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BIOGRAPHIES
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AKRON
and
SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO
1825 - 1928
Volumes II & III
Illustrated
Publ. Chicago and Akron
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1928
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KYLE
ROSS. Starting at the bottom, Kyle Ross
has risen to a commanding position in the electrical
business an dcontrols the operations of one of the largest
firms of this character in Akron, also figuring prominently
in civic affairs. He was born Nov. 16, 1883, in
Millersburg, Ohio, and his parents, D. F. and Cora
(Maxwell) Ross, were also natives of the Buckeye state.
The father followed the occupation of farming for several
years and in 1898 came to Akron. At that time he
entered the field of merchandising and was thus engaged
until his death in 1924 but the mother is still a resident
of Akron. To Mr. and Mrs Ross were born five
children: Don A. and S. L., of Akron;
Edmund, deceased; Mrs. Almyra Deneke, of this
city; and Kyle Ross.
The last named was reared on his father's farm and
attended the rural schools of that locality. His high
school education was obtained in Berlin, Ohio, after which
he came to Akron and entered the employ of the Imperial
Electric Company. He was paid seventy-five cents per
day and earnestly applied himself to his tasks, soon winning
advancement. As time passed he was intrusted with the
greater responsibilities and eventually became vice
president of this large manufacturing firm, with which he
was identified for a quarter of a century. On the
expiration of that period he took over the service
department of the Imperial Electric Company and from this
was developed the Ross Brothers Electric Company.
He is president and treasurer of the company, of which
Don A. Ross is vice president and secretary, and both
are expert electricians. Their new building at No. 838
South Main street was completed in June, 1927, and the
display windows are illuminated by two flood lights of five
hundred kilowatts. These lights were recently placed
on the market by the General Electric Company. Ross
Brothers have twenty employes and maintain an up-to-date
sales service. They handle a complete line of
electrical apparatus and do electrical work of all kinds.
Recently they took the agency for the Thor washing machines
and the servicing of thirty-two hundred machines already
installed. They have other types of the new machine
known as the agitators, which relieve the housewife of all
drudgery. One of the features of their store is the
Iroquois electric refrigerator, indorsed by the Good
Housekeeping institution, and the firm is distributor for
this machine in three counties. Ross Brothers
have also established a special service in power wiring with
E. C. Richel in charge. This work involves
outside construction, the estimating and installing of
various types of motors and the servicing after the
completion of the work. The Crosley, King
and Bremer-Tully radios are handled by the
firm, which has the sales agency for the Ilge ventilator and
reports an increasing demand each season for electric fans.
The electric dish washer which they carry is also coming
into popularity and one of the newest appliances is the
electric rug cleaner. In the administration of the
affairs of the firm Mr. Ross brings to bear marked
executive force and the knowledge and wisdom acquired by
more than thirty years of practical experience in the
electrical business. He is also secretary of the
Walter Brick and Clay Products Company and the Norfolk &
Thomas Company and a director of the South Akron Savings
Association.
On the 19th of January, 1905, Mr. Ross was
united in marriage to Miss Blanche Croysdale, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Croysdale and a
member of one of Akron's prominent families. Mr.
Ross is affiliated with St. Paul's Lutheran church and
casts his ballot for the candidates of the republican party.
For two terms he has been councilman at large from the
seventh ward, working at all times for the best interests of
the city and establishing an enviable record as a public
servant. In 1827 he was elected president of the South
Akron Board of Trade and his Masonic connections are with
the lodge and grotto. He belongs to the Masonic Club,
the City Club and the Tuscarawas Country Club. Genial
and companionable, he enjoys the social side of life and his
genuine worth has won for him a high place in public regard.
Mrs. Ross is a member of the local chapter of the
Eastern Star and director of the Lincoln Home & School
League. Like her husband, she is deeply interested in
all movements for the betterment of the city and enjoys the
esteem of many friends. Mr. Ross's residence is
at No. 89 Bachtel avenue, Akron.
Source: Akron and Summit County, Ohio 1825-1928 - Vols.
II & III - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago & Akron.
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RONALD
LEROY ROSS. Among the younger representatives
of the medical profession in Akron, Dr. Ronald Leroy Ross
has won an enviable place. His training was
thorough and comprehensive and further experience and study
have constantly broadened his knowledge, enabling him to
capaly meet the exacting demands of his chosen calling.
He was born Apr. 14, 1895, in Woodwill, Ohio, his parents
being Charles Watson and Sarah Jane (McArthur) Ross,
both of whom are natives Pennsylvania, the former born in
Mercer county and the latter in Crawford county. The
father became identified with the oil industry in
Pennsylvania and afterward operated in the oil fields of
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Oklahoma. Eventually he
took up his abode at Woodville, Ohio, and he became one of
the pioneers in the oil fields of Findlay, Ohio. He is
still alive. To him and his wife born two sons, of
whom Archibald Ross is now an oil operator at
Brownwood, Texas.
The other son, Dr. Ross, began his education in
the public schools of Woodville, Ohio, and continued his
studies in Marion, Indiana, and in the high school at
Palestine, Illinois. Following his graduation there he
entered Adelbert College, a part of Western Reserve
University, in which he won the Bachelor of Arts degree
in1917 and the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1920.
Soon afterward he was appointed an interne in the ancon
Hospital at Ancon in the Canal Zone, where he was on duty
from July, 1920, until July, 1921. This brought him
unusual and valuable experience and with his return to the
United States he took up industrial practice, securing a
mine contract with the Pruden Coal Company at Valley Creek,
Tennessee. In 1821 he came to Akron, where he was
resident physician of the People's Hospital for the year
following. Since that time he has continued
independently in the general practice of medicine and
surgery and is also serving on the staff of the People's
Hospital. Reading and research have kept him in touch
with the trend of Modern professional thought and his
ability is widely acknowledged.
On the 15th of May, 1926, in Fostoria, Ohio, Dr. Ross
was married to Miss Gertrude M. Hummer, a daughter of
Theodore Hummer. During the World war Dr.
Ross was in the enlisted Medical Reserve, and is now a
member of the officers Reserve Corps and of the American
Legion. In Masonry he has taken the degrees of the
lodge chapter commandery, consistory and the Mystic Shrine,
and he also belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, the Royal Arcanum, the Akron Turnverein, the
Fairlawn Heights Golf Club and the Akron Automobile Club.
His religious faith is indicated in his connection with the
First Presbyterian church. Along strictly professional
lines he has membership in the Summit County Medical
Society, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American
Medical Association and he allows nothing to interfere with
the faithful performance of his professional duties, all of
which he discharges with a sense of conscientious obligation
that has been productive of splendid results. His
residence is at 378 Beechwood drive.
Source: Akron and Summit County, Ohio 1825-1928 - Vols.
II & III - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago & Akron.
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