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654
Pioneer Settlers
657
Organization, Name, etc.
658 659
Pioneer Experiences.
659
Military Prowess
660
Roll of Honor
Soldiers' Monument
Industries
Civil Service Status
Crookedness
Schools, Churches, etc.
Present Official Roster-1891
Population
Postmasters
Triple Burglary
First Great Sensation
Last Great Sensation. .
Bounties, Quotas, Drafts, etc.
Bounty Jumpers.
Bounty Tax Law
Brady, Captain Samuel, Narrative of.
Brady's Lake.
Brady's Leap.
Brigger Belting Company.
Brittain
876 584
BUCHTEL COLLEGE, History of.
.149-167
Breaking Ground
153
Laying Corner Stone, Address by Horace Greeley
153
Faculty-1891-'92
161
Presidents of ..
.159-161
Course of Study
161
Board of Trustees of.
161
Officers of Board
161
Professorships
163
Finances
164
Crouse Gymnasium
162
Science Building
165
Fatal Disaster
165
Addenda
1163
Athletic Grounds
1164
Cadets
444
Buchtel, Mr. and Mrs. John R., Portraits of.
150
Buckeye Sewer Pipe Company
478
Budd, Townsend C., Machinist
498
Burglar Neatly Nabbed
1154
"Butternut" Demonstration-1863
414
C.
Caldwell, Charles G.
1139
California, Goldseekers of 1849-'50
1110
California, Perils of the Journey to.
1128
California, Akron's Bonanza King
1138
California, Ups and Downs
1139
Camp, Miss Lizzie, Teacher
132
Campbell, Miss Emma, Teacher
130
Canadian Copper Company.
509
Canadian Patriot War-1837-'39
593
Canal Dover Paving Brick Company
509
Capron & Curtice
537
Carothers, Miss Sarah J., Teacher.
129 253
Cascade Mill Race
41
Cascade, Village of.
43
Cascade House 43
.
Canfield, Horace G.
536
Carleton, Will M., Memorial Poet
1141 1144 1142 502 886
Brown, "Jim" and "Dan "
Brown, John-"Old Ossowatomie"
664 666 668 668 659 669 670 678 684 409 428 418
661 663 663
Early Marriages, Birthis, Deaths, etc.
CONTENTS.
xi.
Cascade Store.
Cascade Roarer.
225
Charleroi Plate Glass Company
Cheap Popular Entertainments
Chittenden, Henry
"Chuckery," History of.
"Chuckery" Race, View of
Church, Miss Lavena, Teacher
CHURCH, Central Presbyterian.
First Congregational
Second Congregational
West Congregational.
Christian Science
Calvary Evangelical
First Presbyterian
First Methodist Episcopal
First Baptist
First Universalist.
St. Paul's Episcopal.
High Street Church of Clirist
Grace Methodist Episcopal
First German Reformed
Grace Reformed
German Zion Lutheran.
Sixth Ward Church of Christ
Trinity Lutheran
German Methodist
United Brethren
St. Bernard's
St. Vincent de Paul's -
Akron Hebrew Congregation
African M. E. Zion.
Shiloh Baptist
Trinity Reformned
North Hill M. E
Wabash Avenue Church of Christ
South Main Street Church of Christ
Sherbondy Hill Church of Christ
Evangelical Lutheran
Swedish Evangelical Luthieran
Old Forge Congregational Sunday School
Clark, Henry, Akron's First Hotel-keeper
Clothiers, Hats, Caps, etc.
Clarendon Hotel.
Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railroad.
Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad.
Cleveland, Mt. Vernon and Delaware Railroad
Cleveland, Zanesville and Cincinnati Railroad
Cleveland and Canton Railroad.
Clinton, Governor De Witt, Visit to Akron in 1823.
City National Bank
Citizens' Savings and Loan Association
Civil Engineers
Coal Dealers
Cobb, Charles B., Pioneer Hotel-keeper
Codding, Miss Elsie A., Teacher.
Coffman, Miss Rebecca, Teaclier.
Cohn Manufacturing Company
Collapse of the Rebellion
Commercial Matters
Commins & Allen
Company B, Eighth Regiment O. N. G.
Company B, Official Roster.
Company B, at Presidential Inauguration, 1889
441
Cone, Rev. Orello, D. D 160
Confectionery Dealers
520
Cook, Fairbanks & Co
481
Cooper, Samuel F., Early School Superintendent
126
Cooper Brick Company
484
43
508 187
39 80 86 124 214 189 189 211 213 207 188 191 194 196 198 201 201 202 204 204 205 206 206 206 209 207 210 212 212 212 212 213 213 213 213 214 213 38 520 523 625 623 625 625 635 38 540 540 530 528 '45 123 124 502 421
512 453 436 440
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xii.
CONTENTS.
Cooper Shops.
510
Cooper, Jack, alias Samuel Wittun, Execution of.
994
COPLEY TOWNSHIP, History of.
695 -- 705
Starting Point.
695 695
Swamp-Danger, Death, etc.
696
Why so Named
When and by Whom Settled.
Organization
Growth, Population, etc.
Business Status
Early Temperance Society
Schools, Churchies, etc ..
War Record.
Civil Service Record.
Railroad Facilities
Present Official Roster (1891)
Sad Insane Homicide.
Cotter's Battery, O. L. A.
COVENTRY TOWNSHIP, History of.
Aboriginal "Garden of Eden"
Early Settlement
Organization, etc.
Why Called "The State" of.
Early Homicide.
Industrial Resources.
Milling Operations-The Old State Mill.
Ancient Metropolis
Military History.
Civil Service Record.
Growth, Population, etc.
Indian Traditions
Early Crookedness
Last Sad Homicide
Present Official Record (1891)
County Seat Contest-1840-1843
County Seat, Election for
. Court House and Jail.
Court House, View of.
County Jail, Shabbiness of.
County Jail, Escape From.
Crispin, Rev. William Frost.
Crosby, Doctor Eliakim, Sketch of.
Crouse Gymnasium
Cummins, Nathan, Murder of.
Counterfeiters of the Cuyahoga
CUYAHOGA FALLS, History of.
Early Settlement
Pioneer Mills.
Why so Named
Pioneer Paper Mill
Magnificent Water Power
Early Residents
Early Business Matters
"Ahead of Chicago"
Shinplaster Mill (1838)
Later Banking Operations
Pioneer Temperance Society in Ohio.
Whisky Strike.
Municipal Organization.
Township Organization
Portage Mutual Insurance Company.
One Year a County Seat
Educational Matters
Church History
Temperance Crusade
Musical, Fraternal, etc.
Fine Pleasure Resort.
746
Newspapers.
748
725-769 725 725 726 727 728 729 739 731 731 732 733 734 735 735 737 737 738 740 743 745
41 162 1146 876
1
706-724 706 707 708 709 709 711 712 715 716 718 720 720 721 722 724 102 101 105 105 100 106 1162
697 697 698 699 699 700 701 702 703 704 704 704 438
Swamp-The Great Hunt
CONTENTS.
xiii.
CUYAHOGA FALLS, Military History
750
Soldiers' Monument
753
Criminal Status
754
Early Births, Marriages, Deaths, etc
755
Public Buildings
755
Library, Lyceum, etc.
755
Population
757
Fires ..
757
Civil Service Record.
761
Present Business Status (1891)
763
D.
Detection of Crime in the Early Days
1148
D. F. Morgan Boiler Company
497
Diamond Drill and Tool Company
497
Diamond Fire Brick Works
475 461
Diamond Plate Glass Company
508
Diver, Daniel, Shooting of.
1144
Dodge, Col. Sebried, Civil Engineer
42
Dodge, Mrs. Susan E., Teacher
112
Dodge, William M., Probate Judge.
130
Dow, James G., Early Akron Merchant.
1139
Doyle, William B.
Draft "Prize Winners" in War of Rebellion
Drafts, Quotas, Bounties, etc ...
486 412 409 497
Drop Hammer Forging Company
516
Drugs and Medicines, Dealers in
527
"Dublin"-North Akron's Early Cognomen
39
Ducking Rebel Sympathizers
411
Dussel, Miss Lida M., Teacher.
131
E.
Early Crimes and Incidents
1141
Early Crookedness.
57
Early Hotels
37
Early High Schools
113
Early Schools, Teachers, etc
111
Early Select Schools
112
E. H. Merrill Company.
480 436 445
Eighty-fourth Regiment, O. V. I
417
Elwood Land Company
509 467
Enterprise Manufacturing Company
'497
Eves, Parvin
1022
Ewart, J. C. & Co., Roofing Tile Works.
483 292
Excelsior Reaper and Mower Works.
467
Exchange Bank.
539
Executions at Wooster and Aslıland.
436
F.
Filley, Homer, the Killing of .. 1020
First American Locomotive
620
First Draft During the War
410
First National Bank of Akron
539
First Ohio Light Artillery
384
Fifth U. S. (colored) Infantry
405 386
Fifty-Eightlı Regiment, O. V. I.
396
Flag Festival-54th Battalion, Co. A
397
Finances, Banks, etc ...
538 406
Foster, Joseph W., Boat Builder.
494
Fountain Park
1084
Free Democratic Standard. 224
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Eightlı Regimnent, O. N. G.
Eighth Regiment Band.
Empire Reaper and Mower Works
Ewing & Hollinger, Builders
Fifty-Fourtlı Battalion, O. N. G
Forty-Second Regiment, O. V. I.
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Diamond Match Company .....
Dry Goods, Akron Dealers in.
xiv.
CONTENTS.
Free School Clarion
Friction Matches, History of.
Fruit Dealers in Akron
F. Schumacher Milling Company
Fugitive Slave Law
Funeral Directors in Akron.
Furniture Dealers
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, History of .:
Where Located
Water Courses, Lakes, etc.
Resources.
Early Village Failures
Early Business Emporiunis
Three Villages in One
The Village of Clinton
The Village of Manchester
Business Status.
Organization
Industries
Military Matters
Criminal Matters.
Civil Service Record'
Population, etc .
794
Present Official Roster (1891)
795
G.
Garfield Obsequies
Gargett, Mr. and Mrs. Robert, Murder of.
Gargett, Chloe E., Daughter of Above ..
Garrett, John O., California Forty-Niner.
1110
Geology of Summit County.
614
German Guard, Company Buchtel
German Lutheran School
Gilbert, Miss Mary, Teacher
Globe Sign Company
Glover, Prof. N. L., Musical Instructor
Goodrich Hard Rubber Conipany
Gothic Block, Howard Street
Graded School System
Graham, Joseplı Gilbert, Teacher
Graliam, William, the Stow Homicide.
Grain Dealers in Akron.
Great Western Band
Great Western Railway
Greele, Samuel S., Teacher
Greeley, Horace
Grocery and Provision Dealers
46
Green Township's Hundred-Day Men
GREEN TOWNSHIP, History of
796 796
Early Settlement
797
Topography, Resources, etc.
788 800 801
Educational Matters
800
Electoral Matters.
802
Criminal Catalogue
802
Military History.
807
Civil Service Record 809
Present Township Officers (1891)
810
H.
Hall, Philander D., Akron's Pioneer Merchant.
46
Hankey Lumber Company
490
Hanscom, Lewis .. 1138
589
Harper's Ferry, Capture of
Hardware, Dealers in. 520
Harness Makers 510
225 459 528 455 578 528 525 781 784 781 785 785 785 786 786 786 786 788 788 788 790 793
63 116 122 1018 518 446
Guide Board War, in the Early Days
401
Indian Experiences
Business Centers
Industries
622 115 155 523
443 135 123 508 134 469
436
956 956
CONTENTS.
XV.
Hart, Capt. Joseph, Middlebury Pioneer
Hartford City Plate Glass Company.
508
Hats, Caps, etc., Dealers in. 525 Hawkins, Miss B. M., Teacher 112 709
Heathman-Heathman Homicide
Herrick & Son, China, Glassware, etc.
High Street Church of Christ, View of.
High School Dedication (1853)
Hill & Adams Sewer Pipe Company
Hill, Foster & Company
Hill, Merrill & Company
Hill, Powers & Company.
Hill Sewer Pipe Company.
Hole, Prof. Israel P., Educator
Hollinger, Miss Annie M., Teacher.
Home Building & Loan Association
Howard, Charles W
Howard, Frank D
Howard Street Disaster, November 7, 1891.
Howe, Capt. Richard,
Hower Oatmeal Mills
Hoy, Judge John
Hotels
Hubble, Miss M. E., Teacher
Hugill & Briggs, Brick Manufacturers
Humphrey Turbine Company
Hundred and Eighty-Eighth O. V. I.
Hundred and Fifth O. V. I.
Hundred and Fifteenth O. V. I.
Hundred and Fourth O. V. I.
Hundred Day Men, O. N. G. (1864)
Hundred and Ninety-Seventh O. V. I.
Hundred and Seventh O. V. I ..
Hundred and Seventy-Seventh O. V. I.
Hundred and Sixty-Fourth O. V. I.
Hundred and Twenty-Fifth O. V. I ..
HUDSON, Pioneer Township in Summit County 811-850 812
David, First Settler'in Summit County
The Long and Perilous Journey to
812
Early Settlers
Organization, Name, etc
First Born White Child.
Indian Experiences
Religion, Churches, etc
Educational Matters.
Western Reserve College.
Railroad Enterprises
Business § atus
Population.
Municipal Officers
Newspapers
War History
Civil Service Record.
Present Village and Township Officers (1891).
Criminal Matters ..
Hinckston, the Fire Bug
The Maloney-Stepleton Homicide.
IIunter, John H., the Richfield Double Homicide
974
Hunter-Gargett Tragedy, History of.
956
Hurst, "Bob"-Sharp Evasion of Justice
1158
I.
Insurance Agencies
446
"Irrepressible Conflict" Issue, The
577
229
Italian Orchestra
529
818 818 820 823 824 834 836 839 840 841 813 846 848 849 849 850
816 817
516 1167 123 476 476 476 476 477 125 130 544 69 498 1161 117 457 98 528 114 481 505 407 405 371 368 396 404 387 407 400 404
33
xvi.
CONTENTS.
J.
Jackson, George C., & Co.
537
Jackson & Lynian
490
J. C. McNeil Company. C.
495
J. F. Seiberling & Company
467 655
Johnson, Harvey H.
61
Jones Wholesale Grocery Company
516
Joyce, M. & A. C., Teachers
112
K.
Kansas-Freedom versus Slavery
588
Keating's Orchestra
445
"Keg Money".
57
Kerst, the Peninsula Homicide
578
Kilpatrick, Hugh, Death of
1020
King, Judge Leicester
557
King Varnish Company
474
Klages Coal and Ice Company.
508
Knight, Lee R., Teacher
131
Konkle's Battery, O. L. A
385
Kubler & Beck, Varnish Works
473
L.
Labor Fifty Years Ago.
1099
Ladies' Cemetery Association
241
Lane, Luman
1064
Latta, William, the Counterfeiter
651
Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Valley Railroad.
635
Lantz's Orchestra
446
Leggett, General M. D., Early School Superintendent
122
Ley-Swartz-Thomas Homicide.
722
Library Board of Control.
186
Line and Packet Boat Navigation
656 461 462
. Lucifer Matches
461
Lumber and Building Establishments
484
Lyceum and Library Association
166
M.
Machine and Repair Shops
510
Maloney-Stepleton Homicide
850
Marble's Band
445
Markle & Inman, Stoneware.
Marriner Rifles
Massillon Branch R. R.
Match Manufacture
May, Andrews
McArthur, Miss Jerusha, Teacher
McCausland Brothers, Brick-Makers
McClellan, William A., Builder
159
McCready, Miss Margaret L., Teacher
129
McMasters, Henry,
1139
McKisson Homicide, Trial, Execution, etc
908-917
McMillan, Reuben, Early Manufacturer
45 39
McMillen, John
Moffatt & McNeil 495 529
1102
Mechanics' Library
1103
Mechanics' Political Organization (1848). 1103
Mechanics' Strike for Ten Hour Day (1845)
1102
Mechanics' Strike for Cash Payments (1815)
1102
Mechanics' Strike for Higher Wages (1815) 1102
145
Members of Akron School Board, 1847 to 1891
Memorial Chapel, 245
123 124 484 492
McCollester, Rev. Sullivan H., D. D.
Meat Markets in Akron.
Mechanics' Association (1840)
481 352 635 450
Locofoco Matches
Locofoco Party
.
Johnny Cake Lock.
CONTENTS.
xvii.
Merrill, Powers & Company'
476
Merchant Tailors of Akron
Metropolitan Band.
Middlebury, Ancient Village of
Middlebury, Annexation to Akron
Middlebury Cemetery Association
Middlebury Mining Company (1849)
Middlebury Township Officers.
Militia During the War
Miller Chain Works
Millerism or Second Adventism
Miller & Roche, Grocers
Miller Match Company
Millinery Stores in Akron
Millheim
Miscellaneous Regiments in Union Army.
Miscellaneous Trade and Traffic
Modern Military Operations
Mogadore, Village of.
Moore, Milton, Trials and Tribulations of
Morrow County Draft Riots
Morus Multicaulis Craze
Munificent Bounty Fund.
Munroe Falls, Village of.
Munroe Falls, Boom and Collapse
Munroe Falls, Early Criminal Episode
Musical Instrument Dealers
Musson, Mrs. Harriet, Murder of.
Mustill's Orchestra.
446
N.
Neracher Sprinkler Company
Newberry, Henry, Sr.
Newberry, Henry, Jr ..
Newberry, Miss Josephine, Teacher
New York, Mahoning & Western R. R
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio R. R.
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio R. R. Depot.
Nickshaw, John, the Killing of
Nineteenth Regiment, O. V. I.
Ninth Battery, O. L. A
Ninth Regiment, O. N. G.
Ninth Regiment, O. N. G., Merged in Eighth.
North Hill Band
Notion and Novelty Dealers.
Norton, Capt. Aaron.
Noyes, Gov. Edward F., Memorial Orator.
253
NORTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, History of. 854-875 Locality, Beginning, etc 854 Indian and Frontier Matters 854 855 Settlement, Name, etc Growth, Development, etc 856 Industrial Matters. 858 Organization, Population, etc 860 Military History 861 Civil Service Record Present Official Status (1891) 863 864 Criminal Catalogue. 864 Dunn-Whipple Tragedy 865 Brook-Tedrow Homicide 873 1153
Sapp Treasury Robbery
NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP, History of 898-917 898
When and by Whom Settled
Name, Organization, etc
898 899 900
Military Record.
Civil Service Status
901
The Viers-Charlesworth Romance
The McKisson Homicide
903 908
510 446 32 449 232 1107 297 426 474 604 512 474 520 986 407 530 446 984 994 413 66 423 1028 1029 1030 523 994
509 728 762 128 636 631 627 1145 357 390 434 436 446 520 33
Rapid Settlement
xviii.
CONTENTS.
NORTON TOWNSHIP, History of.
918-935
Origin, Name, etc
918
Early Settlement 918
Business "Centers" 920 922
Early Crookedness
Lunatic Merchant.
922
Postoffice Robber Killed.
924 925 926
Military History
828
McLister-Welsh Homicide 931
Population, Present Official Roster, (1891) etc.,
935
O.
Ohio Canal, Letting Contracts.
38
Ohio Canal, Breaking Ground by De Witt Clinton
38
Ohio Canal, First Boat to Cleveland.
40
Ohio Educational Monthly
229
Ohio Exchange
47
Ohio National Guard (1864)
399
Ohio National Guard, Guarding Coal Mines
430
Ohio National Guard, Annual Encampments.
438
Ohio Stoneware Company
480
Olcott, Charles, Akron's Christener
35 85
Old Maid's Kitchen, View of .
Olmsted, Edwin Bigelow, Early Superintendent of Schools
123
Oster-Kernan Homicide
792
Overland Journey to California
1107
P.
Paige Brothers Company
516
Paige Tube Company ..
509
Painters and Paperhangers.
510
Palmer, Charles W., Early Principal Akron Schools
122 1108
Panic of 1837
66 771
Patriotism and Pleasantry
418 45
Payne, William H., Boat Builder
Pease, Judge Calvin
Pendleton, Joy H., Death of
PENINSULA, Village of.
Burglarized
670
Homicide
Official Roster (1891)
Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal
People's Monthly
People's Savings Bank.
544 42
Perkins School
Piano Tuners
Picture Frame Makers.
Pittsburg, Akron and Western Railroad
Pittsburg and Western Railroad
Plumbers
Polishing and Plating Company
Pomeroy, Miss Helen, Teacher.
Pooler, Charles T., Early Superintendent of Akron Schools.
Portage Canal and Manufacturing Company.
122 125 80 43
Portage Furnace
115
Portage Strawboard Company
PORTAGE TOWNSHIP-Early Settlement
Assessors
Clerks
Justices of the Peace
295
Treasurers
291
Trustees
287 .
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Panama Route to California
Parks-Beatson Homicide.
Pavilion House.
494 36 1164 651
678 669
71-79 228
Perkins, Crosby & King.
128 523 523 637 635 525 502
Portage Journal
595 32 297 289
Lost Child Excitement
Civil Service Record.
CONTENTS.
xix.
Porter Zouaves
428
"Powder Patch".
1083
"Preliminary"
31
Pryne, Miss Rosetta, Teacher
123
Q.
Quotas, Drafts, Bountles, Etc.
406
R.
Railroads of Summit County
621-639
Real Estate Agents
528
Recruiting in Rebel States
420
Regular Army Military Service.
408
Resistance to Draft. 410
Rexford, Rev. Everett L., D. D.
159
RICHFIELD TOWNSHIP, History of.
941-978
Organization .
941
Early Settlers
942 943
Business Resources
Rival Centers.
Education and Religion
Military History
Civil Service Record
Big Sleigh Ride (1856)
Great Reunion.
Lunatic Horse Thief.
Present Business Status (1891)
Official Roster
Hunter-Gargett Tragedy.
Robeson, W. E., the Farmer-Detective.
Robinson Brothers & Co.
Rodenbaugh, Jolın, Murder of.
Rood, Wilbur V., Principal High School
Roofing Tile Works
Roof-Musson Homicide.
Roman Orchestra
Root, George H., Teacher
124
Roster Company B., Eiglith Regiment, O. N. G.
440
S.
Sanitary Aid Societies
418
Sapp, George, County Treasury Burglar.
Sauter-Sheetes Homicide
Sawtell, S. L., Early Akron Teacher
School Enumeration (1839)
School Enumeration (1888)
School Enumeration (1890)
School Graduates, 1864 to 1891
Schools-Latin, Greek, Etc
Schools-Teachers' Examinations in 1835
School-Early Select High
Scholarships in Buchtel College
Schumacher Gymnasium Company
Seaman Manufacturing Company
Second Adventisni
Second Draft during the War.
Second National Bank of Akron
Second Ohio Cavalry
Seiberling, J. F. & Co ..
Seiberling Milling Company
Selle Gear Company
Semler-Kepler Homicide
Seventy-Sixth Regiment, O. V. I.
Sewer Pipe Manufacturers
Sherbondy Hill Church of Christ
Sheriff Lane Victimized ..
Singular Boiler Explosion
Sixth Battery Light Artillery
621 431
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1152 791 112 112 139 141 142 144 109 115 145 504 508 604 416 539 378 467 459 471 804 407 475 213 1155
944 944 954 946 947 950 951 952 954 955 956 1149 478 991 128 483 994 446
Population
Xx.
CONTENTS.
Sixth Battery at Washington Centennial
Sixth Battery Roster for 1891
Sixth Independent Battery, O. L. A
Sixty-Fourth Reginient, O. V. I.
Sixty-Seventh Regiment, O. V. I.
Smith Brothers.
Soldiers' Memorial Chapel
Soldiers' Surplus Bounty Fund.
South Akron Flouring . Mill.
South End News
South Main Street Church of Christ.
213
Spicer, Amos, Early Portage Township Resident.
32 32 232
Spicer, Major Miner, Akron's First Settler
Spicer Cemetery
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, History of 979-1002
Early Settlement
979
Organization, Growth, Etc.
979
Population
Topography, Resources, Etc
Pioneer and Indian Matters
Villages, Hamlets, Etc
Abolition Riot
Educational Matters
Railroad Facilities.
Military History
Civil Service Record
Hundred-Day Men.
Present Official Roster.
Murder of Jolin Rhodenbaugh
Roof-Musson Homicide ..
"Squirrel Hunters"
Star Drilling Machine Company.
Steinbacher, Erliard.
St. Bernard's Parochial School
St. Vincent De Paul's Parochial School.
Stone Mill
Stoneware and Pottery Trade
Storer & Barnhart
Storer & Miller
Stoves and Tinware.
Summit Sewer Pipe Company
Stow, Joshua, Original Proprietor of Stow Township, Portrait of.
STOW TOWNSHIP, History
1003-1027
A Pioneer Miracle
First Actual Settlers
Organization
Topography, Hydraulics, Etc.
Beautiful Lakes
Industries
Education and Religion
Fatal Tornado of 1837.
Early Marriages, Births, Etc.
Indians, Rattlesnakes, Etc
Bears, Wolves, Etc ..
Military History
Civil Service Record.
Terrible War Tragedy.
Population, Official Roster, Etc.
Stripe-Cooper Homicide
Sultana Disaster
Sunimit Beacon
Sunimit City
80
Summit City Boiler Works.
496
SUMMIT COUNTY, History of .. 91-108
Abstract Company
514
Agricultural Societies 1080-1086
Benevolence. 1087-1098
Journal
226
Railroads 621-639
443 642 366
364 392 502 245 176 459 229
981 982 983 984 986 988 988 988
1001 401 1002 991 994 376 498 512 148 147 42
479 494 494 521 478 1003
1003 1005 1007 1007
1008 1008 1009 1010 1012 1012 1014 1015 1017 1018 1027 803 372 · 219
CONTENTS. xxi.
Summit County Tornadoes.
558
Summit Guards
350
Summit House Supplemental Draft
47 417
Superintendent's Cemetery Lodge
243
Surveyors.
530
Symphony Orchestra
446
T.
Tallmadge Hundred-Day Men
TALLMADGE TOWNSHIP, History of ... 1036-1059
Portrait of its Founder, Rev. David Bacon. 1042
Early Settlers, Etc. 1036
Topography, Population, Etc. 1040
Name, Organization, Etc. 1039
Utopian Schemes Not Realized
1041
Educational Matters
1013
Pioneer Deaf and Dumb School
1044
Church and Spiritual Matters
1045 1048 1049
Manufactures
1050
Clean Criminal Record
Military History
Honorable Civil Service Record
Present Business Status
Present Official Roster (1891)
Tappan, Charles W.
Taplin, Rice & Co
Tee-Total Mechanic .... .
Terrible Calamity.
Thirty-Seventh Regiment, O. V. I.
Thomas Lumber Company.
Thomas Phillips Company
Thomastown .
" Three Hundred Thousand More"
Thyng, J. Warren, Teacher Drawing, Akron Schools
Trade and Labor Journal.
Turner Band
446 358 472
Twine and Cordage Company
TWINSBURG TOWNSHIP, History of.
1060-1079
Topography, Name, Etc ..
1060
First Settler
1061
Pioneer Incidents
1066
Early Business Status
1067
Church Matters.
1068
Educational History, Twinsburg Institute, etc
1070
Military Operations
1072
Soldiers' Monument
1073
Locust Grove Cemetery
1076 1076
Civil Service Record
1078
Present Business Status (1891) 1079
Present Official Roster
1079
U
" Underground Railroad" 579
United States Baking Company.
508
United States Stoneware Company.
481
Upson, Dr. George C.
1025
Upson, Julius A.
1025
Upson, Dr. Daniel.
1049
Upson, William H.
1058
V.
Valley Railway.
631
Vallandighanı, Clement L .. 374
Viers-Charlesworth Romance.
[ 903
Coal Mining Interest
Early Railroad Enterprise
1054 1055 1057 1059 1059 1140 465 225 454 389 488 472 896- 422 134 229
Twenty-Ninth Regiment, O. V. I ..
Pioneer Reminiscences
400
xxii.
CONTENTS.
Village Rivalries, 1835-1845
46
Vitrified Sewer Pipe Industry
475
Voris, Judge Alvin C.
646
Voris, Miss Annette, Teacher.
123
Voris, Judge Peter
645
W.
Waltz, Miss Laura E., Teacher.
133 484
Washburn-Peoples Homicide ..
Watches and Jewelry
518
Weary, Suyder & Wilcox Manufacturing Company
485
Webster, Camp & Lane Machine Company
464
Weeks, Arthur J.
481
Weeks, Frederick H
481 512
Weeks & Kingsbury.
Werner Printing & Lithographing Company.
536
Western Linoleum Company
508
Western Reserve College
824
Wetmore, Judge Williamn .
1005
Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Company.
471 479
Wholesale Dealers in Akron
512
William H. Evans Building and Loan Association.
544
Williams, Paul, Akron's First Inhabitant.
32
Willis, Edward P
1030 490
Windsor Hotel.
518
Wise, Prof. J. O., Teacher Penmanship.
134
Wolcott, Hon. Alfred
Wolcott, Hon. Christopher P.
Wolcott, Hon. Simon P.
122
Wood and Provision Procession.
419
Worthington, "Jin," Akron's Fugitive Slave ..
577
Z.
Zanesville Street Railway Company.
509
Whitmore, Robinsons & Co.
Wilson, Solon L.
657 553 665
Wolcott, Miss Lucretia, Teacher
1
VIEWS, BUILDINGS, ETC.
Academy of Music, East Market Street, 1891. 458
Akron's First School House, South Broadway, 1834 111
Akron's First High School Building, South Summit Street, 1847. 122
Akron's Second High School Building (now Jennings), 1853. 123
Akron's Present High School Building, 1891 135
Akron's First Church Building, 1835. 189
Akron's First Fire Engine House, 1841
332
Akron Saving's Bank, Mill and Main, 1891
543
Akron, As it was in 1853, and as it is in 1891
448
Allen School Building, South Main Street.
131
Arlington Hotel, West Market Street 453
Baptist Church, Original, South Broadway, 1837 194
Baptist Church, North High Street, 1853-1890 197
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