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Barbara Poyser, daughter of Joseph, died in the summer of 1812, and was buried on the farm. This was the first death in the township. Mr. Poyser moved to Sugar Creek in 1813; his neighbors at that time wore Adam Grounde, Jacob Reed, William Lindsey, Abraham Bayles, and Michael Hefaker.
Soon after there came John Byol, Benjamin and Aquila Carr, Mishael Douda, and Patrick Pelson.
The first school was taught on the MeFarren farm.
Rev. William Mitchell, Methodist, preached at the house of Joseph Poyser at regular intervals.
The first denth in Sugar Creek Township was that of Abraham Bayles, sup- posed to have been struck by lightning during a storm in the summer of 1815. The first marriage was that of John Reed, son of Jacob Reed, to Mary Peyser, on the 13th of April, 1815. William Henry, Esq., performed the ceremony. The newly-married pair soon after moved to Canton, where they passed their lives. John renebed the age of eighty-three years, and died in 1871.
The first hirth in the township occurred in 1813, that of Jacob Poyser.
The first military training was at Jacob Reed's, John Byel bsing captain. We obtain most of these items from Joseph Poyser, born February 27, 1798, and still living, the 20th of February, 1875.
SUOAR CREEK'S ROLL OF HONOR.
Winfield S. Wyant, Company F, 19th, killed at Dallas, Oeorgia, May 27, 1804. Sergeant Michnel Kayler, Company F, 19tb, died in Nashville, Tennessee, July 26, 1864.
David Baleolm, Company F, 19tb, died in prison at Anderson, Ocorgia, June 8, 1864.
J. H. Lenhart, died in hospital at Knoxville, Tennessee, April 15, 1862. Ocorgo Meese, died at Milton, Ohio, November 3, 1862.
Hamel Plouis, died at Ifuntsville, Alabama, August 18, 1864.
William Sherman, killed at Dallas, Oeorgia, May 21, 1864.
B. F. Wcimer, diod in hospital at Columbus, Kentucky, Jauuary 31, 1862.
Celestius Oroichone, killed by necident at Nashville, Tennessee, February, 1863. Jolin Kreiling, Company A, 13th, unknown death.
Jeremiah Hostetter, killed at Stone River, January 1, 1882. Alfred Siffert, Company I, 76th, killed at Arkansas Post, Arkansas. Isane Oardner, 80th, unknown death.
Sergeant William A. Blecks, Company A, 164th, killed nt Fort Mitehell, Kon- tuoky, September 4, 1862,
Sergeant B. Flexer, Company K, 103d, killed at Fort Pocahontas, August 18, 1864.
Daniel F. Wyant, died in hospital at Fortress Monroe, Virginin, July, 1884. Michael Graffe, Company F, 19th, died of wounds at Stone River, Tennessee, January 1, 1802.
Conrad Spergle, Company A, 164th, died in hospital at Knoxville, Tennessee. Frank Harmon, killed at Resaen, Ocergia, Mny 10, 1864.
Daniel Ilipsch, Company F, 16th, died in hospital at Formington, Mississippi, May 27, 1862.
Samuel Moury, Company A, 167th, died of wounds at Oettysburg, Pennsyl- vania, July 3, 1863.
Benjamin Resh, lost an arm at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863. Ephraim Gross, lost & leg at Oettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863.
TUSCARAWAS TOWNSHIP.
Peter and Philip Slusser and their brother-in-law, Henry Augustine, eroeted the first building, not only in the township, but on the west side of the river, withiu the present County limits, during the fall of 1808. Andrew Augustine and David Gaff were the next cabin-builders.
In the spring of 1869, Robert and John Warden, Charles and Doniel Hoy, Imane Poe, Peter Johnson, William Henry, John Mason, and Edward Otis settled near them, and began their farm-labors.
In 1816 came David Bowersmith, Isnae Charlton, Robert Barr, Lewis Rogers, Frederick Oberlin, Stephen and Thomas Eldredge, William Bynl, John Nool, Seth llunt, and the Lottens. They were from Pennsylvania principally, some from New England.
Tuscarnwas was organized March 5, 1816, and included in its original bounda- ries, in part or in whele, Jackson, Lawrence, Perry, Bethlehem, Sugar Creek, and Franklin, now in Summit County. It was reduced to its present limits in 1816.
The first election was held, April 1, 1816, nt the house of William Henry, with the following result: justices of the peace, William Henry and Daniel lloy ; trus- teca, Stephen Harris, Daniel Hoy, aud Peter Slusser; overseors of the poor and supervisors, Henry Clapper and Thomas Chapman ; fence-viewers, Adom Lower and William Crites; house-appraiser, Andrew Augustine; treasurer, Willinm Henry ; constable, Stephen Harris; and clerk, Peter Johnson.
Willinin Raynolds, County clerk, administered the onth of office to Johnson, und by him it was taken from the other officers. Tho next year the place for elec- tion wos romoved te Daniel Hoy's, on Seotion 16. Many offices by one was enused by unwillingness to serve for the trifling compensation.
In May, 1810, was born the first white child in the township, Somuel Slusser ; the second birtb, that of Amanda Henry, occurred during elaction in the same house.
The first death, west of the river, in the County, was that of John Ritter; he became sick wbile moving out in 1811, lay in his wagon; and disd there. In the summer of 1813, A. Augustine was siek with fever, and Dr. Hartford, of Canton, paid him three professional visits, for which his bill was thirty-six dollars. The difference then and now is striking, from the thon scaroity of money.
The first settled physician was Dr. David Andersen, who came in 1832. During a cholera visitation, which swept of eighteen to twenty inhabitants, Dr. Michener, of Massillon, stopped at Brookfield and rendered valuable aid.
The first marriage was Daniel Hoy to Mary Oouty, solemnized by William Henry ; the second was Wesley Hatton to Mary Forsythe.
The first preaching in the vicinity was by Rev. Edward Otis, n Baptist; bis sermons were generally delivered in private houses. The Presbyterians were most numerous, and had stated preaching at the house of Jumas Latta.
The first permanent place of worship was n log building built by them in 1812, on Seetion 10. The first grave-yard in the township was attached to this building. Rev. James Adams was their first pastor. The Methodists commeneed shout the same time to hold meetings, at William Dean's and Peter Johnson's. Their first regular preacher was Rov. Jacob Frey ; first publie place of worship, the brick school-house in Brookfield, erceted in 1825, and serving for the sauses of religion and eduentien alternately until 1843.
The first school en the west of the river was taught, during the winter of 1812- 13, by Jehiel Fox. It was a night-school, and had a good reputation. The first day-schools were taught by David Lowson and John Boreland.
The first grist-mill was erented by Lewis Rogers on Newman's Creek, in 1812. It was a tuh-mill, and for several years only did chopping; afterwards a bolt was attached, which was turned by band ; it has gone to decay.
The Arst saw-mill was ereoted, in 1811, by William Honry, on Lippo Creek, It beenme useless in a few years from the Inok of water.
During the war, rumors of Indian attneks were constantly afloat; for security substantial hewed log bouse, built by William Eldredge, was converted into a fort; two.ineb anger-holes were made fer rifle practice, and a garrison of about twenty porsons gathered in; the old building was standing as late as 1856.
Brookfield, the first village in the township, was never regularly laid out; but the land was sold by the owner, Jonathan Winter, in half- and quarter-aore lots to suit purchasers. It was first called Slussertown, from Slusser's large frame house in it,-the first of the kind in the township, in which he opened tavern. Peter Johnson had a small store. Henry and Cummins erected n steam-mill bere in 1831, which were the first stonm-works in use in the County.
Greenville was laid out by Jacob Frey, in June, 1829.
Among the township's noted men was William Henry, the first member from the County to the Legislature, and afterwards elected judge ; Adnm Pee, who was on- gaged with bis brother Andrew in the celebrated fight with Big Foot, died, and was buried in this township, in 1812. Daniel Hoy was remarkable for his physi-
cal strength: he frequently, at raisings, lifted ngainst four, and even six, ordinary men. The Wardens, Eldredges, and Harrises were all prominent, influential citi- zena of the township.
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP.
That part of the County known as Lawrence Township wos laid off by the Commissioners in December, 1815. Previous to this that portion west of the river formed a port of Tuscarnwas, and that to the enst belonged to Jackson. The Jackson portion was in market in 1801, but not settled till some time after the Tusenrawas port. J. H. Larwell surveyed the west side lands in the spring of 1807, and they were in market upon the establishment of a land- office in Canton, May, 1808. Before public entry they were offered for thirty days, in quarter sections, at auction. Only two purchases wore made by Lawrence settlers at the auction sale. There was no tax fer five years. The first improvement in the township was made upon Newman's Creek,-named after Jneob Newmen, chain- carrier and axeman of the surveying party,-by llenry Clapper and Henry Lewer. These men arrived in 1808, with horses, farming utensils, and five weeks' provi- sions. In that time they cleared, plowed, and sowed thrco neres. They had a brush shelter, and slept either in their wagon or on the ground. Returning home to winter, in March Henry came boek, and with him his brother Daniel, and raised n enbin, the first erected in the township. Their Inther, John Clapper, and Lower soon followed. Their spring erop was nine neres of corn. The father, Jobin, dying from the injuries received by the falling of a tree, was buried on the place, and is the first interment of a white man in the township.
The next opening was made in October, 1808, hy Stophon nud John Harris. In September, 1809, Stephen brought his wife and three children. During 1810 and 1811, William Critz, Jereminh Atkinson, Matthew Metealf, Richard Hardgrove, John Evans, and Robert Lytle settled und improved in the neighborhood. In the summer of 1809, Critz built the first bewed log house in the township. Michael Critz was the first male, and Amanda Harris the first female, boru in the same County division.
In 1811, Matthew Roland settled on land owned in 1851 by John Kirk. James Barber, frem Virginia, settled the same year on a quarter section, since owned by Richard Porter. Elijah Roberts, killed by a falling tree, was the first interment in the Milon grave-yard.
There were no settlements in Enst Lawrence before 1812. Phil Hartony and John MoGanghey came in that year, and each built a enbin. Entries east of the river were dolnyed for two reasons : first, the government surveys were two miles square, and smaller amounts ecst the wages of a surveyor, and the land wos con- sidered inferior ; second, the want of roads.
There were fractions sutered in 1865 along the river by shrewd men, who anti- eipated a canal some day. Of these were Brinton nnd Condy nt Bethlehem; Seott and Pentecost, Massillon; Wells nnd Shorb, Kendall; and Brintou aud Coudy at Fulton. The first election for township officers was held on Monday, April, 1816, at the house of Robert Lytle. Jacob Kirk, justice of Jeeksen, nd- ininistered the oath to those elected.
The record gives for justices, Matthew Roland and Johu Morehead ; clerk, James F. Leonard; trustees, William Albin, John Campbell, and Jacob Kirk ; oversears of the peor, William Whiteraft and Joseph Hobson ; fence viewers, Stepheu Wickin and Joseph Tritt ; appraisers of property, Hugh S. Veneman and Robert Lytle; supervisors, Osorge Veneman, Jolin Meese, and George Wagoner; constables, Richard Hardgreve und Jacob Klock; treasurer, John Morchead; lister of taxables, R. Hardgrovs. On the day of the first elcotion, the trustees ordered that the house of William Whiteraft, on Section 18, he xbe place for alcotiona.
The first township road, from Kerstetter's mill to the County line, sinee the loenlity of Richard Porter's residence, was surveyed by Alexander Porter and supervised by John Meese.
The early Christians were Metbodists and Presbyteriana. Meetings were held in homes and school-bouses till 1837. The first building for worship was erected in 1815, by the Presbyterians. It was a log structure, und upon ground lator known as Newman's Creek gravs-yard. Rsv. James Adams was the first min- ister in charge. East of the river wers no churobes; the Oorman Reformed and Lutherans wore most numerous. Wier and Faust ministered to their spiritual wants. Catholicism had early adherents. Their first services were held in 1830, in a building raised on Philip MeAre's farm. This was used till their church at Fulton was built.
Milan was laid off in lots and offered at publio auction in 1814, by Matthew Roland. The first building was erceted by his son-in-law, John Sturgeon. The same year, Roland built a snw-mill upon the Tuscarawas, the first in the town- ship, and two years later, creeted the pioneer grist-mill. Water being deficient, neither mill made the owner a fortune.
Fulton was laid out in the spring of 1826, by James W. Lathrop and William Christmas. Subsequently, it and Milan wero incorporated by aot of Legislature, retaining the former name. A post-office was established in 1828, with Amazinh Moose as postmaster. Being discontinued, it was ro-established in 1830, and John Robinson appointod postmastor. At this time Canal was prefixed, to moro particularly distinguish it. In 1827, lienry Stidger opened the first store in Milan and in the township. Bigelow was a traveling doctor. Dr. William Myers was the first physician to locate, in 1832.
The village of Lawrence, loented on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, was laid off in 1852, by Arnold Lyuch and Philip MeCuo. It has grown to ho a place of considerable size. The first offert in the line of teaching was hy Oeorgo Wagouer, who opened a private school at his house, in 1817. The first school-house was created in 1818, in what was called Albun's District; Stephen Cassel was the teacher. " The Orphans' Institute" began in 1836, flourished and thon failed.
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Mrs. Geo. Phillips.
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Mrs. Jesse Harter.
Geo Phillips.
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JOHN SANDERSON COOK.
THE subject of this biography was horn in Brownaville, Fayetto County, Pennsylvanie, March 25, 1801. When e young men he leeraod the tonning business, which he followed for upwerds of twenty years. On December 25, 1822, he merried Elizeheth McCadden, who wes born in Feyette County, Pennsylvania, July 18, 1800. Her father was John McCedden, who was horn in Chester County, Ponnsylvanie, January 27, 1757. He wes a tanner hy trede, and with him Mr. Cook leerned this business. He served his country in the Rovolutionery Wer, and wes connected with the expedition sent from Keotucky to Ohio, under com- mend of General George Rogers Clerk, end assisted in the erection of a block-bouse ou the site of the oity of Cincinnati, in 1780. After the wer be settled in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, where he worked at his trade until 1828, when he removed to Newark, Ohio, where ho passed the re- mainder of his life. His wife was Elizabeth Silverthorn, horo in Sussex County, New Jersey, Mey 29, 1771. His family consistod of thirteen children, of whom eight survive, and their average ege is seventy-five ycars, the oldest being eighty-three end the youngest sixty-five. Mr. McCoddeo died June 8, 1845; his wife, June 6, 1848.
Mr. Cock emigrated to Oblo in the spring of 1823, and efter a resi- dence of some twenty-one years in Jefferson County, removed to Stark County, whoro he passed the remainder of his life as a farmer. In Jef- ferson Couoty, Mr. Cock wes Associate Judge of the Common Pleas Court for a period of nine years, commencing in 1885. It was while Mr. Cock was on the bonch in Steubenville thet Hon. Edwin M. Stenton was admitted to the har at that plece. In 1840, Mr. Cock was a member of tho State Boerd of Equelizetion. In 1848 be was elected to the Ohio Legislature, and re-elected in 1847. A very warm friendship existed be- twoen Mr. Oock and Mr. Stanton, and without any solicitetion or even knowledge on the pert of the former, he received from the latter tbe appointment of Paymaster in the army in the late war. While in the service he met with an accident, hy which he was disabled for tho rest of bis life. Ha died very suddenly, of apoplexy, on June 20, 1869. He possessed soclel quelities of & bigh order, and was noted for his nobility of soul end his scrupulous honesty. His widow still survives at the ago of seventy-five, and is as smart and active as meny ledies at fifty. The family comprised eleven children, of whom two died in infancy, and one, Thaddeus K., gave np his life for his country in the late war, being
murdored by the guerrillas near Vioksburg, after they had tekon him prisoner.
Tho fether of Mr. Cook was William Cock, born in Englend, May 81, 1776. He emigreted to America ol a very early dey. His wife was Eliza both Moore, of Mount Holly, New Jersey. He had o femily of ten children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the second child and the oldest son. Mr. Cock was e natural mechanic, end made the costings for the first steamer thet ever made a round trip from Pittsburg to New Orleans. He died March 15, 1856, in the eightieth year of his age.
HENRY COCK,
eldest son end third child of John S. end Elizabeth Cock, was horn in Jefferson County, Chio, December 27, 1825. When a young man he learned the tenning business of his father, and followed it for quite a number of years. Ceme to Stark County in 1844, ond engaged in ferm- ing and school teaching till 1854.
In the autumn of this year ho was elected Oounty Auditor, re-olected in 1858, and in 1864 was again chosen to the same office, makiog the only case In the last thirty years in which any one bas heen elected three times to that office. For eight years, beginning December, 1854, he was a member of the County Board of School Examinors. He also served as Deputy County Treasurer for four years. For some time past he has given his attention to surveying ond civil engineering, having been Oity Oivil Engineer of Canton for the past four years, which position he still occupies. His early educationel advantages wore very meagro, being confined to those furnished by the log cabin school-house. He is wholly a self-taught man, hut in some respects is reckoned among the best-edu- cated men of the County.
On June 26, 1850, be married Miss Jane Reed, of Deorfleld, Portago County, Ohio. His family consists of two soos, one connected with the newspaper business as local editor ; the other is turning his attention to civil engineering.
JOHN M. COOK,
yonngest child of John S. and Elizabeth Cock, was born in Jefferson County, Chio, December 24, 1842. Came to Sterk Oounty with the family in 1844. Resided on a farm until the fall of 1870, and then entered tha freight office of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad at Can-
ton, where he remained four years, since which time he has been engaged in tho office of tho Adems Express Compeny, the duties of which position he hes discharged to the general setisfection of the public.
On July 1, 1868, he was married to Mlsa Mary E. Rauch. Mr. Oock is a goniel gentlemen, of commanding personel oppcerence and populer sociel quelities.
DR. GEORGE B. COCK.
Boro Novomher 12, 1838, in Jefferson County, Ohio; fifth mon and eighth in the family of John S. end Elizabeth Cock. Enlisted in tins ranks of Company F, 4th Regiment O. V. I., in 1861, the first volunteer company enlisted in Stark County for the defense of the Union. Served with the regiment in its West Virginia campaign, under General Mc- Olellan, at the battle of Rich Mountain, etc., and in tho operations of General Lander on the Upper Potomec; then with General Shields, in the valley of the Shenandoah, and again with the Army of the Potomac on the Peninsula in its disastrous operetions against Richmond in 1862. In February, 1863, he was discharged from service hy reason of disehility from disease. In September of the same year he was appointed Oeptain in the 5th Regiment U. S. colored troops, then in camp of rendezvous at Delaware, Ohio. Served in the Department of Virginia, under General B. F. Butler, in the arduous campeigna egainat Richmond and Petersburg during 1864. Was wounded in battle in charging the enemy's worka, in the memorehle conflict of New Market Heights and Chepin's Farm, September 29, 1864. Received honorable mention for gallantry and aff- ciency as an officer. Served on steff duty with General Weitzel during the winter of 1864.
In the following spring rejoined his command at Goldshoro', North Caroline. Marched with Major-General Terry's forces to Raleigh, and after the surrendor was with his regiment et Goldsboro', Newhern, and Carolina Oity. Traversed soveral counties of North Carolina in the work of reconstruction, acting under orders from General Scbofleld, then commanding the department. In this work he mede meny warm friends among the citizens. Was promoted to Major. Returned to Ohio with the regiment, and was mastered ont at Camp Chase in October, 1865.
Afterwards wrote a history of his regiment, which was incorporated in Whitelaw Reid's "Ohio in tha War." Then atudied medicine with Dr W. Bowen, of Akroz, Chio, and is now praotioing in Canton, Stark County.
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PERSONAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS.
BREAKING THE WILDERNESS.
" I hear tho trend of pienoors, Of nations yet to be ; The first lew wash of wavos Where soon shall roll a human sea ! The elements of ompire here Are plastio yet, and worm ; Tho chaos of a mighty world Is rounding into form ]"
LITTLE can the young people of the present day appreciate the toils, hardships, and privations of the early pioneers of any country. At the day that these sturdy men settled here the country was a dense wilder- ness, inhabited by Indians and all manner of wild beasts. The log cabin, er rather pen, chinked with mud, with its puncheon floer, greased-paper windew, and mud-and-stick chimney, afferded the best habitation for these brave adventurers. Their furniture was of the rudest kind, often manufactured with axe, saw, and auger. Their clothing was ef the coarsest material,-of homespun fiax and weel, warin and durable, and at that day fashionable. But times have changed. In place of the leg but we find the more imposing frame, brick, or stone structure, ofttimes the palatial mansion, surrounded by trees, shrubs, and flowers. The dense forests have given place te orchards of delicious fruit and fields of golden grain. Cities and villages have sprung iute being, and neisy crowds throng tbe marts ef husiness, where once the wild beast reamed unmo- lested, or perchance the amphibieus freg rendered the night air vecal with his creakings. In short, a howling wilderness has been transformed inte a garden ef civilizutien and beauty.
But by what instrumentality has this change been wrought? The answer is feund in the spirit of adventure and enterprise that character- ized our early settlers.
" What beroism, what perils, thea ! Hew true of heart and strong of haad, How earnest, resolute, those pioneer moa !'
Many of them bave passed on to their long home; a few only yet remain, und they will tell you that they enjoyed as much real happiness in their primitive dwellings in the forest wilderness as they now enjoy in their present more commodious and costly habitations. In their lives was illus- trated the principle that the absolute needs of man are few. All honor to these brave adventurers, the pioneer heroes | Let their exploits, their industry, their spirit of enterprise and self-denial, be recorded on the pago of history, as an example worthy of emulation by the present and by future generations.
KENT JARVIS,
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whoso portrait appears on the title-page of this work, was born in the village of Fly Creek, near Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York, June 13, 1801. His father was extensively engaged in woolen manufactures, and, hy his special desire, his son was brought up to the same business. Although he continued to follow out his father's wishes for a few years after his majority, his early predilections were for merenntilo pursuits, in which he soon engaged, and with varying suceess for twenty years. He was married to .Miss Euretta M. Williams, May 17, 1821, wbo was a true Christian woman, ever sharing with patience and fortitude all his adversities and rejoicing with bim in his prosperity, to which she, by her kind co-operation and interest, to the fullest extent contributed. In 1844, Mr. Jarvis removed to Massillon, and engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1848. But his indomitable will and determination to succeed in life soon won for him a place as one of the lending men of Massillon, and in 1848 we find him entering into a new field of operations,-that of dealer in real estate,-and for the last twenty-seven years hc has devoted him- self to this pursuit, having during all these long years occupied the same room as his office, and we feel free to say that Massillon is indebted to Mr. Jarvis for her finely laid-out streets and desirablo building lots more than she can ever repay. Mrs. Jarvis died on tho 8th of February, 1864. Although their union was never blessed with children, yet their house was always a home for the orphans, several of whom were educated and supported by bim. On April 4, 1866, he was again married, to Mrs. Juliu M. Dunn, a widow lady from Elmira, New York, wbo, with her four children, brought again to his bearth-stono tho genial influcnees of a home left desolate hy the death of his first wife. One child has blessed their union, and, with this interesting son and most excellent wife, he enjoys in advancing years tbe pleasures aud comforts of a happy home and an ample competence. Mr. Jarvis was early in life udmitted a member of the Masonie fraternity, and wus greatly delighted with its principles and teachings, availing himself of every opportunity to acquire a knowledge of the work and to comprehend the sublimo principles of the order. He bas been a Mason sineo 1823, and his connection has not been merely a nominal matter, but that of an active, earnest worker, having been honored with tho highest officinl positions in the order. In social and public life Mr. Jurvis occupies a bighly honorable position. From early years a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, he ex- emplifies in his lifo the duties and doctrines of a pure Christianity, and has frequently heen a representative in the highest councils of that church. He was for many years a member of the State Board of Control of the State Banks of Ohio, Collector of Internal Revenue, and for twelva consecutivo years a Trustee of the Institution for tho Deaf and Dumb at Columbus, Ohio. He is A Director of the Union National Bank, Massil- lon, a Trustee of Kenyon College, and a Director of tho Massillon and Cleveland Railroad ; also of tbe Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Roud. Such is a very brief outline of Kent Jarvis's life, so full of varied experiences and changes; renowned for his strict business principles and integrity, aud ever ready to advanee the public good. May his declining years rest lightly upon him, and Stark County long be sparod the life of one of her noblest men I
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