Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens, Part 80

Author: Doyle, William B., b. 1868
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Biographical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1150

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The parents of Mrs. Cross lived and died in Medina County. Her mother came from Sweden, New York, and her father from Massachusetts. Mrs. Cross' eldest sister. Fan- nie, was born in 1831 and was the first white child born in York Township. She married C. B. Abbott and died aged seventy-six years. The other members of the family were: Eg- hert, Julia and James, living, and Ellen. Miles, Almira. Levi and Evaline, deceased. In 1907 the survivors of this family had their

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first reunion in fifty years and it was a nota- ble occasion.

To Mr. and Mrs. Cross were born the fol- lowing children : Nellie, who married Charles Leonard, resides at Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, and they have one child, Blanche; Minnie, died in 1877, aged nine years; Pearl, who married Lewis Frase of East Akron, has two children, Ruth and Ralph; Bertha, who married Arthur Warner, who is head chemist of the Goodrich Company, resides on Crosby Street, Akron, and they have one child, Helen; and Roy, who is a bookkeeper in the office of the Goodrich Company, married Lorna Scott of Tallmadge, and they have one child, Winnifred.

For thirty-five years Mr. Cross has been a member of Summit Lodge No. 50, Odd Fel- lows, his membership dating from January 16, 1871. Both he and wife are members of Tallmadge Grange. They belong to the Uni- versalist Church. Politically, Mr. Cross is a Republican.

LEVI BURROUGHIS, general farmer and highly respected citizen of Northfield Town- ship, residing on his well-cultivated farm of thirty-eight acres, is a surviving veteran of the great Civil War, in which he served hon- orably from 1862 until 1865. Mr. Burroughs was born on the farm in Summit County, Ohio, on which he lives, June 15, 1843, and is a son of Allen and Betsey (Honey) Bur- roughs.

Allen Burroughs was born in Vermont, in November, 1799, and was a son of David and Polly Burroughs, who founded the family in the Western Reserve. He was an early land- holder in Northfield Township; settling here when his land was still in the virgin state. He eleared a forty-acre farm, and continued to improve his property as long as he lived, in the meanwhile taking a good citizen's interest in the development of all this section. He was a man of exemplary life, and supported the public schools, contributed liberally also to re- ligious enterprises, and was a strong advocate of temperance. He lived respected, and died at the age of eighty-two years, esteemed by all

who knew him. Ile married Betsey Iloney, who was born in Connecticut, and of their children the following reached maturity : Tryphena, who married John Seidel, both be- ing now deceased; Dorsey W., also deceased; Sabrina, who married Aseph Thompson, and is deceased with her husband; Marinda, who is the widow of Darius Wolcott, residing in Gueaga County; Wealthy (deceased) was the wife of _1. J. Cross, of Michigan; Mary, de- ceased : and Levi. The parents of the above mentioned family were members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church.

Levi Burroughs was reared on the home farm in Northfield Township, and his occu- pation in life has been agriculture. He was only nineteen years of age when, impelled by a sense of patriotism, he offered his services in defense of the nation. On July 30, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, 115th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. H. Fitch, contracting to serve three years or dur- ing the continuance of the war. Fresh from the healthy life of farm and field, Mr. Bur- roughs, in all the strength of vigorous youth entered the service of his country.

During the first year of service, Mr. Bur- roughs was mainly kept on guard duty at Covington, Kentucky, and while endeavoring to protect a bridge on the Chattanooga Rail- road, he was captured, with his regiment, by a part of General Hood's army. For one month he was kept a prisoner at Meridian, Mississippi, where rations were issued oc- casionally, consisting of corn meal with a lit- tle beef. From there Mr. Burroughs with his comrades were transferred to Anderson- ville Prison, famous for the severity with which prisoners were treated, and the hard- ships they were obliged to endure. Mr. Bur- roughs was incarcerated there February 3, 1865, and remained until the middle of April, 1865. While his strong constitution enabled him to survive the semi-starvation that was usually the lot of prisoners at An- dersonville, many of his comrades succumbed. Mr. Burroughs was one of the last prisoners to be released from Andersonville. He was there at the time President Lincoln was as-

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sassinated. He was honorably discharged June 17, 1865, at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio.

On November 20, 1867, Mr. Burroughs was married to Sarah F. Nichols, who was born in West Virginia, across the river from Wells- ville, Ohio, September 17, 1839. Mrs. Bur- roughs is a daughter of Harbin and Lorana (Viers) Nichols. Her father, a shoemaker by trade, settled in Northfield Township about 1850, residing many years at Little York. He died at Northfield, in 1864, aged sixty- five years. His children were: Harriet M., Margaret V., Matilda N., McCourtney B., Beersheba L., Sarah F. and Thomas Benton. Two brothers of Mrs. Burroughs served in the Civil War-McCourtney B. and Thomas Ben- ton. The former died from wounds received at the battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia. The latter served through the war, taking part in seventeen battles and being wounded at Get- tysburg. He subsequently entered the regu- lar army and was sent to the western fron- tier.

In 1877 Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs settled on the farm on which he has since resided. He carries on general farming, raising corn, oats. wheat and hay, and keeps about five head of cattle.

Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs have four chil- dren, namely: Eva M .. Harvey A .. Thomas Benton and Sheppard H. The eldest daugh- ter is the widow of Frederick Plank and has two bright children. She is the popular teacher at Northfield Center, and resides at home with her parents. Harvey A., who re- sides at Cuyahoga Falls, married Beatrice Burns. Thomas Benton lives in Northfield Township. He married Lillian Burns. Shep- pard H. is one of the leading surgeons in the State of Ohio and is filling the responsible po- sition of surgeon in chief at the Ashtabula General Hospital. He married Elizabeth Baker.

Mr. Burroughs cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln, and has been iden- tified with the Republican party ever since. He has been affiliated with the Royal Dun- ham Post, Grand Army of the Republic, No.

177, at Bedford. With his estimable wife he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JACOB J. KRISIIER, superintendent of the Akron Foundry Company, is one of the city's successful, self-made men-one who has had a large amount of practical experience in his present line of business. He was born in 1850, at Massillon, Ohio, where he attended school up to the age of eighteen years. He subsequently learned the molder's trade with Russell & Company, and after completing the necessary apprenticeship in the foundry, worked in different establishments at many different places, until 1876, when he came to Akron, which city has been his home since. He was engaged as a mnolder by the Buckeye Company, with which he remained for five years, and then spent four years with the Empire Company. Later he became con- nected with Schumacher's Gymnasium, where he remained until 1893. In that year, with J. K. Williams, John C. Weber and Jahant and Charles Stores, he built the Akron foun- dry, or which he has since had charge. This foundry turns out a large variety of manu- factured goods, and gives work to eighty- eight employes. Mr. Krisher is a very com- petent superintendent, having the tact to man- age large bodies of men to good advantage, without friction.

Mr. Krisher was married at Massillon to Frances F. Rhoadbaugh, who died January 11. 1904, leaving three children, namely: Nellie E., who married Henry Brooks, of Akron: Kate S., who married J. F. McGov- ern, of Akron; and Perry A., who is proprie- tor of the Krisher Brass Foundry. Mr. Kris- her was married (second), on January 24, 1907, to Mrs. L. M. Higy, of Akron. For a number of years he has been an active Odd Fellow.

L. H. SCOTT, residing on his well-im- proved farm of 114 acres, which is situated one-fourth mile from the eastern limits of the city of Akron, is one of the well-known, highly respected and substantial citizens of this quarter.

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The parents of Mr. Scott were married at Buffalo, New York. The mother was born in England and accompanied her parents in childhood to America, where her father died one year later. Iler mother returned to Eng- land for a short period, but decided to make her permanent home in America and after coming back was married to a Mr. Kendricks, and one child was born to this second union. Three of the five children of her first mar- riage still survive, namely: L. Il., of Tall- madge Township; Mary, residing at Buffalo, where she married Harris Wilkins; and Charles. The latter, when eighteen years of age, entered the regular army of the United States and has served both in Cuba and in the Phillipine Islands. He is still a United States soldier. The father of Mr. Scott had one brother, Zenas, and one sister, Lucretia. Zenas Seott served all through the Civil War, in the Union army. Lueretia Scott married a Mr. Cook. After the death of her first hus- band, the grandmother of Mr. Seott married a Mr. Green, and children were born to them of whom we have no record. Mr. Green was the only father known to the father of L. H. Scott.

L. H. Scott was reared by his mother's peo- ple and was educated in public school No. 19, on North Washington Street, Buffalo, New York. When he had reached the age of twenty-one years, Mr. Scott went to Pitts- burg, where he remained four months and then worked for a time in a rolling mill at Girard, Ohio, subsequently traveling to a number of eities, including Cincinnati, New- port, New York ; Cleveland, Ohio; Marquette, Michigan ; and then back to Pittsburg, work- ing for a time in each place and remaining for two years in the latter eity, engaged as a structural iron worker. From Pittsburg, Mr. Scott came to Akron, where he engaged in the business of kiln burning sewer pipe.

On May 11, 1881, Mr. Scott was married to Adelaide Denmead, who is a daughter of James and Mary Ann Denmead. They came from England to America, about 1860, set- tling on the present Scott farm shortly after- ward. on which they resided until death.

Mrs. Scott was born in America, one of three children. She has one surviving sister, Mary Ann, who married Charles Pennington, and they reside in the State of Washington, where he engages in farming. The mother of Mrs. Scott died soon after coming to America and the father was married (second) to a Mrs. Sands. Mr. Denmead lived to the age of seventy-two years. His second wife, who died two weeks previous to his demise, was eighty- four years of age.

Mr. and Mrs. Scott have had four children : Lois Lueretia, who died aged nineteen years, from the effects of an accident on a railroad ; Earl J., who operates the pumping station for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, at Akron; Robert Clyde, a potter by trade, residing tem- porarily in Minnesota; and Vera, who is a student in the school at South West Six Cor- ners.

For nine years Mr. Scott has been success- fully engaged in farming on this place. Ile sold one aere after ereeting a house on it, to a Mr. Ewart. The present residence was built by Mrs. Scott's father. Mr. Scott is an inde- pendent voter, deelining to be identified with any political party. In religious belief he is a Spiritualist.

DANIEL HAWK, one of Summit County's most respected citizens, has been a resident of Tallmadge Township for more than twenty years. Ile was born in Suffield Township, Portage County, Ohio, November 14, 1848, and is a son of Philip and Lena (Doek) Hawk.

Philip Hawk, father of Daniel, was born in Germany, and was twenty-one years of age when he accompanied his parents to America. Grandfather Philip Hawk purchased 150 aeres of land in the southeastern part of Suf- field Township, where he spent the rest of his life. His widow died at the home of their son, Michael Hawk, in Tallmadge Township, Summit County. The children born to the grandparents of Daniel Hawk were: Philip. Abbie, Catherine, Daniel and Michael. Of this family, Abbie married John Guenther and both are deceased; Catherine married

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Henry Swartz and she died in Portage County. Daniel was a prominent citizen of Akron, from which place he moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and thence to Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, where he has lived for the past ten years. Michael is a resident of Tallmadge Township.

Philip Hawk (2), father of Daniel, also bought a farm in Suffield Township, situated just north of his father's land, but sold this about the close of the Civil War and purchased a farm in Springfield Township, Summit County, where he died in 1896, in his seventy- ninth year. He married Lena Dock, who still survives, being now in her eighty-fifth year. The children born to Philip and Lena ( Dock) Hawk were the following: Daniel, Philip, Frederick, and Lewis. Philip Hawk, the third of the name, resides east of Mogadore, but in Portage County. He married a Miss Guenther, of Hartville, Stark County. Fred- erick Hawk is a succes ful farmer of Brom- field Township, Portage County. Ile married a daughter of Peter Lepper, of Springfield Township. Summit County. Lewis Hawk is employed in the rural mail service. lle mar- ried Margaret Robinstine, of Logtown.

Daniel Hawk attended the district schools of Suffield Township and grew to manhood on his father's farm, where he was trained in agricultural pursuits. After his marriage he settled in Portage County, where he farmed on share- for one year, and then moved south of Kent, purchasing a farm in Bromfield Township. the same on which his eldest son now lives. In 1883 he bought the farm of 128 aeres on which he has resided ever since, which he devotes to general farming and dairying. He gives considerable attention to raising horses, his method being to purchase when young, break and then sell, and he has been very successful in this line. In all he owns 420 aeres of most excellent land and is one of the township's most substantial men. He has practically made his own way in the world, acquiring his ample fortune by hard work and close attention to business.

In 1872. Mr. Hawk was married to Cather- ine Fulmer, who was born in Green Town-

ship, Summit County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Adam Fulmer. Her father was born in Germany and her mother in Alsace, France, the latter coming to America when eighteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Fulmer settled first in Suffield Township, Portage County, but later moved to Jay County, Indiana, where they died.

To Daniel Ilawk and wife have been born eight children, namely: Lewis, Ellen, Adam, Grant, Clyde, Frederick, Bertha and Grace. Lewis Hawk is engaged in farming on his father's land near Kent. He married Della Brumbaugh. Ellen, an educated young lady, i, bookkeeper for a business firm at Kent, Ohio. Adam Hawk is engaged in farming on the family property, in Tallmadge Town- ship. Grant, residing at home, carries on the dairying interests. The other members of the family reside at home.

Mr. Hawk has shown his interest in the de- velopment of his seetion in many ways, ac- cording to his convictions of the duties of a good citizen. Politically, he is a Democrat, but he is no aspirant for office. Both he and wife belong to the local Grange and enjoy its meetings. He is one of the leading members of the East Akron Reformed Church and he was one of the most liberal contributors to the building fund when the present edifice was put up.

OLIVER HARTER, who owns eighty- three aeres of some of the finest farming land in Norton Township, resides on this property, which is situated on the East and West road, eight and one-fourth miles west of Akron and about one-half mile east of the Medina County line. Mr. Harter was born in Norton Town- ship. Summit County, Ohio, July 25, 1851, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Baugh- man) Harter.

John Harter was born in Green Township. Summit County, and was a son of Jacob Har- ter, who was a native of Pennsylvania and a veteran of the War of 1812 as well as a pio- neer settler in this section. When John Har- ter was ten years of age. his father moved from Green to Coventry Township, where he

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settled in a wild region, in the midst of the woods. There he cleared up a farm on which he lived until the age of ninety-two years. John Harter grew to young manhood in Cov- entry Township and then went to Wisconsin, where he remained for eighteen months work- ing in a lumber camp. There are many ac- cidents in the life of a woodsman and fre- quently they prove as serious as the one which befell Mr. Harter and his companions. A raft of logs which it had taken hard work to se- cure, went to pieces in the river when they started to float it. With difficulty they saved enough of the valuable logs to make a second but much smaller raft on which the party floated to St. Louis, where is was sold for only about enough to take the party to their dif- ferent homes. This adventure seems to have satisfied Mr. Harter as to the safety and sta- bility of an agricultural life and after his return home he soon married and moved to Norton Township. He died February 20, 1905.

John Harter married Elizabeth Baugh- man, who was born in Pennsylvania and died in Norton Township, August 18, 1881. She was a daughter of Theobold Baughman, who came from Westmoreland County, Pennsyl- vania, to Summit County, when Mrs. Harter was three years old. The children born to John and Elizabeth Harter were: George; Oliver: William, who died in Illinois; Theo- bald; Melvina, who married Wilson Waltz, of Tallmadge Township; Eli; Mary, who mar- ried Frank Waltenberger; and Otis, who is a Presbyterian minister located at Fredericks- town, Knox County, Ohio.

Oliver Harter was reared on the farm which is now owned by R. B. Baughman and which is situated just west of Johnson's Corners, which was then his father's property, and there he was trained to be a farmer and has followed agricultural pursuits ever since. He continued to reside in Norton Township until October 11, 1871, when he removed with his family, to Illinois, where he acquired a farm · of eighty acres in Fayette County, on which he lived for ten and one-half years. In 1882 he sold that farm and returned to Ohio, set-

tling on the farm of his father-in-law, west of Johnson's corners, and lived there for eleven years. During this period he was elected township trustee on the Democratic ticket and served three years. Mr. Harter in the meanwhile, bought his present excellent farm to which he came, March 23, 1893. He has recently completed a fine seven-room resi- dence, modern in construction and full of con- veniences and comforts. He has taken an active interest in township matters, being an intelligent, thoughtful man, and for the past eleven years has been serving in the office of assessor.

Mr. Harter was married to Mary S. Wey- gandt, who is a daughter of Elias Weygandt. She was born in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, Ohio. Iler parents lived for two years in Ashland County and then came to Norton Township and settled near Johnson's Corners. Mr. and Mrs. Harter have had seven children, the survivors being: Clara Olive, who taught school for five years after gradu- ating from the Norton High School, later mar- ried Henry W. Mong and they have one son, Roy; Emma, who married George Young, resides with her father, and they have three children, Mary Lavina, Gertrude and Marcus Oliver; Ada Blanche, who married Clyde S. Burgner, resides at Cleveland, and they have one child, Earl Raymond; and Earl Monroe, residing at Loyal Oak, married Minnie Bauer. Mr. Harter's youngest daughter, Mrs. Burg- ner, graduated from the Norton High School, then taught school one year, then took a course in the Spencerian Business College at Cleveland, after which she worked as a sten- ographer for eighteen months. She was mar- ried at Cleveland to a gentleman who had been a childhood companion in Norton Town- ship. Three children of Mr. and Mrs. Har- ter are deceased, namely: an unnamed in- fant; John Edmund, who died aged eleven months; and Anna, who died February 17, 1902.

Mr. Harter has always favored popular ed- ucation and for twelve years served on the School Board. He is a leading member of the Lutheran Church.

MR. AND MRS. JOHN M. HOERTZ AND FAMILY

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JOHN M. HOERTZ, one of the leading men of Norton Township, residing on his well-improved farm of forty-eight and a quarter acres, was born October 22, 1852, in Independence Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and is a son of Philip Hoertz.

The mother of Mr. Hoertz died when he was an infant, and his father passed away when he was a boy of ten years. He there- upon went to the home of his uncle, John Hoertz, who was a farmer of Cuyahoga County, and remained with him, working on the farm for seven years. After this he worked on farms in the neighborhood until 1875, when he rented a farm, after his mar- riage, and his family lived on it until 1882. when he purchased his present farm in Nor- ton Township. He has done a large amount of improving here in the way of building and remodeling, and has a very comfortable home. He grows fine fruits and vegetables.

On April 1, 1875, Mr. Iloertz was married to Mary L. Harris, who is a daughter of Vin- cent G. and Magdalena (Long) Harris. Vincent G. Harris was born in Wayne County, Ohio, February 7, 1826, and died at his home in Copley, November 14, 1905, lacking but a few months of being eighty years of age. He was a son of Aaron and Ellen Harris. He secured such educational training as was afforded in the schools of his day, and after his marriage settled on a farm of fifty acres, one mile north of the center of Copley. To this land he added until he owned 210 aeres, all in one body. He was Akron.

a loyal supporter of the Government during the Civil War and when Governor Tod called on the patriots of Ohio to suppress the raids of the guerrilla, Morgan, in the State, he was one that immediately responded and re- mained in the service until all danger was over, when he was honorably discharged. Mrs. Harris still survives, having passed her seventy-eighth birthday on March 1, 1907, and she resides in the fine home which her husband built at Copley.

Mrs. Harris was married September 14, 1849. and her happy married life covered fifty-six years. The family consisted of nine

children, namely : Mrs. Belle Unger, resid- ing at Averill, Michigan : Mrs. Mary Hoertz; Rev. Joseph J., who is pastor of the Dis- ciples Church at Marion, Illinois; John, de- ceased in infancy; Mrs. Elizabeth Shook, re- siding at Helena, Montana; Eliza J., residing at Copley with her mother; Charles F., re- siding at Loyal Oak; Mrs. Alice S. Fried, residing at Blake, Ohio, and Andrew J., re- siding at Copley.

Mr. and Mrs. Hoertz have two children, Ada Alberta and Harry Ernest. Ada Al- berta married Carman Seiberling of Wads- worth, where he operates a grocery store. They have four children-Ernest Allen, Harold Robert. Helen Mary and James

Larin. Mrs. Seiberling is an educated, cul- tured lady. She graduated from the Norton Center High School and subsequently taught school for two years, one term in Norton and the rest at Krumroy, Springfield Township. Harry Ernest also graduated from the Nor- ton Center High School and the Actual Business College, at Akron, and is a member of the office force of the Goodrich Rubber Company, at Akron.

To dispose of the products of his farm, Mr. Hoertz runs a wagon to Barberton at stated intervals, and sometimes even sells at Akron. He is an active, interested citizen and has served as a member of the School Board of Norton Township. He is a member of the Pathfinders. Mr. and Mrs. Hoertz belong to the Wabash Avenue Disciples Church, at

W. H. HUNT, of the firm of Hunt & Wig- ley, general contractors, at Akron, is a man of large experience in his line of work and has been a resident of the city in which so much of it is in evidence, for the past twenty- eight years. Mr. Hunt was born in Lancaster- shire. England, in 1860, and lived there un- til he was eighteen years of age. In 1878, he came to America, settling in Akron, where he thoroughly learned the brick- and stone- mason's trade. He was located for some five years subsequently in New York city, during which time he was engaged in general con-

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tracting. After his return to Akron he con- tinued in the same line of industry, working alone for some years, and later admitting J. Wigley to partnership, the firm name of Hunt & Wigley then being assumed. During his nearly twenty years of contracting at Akron, he has executed a large amount of important work, including the ereetion of great build- ings used for business, school and residence purposes His first large contract was the Doyle Block, which was followed by the Walsh Block and by other buildings of a sub- stantial character, more or less ornate as their uses demanded. Ilis work has stood the most satisfactory tests, and each succeeding job has added to his reputation as an honorable and capable business man. He is the owner of the National Biscuit Block, which he leases to the National Biscuit Company, and of the Hardware & Supply Warehouse, which he leases to the Hardware & Supply Company. Ile also owns a block at No. 63 Market Street.

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Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens, Part 80

Author: Doyle, William B., b. 1868 Publication date: 1908 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Biographical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1150

Author: Doyle, William B., b. 1868
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Biographical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1150