatives of his
chosen profession in northern Ohio. Through close
study, broad reading and wide research he keeps in touch
with the trend of modern professional thought and progress
and he employs the most advanced methods in his efforts to
check the ravages of disease. The Doctor is a director
of the National Bank of Hudson, also a director of the
Hudson Library & Historical Society, and a member of the
Summit County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical
Association and the American Medical Association.
Dr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss
Elizabeth Rogers, of Hudson, who for years was
instructor in institutional schools of Columbus, Ohio, and
later did a similar work in the schools of Cleveland.
She was prominent in social and club activities and in
musical and church circles and at one time was matron of
Hudson Chapter of the Eastern Star. She passed away at
her home in Hudson, Nov. 11, 1927, and her demise was the
occasion of deep and widespread regret because of the kindly
regard and the love entertained for her by all who knew her.
On the 23d of June, 1928, Dr. Miller married
Mrs. Helen (Lowman) Evans, of Hudson, who is a daughter
of Matthew and Mary Lowman, of
Cleveland. Mrs. Miller is a graduate of Western
Reserve College and took postgraduate work at Wellesley
College and Columbia University. For the past four
years she was curator of the Hudson Library & Historical
Society and previous to that time was a teacher in the
public schools of Akron and also in the University of Akron
for a time.
Dr. Miller is a member of the Masonic fraternity
and a past master of Hudson Lodge, No. 510, F. & A. M.
He also belongs to Akron Commandery, No. 25, K. T., Lake
Erie Consistory of Cleveland, and Akron Temple of the Mystic
Shrine, also of Cleveland. He is past commander of Lee
Bishop Post, No. 464, of the American Legion, of which he
was one of the organizers, his right to membership being the
result of his service in the World war as a member of the
Medical Corps of the United States army, and at present he
is a captain in the medical detachment of the One Hundred
and Forty-fifth Infantry of the Ohio National Guard.
He belongs to the First Congregational church and in its
principles finds the motive spirit of his upright, honorable
life. Always greatly interested in Indian relics, he
possesses one of the finest private collections in the
country and these are shown with many fine mountings, the
work being done by himself. A broad-minded man of
scholarly attainments, actuated throughout life by a spirit
of kindliness and sympathy, he enjoys to an unusual degree
the respect and confidence of all who know him and the warm
friendship of many.
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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RAYMOND
EDWARD MILLER.
For many years Raymond Edward Miller
has been associated with the National Malleable & Steel
Castings Company of Cleveland, which he has represented in
various capacities, always loyal to the interests of the
corporation and faithful in the discharge of every duty
entrusted to him. He makes his home in Hudson, where
his birth occurred Aug. 11, 1874, and is a son of
Sebastian Miller, who was also born in Hudson and
was descended from Holland and New England ancestry.
Sebastian Miller held various village and
township offices, the duties of which he discharged most
faithfully. He was also allied with the Episcopal
church of Hudson and took a keen interest in the moral
development of the town. For many years he engaged in
merchandising here and his reliable business methods were
one of the strong elements in his success. He died in
the early '90s, when but fifty-one years of age. His
wife, Lillias (Hawkins) Miller, was born in Portage
county, Ohio, and represented one of the old New England
families. They became parents of three children: Clare
G., who died in 1895; Florence M., who is living
in Cleveland; and Raymnod E., of this review.
Raymond E. Miller acquired his elementary
education in the public schools of Hudson and subsequently
attended the Western Reserve Academy, in which he completed
a course with the class of 1893. Later he studied in
the Spencerian Business College of Cleveland and thus
qualified for life's practical and responsible duties. It
was on the completion of his school life that he became
associated with the National Malleable & Steel Castings
Company of Cleveland, which he has now represented through
all the intervening years, covering more than a third of a
century, in various capacities. No higher proof of his
capability, faithfulness and efficiency could be given than
the fact that he has been associated with the corporation
throughout all this period.
On the 27th of September, 1899, Mr. Miller
was married to Miss Lotta A. Blackburn, of Summit
county. Her parents were natives of England and came
to the United States in early life with their respective
families, who settled in northern Ohio. Her father
served throughout the Civil war as a member of Battery D,
First Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery and participated in
thirty-three battles. He was present in the
engagements at Shiloh and Murfreesboro, went with Sherman
on the march to the sea, took part in the batttle of
Antietam and of Lookout Mountain and was also a participant
in the siege of Atlanta. Although in the service for
four years, he was never wounded nor imprisoned. To
him and his wife were born four children: Florence J.,
the wife of Fred Stauffer; Harry J.; Lotta
A., now Mrs. Miller; and Edna, the wife of
Harry M. Page.
At the time of her marriage to Raymond E. Miller,
Lotta A. Blackburn was a young lady who had enjoyed
the advantages of an education at the Western Reserve
Academy and had for several years been a teacher in the
rural schools of Summit county and in the Hudson schools.
She is now very prominent as a club woman, active in the
local organization and in the state federation. She is
also an untiring worker in various branches of the church,
has been a teacher of the Bible class for a number of years
and cooperates in every activity that promises the
development of the church. She has likewise served on
the board of Associated Charities of Cleveland and also on
the board of St. Luke's Maternity Hospital of Cleveland.
At the same time she has carefully reared her children, the
elder of whom is Claire Louise, now the wife
of Alden C. Dittrick and the mother of one daughter,
Mary. The son, Roger T. Miller, is a student in
the Hudson high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been members of the
Hudson Congregational church from early youth and stand
ready at all times to give of their service and of their
means to the church work and to every project for the
betterment and uplift of the community. Mr. Miller,
like his wife, has held various offices in the church and in
community affairs he has taken an active and helpful part,
serving for many years on the Hudson council and on the city
school board, while at the present writing he is Hudson's
mayor and is giving to the city a businesslike and
progressive administration which has brought about various
reforms and introduced many municipal improvements. Evidence
of his public spirit is found at all times and no public
project of worth fails to receive his allegiance. He
is a member of the Cleveland Athletic Club and of the Hudson
Club, is a lover of nature and finds pleasure and recreation
in fishing and golf.
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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STEPHEN SAMUEL MILLER.
In founding the Mohawk Rubber Company, Stephen Samuel
Miller brought to the undertaking broad and practical
experience which reached back even prior to the time when
the automobile tire was unknown. He has grown with the
development of the rubber industry and in fact has made
valuable contribution to this development. There are
few, if any, able to speak with greater authority concerning
the trade and the progress that has been made in rubber
manufacturing, and his success is the merited reward of
close study, high purpose, unfaltering industry and firm
determination.
Mr. Miller was born in Norton Center, Ohio, Feb.
7, 1856, and is a son of Charles and Hannah (Bechtel)
Miller, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania,
whence they came to Ohio in early life, settling in Summit
county. The father was well known in manufacturing
circles inasmuch as he established and successfully
conducted the Excelsior Mower Works and afterward organized
the Miller Match Company, of which he was president to the
time of his demise. He was thus active in the
industrial and commercial expansion of Akron and his labors
constituted one of the basic elements of the city's growth
and development. His wife has also passed away and of
their seven children only two are yet living, the surviving
daughter being Mrs. Cora M. Boardman, now a resident
of Chicago.
In his boyhood days Stephen Samuel Miller
attended the public schools of Akron, passing through
consecutive grades to the high school, and when his
textbooks were put aside he started out in the business
world - then a youth of seventeen years - with the Excelsior
Reaper & Mower Company, with which he remained for three
years. On the expiration of that period he secured a
situation with the Buckeye Reaper Company and was thus
employed from 1876 until 1896. In the latter year he
became associated with the India Rubber Company of Akron and
when he left that firm in 1898 it was to become the first
superintendent of the Goodyear plant, which position he
filled until 1900. He next entered into active
relations with the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company at Akron,
built the plant here and remained as superintendent thereof
for twelve years. On the expiration of that period he
purchased the business of the Mohawk Rubber Company and has
since been its guiding spirit. He thus assumed control
of one of Akron's large industrial enterprises and is a
recognized leader among those tire manufacturers whose
products ably serve the "quality" tire market. The
business as it now exists was founded by Mr.
Miller in 1913 and the broad experience which he had
gained through his previous association with the rubber
industry now stood him in good stead. He had wide
knowledge of manufacturing and of the trade and he wished to
work out his advanced ideas on quality tire production,
desiring to make and distribute the finest tires that could
be produced through resources, experience and human
ingenuity. This purpose which actuated him at the
outset has been the guiding spirit of the business from the
beginning. The plant has been enlarged from time to
time, the trade has been developed until it covers a wide
area and the present production capacity is twenty-five
hundred tires and three thousand tubes per day, while in
1926 the sales exceeded six million dollars. Today the
company has nine branches in America, while thousands of
dealers and many foreign distributors handle the Mohawk
products. The company employs six hundred men and
distributes a monthly pay roll of over one hundred thousand
dollars. The Mohawk was founded and developed by Akron
men and is still owned by Akron citizens. Its present
officials, aside from Mr. Miller, are: J.
B. Huber, vice president; R. E. Bloch, treasurer;
H. H. McCloskey, secretary; and J. F. Jones,
sales manager. With men of this caliber at its head
there is no doubt concerning the future expansion of the
Mohawk interests.
In February, 1891, Mr. Miller was married to
Miss Anna Seiberling, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
F. Seiberling, of a prominent family in Akron mentioned
elsewhere in this work. Their children are: Donald
H., who was born in Akron in 1894 and following his
graduation from high school here attended the Culver
Military Academy; and Harold S., who was born in 1897
and supplemented his high school course by study in the
Mercersburg Academy and in Cornell University.
The religious faith of the family is that of the
Lutheran church, and fraternally Mr. Miller is a
Mason. He also belongs to the Akron City Club, the
Congress Lake Country Club, the Vista del Lago Beach and
Country Club, the Akron Automobile Club and to the Akron
Chamber of Commerce, the last mentioned association being
indicative of his active interest in the welfare and
upbuilding of the city. He has accomplished much in
the course of a useful and busy life, for his labors have
not only been a source of material success for himself but
have been largely beneficial to the community in which he
operates. Mr. Miller's residence at 697 West
Market street has been his home for more than thirty-seven
years and his removal to that section of the city was before
it was supplied with gas, water, electric light, sewers or
trolley.
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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W. F. MILLER
Source: Akron and Summit County,
Ohio 1825-1928 - Vol. III - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago &
Akron. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1928 - Page
191 |
Charles E. Mills |
CHARLES
E. MILLS. Charles E. Mills, whose
law offices are in the Akron Savings and Trust building,
Akron, is numbered among the able and successful members of
the Summit county bar and to a marked degree commands the
respect of his fellowmen. He was born in Gnadenhutten,
Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on the 3d of June, 1891, and is a
son of Theodore C. and Cordelia (Gilmer) Mills, both
of whom were born and reared near Morefield, this state.
His father was engaged in farming throughout his active
life, but is now retired from active affairs, being
eighty-five years of age, while his wife is eighty-four.
Mr. Mills is a veteran of the Civil war,
having served as a private throughout the duration of that
conflict. They are the parents of five children,
namely: E. L., a lawyer in Canton, Ohio; Harry A.,
who is superintendent of the schools at Belle Vernon,
Pennsylvania; Mrs. Anna M. Wallace, of Gnadenhutten,
Ohio; Mrs. Gertrude Johansen, of Columbus, Ohio; and
Charles E.
Charles E. Mills attended the public schools in
Gnadenhutten until sixteen years of age, when he engaged in
railroad work for one year, during which time he saved
enough money to put him through a normal course. He
taught school for two years in his home county, after which
he worked one year in a rolling mill in Canton. He
entered Northern Ohio University, at Ada, in which he took
the philosophical and law courses and was graduated, with
the degree of Bachelor of Law in 1915. On Jan. 2,
1916, he was admitted to the bar, and entered upon the
practice of the profession in Carrollton, where he remained
until 1918. He then entered the military service of
his country and went into training at Camp Sherman, at
Chillicothe. In June of that year he was sent to
France with the Eighty-third Division, and in September he
was transferred to the Thirty-third (Illinois) Division.
He took an active part in front-line fighting, going "over
the top" twice, in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. On
October 22d the Thirty-third Division was sent to the Metz
Front and early on the morning of the signing of the
Armistice the troops made a substantial advance,
straightening out the front line preparatory to a general
attack which was planned for the following day. His
command became a part of the Army of Occupation and he
remained in Luxemburg, Germany, during the ensuing winter.
He sailed for home on May 10, 1919, and was honorably
discharged at Camp Sherman on May 29th. He spent the
ensuing summer recuperating on the home farm, and in
October, 1919, opened a law office in Akron in partnership
with R. E. Ormsby with whom he was associated until
1926, when the partnership was dissolved, since which time
Mr. Mills has practiced alone. He is a close
and constant student of his profession, in the practice of
which he is evincing learning, determination and
resourcefulness which are gaining for him a wide reputation
as a sound and safe practitioner.
On Apr. 6, 1920, in Carrollton, Ohio, Mr. Mills
was united in marriage to Miss Florence Butler a
daughter of Joseph C. and Cora Butler The
former is engaged in the undertaking business. Mr.
Mills is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of
elks, the Tuscarawas Country Club, the Turners Society, the
Akron Bar Association. In his political views he is a
stanch republican and is interested in everything affecting
the welfare and prosperity of his city and county.
Because of his professional
ability, his sterling character and his cordial and friendly
manner, he well merits the high esteem in which he is
uniformly held by his fellowmen.
Source: Akron and Summit County, Ohio 1825-1928 - Vol. III - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago & Akron. The S.
J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1928 - Page 698 |
Hindley R. Myers |
HINDLEY R. MYERS.
Hendley R. Myers has devoted his life to insurance,
making steady progress in that field, and is now vice
president of Insurance Underwriters Agency, Inc. He
has been a lifelong resident of this city, his birth having
here occurred June 26, 1893. His father, Robert A.
Myers, is also a native of Ohio, while the mother, whose
maiden name was Lucy L. Tomlinson was born in
Michigan and came to this state as a student in the
University of Akron. While there she became acquainted with
Robert A. Myers and their marriage followed. Mr.
Myers later entered the insurance field, in which he
has made notable progress, having for the past twenty-five
years been superintendent of the Ohio Inspection Bureau.
He and his wife reside at No. 167 North Portage Path in one
of the exclusive residential sections of the city.
Their family numbers two daughters, Mrs. Pauline
Luxmore and Virginia.
Their only son, Hindley R. Myers, continued his
education in the public schools until graduated from the
high school with the class of 1912. He then at the age
of nineteen years entered the insurance field, securing a
clerical position with the Bruner-Goodhue-Cooke-Cranz
Agency, with which he remained for two years. He next
became connected with the Ohio Inspection Bureau, an
association that was maintained until 1915, when he retired
to join the Brouse-Moore Agency. Two
years later he became special agent for the Providence
Insurance Company, his territory covering western
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, western Maryland and northern
Kentucky. He filled that position of responsibility
until 1919, with headquarters in Pittsburgh, but in the year
designated returned to Akron and became associated with the
Hastings-Leonard Company, with which he
remained until 1922. He then became associated with
the Exchange Realty Company as representative of its
insurance department and was also president of The Akron
General Insurance Agency Company, having in 1926
reincorporated the insurance business of the Exchange Realty
Company. He was executive officer until April, 1928,
when he severed his connection with the Akron General
Insurance Agency Company and incorporated his own business—
the Insurance Underwriters Agency, Inc., of which he is vice
president and general manager. This company writes all
kinds of insurance, covers all of Ohio and has twelve
special representatives. The business is steadily
growing and has already reached very gratifying proportions.
There is no phase of the insurance business with which Mr.
Myers is not thoroughly familiar and he has come to
be regarded as one of the most forceful and effective
factors in the insurance field of Ohio.
In Akron, on the 2d of September, 1916, Mr. Myers
was married to Miss Rhea Matthes, daughter of Adam
and Hattie (Morgan) Matthes, and Mr. and Mrs. Myers
have one child, Elizabeth, who was born in Akron,
Mar. 28, 1918, and is attending school.
Mr. and Mrs. Myers belong to the church of our
Saviour, thus holding to the Episcopal faith.
Fraternally he is a member of Henry Perkins Lodge No. 611,
F. & A. M., and Lodge No. 363, B. P. O. E. He belongs
to the Akron Chamber of Commerce and gives tangible evidence
of his interest in the welfare and progress of his city.
He finds rest and diversion through his membership in the
Fairlawn Heights Golf Club, the Vista del Lago Beach &
Country Club, of which he is president and a director, and
in the Akron Automobile Club, and the Akron Turners Club.
He is fond of golf and horseback riding. The interests
and activities of his life are evenly balanced, making a
well-rounded character, and his resourcefulness and
enterprise in business are matched by his popularity in
social circles.
Source: Akron and Summit County, Ohio 1825-1928 - Vol.
III - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago & Akron. The S. J.
Clarke Publishing Co. - 1928 - Page 312 |
Hon. Isaac S. Myers |
HON. ISAAC S. MYERS.
In the field of business, politics and sports Hon. Isaac
S. Myers has long been a recognized leader. It is
characteristic of him that what he attempts he accomplishes,
and the cooperation of such a man is always a valuable asset
in the conduct of any undertaking, whether it be in the
field of commercial activity, in the management of public
affairs through political channels or in the direction of
those activities which mean recreation and constitute the
even balance which makes for well-rounded development.
Mr. Myers has been a lifelong resident of
Summit county, his birth having occurred in Green township,
Sept. 27, 1862. His parents, Peter and Mary (Stump)
Myers, were representatives of pioneer families of Ohio
that came to this state from Pennsylvania. The first
representatives of the Myers family in Ohio
settled in Stark county, just across the line from Summit
county while John Stump, the maternal grandfather of
Isaac Myers, took up his abode in this county in
1832. Peter Myers was born in
Pennsylvania in 1824 and devoted his life to agricultural
pursuits, passing away in 1908, while his wife survived
until 1910. They had two children, the daughter being
Mrs. F. G. Sours, whose husband is a dealer in
feed and building materials in Kenmore.
The youthful experiences of Isaac S. Myers were those
of the farm-bred boy whose time is divided between the work
of the fields and the duties of the schoolroom. After
attending the district schools he became a pupil in the
Copley school under Professor Crosier and he also
pursued the teachers' normal course at Lebanon, Ohio, under
Professor Holbrook. He was but seventeen years of age
when he took up the profession of teaching, which he
followed through the winter seasons for seven years.
He also spent two years in proving up a homestead in Kansas
but in 1883 returned to Akron and secured a clerkship in a
clothing store. He was in the employ of the firm of
Hoffman & Moss for a number of years and
throughout the entire period was actuated by a laudable
ambition to engage in business for himself. He
carefully saved his earnings, therefore, until his industry
and frugal management had brought him sufficient capital to
start out independently. In 1893 he became senior
partner of the firm of Myers, Ganyard & Stump,
clothing merchants, and after a year the firm became
Ganyard & Myers, while in 1900 Mr. Myers
purchased the interest of his partner and, becoming sole
proprietor, incorporated the business under the name of the
I . S. Myers Company, of which he has since been
president and general manager. He has also extended
his efforts into other fields in which he has been equally
successful. He turned his attention to real estate in
1908 and has since handled many subdivisions, laying out the
first, second and third allotments on North Hill, which have
been fully developed and now constitute the site of many
attractive homes. He has laid out altogether about
twenty-four allotments in different sections of Akron and
has erected many residences, thus converting unsightly
vacancies into beautiful home sections. He organized
the Myers-Hoffman Company for the manufacture
of artificial stone as well as for the conduct of building
operations and his labors have been a vital element in the
city's growth and improvement. He also became one of
the organizers of the Citizens Loan & Savings Company of
Akron, of which he was made treasurer in 1909, and he is a
director of the Ohio State Bank and president of the Real
Estate Mortgage Company, while of the Central Garage, one of
the largest in the country, he became a director and has
since been elected president. His broad business
vision and sound
judgment make his cooperation a most valued factor in the
conduct of any enterprise with which he is associated.
He is an honorary member of the Real Estate Board.
In 1887 Mr. Myers was united in marriage to
Miss Mary Sisler, of Manchester, Ohio, daughter of
John Sisler, a merchant and postmaster of that place.
They have one daughter, Ruth, now Mrs. G. F. Lane,
of Trappe, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Lane was
educated in the schools of Akron and of Painesville, Ohio.
By her marriage has become the mother of five children:
Mary, Martha, Gilbert Myers,
John S. and Kathryn.
Mr. and Mrs. Myers have long been prominent
socially and their home is the center of a warm-hearted
hospitality. In the public life of the city Mr.
Myers has long been a prominent figure and in the
years 1918 and 1919 he was mayor of Akron, giving to the
city a businesslike and progressive administration. He
also filled the position of county treasurer for four years
and has held several honorary offices, including that of
member of the state board of agriculture for seven years.
He is well known as a sportsman and is now serving his fifth
term as president of the League of Ohio Sportsmen, an office
which is given only to those who devote their efforts to
cultivating a larger popular interest in everything that
makes for the conservation of wild life and the treasures of
the great outdoors. This Mr. Myers has
always done and he is a member of the National Advisory
Board of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which organization
utilizes every means to protect the migratory birds as they
travel between Canada and the southern section of the United
States. He is also serving on other boards of various
kinds which make for progress and constructive effort, is on
the council of the Boy and Girl Scouts, on the board of the
Young Men's Christian Association and in a word is in hearty
sympathy with every movement that makes for advancement and
improvement. He belongs to the Civitan Club, to the
City Club, to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is
likewise identified with the Chamber of Commerce and in fact
there is no movement instituted for Akron's benefit from
which he withholds his support. Loyal, patriotic,
progressive, capable and efficient, Akron points to him as
one of her leading and honored citizens. For more than
thirty years Mr. Myers has resided at No. 614
Carpenter street, where he built his home in the very early
period of that section's development.
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KENNETH M. MYERS.
A man of practical knowledge and wide experience in
mechanics, Kenneth M. Myers is well qualified for his
present dual position as director of public service and
superintendent of the Kenmore Water & Light Company, in
which he has proven efficient and capable. He was born
in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, on the 2d of October 1894,
a son of William Jackson and Jennie M. (Morris)
Myers. He secured his early education in the grade
schools of his home neighborhood, and then attended the
Turtle Creek high school near Pittsburgh and the Casina
Technical Night School in Pittsburgh. For several
several years he was employed in several important
industrial plants in Pittsburgh and Akron, including service
with the Westinghouse interests, and on Jan. 1, 1926, was
appointed director of public services at Kenmore. In
this position he showed himself so capable and dependable
that on Jan. 1, 1927, he was made superintendent of the
water and light company. He is now giving loyal and
effective service to the city, and his record since coming
here has won for him a high place in public regard and
confidence.
On May 3, 1917, Mr. Myers was united in marriage
to Miss Florence Walker, of Barberton, and they are
the parents of a daughter, Irene. Mr. Myers is
a democrat in politics, while his religious faith is that of
the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the
Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Malta, and has made
many warm friends throughout this community.
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RALPH MYERS.
The well known Chevrolet automobile has a capable and
efficient sales representative in Barberton in the person of
Ralph Myers, who has met with a flattering measure of
success and is numbered among the wide-awake and energetic
business men of his community. Mr. Myers
was born in Akron, Ohio, on the 17th of February, 1892, a
son of William H. and Melissa (Smith) Myers. He
secured his educational training in the grade and high
schools of his native city, and on leaving school entered
the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with which company
he remained for three years.
Mr. Myers then turned his attention to
the automobile business in Akron as a dealer in Grant and
Chandler cars, which he handled until 1923, when he came to
Barberton and established an agency for the Chevrolet cars.
Prosperity attended him from the start and his sales have
steadily increased through the years, until today his is one
of the most important concerns in its line in this section
of the county. Mr. Myers also maintains
a modern and well equipped garage in which he does all kinds
of repair work, promptly and efficiently. He employs
twelve persons and is enjoying a well merited success.
On July 6, 1921, Mr. Myers was united in
marriage to Miss Effie Reynolds, and they are
the parents of a son, Thomas. Mr. Myers
gives his political support to the republican party and
belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Because
of his integrity of character, his outstanding business
ability and his agreeable and friendly manner, he enjoys
marked popularity in the community and is regarded as one of
its solid and dependable citizens.
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RALPH J. MYERS.
Ralph J. Myers, the capable and efficient city
solicitor of Kenmore, has gained a high reputation as an
able and successful lawyer and is building up a large
clientele, while at the same time his record as a
public-spirited citizen has gained for him the respect of
his fellowmen.
Mr. Myers was born at
Spencer, Medina county, Ohio, on the 1st of February, 1897,
and is a son of Walter and Viola (Gallatin) Myers,
who were the parents of four children, all of whom are
living. The father, who is deceased, followed farming for a
number of years, but later engaged in the automobile
business in Akron.
Ralph J. Myers secured his elementary education
in the public schools of LaGrange, Ohio, graduating from
high school, and then studied law at Cornell University and
Akron University. He was admitted to the bar in 1925
and at once opened a law office in Kenmore, where he has
practiced to the present time. In 1926 he was
appointed city solicitor and in 1927 was elected to that
office, in which he has rendered effective and appreciated
service. Well grounded in the basic principles of
jurisprudence and a constant student of his profession, he
has gained the respect of his professional colleagues and
the confidence of the public, being a keen and resourceful
lawyer.
On May 26, 1924, Mr. Myers was united in
marriage to Miss Verna Moore, of New Philadelphia,
Ohio. He gives his political support to the democratic
party and is a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle,
while his religious faith is that of the Evangelical church.
He stands consistently for the best things in the life of
his community, and his sterling qualities of character and
his agreeable manner have won for him the respect and
friendship of all who know him.
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