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 60

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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WILLIAM C. PARSONS,-sou of Edward and Clementine (Janes) Parsons, was born in Brimfield, Portage Co., February 10; 1841. In boyhood worked on farm and at- tended district school, on approach- ing majority entering Western Re- serve College, at Hudson, from which he was graduated in 1863, meantime, in 1862, under Prof. Young as cap- tain, and Prof. Cutler as first lieu- tenant, with some thirty-five or forty other students enlisted in Company B, 85th O. V. I., serving four months; in September, 1864, enlisted in Bat- tery A, 1st O. L. A., being afterwards assigned to Battery E, in the battle of Nashville, December, 1864, serving as No. 6 at the gun, and holding the position of 12th corporal. Soon after the battle, the battery was mounted as Flying Artillery and sent to Chattanooga, remaining there till June, 1865, when it was returned to Ohio and mustered out of service at Camp Dennison. Before graduation taught one year; after graduation taught in Institute on Brooklyn Heights, Cleveland; after war, tutor two years in Western Reserve Col- lege. August 12, 1867, accepted posi- tion in office of Aultman, Miller & Co., which he filled 20 years, spending the Summers of 1873, '74, '75 in Germany, in interest of company. In 1887, became secretary and treas-

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WILLIAM C. PARSONS.

urer of the Selle Gear Company, elsewhere noted, which he is success- fully managing. December 31, 1868, Mr. Parsons was married to Miss Sarah Day Seymour, only daughter of Prof. N. P. Seymour of Hudson, who has borne him six children -- Katharine Seymour, William E., Harriet Day, Sarah (dying in infancy) Charles Seymour and Robert.

THE THOMAS PHILLIPS COMPANY .- The manufacture of paper, all rope flour sack paper and flour sacks was begun in Akron by Thomas Phillips & Co., on West Exchange street, in 1872, and has grown to be one of Akron's most important and successful industries. The present company was incorporated in 1887, with an authorized capital of $150,000. With some 20,000 feet of floorage, and with the very best of paper making and printing machinery, every description of paper bags, flour sacks, wrapping papers, printed complete, in plain or fancy colors, to the extent of about 1,000 tons per annum, are made here. Number of hands employed about 50. Present officers (1891): President, George W. Crouse; secretary, treasurer and general manager, Clarence Howland. Though entirely destroyed by fire February 18, 1891, the works were at once rebuilt, and it is now the largest complete establish- ment of its kind in the world.

TWINE AND CORDAGE WORKS .- The advent of the twine-binder grain harvester having created an immense demand for the particular kind of twine used therefor, in 1885 the Akron Twine and Cordage Company was organized, and suitable works erected on Hill street, east of the C., A. & C. and N. Y., P. & O. Railroads. While binder twine is the specialty of these works, all 'other kinds of rope and cordage are made, both for the trade or on orders. Capital stock $100,000; surplus $20,000. Spindles run, 125; hands employed, 85 to 100. Present officers: George W. Crouse, presi- dent; Ira M. Miller, vice president; R. H. Wright, secretary and. treasurer.

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THE VARNISH TRADE.

FDWARD GEORGE KUBLER,- born in Munich, Germany, Feb- ruary 26, 1846; educated at Munich and Nurnberg, Bavaria, in the higher classes of the Polytechnic school. In the war of 1866 enlisted in the army, serving during the war. In August, 1869, came to the United States, engaging in business in New York City; in February, 1878, came to Akron, and started what has ever since been known as the Akron Varnish Works, six months later associating with himself, Mr. J. Martin Beck. This is one of the most successful of Akron's many prosperous industries, Mr. Kubler looking after the outside interests of the concern. Mr. Kubler is also . director of the European Department of the Gilson Asphaltum Company, of St. Louis, Mo., of which himself and Mr. Beck are stockholders. Mr. Kubler is in possession of his family record since 1467, the successive gen- erations of the family all being prominent citizens of Southern Ger- many, Mr. Kubler being the only one that has ever emigrated. In 1873, Mr. Kubler was married to Miss Emili

EDWARD GEORGE KUBLER.

Dushard, who was born at Henepin, Ill., April 16, 1848. They have three sons and one daughter, the family residing in Europe, pending the education of the sons.

J. MARTIN BECK.

J. MARTIN BECK, -born in the town of Selb, Bavaria, Germany, October 14, 1843 ; at 14 entered whole- sale grocery and drug house as an apprentice, serving four years, not

only without compensation, but pay- ing over $300 to learn the business ; passing a regular examination, he came to the United States and to Akron, in August, 1862; first entered the employ of M. W. Henry & Co., of which firm his half-brother, John Wolf, was a partner; remained six years, when he entered the service of E. I. Baldwin & Co., of Cleveland for one year. Being in rather poor health, went to Europe in the Spring of 1869, returning to Akron in the Fall, entering into partnership with John Wolf and H. J. Church, under the firm name of Wolf, Church & Beck, which relation continued until 1878, when he sold out to his partners and forming a partnership with Mr. E. G. Kubler, established the Akron Varnish Works, the first and then the only works of the kind in Summit county, and now among the most prosperous in the United States. January 12, 1871, Mr. Beck was mar- ried to Miss Kate J. Buchtel, daugh- ter of William Buchtel, Esq., of Akron, and they are now the parents of four children-William B., Edward M., Martha Louise and Carl F.

THE KUBLER & BECK VARNISH WORKS .- In 1878 Messrs. E. George Kubler and J. Martin Beck commenced the manufacture of varnishes, japans, etc., of every variety and of superior quality,

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on a small scale, on North Bowery street, a few years later build- ing extensive brick shops on West State street where they are now located, the firm enjoying a lucrative and growing trade in every portion of the United States.

THE KING VARNISH COMPANY .- The works of this company, established in 1882, are located in a handsome six-story, brick block, 50x60 feet in size, with a fire-proof melting house, 30 x 70, attached, a few rods north of West Market street, on the Valley railway, with a frontage on Canal street. Standard coach, cabinet and railway varnishes, japans, dryers, shellacs, etc., of all grades and qualities demanded by their rapidly increasing trade. Work- ing capital, $200,000. President, David L. King; superintendent, Andrew M. Armstrong.

This company, meeting with financial disaster, made an assignment January 14, 1889, the .works being subsequently pur- chased by Hon. David R. Paige, who associated with himself Mr. John H. McCrum, under the firm name of D. R. Paige & Co., the new firm, under the management of Mr. McCrum, now (1891) enjoying a high degree of prosperity.

THE MILLER MATCH COMPANY .- This company commenced the manufacture of "Anti-Monopoly Parlor Matches" in 1879, in the buildings formerly occupied by Mr. Louis Chevrier for the manufacture of chains, west of the B. F. Goodrich Hard Rubber works, in the south part of the city. The company was incorpo- rated in 1885, with an authorized capital of $100,000. It is sup- plied with modern improved machinery, and, its products being of the very best, it is doing a lucrative business which is being rap- idly extended. Present officers: Col. Arthur L. Conger, president; Harvey F. Miller, secretary and treasurer; S. Samuel Miller, super- intendent.

THE MILLER CHAIN WORKS .- In 1869, a chain manufactory was established in the buildings originally erected by the Akron Barrel Company, by Mr. Louis Chevrier. After the death of Mr. Chev- rier, in 1877, the works were operated for a short time by other parties, with indifferent success, but passing into the hands of the present company, in 1879, have, by the introduction of modern methods, been made a grand success, their wares finding a ready sale in every portion of the country. These works are owned and operated by the Miller Match Company, organized as above, the joint establishment-matches and chains-giving employ- ment to over 100 hands. [Since the above was published, in 1888, both the Miller Match and the Chain Works have been sold to the Diamond Match Company, and the works closed.]

THE BAKER McMILLEN COMPANY, successors to Baker, McMil- len & Co., Ash and Bowery streets, established in 1870; incorpo- rated July 2, 1890; capital, $120,000. This company manufactures enameled knobs, handles, pail woods, clay, wood and cob smoking pipes, etc., and is one of the busiest hives of industry in the city, employing from 85 to 100 hands, and turning out many millions of pieces per year, the pail-wood machine averaging one wood per second, and others in proportion. Directors: John C. McMillen, president; John W. Baker, vice president and manager; John W. Noble, secretary and treasurer; Charles F. Shutt, superin- tendent; John B. Wright.

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DIAMOND FIRE BRICK WORKS .- J. Park Alexander, proprietor, Canal street, south of Market; established in 1866; the pioneer fire brick works in Northern Ohio. Mr. Alexander operates under a patented invention of his own, in the use of ground silicious white pebble as the principal ingredient of his appropriately named "Diamond Fire Brick," claiming for his brick immunity from shrinkage, and greater resistance to powerful heat than can be obtained from the use of the best of fire clay alone. Hands employed 20. Yearly product 1,000,000 brick.

AKRON FIRE BRICK COMPANY .- Works 105 Bank street, Sixth ward. Established in 1873 by Byron M. Allison and Delos Hart. Mr. Hart retiring in 1877, Mr. Allison continued alone until incor- poration of company, March 30, 1882. Standard fire brick, special- ties, etc. Capacity of works 10,000 per day. Capital stock $50,000. Officers: C. A. Allison, president; B. M. Allison, secretary, treas- urer and manager.

THE SEWER PIPE INDUSTRY.

VITRIFIED SEWER PIPE .- One of the most extensive and impor- tant of Summit County's past and present industries, is the manu- facture of sewer pipe, a brief history of which is as follows: In 1847, the late Edwin H. Merrill and his brother, Calvin J. Merrill, commenced the manufacture of stoneware, bottles, tobacco pipes, etc., on the site now occupied by the Akron Stoneware Company, on Bank street, Sixth ward, afterwards inventing and manufac- turing a stone pump, which attained considerable popularity in those early days.

DAVID E. HILL,-born in Gow- anda, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., May 25, 1825, of English-Scotch ancestry ; at 18 came to Middlebury ; after working several years in ma- chine shop, with others engaged in manufacturing the old-fashioned fire engines ; 1847 to 1849, traveled for McMillan & Irish, manufacturers of woolen machinery, in the Spring of the latter year becoming interested in what is now the Akron Sewer Pipe Company, the pioneer of this now large industry in the United States, Mr. H. being the organizer and lead- ing spirit of the American Sewer Pipe Co., with an annual output of 5,000 car-loads, or 60,000 tons. An original anti-slavery man, Mr. Hill has been, from its organization, an earnest member of the Republican party, and active in public affairs, from the age of 21 being almost con- tinuously in the council or school board of the old village of Middle- bury until its annexation to Akron, in 1872; was county commissioner from. 1862 to 1868, and Sixth ward member of Akron city council four years-1875, '76, '77, '78. Tune 5, 1848, Mr. Hill was married to Miss Harriet Louisa McMillan, daughter of the late Col. Reuben McMillan, who has borne him three children -- David W.,

DAVID E. HILL.

born March 15, 1850, married to Miss Grace Perkins McCurdy, of Akron, September 6, 1877, died January 30, 1880, leaving one child, Eva C. Hill; Cora F., born July 10, 1852, died Feb- ruary 6, 1874 ; and George R., whose portrait and biography are elsewhere given.

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In 1849, the late Col. Reuben McMillan, David E. Hill and Rob- ert Foster, converted the famous old "Black Mill" into pottery works, under the firm name of Hill, Foster & Co. In 1851, Mr. Foster retired, being succeeded by Edwin H. and Calvin J. Merrill and Mr. Hezekiah Camp, the firm name being changed to Hill, Merrill & Co., this firm also engaging in the manufacture of the smaller sizes of sexangular water pipe, formed in moulds, the ori- fice being bored out by machinery adapted to that purpose while the section was yet in the mould.

About two years later, Messrs. David E. Hill and Calvin J. Merrill got up improved patterns of the rude machinery then in use in England for the manufacture of sewer pipe, a part of the original "Black Mill" plant being devoted to that branch of the business by Hill, Merrill & Co., the clay especially adapted to this business being found in almost inexhaustible supply, within the city limits.

In 1855, Hill, Merrill & Co. were succeeded by Merrill, Powers & Co .- the two Merrills, Henry G. Powers and Frank Adams. About 1858 the Merrills retired, Mr. Hill again taking an interest in the business, the firm name being changed to Hill, Powers & Co.

A year later, Messrs. Hill and Adams became the sole owners, under the firm name of Hill and Adams, by whom the business was greatly extended, and the capacity of the works doubled. In 1868, with David E. Hill, Frank Adams, David L. King, Lorenzo B. Austin and Ozias Barber as stockholders, a stock company was organized under the title of the

HILL AND ADAMS SEWER PIPE COMPANY .- Under this arrange- ment, the business was still further greatly extended, a new two- story brick shop 50x 240 feet being erected on the opposite side of the river, below the bridge, and supplied with first-class machin- ery, with drying facilities, kilns, etc., to match. These works were the first of their kind west of New York, and the second in the United States, and from the excellence of the material used, and their superior workmanship, gave to Akron its firmly grounded reputation of furnishing the very best sewer pipe produced in the world.

EORGE R. HILL,-son of David

G F. and Harriet Louisa (McMillan) Hill, was born in Middlebury (now Akron Sixth ward), April 3, 1855. He was educated in the Middlebury pub- lic schools and under the private tutelage of Prof. Augustus N. Ber- nard. Early trained to business, in the extensive Sewer Pipe Works of his father, he is now secretary and treasurer of both The Akron Sewer Pipe Company and The Hill Sewer

Pipe Company, and secretary of The American Sewer Pipe Company; is also officially and pecuniarily inter- ested in a number of other industrial enterprises in Akron and elsewhere, and is one of the rising young busi- ness men of Akron. June 4, 1884, was married to Miss Alice A. Hinman, in Cleveland. They have no children.

GEORGE R. HILL.

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THE AKRON SEWER PIPE COMPANY .- In 1871, Mr. Hill retired, and the company was reorganized, under the above title, with a paid up capital of $175,000, of which corporation Mr. Frank Adams. was president, and David L. King, Esq., secretary and treasurer. Under this administration, the works were highly prosperous, a large demand being created for their wares, for sewer and drainage purposes, in all of the principal cities and villages of the country, east, west and south. .

Messrs. King, Adams and others, having subsequently dis- posed of their respective interests in the business, the present members of the company are David E. and George R. Hill, James Viall, L. S. Ebright and John Harrison, with David E. Hill as. president and George R. Hill as secretary and treasurer. Capacity 1200 carloads per year. Hands employed, 125,

THE HILL SEWER PIPE COMPANY .- This corporation, of which Mr. David E. Hill is president and general manager; George R. Hill, secretary and treasurer, and James Viall, superintendent, was incorporated in 1873, with a capital of $80,000. It is located at 1175 East Market street. The senior member of the company has been connected with the sewer pipe business from its very incip- iency, and to his energy and influence is very largely due the success and magnitude of this important industry in Akron and Summit county, and the great advancement in sewer sanitation in the principal cities of the United States in the past quarter of a century. Capacity of works, 600 car loads per year. Men employed sixty.

TAMES VIALL,-born in Middle- bury (now Akron Sixth Ward), January 15, 1828 ; educated in district schools ; at 13 went on canal as driver, becoming steersman at 15, and from 1846 to 1865, ran a line-boat between Pittsburg and Cleveland. In 1865 Mr. Viall bought the William Owens pottery, a short distance east of Middlebury, and engaged in the man- ufacture of stoneware, in 1876 selling a half interest to George Markle. and in 1889 selling remaining inter- est to John Inman. In 1865, also, in company with Mr. John B. Woods. commenced mining and grinding clay, in which business, as a member of the Middlebury Clay Company, he still has an interest. In March, 1873, with David E. Hill and others, incor- porated the Hill Sewer Pipe Com- pany, of which he is superintendent, that company having also recently erected extensive sewer pipe works at Huntingdon, Pa. Mr. Viall was also for several years engaged in the grocery trade, in company with Mr. Moses J. Huggins, the only represen- tatives in that line at that time in Middlebury. Mr. Viall is also a director in the Klages Coal and Ice Company. January 29, 1850, Mr. Viall was married to Miss Mary Davis, also

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a native of Middlebury. He has. always been an ardent Republican, and was for several years councilman of the incorporated village of Middle- bury, serving as such at the time of its annexation to the city of Akron in 1872.

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THE BUCKEYE SEWER PIPE WORKS .- The firm of Kent, Baldwin & Co., successors of the old firm of Irish, McMillan & Co., manu- ufacture 's of woolen machinery, where the Hill Sewer Pipe Works are now located, about 1868 built new brick shops at 991 to 999 East Exchange street. The machinery of these shops having been removed to Chicago in 1872, the Buckeye Sewer Pipe Company was incorporated, with a capital of $100,000, and the plant corre- spondingly enlarged to fit the new business; its appointments all being first class, and its product averaging about 1,000 car loads per year, equal to the very best; men employed, 55. Present officers: Jonathan H. Brewster, president; Joseph A. Baldwin, secretary and superintendent, and Harry H. Gibbs, treasurer.

JOSEPH A. BALDWIN,-born in Goshen, Conn., December 6, 1820 ; came to Summit county, Ohio, in 1837, and to Middlebury (now Akron), in 1841 ; was in employ of Kent, McMillen & Co., merchants, then in partnership with Mr. Roswell Kent, under the firm name of J. A. Baldwin & Co .; next with McMillan, Irish & Co., and Kent, Baldwin & Co., manufactur- ers of woolen machinery, leaving, ing, in 1872, to engage in the manu- facture of sewer pipe, under the cor- porate name of the Buckeye Sewer Pipe Company, of which he has been continuously the secretary and gen- eral manager. February 9, 1853, Mr. Baldwin was married to Miss Mary A. Kent, daughter of the late Alson Kent, of Middlebury, who has borne him two children-Alson, born in 1856, died in 1867, and Nellie L., born in 1859 and married in 1883 to Harry H. Gibbs, now treasurer of the Buck- eye Sewer Pipe Co. Mr. Baldwin has been at different times member of boards of education and of councils of both the village of Middlebury and the city of Akron; was for niany years a member and trustee of the Congregational Church in Middle-

JOSEPH A. BALDWIN.

bury, and for several years past a member and trustee of the First Con- gregational Church in Akron, and in politics an earnest and influential Republican.

ROBINSON BROTHERS & COMPANY .- This company, located near ' the "Old Forge," and contiguous to all the railroads running through Akron, was established in 1879, with an authorized capital of $300,000, its main shops being 50x240 and 50x 160 feet, two stories high, with boiler and engine room 40x60 feet; machinery, kilns, etc., of the very best. Present stockholders and officers: Henry Robinson, president; Thomas Robinson, vice president; Byron W. Robinson, secretary and treasurer; Ellen Robinson, Henry B. Manton, Irvin R. Manton, John F. Townsend; Byron W. Robinson and Henry B. Manton, superintendents. Caliber of pipe manu- factured from two to twenty-four inches; capacity of works, 1,000 car loads per year; men employed, 75.

THE SUMMIT SEWER PIPE COMPANY .- This company, located at foot of Miami street, on line of C., A. & C. and N. Y. P. & O. railways; incorporated July 17, 1889; capital, $100,000; size of buildings 70x200, and 70x90 feet; capacity, 1,500 car loads per year;

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hands employed, 60; officers, (1891) Joseph A. Baldwin, president; Jonathan H. Brewster, vice president; Edwin H. Gibbs, secretary and treasurer; George T. Whitmore, general manager; 65 men.

OTHER SEWER PIPE WORKS .- Two other sewer pipe manufac- tories, at Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Falls, and one at Barberton are mentioned elsewhere, and it is safe to say that with its superior material, and the long and ripe experience of those engaged in its manufacture here, the sewer pipe industry of Summit county, both as to quality and quantity, leads the world, each establish- ment having its own clay-bed in such close proximity that its daily necessities are daily supplied by its own teams, thus obvi- ating the expense of railroad transportation, extensive storage facilities, or large money outlay for its raw material.

AMERICAN SEWER PIPE COMPANY .- This is an incorporated association, composed of the five Akron corporations above named and Mr. George P. Sperry, of Tallmadge, each having a representative on the Directory, which is composed of the fol- lowing gentlemen: David E. Hill, George R. Hill, Joseph A. . Baldwin, Byron W. Robinson and George P. Sperry, with Mr. David E. Hill as general manager. The objects of the association are the proper regulation of sales, according to capacity, and mutual protection against competition from manufacturers of inferior wares in other localities. The companies forming this association have an aggregate capital of three-quarters of a million of dollars, give employment to from 400 to 500 men, with a combined output.of nearly 4,000 car loads of pipe per year.

THE STONEWARE OR POTTERY TRADE.

This has been a leading industry .in Summit county from an early day. Unsurpassed in the quality of its potters' clay, its wares find a ready sale in every part of the great West, and other portions of the country. Allusion is made elsewhere to the potteries of Springfield and Mogadore, where the business origi- nated, and to the establishment of works in what is now the Sixth ward, in Akron, by the late Edwin H. Merrill, in 1847. The late Enoch Rowley, of the Sixth ward, was also a pioneer in the manufacture of stoneware within the present limits of the city, where the majority of the ware now manufactured in the county is produced, though wholly dependent upon the clay-banks of Springfield for the raw material.

THE WHITMORE, ROBINSONS & CO .- This company was incor- porated in September, 1887, with a capital of $200,000, the present members of the company being: Richard Whitmore, president; Henry Robinson, vice president; Byron W. Robinson, secretary; Thomas Robinson, treasurer; Mrs. William Robinson and Mrs. James B. Manton.

The company manufacture Akron stoneware, Rockingham and yellow ware and fine glazed stoneware. Their works are at the southeast corner of East Market street and Case avenue, con- sisting of a three story brick block, with other buildings attaclied, giving an aggregate floorage of nearly 100,000 square feet.

The manufacture of Rockingham and yellow ware, was com- menced in Middlebury, on a small scale, about 1850 or 1851 by Enoch Rowley and Edwin and Herbert Baker; some two or three years later Mr. Thomas Johnson becoming associated with Mr.

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Rowley in the business. February 6, 1857, Richard Whitmore and the Messrs Robinson succeeded Mr. Rowley, under the firm name Johnson, Whitmore & Co., afterwards, in 1862, changed to Whitmore, Robinsons & Co., thus continuing until incorporated as above stated. It is one of the most extensive and complete establishments of its kind in the United States, its wares finding a ready sale in the principal markets of the country, both East and West. Capacity 600 car loads per year; employes, 100.

EDWIN H. MERRILL, - born in Painesville, Ohio, February 9, 1808 ; in boyhood attended school Winters and in Summer worked at potter's trade with father ; at 22 came to Springfield, and after working a short time for other potters, about 1835 started business for himself, inventing machinery for the manu- facture of beer bottles, on which he secured letters patent, also soon afterwards commenced the manu- facture of tobacco pipes by machin- ery ; in 1847 moved to Middlebury, where in connection with his brother, Calvin J. Merrill, the manufacture of water pipes and stone pumps was added ; fron1 1851 to 1856, as member of the respective firms of Hill, Mer- rill & Co. and Merrill, Powers & Co., engaged in the manufacture of vit- rified sewer pipe, the beginning of the presen immense sewer pipe in- dustry of Akron and vicinity, and the first of its kind in the United States. In 1860 Mr. Merrill removed his bottle, pipe and stoneware works to the corner of South Main and Cen- ter streets, where, as The E. H. Mer- rill Co. incorporated in 1887 it is one of the leading establishments of its kind in Summit county. Mr. Merrill was married, in 1838, to Miss Emily Gleason, of Bedford. They had seven

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

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