Fifty years and over of Akron and Summit County : embellished by nearly six hundred engravings--portraits of pioneer settlers, prominent citizens, business, official and professional--ancient and modern views, etc.; nine-tenth's of a century of solid local history--pioneer incidents, interesting events--industrial, commercial, financial and educational progress, biographies, etc., Part 24

Author: Lane, Samuel A. (Samuel Alanson), 1815-1905
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Akron, Ohio : Beacon Job Department
Number of Pages: 1228


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FRIGHTFULLY FATAL DISASTER.


As the Fall term was drawing to a close, on the approach of the holiday season for 1890-91, a terrible disaster came upon the College, bringing an appalling death to two of its most promising students, and terrible suffering and life-long injury to several oth- ers. The term had been highly successful, and all the students were happy in anticipation of its auspicious close, and of the holi- day pleasures in store for them at their respective homes.


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About a dozen of the young ladies whose birth-days, respect- ively, occurred between the first of September and the first of December, resolved upon a joint celebration, and, by consent of the matron, the festivities were being held in Cary Hall, on the even- ing of Saturday, December 13, 1890, several ladies connected with the building, and a number of the other lady students being pres- ent. The young ladies in whose honor the party was being held were fantastically arrayed in their night costumes, garlanded with feecy white cotton, with tall paper caps also trimmed with cotton, surmounted by a tassel, upon their heads.


Thus arrayed, with one of their number at the piano, the other eleven were merrily dancing around a pan of pop-corn, when the tas- sel upon the head-dress of Miss Aurelia Wirick, of Storm Lake, Iowa, came in contact with a burning gas jet, instantly igniting the highly inflammable cotton,and enveloping her person in flames. Before realizing what had happened, the other girls waltzing past her were also ablaze.


Without attempting to describe the terrible panic which ensued, and the frantic efforts of the young ladies and their friends to relieve them from their frightful peril, suffice it to say, that of the thirteen persons finally involved in the fearful holocaust, Miss May Emma Steves, of Clifton Springs, N. Y., after four hours of untold agony, found merciful relief in death, a little after midnight, while Miss Lulu Myrtle Steigmeyer, of Attica, Ohio, lingered until quarter past five o'clock Sunday morning, when she, too, passed away.


The surviving sufferers were: Mary Elizabeth Baker, of Johnson's Creek, N. Y .; Myrtle Barker, of Peru, Ohio; Eva Ellen Dean, of Storm Lake, Iowa; Aurelia Blair Wirick, of Storm Lake, Iowa; Dian May Haynes, of Clifton, Kansas; Addie Marion Buchtel, of Columbus, Kansas; Almira Reed Van Dusen, of Fair- play, Colorado; Dora E Merrill, Professor of English History, of Williamsport, Pa .; Mary Zuba West, of Marietta, Ohio; Estella Frances Musson, of Mogadore, and Wilbur Walter Ackley, Haga, Ohio. The lives of several of these hung in the balance for several days, but they gradually recovered, though a number will bear marks of the disaster upon their persons through life.


This appalling calamity not only brought deep sorrow to the friends of the sufferers, eliciting the depest sympathy from the entire community, but was especially painful to the College authorities, lest they should be charged with lack of discipline and a proper oversight of the young people entrusted to their care .. There is, however, no room for censure of the authorities in con- nection with this sad affair. The College is not in any sense, a prison, and innocent pastimes, by either sex, among themselves, may properly, on occasion, be permitted, and it is gratifying to know that while the melancholy event is still sadly remembered, by the friends of the institution, confidence in the administration of its affairs has remained unbroken, and its pupilage and influ- ence is increasing year by year.


The writer has, in the preparation of this chapter, drawn largely upon the late Judge Bryan's sketch of the Akron schools, prepared for the Board of Education, in 1876, and is under special obligations to Superintendent Fraunfelter, ex-Superintendent Samuel Findley, President Orello Cone, ex-Secretary Albert B.


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CONCLUSION OF AKRON'S SCHOOL HISTORY.


Tinker, and Secretary Charles R. Olin, for data furnished there- for, and in conclusion would say, that while the chapter itself is of considerable length, it is scarcely more than an outline of Akron's educational history during the sixty-six years of its existence, though enough has been said to show, that in point of progress, Akron, for many years, took the lead, and is not now outranked by any city, large or small, in Ohio or elsewhere.


DAYTON A. DOYLE,-son of Wil- liam B. and Harriet (Sage) Doyle, was born at Akron, Ohio, Sep- tember 27, 1856; educated in public schools of Summit County, graduat- ing from Akron High School June 26, 1874, and from Buchtel College, with the degree of A. B., .June 26, 1878. He then read law in the office of Attorney-General Jacob A. Kohler one year, afterwards attending lect- ures at Cincinnati Law School, from which he was graduated May 26, 1880, with the degree of LL. B .; was admitted to the Bar in the Supreme Court of Ohio, at Columbus, May 27, 1880, and to practice in the United States Courts, at Cleveland, May 26, 1882. On admission to the bar Mr. Doyle opened a law office in Akron, in 1885 forming a partnership with Frederick C. Bryan, Esq., which still continues. In April, 1885, Mr. Doyle was elected City Solicitor for Akron, and re-elected in April, 1887, ably fill- ing that important office four years. April 23, 1884, Mr. Doyle was married to Miss Ida M. Westfall, of Akron.


DAYTON A. DOYLE.


They have two children -- Dayton A., Jr., and Julia M.


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CHAPTER IX.


AKRON'S LITERARY ACHIEVEMENTS-EARLY DEBATING SOCIETIES-"LYCEUM AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION" CHARTERED IN 1834-SHAPING THE DESTI- NIES OF THE NATION-THE "AKRON PHILO LEXION SOCIETY"-BRIEF BUT BRILLIANT-THE "AKRON LITERARY ASSOCIATION" -" THERE WERE GIANTS IN THOSE DAYS"-THE MECHANICS' AND SCHOOL LIBRARIES-THE "AKRON LECTURE ASSOCIATION"-ITS SUCCESS AND BENEFICENT OUT- COME-THE "AKRON LIBRARY ASSOCIATION," CHARTERED IN 1866-PHENOM- ENAL ENTERPRISE AND PROSPERITY-AKRON'S FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE-THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCI- ATION'S READING ROOM, GYMNASIUM AND WONDERFULLY SUCCESSFUL CHEAP POPULAR LECTURES, ETC.


AKRON'S ANCIENT LITERARY OPERATIONS.


From Akron's very beginning, her people, as evidenced by her splendid educational record already fully set forth, have always given special encouragement to literary and scientific enterprises. As early as 1834, the Legislature granted a charter to the " Akron Lyceum and Library Association," as follows:


An Act to incorporate the Akron Lyceum and Library Association Company, in Akron, Portage County.


SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, that Seth Iredell, Justus Gale, Hiram Payne, William B. Mitchell, William E. Wright, Charles W. Howard, Lyman Green, William M. Dodge, Woolsey Wells, Erastus Torrey, David Allen, Reuben McMillen, Eliakim Crosby and James W. Phillips, and their associates, together with such others as may be hereafter associated with them, be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate with perpetual succession, by the name and style of 'The Akron Lyceum and Library Association Company,' and by their cor- porate name may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all the courts of law and equity in this State, or elsewhere; may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure ; shall be capable of holding personal and real estate, by purchase, gift or devise, and may sell, dispose of and convey the same, provided the annual income shall not exceed five hundred dollars; they shall have power to form and ratify a constitution and adopt by-laws for the government of such Association, the arrangement and regulation of its fiscal affairs, the admission of its mem- bers and the appointment of its officers, together with all other powers necessary for its corporate existence, and the proper and efficient manage- ment of its concerns ; provided said constitution and by-laws be not incon- sistent with the laws of this State and of the United States ; and provided, also, that the funds of said Association shall not be applied to any other purpose than the support of the above named Lyceum and Library Association.


SECTION II. That any future Legislature may alter, amend or repeal this Aet.


JOHN H. KEITH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. DAVID T. DISNEY, Speaker of the Senate.


Passed February 21, 1834.


Besides those named in the charter, such other early citizens as Capt. Richard Howe, Alvin Austin, Samuel A. Wheeler, Philo Chamberlin, Jedediah D. Commins, Nathan B. Dodge, Dr. Joseph Cole, Eber Blodgett, Jonathan Myers, Ansel Miller, Robert K.


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DuBois, Gibbons J. Ackley, Alfred R. Townsend, John H. Cleveland, Ithiel Mills, Paris Tallman, Arad Kent, Horace K. Smith, and others, became members of the Association by the purchase of stock, which was fixed at $25 per share, quite a respectable library of books, by donation and purchase, being collected.


During the long Winter evenings, weekly meetings were held for the purpose of listening to addresses from members and others, and of discussing the "burning" questions of the day: "Is the human mind capable of improvement?" "Ought a Representa- tive to be bound by the instructions of a majority of his constitu- ents ?" "Ought females to be permitted to vote at elections ?" "Ought capital punishment to be abolished ?" etc.


ALLEN HIBBARD,-born in Amherst, Mass., September 17, 1813; came to Akron from Rome, N. Y., in 1834, with Mr. William E. Wright, one of the pioneer merchants of North Akron, a few years later clerking for Ackley & Austin, and still later in partnership with Gib- bons J. Ackley, and Joseph E. Wese- ner, under the firm name of A. Hib- bard & Co., doing an extensive gen- eral merchandising business, in the well remembered "Old Green Store" on Howard street. On closing his mercantile operations, Mr. Hibbard was for several years book-keeper of the Webster, Camp & Lane Machine Company, and later, for nearly 20 years, and until his death, collector for the Akron Gas Company. Au- gust 22, 1841, he was married to Miss Lucy Ann Ackley, of Akron, who bore him one son-Dwight A. Hib- bard, of the jewelry firm of J. B. Storer & Co. Mrs. Hibbard dying October 11. 1843. Mr. Hibbard was again married, November 4, 1844, to Miss Nancy J. Ackley, sister of the first Mrs. H., who bore him four children-Frank Jewett and Thomas Allen, deceased; William Grant, now a farmer in Kansas, and Charles M., now a jeweler in Akron. Mr. Hib- bard was a life-long consistent mem-


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ber of the Congregational Church; member of Village Council 1846, '47 and 1864, and Recorder for 1859. He died March 6, 1889, aged 75 years, 5. months and 19 days. The last Mrs. H. still survives.


These discussions were spirited, and considerable tact and tal- ent displayed, not only by the regularly appointed disputants, but by others, while the essays and addresses, by home talent, were often able and instructive. This Association maintained a fairly prosperous existence for about ten years, when, by reason of deaths, removals and the advent of other sources of amusement and social pastime, it was disbanded, its books being sold at auction in November, 1844, and the proceeds distributed pro rata, among the stockholders.


"AKRON PHILO LEXION SOCIETY."


In the Winter of 1836-'37, the younger business men of Akron established a literary and oratorical society, under the above rather stilted title, suggested by some one who had perhaps officiated as


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janitor in some eastern college. In addition to its rhetorical and declamatory exploits, and its profound disquisitions and essays upon political, scientific and metaphysical topics, the society dur- ing the Winter months, maintained a literary weekly (manuscript) periodical, entitled the "Akron Mirror," spicy contributions to which, from both male and female members, together with edi- torial comments, were read by the editor for the time being- - elected monthly-the honors of which position were about equally divided between the writer and the late Hiram Bowen, founder of the BEACON.


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TAMES B. TAPLIN,-born in Clare- mont, N. H., August 12, 1812; at 5 years of age moved with parents to New Haven, Vermont, and three years later to Franklin County, N. Y .; in boyhood worked on farm and attended school, the last six months at Franklin Academy, in Malone, N. Y .; at 20 learned trade of carpenter and millwright; in fall of 1834 came to Akron, Ohio, by canal and on foot, following carpentering and mill- wrighting until 1848, when in com- pany with Geo. D. Bates and Charles Webster he started the Globe Foundry and Machine shop, under the firm name of G. D. Bates & Co. Mr. Bates retiring two or three years later, business was continued by Webster & Taplin, with some slight changes, until the works were destroyed by fire in 1860, when Mr. Taplin retired and in connection with Alvin Rice and Hobart Ford, under the firm name of Taplin, Rice & Co., established new works on South Broadway, a stock company, under the same title, being organ- ized in 1867, with Mr. Taplin as presi- dent and manager, which position he still holds. In October, 1839, Mr. Taplin was married to Miss Rachel Grandy, of Port Byron, N. Y., who had for some time been a teacher in Akron schools. Six children were born to them, two dying in infancy, one, James F., at seven years of age; the survivors being John L., for


JAMES B. TAPLIN.


many years superintendent of machine works of Taplin, Rice & Co., now superintendent of Circleville branch of the Portage Strawboard Works; Charles G., book-keeper for Standard Oil Company, of Cleveland; and Ella G., who is still at home. In religion Mr. Taplin is a Congrega- tionalist; in politics a Republican, being elected Councilman of the Incorporated Village of Akron in April, 1855, but resigning the posi- tion before entering upon its duties.


Besides the writer and Mr. Bowen, members of the organiza- tion are recalled as follows: Allen Hibbard, Dr. James R. Miltimore, James B. Taplin, William H. Dewey, Henry Clay Crosby, Russell Gale, Grove N. Abbey, Henry Converse, Solomon Coloney, Francis Dexter, Nahum Fay, William Pitt Carpender, John Tooker, Milo Fuller, Samuel Manning, etc.


The "Philo Lexion Society," had an existence, under that dis- tinctive appellation, of only four or five years, though in some form, debating and literary societies, maintained by home talent, long continued in vogue during the Winter months-often eliciting. intense interest, and attracting large audiences, in Military Hall, Tappan Hall, Trussell Hall, etc., one of the most successful of which, from 1855 to 1861, was


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H ON. NATHANIEL W. GOOD- HUE,-born in Lincoln County, Me., December 20, 1818; from 3 to 17 years lived with parents in Lower Canada; in 1837 removed to Wayne County, Ohio, teaching school Win- ters and peddling Summers; in Summer of 1840 taught in Greens- burg, Summit County, and the next Winter in Greentown, Stark County, Hon. Lewis Miller being one'of his pupils ; in 1841 clerked for Johnston & Irvin, in Middlebury, and. after- wards for Kent & Co .; taught school in Middlebury, in Winter of 1845, '46, studying law in office of Hand & Nash ; was engrossing clerk of House of Representatives at Columbus in Winter of 1846, '47 ; admitted to bar in 1847; elected County Auditor in 1848 and re-elected in 1850, holding the office four years ; was canal collector from 1856 to 1858; collector of inter- nal revenue for Summit County from September 1862 to September 1866; State Senator for Summit and Port- age district, 1873-75; Republican elector for 18th congressional dis- trict in 1880 and president of Okio Electoral College; was elected Pro- bate Judge of Summit County in October, 1881, ably filling that posi- tion until his death, September 12, 1883, aged 64 years, 8 months and 22 days. Judge Goodhue was married to Miss Nancy Johnston, of Green


HON. NATHANIEL W. GOODHUE.


township, December 20, 1841, who bore him four children-James P., died in infancy ; Allan J., a member of the 104th O. V. I. during the late war, now residing in Cleveland ; Mary H., wife of Rev. Samuel Max- well, of the Protestant Episcopal church, and Nathaniel P., from 1882 to 1891 Deputy Clerk in office of Probate Judge and now Clerk of Courts for Summit County,


"THE AKRON LITERARY ASSOCIATION."


This society was composed of such men as Nathaniel W. Goodhue, Charles B. Bernard, Newell D. Tibbals, Dudley C. Carr, Daniel B. Hadley, Edward Oviatt, Edwin P. Green, William H. Upson, David L. King, Wilbur F. Sanders, Henry Ward Ingersoll, Samuel C. Williamson, Arthur F. Bartges, John J. Hall, Augustus N. Bernard, Geo. W. Crouse, Dudley Seward, Dr. Daniel A. Scott, Dr. Elias W. Howard, Dr. William Bowen, Dr. Thomas Earl, Alvin C. Voris, Jacob A. Kohler, Joseph E. Wesener, Henry W. Howe, J. Park Alexander, Homer C. Ayres, Thomas Brownless, Israel P. Hole, S. A. Lane, etc.


The war coming on absorbed the public attention for the next four or five years, amid the dread realities of which rhetoricals were suspended, since which they have largely been superseded by the innumerable civic, social and beneficial associations that have come into existence in later years, though it is questionable whether a well-conducted debating society, with original essays and lectures, by members, and other home talent, would not be more profitable-mentally, morally and financially-than some of the devices now in vogue for social pastime and recreation.


MECHANICS' LIBRARY.


Allusion has been made, elsewhere, to the Mechanics' Associa- tion of Akron, organized in 1846, and of the liberal contributions made by Judge James R. Ford and Col. Simon Perkins, ($50 each),


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and others, for the purchase of books and periodicals for the benefit of the association and their families, which, under the fostering care of Messrs. James M. Hale, David G. Sanford, Joshua C. Berry, James Holmes, and other active members of the associa- tion, was successfully maintained for some ten or twelve years.


HON. WILLIAM H. UPSON,-born at Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, January 11, 1823 ; moved with parents to Tallmadge, in 1832; graduated from Western Reserve College in 1842; read law with Judge Reuben Hitchcock, in Painesville, followed by one year's study in law department of Yale College ; admitted to bar September, 1845; opened law office in Akron, January, 1846, in partnership, suc- cessively, for many years, with Hons. Sidney Edgerton and Christopher P. Wolcott; Prosecuting Attorney for Summit County, 1848 to 1850; State Senator, 1853 to 1855; member of Congress, 18th district, 1869 to 1873; delegate to Republican National Convention, which renominated Abraham Lincoln in 1864; delegate at large to the convention which nominated Rutherford B. Hayes, in 1876 ; many years trustee of Western Reserve College, Oberlin College and Lake Erie Female Seminary ; first president Summit County Bar Association and member State Bar Association Executive Committee ; from March to December, 1883, by appointment of Gov. Foster, Judge of Supreme Court of Ohio; in 1884 elected Judge of Circuit Court, draw- . ing two years' term, and re-elected


HON. WILLIAM H. UPSON.


in 1886, for full term of six years. May 20, 1856, was married to Miss Julia A. Ford, of Akron, four child- ren having been born to them- William Ford Upson, now practicing law in New York City ; Henry Swift Upson, now practicing medicine in Cleveland ; Anna Perkins, now wife of Lieut. G. J. Fiebeger, U. S. Corps Engineers; and Julia Ford Upson.


THE AKRON SCHOOL LIBRARY.


In the meantime, in 1853, the State of Ohio had adopted a public school library system, by which all the school districts of the State, through general taxation, were supplied with choicely selected libraries proportioned to size of school, "Ohio School Library," being embossed, in plain letters, upon both covers of each of the substantial leather-bound books thus provided. The superintendent of the Akron Public Schools was constituted librarian, as well as custodian of the astronomical, chemical and other apparatus provided by the State, the library being kept in a small room, between the two stairways on the upper floor of the old High (now Jennings) school building.


After the establishment of this library, which, by the terms of the law, was accessible to every family in the district, whether having children in the schools or not, the Mechanics' Association gener- ously donated their books to the Board of Education to be added thereto, though the association maintained its reading and club room for several years thereafter.


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CHARLES B. BERNARD,-son of Rev. David Bernard, a former Baptist clergyman in Akron; born in Western New York ; came to Ohio in 1845 and to Akron in 1846; taught school four winters, last two in Mid- dlebury, working on farm in Sum- mer ; March, 1849, entered Auditor's office as deputy, serving six years -- four under N. W. Goodhue, and two under Henry Newberry; elected Auditor, October, 1854, and re-elected in 1856, serving four years ; first rail- road ticket agent in Akron ; entered law office of Wolcott & Upson in 1859 ; admitted to bar and to partnership with W. & U.in 1861-afterwards with Mr. Upson; City Solicitor in 1862- 1863; member of Board of Education -president, secretary, treasurer, etc., some seven years; treasurer Akron and Portage township Soldiers' Bounty Fund during the war; in 1864, served 100 days in front of Wash- ington, as adjutant of 164th regiment, O. N. G., and A. A. A. General; in April, 1867, moved to Cleveland-sec- retary Cleveland Stove Co. 20 years (actively about two years); chief clerk Internal Revenue two years; first appraiser of merchandise at port of Cleveland two years; member of City Council two years ; member of Board of Education two years ; since resigning appraisership has practiced his profession, in a case


CHARLES B. BERNARD.


referred to him, writing out an orig- inal opinion as to the liability of stockholders under the Ohio law, which the Ohio Supreme Court, in another case, sustained in every par- ticular, and is now the law. October 27, 1858, Mr. B. was married in Akron, to Miss Mary E. Gardiner. They have two daughters-Grace and Bell, still with their parents.


AKRON LECTURE ASSOCIATION.


As time sped on, Akron outgrew the school library system, as liberal as had been its provisions, and in the latter part of 1865, a number of gentlemen effected an organization, under the name of the "Akron Lecture Association," for the purpose of establishing a reading room, together with a series of popular lectures upon literary and scientific subjects.


The first course of eleven lectures (one more than promised), in the Winter of 1865-6, were by William Lloyd Garrison, George Alfred Townsend, R. J. De Cordova, New York humorist; Prof. Anson J. Upson, of Hamilton College, N. Y .; Prof. E. L. Youmans, of New York City, on the "Dynamics of Life;" James E. Murdoch, dramatic readings; Rev. W. H. Milburn, the eloquent blind preacher; Hon. George Thompson, of England; Rev. A. A. Willitts, of Brooklyn, N. Y .; John B. Gough, and C. Oscanyun, Turk. The terms for the course: Gentleman and lady, $5.00; gentleman without lady, $3.00; lady alone, $2.00; single admission, 50 cents. In the Spring the lecture committee reported receipts from season tickets, $867.50, at door $917.10-total, $1,784.60; paid lecturers $1,225.00, incidentals $310.35-total, $1,535.35; balance in treasury, $249.25. Lecture committee: William H. Upson, chairman; William H. Huntington, corresponding secretary; George W. Crouse, treasurer; Israel P. Hole, Charles B. Bernard, James H. Peterson.


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DR. ELIAS W. HOWARD,-born in Andover, Vt., April 14, 1816; raised on farm ; common school edu- cation, with one term in Chester Academy ; in 1835 began study of medicine with cousin, Prof. R. L. Howard, at Elyria, Ohio; afterwards attending lectures at Berkshire Col- lege, Pittsfield, Mass., completing his studies with Dr. L. G. Whiting, in Windsor Co., Vt., and graduating from Berkshire College in 1838; same year began practice with cousin, in Elyria, O., a year later, 1839, removing to Akron, where he was in continu- ous practice over half a century; after battle of Antietam was sent by Gov. Tod to assist in caring for wounded Union soldiers, serving in hospital at Frederick City, one month; the Winter following devoting several months to hospital duty at Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Howard served several years on Board of Education, and four years in City Council -- 1871, '72, '74, '75, the last year as president pro tem .; member and president of Board of Health ; helped to organize the Summit County Medical Society and 'several years its president ; was member of Union Medical Associa- tion of Northeastern Ohio, two terms its president ; member of Ohio State Medical Association and of American Medical Association, being a dele- gate to the International Medical




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