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 64

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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Daniel McGarry, 206 Locust; John P. McGarry, 208 Locust; Peter Leiser, 516 East Exchange; August C. Miller, 5031/2 East Exchange; William McNeal, Lock 3; Cornelius C. Misnor, 121 Bates; Joseph M. Morrette, 303 Bell; George T. Rankin, 209 South Forge; Michael Riley, 123 Merriman; William H. Payne, 121 Grant; Robinson & Caine (Henry Robinson and Robert N. Caine); The Akron Build- ing and Cabinet Co., 208-220 Cherry; The Thomas Lumber Co., 216 West Market; The Akron Lumber Co., 216 West Buchtel avenue; Solon N. Wilson, 888 South Main; Jacob Waldvogel, 421 East Buchtel avenue; Samuel Wall, 421 Park; Louis Wilhelm & Sons (Louis B. and Albert D.), 204 East Cedar; William Windsor & Sons (John T. and William J.), 329 South Arlington; Frank Wolf, 601 North Howard; Wolter & Seybold, (Henry Wolter and Jacob Sey- bold), 140, 163 Sherman; Casper Zintel, 185 Merriman.

COOPER SHOPS .- Garahan, Stein & Co. (B. Garahan, Michael Stein, Philip Stein, and Daniel Gilletly), rear Allen Mills, near Ohio Canal; Jacob Lapp, 1222 East Market; George Roth, Akron Tank Works, 353 South Main; The F. Schumacher Milling Com- pany, office 400 East Mill.

HARNESS MAKERS. - Eugene Berrodin, 1212 South Main; Edward Colloredo, 117 South Main; George B. Crippen, 708 South Main; Amos M. Fishburn, 178 South Howard; Charles M. Hauff, 531 South Main; John L. Johnson, 120 South Main; Charles A. Pelton, 1137 East Market; Jacob W. W. Powell, 122 North Howard; Christian Reinhold, 409 South Main; Lewis E. Seiberling, 3581/2 South Main; Henry Theiss, 206 West Market.

MERCHANT TAILORS .- Adam Breiner, 531 South Main; George M. Evans, 110 East Market; Albert D. Kinzel, 149 South Howard; J. Koch & Co., 125, 127 South Howard; Charles J. McGuckin, 128 South Howard; William F. Moran, 233 South Howard; Herman W. Moss, 135 South Howard; William Schroeder, 132 South How- ard; Shelhart & Hack (John E. Shelhart and Charles H. Hack), 179 South Howard; Joseph S. Sourek, 144 South Main; Lewis N. Swigart, 237 South Howard; Richard M. Webber, 207 East Market; William A. Weiss, 1065 South Main.

PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS .- Angelo Andrew, 314, 316 East Mill; Berry & Son, 209, 211 East Mill; Brouse & Co., 216 East Market; Warren H. Billings, 704 South Broadway; Galen E. Brown, 215 Sherman; Frank G. Crippen, 708 South Main; Edwin H. Danforth, 309 East Mill; John S. Fetherson, 1471/2 Crosby; Orlando Flickinger, 100 South Arlington; Gregory J. Gonder, Windsor Hotel; Albert M. Hamm, 213 East Market; Hasler & Gonder (Washington S. Hasler and W. H. H. Gonder), 301 Soutlı Main; Louis Laumann, 604 East Exchange; Frank F. Leach, 172 Benjamin; Porter & Anderson (Harvey N. Porter and Edward B. Anderson), 214 West Market; De Forest Robinson, 210 East Market; . Frank G. Stipe, 1212 South Broadway; William H. Steller, 218 South Maple; C. C. Stutzman, 103 Allyn; Theodore Talcott, 122 Bartges; George P. Tompkins, 159 Gale.

MACHINE AND REPAIR SHOPS .- William Eberhard, 104 Sherman; C. Burt Cushman, 225 West Market; Henry W. Harold, 322 South Main; Townsend C. Budd, rear 103 Bank; John K. Williams, corner Canal and West Mill; The Schumacher Gymnasium Co., 103 West State; Taplin, Rice & Co, 301, 403 South Broadway; Webster, Camp & Lane Machine Co., 133, 145 North Main.

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AKRON'S INDUSTRIES.

ARCHITECTS .- Weary & Kramer, (Frank O. Weary and George W. Kramer,) Savings Bank building, corner Mill and Main; William P. Ginther, room 19 Arcade block, Howard street; Charles Henry, 204 Quarry street; Edward J. Putnam, 321 East Market.

BAKERS .- Akron Cracker Co., 143, 149 North Howard; Albert Funk, 312 Spicer; William Goldsmith, 525 East Exchange; Gerard Hansen, 349 South Main; Ernest Hohlfeld, 166 Grant; Fred Kulke, 706 South High; Shepherd B. Lafferty, 106 South Howard; Herman Langer, 347 West North; Almond C. Lodwick, 106 North Howard; Charles Loewing, 707 South Main; Morris E. Pond, 204 East Market; Andrew Ruof, 551 W. Market; Joseph Schwindling, 1009 S. Bowery; Ernest F. F. Sommer, 404 Bartges; Jacob Steinert, 1219 S. Main; F. Victor Strobel, 113 E. Furnace; U. S. Bakery, N. Howard.

BLACKSMITHS .- Akron Carriage Works, corner Main and Buchtel avenue; William A. Allen, Lock Seven, Ohio Canal; John Angne, 943 South Main; Robert Baird, 118 North Main; Ball & Wilson (George W. Ball and George E. Wilson), 613 South Main; Charles A. Brent, 1125 East Market; Eberhard & Son (Gustave A., and William G.), 520 South Main; William F. Farwell, 192 South Case avenue; Flanagan & Tryon (Joseph Flanaganand Robert Tryon), 129 South Main; James B. Grue, 148 North Case avenue; Harpham & Lutz (David C. Harpham and William Lutz), 104, 106 South Arling- ton; John Heppart, 705 East Market; Thomas F. Hunt, 1060 East Market; Thomas P. Howland, 134 North Main; William H. Kennedy, 619 East Mill; James A. Moody, 108 Carroll; W. Harry Morris, 165 South Main; Christopher W. Riley, 154 North Howard; George E. Rittenhouse, 193 North Howard; James S. Robinson, 124 North .Howard; Thomas J. Santom, 108, 110 East Exchange; Felix Sell, 240 South Howard; P. H. Spicer, 157 South Main; George Tait, corner Ash and Canal; Henry Vader, 101 South Valley; William L. Waltz, 254 West Market.

BARBERS .- Lester Akins, 11211/2 South Main; Bissonet & Vor- werk, (George E. Bissonet and George Vorwerk), 227 South How- ard; John Connors, 626 South Main; Joseph Curran, 1190 East Market; Mrs. Louisa Davis, 213 East Mill; James O. Evans, 264 West Market; Robert E. Fay, 52512 North Howard; John E. Frase, 248 West Market; Jacob H. Goodyear, 119 North Howard; Hamlin & Hale (Frank B. Hamlin and George W. Hale), 158 South Howard; Thomas Hayes, 1062 South Main; Holmes & Gossett (Lewis Holmes and Daniel M. Gossett), 170 South Main; George Isen- mann, Empire House; Richard H. Jones, 111 West Market; Adolph A. Ley, 614 South Main; Linder & Freeman (James Linder and Fred- erick D. Freeman), Hotel Buchtel; Washington Martin, 169 Soutlı Howard; Orlando M. Maxwell, 1053 South Main; John S. McCon- nell, 302 East Mill; Medsker & Wolfsperger (William C. Medsker and John H. Wolfsperger), 1056 South Main; M. P. Morr, Windsor Hotel; Phenix H. O'Neil, 235 South Howard; M. Bradford Peebles. 712 Bowery; Gustave Lauvin, 246 South Howard; Henry Schafer, 418 East Center; George W. Shaffer, 405 East Exchange; Charles C. Sherwin, 1401/2 Bartges; Seibert & Heddesheimer (Louis E. Siebert and Jacob Heddesheimer), 405 East Center; Nicholas Simon, 514 South Main; Taggart & Stauer (John S. Taggart and David Stauer), 107 East Market; Frank W. Wagner, 157 Grant; Joseph Winum, 154 South Howard; Charles E. Wycuff, 121 North Howard; Mrs. Mary Yeomans, 1139 East Market.

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COMMERCIAL MATTERS.

It will be impossible, of course, in the space allotted, to give a minute history of all the mercantile establishments that have existed, for longer or shorter (mostly shorter) periods in Akron, during the past 65 years. Of the earlier merchants one, only, is now in business here, Mr. Philander D. Hall, who established him- self on the present site of Hall Bros.' store, corner of Howard and Market streets, in May, 1835. Next, in priority, Mr. Frank J. Kolb, 1840, followed by Mr. Joseph E. Wesener, who commenced in Akron as clerk for A. Hibbard & Co. in 1846, and as proprietor in 1849; Major Erhard Steinbacher, 1851; Jacob Koch, as clerk for Koch & Levi, in 1854, and as proprietor in 1864; John Cook & Sons, established by the senior Cook in 1855; Cornelius A. Brouse, in 1859; C. W. Bonstedt for himself in 1862, now conducted by his sons; John B. Houghton, 1862; John Wolf, 1862; George C. Berry, 1866.

WHOLESALE DEALERS .- Though many of our merchants, in the past, have done more or less jobbing and wholesaling in their sev- eral departments, to retail dealers both in the city and in adjacent towns and counties, very few exclusively wholesale establishments have, until recently, been attempted here. Some twelve or fifteen years ago Messrs. Collett & Carr conducted a wholesale grocery and confectionery business, at first in the postoffice block and afterwards in their own new building on the opposite corner, south, but failed of success.

MAJOR ERHARD STEINBACHER, however, has for many years done quite an extensive jobbing trade, in connection with his large retail drug and grocery business at 104 East Market street.

THE AKRON WHOLESALE GROCERY COMPANY .-- With the whole- . sale trade already established on South Howard street, by Mr. Cyrus Miller, as a nucleus, a stock company, under the above title, was incorporated and organized, Sept. 7, 1887, at 150 and 1501% South Main street, with an authorized capital of $100,000, with T. W. Cornell as president, Cyrus Miller, vice president and Herbert W. Cole, secretary and treasurer. This company, though attaining to a trade of nearly $300,000 the first year, for private reasons went into liquidation in 1889.

MILLER & ROCHE .- (Cyrus Miller and William Roche), 186 South Howard street. Mr. Cyrus Miller, for many years one of the most successful grocers of Akron, some eight or nine years ago converted his retail store into an exclusive wholesale house, in 1887 merging his establishment in the Akron Wholesale Grocery Company above noticed. In 1888 Mr. Miller re-established himself .on Howard street, associating with himself Mr. William Roche, under the firm name of Miller & Roche, now, in addition to their extensive retail city and country trade, also doing a large and rap- idly increasing wholesale business.

WEEKS & KINGSBURY .- (George W. Weeks and Alfred T. Kings- bury) successors to J. M. Fraze, now located in Albert block on South Main street, dealers in china, cutlery, crockery, silverware, glassware, etc., in addition to a highly satisfactory retail trade are also quite extensive jobbers of the several lines of goods in which they deal.

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AKRON'S MERCANTILE STATUS.

E 'RHARD STEINBACHER, - born in Bavaria, Germany, March 30, 1825; educated in common schools and at Heidelberg College; in 1844 came to United States, remaining two years in Akron and Cleveland, then returning to Europe; in 1847, returned to Akron; in 1849, went overland to California, returning via Panama in February 1851; engaged in the drug and grocery trade in partnership with George Weimer, in frame build- ing where First National Bank now stands, building his present three story brick block, 104 East Market street, in 1851, '52, of which, since 1865, he has been the sole proprietor. At the breaking out of the rebellion, Mr. Steinbacher held the position of Major in the State Militia, and in addition to being a "Squirrel Hunter" in 1862, was very active in promoting enlistments and providing supplies for the Union army during the war; has held the position of president of the Citizens' Saving and Loan Asso- ciation since its organization in 1872; is also a stockholder in the First National Bank, and from its begin- ning a stockholder and director in the Akron Iron Company. In April 1853, Mr. Steinbacher was married to Miss Phobe Potter, of Suffield, Ohio,

BENJAMIN F. WHEELER.

BENJAMIN F. WHEELER, born in Salem, Mass., June 9, 1808 ; removing with parents to Rochester, N. Y., in 1817; at 11 years of age entered drug store, and two years later dry goods store, clerking for six years, then for a time worked at cabi- net-making. July 11, 1829, was mar- ried to Miss Eliza Miles, a native of Vermont ; in 1836, moved to Ohio, set-

ERHARD STEINBACHER.

who bore him four children-Marie Louise, died in infancy, Kate L. (now Mrs. George N. Tyner, of Holyoke, Mass.), Edward E., died April 29, 1887, and Georgia Belle (now Mrs. George L. Stewart, of Akron); Mrs. Stein- bacher dying January 26, 1890, aged 58 years.

tling at Franklin Mills (now Kent), Portage county, coming to Akron in the Spring of 1841. Here for several years he worked at painting, then opened a grocery and provision store. which he successfully conducted some ten years ; then clerked for his son-in-law for a few years ; then, dur- ing the war, engaged in buying and shipping grain, and at the close of the war, entered the employ of Mr. Ferd. Schumacher, as grain buyer, which business he still follows. His wife died in 1844, leaving him three children-Sarah H., (now Mrs. Jona- than Starr, of Akron); Julia, (now Mrs. M. Simpson, of Michigan); and Henry F., of New York City. October 30, 1845, Mr. Wheeler was again mar- ried, to Miss Catharine Butts, of Columbiana county, who has borne him three children-Ollie L., (now Mrs. W. H. Thompson, of Meadville. Pa.); Minnie E., (now Mrs. M. L. Hayne, of Akron), and Harry E., of Akron. ¿ A stanch temperance man for over half a century, Mr. Wheeler has also been a zealous member of Summit Lodge, No. 50, I. O. O. F., since 1851- treasurer, three terms; secretary, one ; Noble Grand, one; permanent secretary, 17; is a Past Grand, a Past Patriarch, and has been representa- tive to grand encampment three times.

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JOHN BENJAMIN HOUGHTON,-

- born in Attleboro, Bucks county, Pa., January 31, 1883; losing his father when four months of age, and his mother soon after, was adopted by his uncle, John Houghton, of Stark county, Ohio, with whom he lived, working on farm and attending district school, until 1851, when he entered store of P. D. Hall & Co., of Akron, as salesman, where he remained three years ; in 1855, went, in company with Mr. Charles A. Sumner, then a merchant in Akron, to Baraboo, Wis., remaining there seven years; in 1862, returned to Akron and established himself, as a wholesale and retail dealer in gro- ceries and provisions, at No. 113 East Market street, which buisness he is still successfully conducting. April 14, 1857, Mr. Houghton was married to Miss Nellie E. Sumner, daughter of Col. Julius A. Sumner, of Akron, who bore him four children, two of whom, only, are now living-Harry B., born September 5, 1858, married to Miss Lottie M. Merriam, of Akron, March 14, 1883, and now book-keeper in Citizens' Savings and Loan Asso- ciation, of Akron; and Della L.,

JOHN BENJAMIN HOUGHTON.

born June 10, 1868, and married, June 19, 1890, to William G. Good, boot and shoe merchant, in Akron. Mrs Houghton died January 29, 1889, aged 50 years and 4 days.

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CORNELIUS A. BROUSE.

C ORNELIUS A. BROUSE,-son of, Willian Brouse, born in Chip- pewa, Wayne Co., Ohio, June 3, 1837,

at five years of age moving with par- ents to Wadsworth, Medina Co .: edu- cated in Wadsworth schools, Western Star Academy, and at Berea; raised to farm life, from 14 to 18 running engine in his father's mill; at 21 came to Akron, as clerk for J. E. Wesener & Co .; four years later becoming a partner, the firm after- wards changed to Wesener, Brouse & Co., continuing five years. On dis- solution, formed a partnership with Mr. David L. Wall, under the firm name of Brouse & Wall, continuing six years ; then associated with him- self his brother, Myron D. Brouse, under the firm name of Brouse & Co., which is now one of the most exten- sive and prosperous dry goods firms in . the city. October 14, 1863, Mr. Brouse was married to Miss Kate Wesener, of Akron, who has borne him four children-Adelaide L., Cor- nelia A., Edwin W., and Marian M. Mr. Brouse is a member of the First Congregational Church of Akron, and trustee of the society, and in politics an earnest Republican!

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AKRON'S MERCANTILE STATUS.

A LFRED M. BARBER,-born in Bath township October 2, 1830; losing his father when two years old, and raised on farm with but limited educational advantages, Mr. Barber is emphatically a self-made man. October 6, 1857, was married to Miss Sarah Vansickle, of Bath ; after mar- riage remained on farm one year, in January, 1859, removing to Akron, buying the Pearl Mill (now the Hower Mill), with which he was.con- nected four years ; then engaged in the grain and produce business, which has become very extensive, his transactions amounting to over $1,- 500,000 per year ; in 1880 completed the elegant brick block corner of Howard and Cherry streets, and rebuilding it after its partial destruction by fire in 1890. Mr. B. was an original member and director of the Bank of Akron ; is now vice president of the City National Bank of Akron, and of the Akron Belting Company ; a stock- holder in the American Cereal Company, and in several other important industries both in Akron and elsewhere, and besides the prop- erty, above spoken of, and his fine residence, corner North Prospect and Park streets, is the owner of a fine 280-acre farm and other lands in

ALFRED M. BARBER.

Copley township, three miles west of Akron city limits. Though having no children of their own, Mr. and Mrs. Barber have cared for and educated several children of relatives, and are liberal contributors towards the various church and other benevolent enterprises of the day.

CO. CHI.

BENEDIC

JACOB KOCH.

J ACOB KOCH, -- son of Henry and Mary (Loeb) Koch, was born in Bærstadt, Bavaria, Germany, May 29, 1840; in 1841 came with parents to America, settling in Philadelphia; in 1845, his father was lost on a sailing

vessel, which foundered at sea be- tween Philadelphia and Savannah, Ga .; in 1846, came with mother to Cleveland, attending the public schools in that city until 1854, when he came to Akron, as clerk in the clothing store of Koch & Levi, among the earliest dealers in ready made clothing in Akron, the senior member of the firm being his uncle; in 1864, took liis uncle's place in the firm, Mr. Levi being succeeded in 1878, by Mr. Louis Loeb, under the firmn name of J. Koch & Company, which in 1883 moved into their present commodi- ous double store, in the Mathews Block, on South Howard street. Mr. Koch was a "Squirrel Hunter" and responded to the call of Governor Brough, in 1862, for troops to repel · the threatened invasion of Ohio, by the rebel General Kirby Smitli; as a member of the 54th Battalion O. N. G., served in the 164th O. V. I., in front of Washington, 100 days in 1864, also for a time served as one of the trustees of the De Roo Hospital Fund, of the city of Akron. March 13, 1878, Mr. Koch was married to Miss Leah Hexter, of New York City, who died in New York, September 3, 1878.

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THE JONES WHOLESALE GROCERY COMPANY, at 150 and 1501/2 South Main street, incorporated December 23, 1889, paid up capi- tal of $30,000, is now covering a territory of several hundred square 'miles in extent, with a lucrative and daily increasing trade. Pres- ent officers: Directors-R. M. Pillmore, George B. Clarke, Frank A, Wilcox, John Kreuder and Cyrus Miller; president, R. M. Pill- more; vice president, Cyrus Miller; secretary, F. A. Watkins; treasurer, George B. Clarke, Mr. John Lloyd Jones, one of the organizers of the company, having disposed of his stock to his associates and returned to his former home, Rome, N. Y. .

HERRICK & SON .- (Burke C. and Oakley C.) successors to Her- rick & Cannon, dealers in crockery and glassware, 108 Howard street, established in 1868, have for several years done quite an extensive importing and jobbing trade, which is from year to year rapidly extending.

THE PAIGE BROTHERS COMPANY .- (Successors to Paige Broth- ers, established in 1867) 146 and 148 South Main street, jobbers ill hardware, factory and railroad supplies, window glass, powder, cutlery, Taplin, Rice & Co.'s stoves, etc .; incorporated April 1, 1889; capital, all paid in, $75,000; volume of business in 1890, $200,- 000; officers: Albert T. Paige, president; J. Ed. Good, vice presi- dent; Theodore Butler, general manager; George S. Scott, assist- ant manager; Frederick W. Beebe, treasurer.

THE AKRON SHOE COMPANY .- Albert block, South Main street, wholesale and retail dealers in boots, shoes and rubbers; incorpo -- rated February 4, 1891; capital stock, all paid in, $20,000; directors: Charles J. Knapp, Horatio T. Willson, John R. Farst, Joseph H. Spuller, John T. Donahue; president, Horatio T. Willson; general manager, Joseph H. Spuller; secretary and treasurer, John T. Don- ahue; volume of business, 1891, about $50,000.

OTHER HOME BUSINESS MATTERS.

Space in this work will not admit of separate mention, by name even, of all of Akron's present industrial, commercial and other business operations, a few of the more prominent of which under their respective heads are:

DRY GOODS .- Hall Brothers (Philander D .and Lorenzo Hall),. corner Howard and Market streets, established in 1835; Brouse & Co. (Cornelius A. and Myron D. Brouse), corner of Market and Main, established in 1859; John Wolf, corner Main and Market, 1870; O'Neil & Dyas (Michael O'Neil and Isaac J. Dyas), 134-138. South Main, 1877; Murray & Watt (William M. Murray and Robert Watt), Arcade block, South Howard street, 1880; Kline Bros. (Clin- ton W. and Oliver J. Kline), 517-521 East Exchange, 1884; Myers & Polsky (Samuel Myers and Abraham Polsky), Arcade block, South Howard street, 1885; John W. Payne, 621 South Main street, 1886; Wendel Mangold, 148 South Howard street, 1887; Dague Brothers (William C. Dague, J. Wilson Dague, Gabriel C. Dague, J. Melvin Dague, Josiah K. Winch), 114 East Market street, 1891; George Flower, 605 North Howard street; Horace G. Griffin, 1188-1190 East Market street; Mrs. Elizabeth German, 103 Nortlı Arlington street.

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AKRON'S MERCANTILE STATUS.

BURKE C. HERRICK, -- born in Twinsburg, October 25, 1829; educated at Twinsburg Institute, graduating at 18 years of age ; taught school ten Winters, working on father's farm and in steam mill Sum- mers; married February 4, 1858, to Miss Hannah C. Cannon, of Streets- boro, who has borne him three children-Oakley C., Winnifred C., and Victor M .; March 1, 1858, engaged in mercantile trade with his brother Earl, at Newberry, O., under firm name of Herrick & Bro .; in Septem- ber, 1858, by reason of failing health. sold interest in store and purchased farm in Twinsburg; March 1, 1868, with his brother-in-law, W. B. Cannon established in Akron the well-known wholesale, retail and importing crock- ery house of Herrick & Cannon, their business transactions extending all over Northern Ohio and Pennsyl- vania. In August, 1887, Mr. Herrick bought out Mr. Cannon and associ- ated with himself his son Oakley, under the firm name of Herrick & Son, and besides the immense amount of American wares handled, they are now importing about 200 crates of crockery yearly. Mr. Herrick has for many years been president of the Summit County Bible Society, the Free Medical -Dispensary and the

BURKE C. HERRICK.

Mercantile Association ; secretary of the Summit County Sunday School Union ; treasurer of the Y. M. C. A., Board of Charities and Board of Trade; trustee of the First M. E. Church of Akron, and is prominent in church, Sunday school and benev- olent work.

WILSON G. ROBINSON.

WILSON G. ROBINSON,-eldest son of John C., and Margaret (Kelly) Robinson, was born near Middlebitry (now Akron's Sixth ward)

March 20, 1838; educated in schools of neighborhood and High School in Akron; raised a farmer ; at 19, com- menced clerking in book and sta- tionery store of Mr. Augustus Sawyer, in Akron, four years later buying out Mr. Sawyer, and for the past thirty years conducting the bus- iness with phenomenal success. In August, 1879, with others, established the Akron Telephone Company to operate the Bell telephone in Akron, Youngstown, Canton, Massillon and Springfield, being elected president of the company. Mr. Robinson has also ably filled the position of mail- ager of the Academy of Music since its erection in 1869; being also inter- ested in a number of the industrial enterprises of Akron and vicinity. January 1, 1861, Mr. Robinson was married to Miss Mary E. Buckinghamı of Middlebury, a native of Waterbury, Conn., sister of the late Capt. Edward Buckingham, who bore him one child - Bessie, who died at eight months of age, Mrs. Robinson dying May 22, 1886, at the age of 47 years.

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BOOKS AND STATIONERY .- Wilson G. Robinson, 131 South How- ard street; Chandler, Findley & Co. (James D. Chandler, Alvin I. Findley and Julien J. Holloway), 119 South Howard; Akron Print- ing and Publishing Co., corner Main and Mill; A. L. Dyke, 147 South Howard; Foster Brothers, 167 South Howard.

WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETC .- J. B. Storer & Co. (James B. Storer and Dwight A. Hibbard), 116 South Howard; Orson H. Reming- ton, 133 Soutlı Howard; George J. Nieberg, 179 South Howard; Charles M. Hibbard, 173 South Howard; Frank. & Laubach (Will- iam J. Frank and William F. Laubach), 130 South Howard; D. H. McBride Co. (D. H. McBride, president, and E. C. McBride, secre- tary and treasurer), 120 South Howard; Jackson & Hale (George W. Jackson and John T. Hale), 207 East Mill; George S. Dales, corner Mill and Howard; Robert D. Nelson, 624 South Main.

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Northeast corner Mill and Broadway-Windsor Hotel-Ferd. Schumacher, owner-George M. Cadwell, proprietor-1891.

THE WINDSOR HOTEL, northeast corner of Mill and Broadway. This hotel has a history. The main building was originally the Methodist church, standing at the corner of South Broadway and Church streets. On the completion of the present elegant church structure, the old building was purchased by Mr. Ferd. Schumacher, moved to the corner of Mill and Summit streets, and fitted up into a temperance hotel, under the title of the "Cascade House," for several years kept by that model landlord, Mr. R. N. Downey, formerly of the Empire. To make room for his celebrated "Jumbo" mill, erected in 1884, Mr. Schumacher again removed the building to its present location, veneering it with brick, and making exten- sive additions and improvements, and changing its name to the "Windsor." Present proprietor, (1891), George M. Cadwell.

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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