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 67

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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THE WERNER PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY-Estab- lished by Mr. P. E. Werner in 1875, is now one of the largest and most perfect establishments of its kind in the United States, if not in the world, its fine two-story brick buildings, corner Union and Perkins streets, covering an area of more than three acres, with over 137,000 square feet of floor space, and its machinery and appointments being of the most substantial and practical charac- ter. Under one roof and one management, printing in all its branches, book-making, lithographing, wood and metal engraving,

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electrotyping, embossing, etching, etc., is systematically carried on, its products going not only to every portion of the United States, but to almost every civilized country on the globe. The company was incorporated in 1886, its present officers being: P. E. Werner, president and treasurer; H. P. Hitchcock, secretary; capi- tal, $500,000; printing machines in use, 70; other machines, 300; hands employed, 500.

PAUL E. WERNER,-born in Wur- temberg, Germany, May 5, 1850; came to America in Summer of 1867, and to Akron the same Fall ; occu- pied positions as clerk for Jacob B. Dussell and E. Steinbacher, and book- keeper with Camp, Long & Co., and Miller, Thomas & Co .; in 1874, pur- chased the Akron Germania, and in connection therewith, in 1878, started the Sunday Gazette, and the' Akron daily and weekly Tribune; in 1884, disposed of his newspaper interests, but continuing the general printing, binding and engraving business, in 1886, he organized the Werner Print- ing & Lithograph Company, now one of the most complete and extensive establishments of its class in the United States, more fully described ·elsewhere, of which Mr. Werner is president and treasurer. Mr. Werner is captain of Company Buchtel, German Guards; member of Adon- iram Lodge F. & A. M .; president of Germania Central Association of Summit county ; was member and clerk of Board of Education 1877 to 1879; member of Public Library Board of Control, 1875 to 1881; is president of the Akron Germania Co. and director of the Klages Coal and Ice Co. February 22, 1873, was mar- ried to Miss Lucy Anna Denaple, of Akron, who has borne him three

PAUL E: WERNER.

sons-Edward Paul, born September 2, 1875, Frank Albert, born April 15, 1877, both now cadets at Kenyon Mil- itary Academy, at Gambier, Ohio, and. Richard Marvin, born May 22, 1878, 110w at home.

THE AKRON ENGRAVING COMPANY, incorporated May 29, 1888; capital, $25,000. This company, as its name indicates, originally confined its operations to artistic designing, and wood, metal and photo engraving, etc., but in August, 1889, bought out the veteran job printer, Mr. Horace G. Canfield, in the Academy of Music building, and are now doing a general engraving and printing busi- ness, with from 15 to 20 employes. Present officers: Erastus R. Harper, president; Marv. W. Cramer, vice president; Wallace L. Carleton, secretary and treasurer; George G.Welton, superintendent.

CAPRON & CURTICE (Orion D. Capron and George L. Curtice), general job and book printers; established in 1891; 142 South Howard street. Hands employed, 16 to 20.

FRANK P. ALLEN, general job printer, 1055 East Market street.

GEORGE C. JACKSON & COMPANY (George C. Jackson and W. H. Denham), job printers, basement Schumacher office, corner Mill and Broadway.

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In this connection, and in these modern days, very properly coming within the scope of the above quoted heading, "The Art Preservative of All Art," stands the Art of Photography, for over a third of a century ably represented by the gentleman, whose portrait and biography is here given.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BAT- TELS,-son of Caleb and Juliana (Hard) Battels, born in Wadsworth, O., April 21, 1832; raised on farmi; educated in common schools, in turn teaching school several Winters ; in 1852 learned photography, first locat- ing in Wadsworth, and later, the same year, in Bucyrus, Ohio. In the Winter of 1855, Mr. Battels came to Akron, and opened a gallery on third floor, 106 East Market street, where, for over a third of a century by the use of constantly improving methods, by himself and others, he has done a leading and lucrative business. Mr. Battels is also interested in sev- eral other important business enter- prises ; is a prominent member of the Masonic order, and largely pro- motive of the benevolent operations of the day. January 16, 1858, Mr. Battels was married to Miss Sarah M. Edgerly, only daughter of the late Samuel Edgerly, one of Summit county's pioneer hotel keepers, and a charter member of Akron Lodge No. 83, Free and Accepted Masons, as elsewhere stated. Mrs. Battels was one of the founders of Buckley Relief Corps, auxiliary to G. A. R., having by promotion risen to the

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BATTELS.

position of Department President Woman's Relief Corps of Ohio, and is now one of the most influential members and officers of the Depart- ment. Mr. and Mrs. Battels have 110 children.

FINANCES, BANKS, ETC.

As noticed in chapter one, of these papers, as early as Decem- ber 18, 1835, a petition signed by James W. Phillips, Richard Howe, Erastus Torrey, Samuel A. Wheeler, Justus Gale, Simon Perkins, Jr., Jedediah D. Commins and Reuben McMillan, was presented to. the Legislature for a bank charter for Akron. Whether it was. granted is not now remembered, though it is certain the bank was- never organized.

About 1845, the Bank of Akron, a branch of the Ohio Safety Fund system, was organized with an authorized capital of $50,- 000, and with William S. C. Otis as president and John W. McMillen as cashier. This pioneer bank was a very great convenience to the business men of the village, but unfortunately it became involved in the financial embarrassments of the "Akron Branch" railroad,. elsewhere alluded to, and went into liquidation about 1857.

In 1855, with the late Gen. Philo Chamberlin as a silent partner, the late Mr. George D. Bates opened a private bank on the- west side of Howard street, at or near the present site of Dodge & Plumer's furniture warerooms, afterwards purchasing the old Akron Bank stand on the opposite side of the street, and where, under the name of Bates & Co., the business was continued until 1863, when it was merged in the Second National Bank, as here- inafter set forth.

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GEORGE D. BATES, - born at Brandon, Vt., November 11, 1811, early left an orphan, at 17 came to Solon, Ohio, working on farm ; about 1836, opened a general store at Franklin Mills (now Kent); some eight or ten years later removing to Akron and engaging in the foundry business, in 1848, with Charles Web- ster and James B. Taplin, under the firm name of G.D. Bates & Co., estab- lishing the "Globe Foundry," now the Webster, Camp & Lane Machine Works; retiring from the firm two or three years later, Mr. Bates engaged in railroad building with Mr. J. H. Pendleton, near Cincinnati, for some years ; about 1855, in connectian with the late General Philo Chamberlin, under the firm name of G. D. Bates & Co., opened a private bank in part of the building now occupied by Dodge & Plumer; two or three years later purchasing the old bank of Akron stand, and in 1863, organizing the Second National Bank of Akron, of which he was president until his death, July 25, 1887, at the age of 76 years, 8 months and 14 days. Mr. Bates ably served as Mayor of Akron in 1864, '65, and for several years offi- ciated as chief of the Village Fire Department. January 10, 1840, Mr. Bates was married to Miss Anna Maria Warner, of Franklin, Portage Co., who died December 4, 1841 ; June 22, 1845, was again married, to Miss

GEORGE D. BATES.

Alice Maria Baker, of Olean, N. Y., who died September 19, 1853, of the three children born to them, one only, now Mrs. Emma Bowman, of Akron, sur- viving. April 4, 1856, Mr. Bates was again married, to Miss Mary Ann Mathews, of Akron, who died August 12, 1885, leaving two children-Jennie (now Mrs. Frank S. Newton), and George D. Bates, Jr., now Paying Teller of the Second National Bank of Akron.

In 1859 ex-County Treasurer Houston Sisler, John R. Buchtel and Daniel P. Eberman opened a private bank in a room immedi- ately east of the present First National Bank, under the name of the "Exchange Bank." This arrangement continued until the death of Mr. Sisler, June 30, 1862, soon after which Mr. John B. Woods and George Steese became associated with Mr. Eberman in the business, Mr. Buchtel retiring. In 1866 Mr. Woods retired, and soon afterwards the business was closed, Mr. Eberman some- time later carrying on a brokerage business in the corner room of the Empire Hotel, but without making it a financial success for either himself or his patrons.

In 1863 the First National Bank of Akron was organized with a capital of $100,000, with Thomas W. Cornell as president, Milton W. Henry as vice president, and William H. Huntington as cashier, followed by Hiram G. Fuller as cashier, and, in 1876, by the present incumbent, William McFarlin, the present vice presi- dent being Edward Oviatt, Esq. In 1868 the franchise of the First National Bank of Cuyahoga Falls, with a capital of $100,000, was purchased and the total capital increased to $250,000, but for economic reasons has since been reduced to $100,000. Surplus $32,000. John B. Wright, assistant cashier.

In 1863 the Second National Bank was organized, taking the place of the private bank of Bates & Co., with a capital of $100,000, George D. Bates, president; Joy H. Pendleton, vice president, and

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Edward D. Childs, as cashier, followed by Alden Gage, Charles E. Collins, Albert N. Sanford, etc. Its founder, Mr. Bates, having deceased, July 25, 1887, in March, 1888, the bank was removed to the rooms of the Bank of Akron in the Academy of Music building, the two banks being united with a capital of $275,000, and a surplus of $22,000. Present surplus (1891) $35,000. Present officers: Joy H. Pendleton, president; John F. Seiberling, vice president; George T. Perkins, cashier; Walter A. Folger, assistant cashier.

TOHN B. WOODS,-son of Samuel and Sophia (Boal) Woods, was born in Springfield township, Deceni- ber 17, 1823, when two years old removing with parents to Uniontown, Stark Co .; educated in common schools of Uniontown and Darrow- street, in the latter place under the tutorage of Prof. John Haselton, former principal of HudsonAcademy; in boyhood clerked in father's store and at 18, on death of father, for two years aided administrator in settling estate; in Spring of 1844, with almost no capital, commenced merchandis- ing in Uniontown, on his own account soon afterwards also estab- lishing a tannery, in both of which branches he speedily built up a large and lucrative business, with three branch stores in neighboring towns ; in 1850, bought the Milheim flouring mill, and in 1856, leased the Tritt mill which he successfully ran for sev- eral years. By reason of failing health in September, 1860, sold out his Uniontown and milling interests and moved to Akron, building the fine three story brick block, corner Market and Main streets, in 1862; . establishing Exchange Bank in 1864; City Bank in 1867, and City National Bank in 1883, of which Mr. Woods was president until his resignation

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JOHN B. WOODS.

in October, 1890. Mr. Woods was married to Miss Susan Willis, of Harrisburg, Stark Co., March 26, 1848, who. has borne him six children -- Emily Jane (now Mrs. Robert L. Andrew, of Akron) ; Frank, deceased ;

. Perry, now of Cleveland ; Jolin B., of Akron ; Albert T., physician at Loyal Oak, and Mary H., at home.

In 1867 Messrs. John B. Woods, Milton Moore and Sylvester H. Thompson started a private bank in the room formerly occupied by the Exchange Bank, on Market street, under the title of "The City Bank," the firm name being Woods, Thompson & Co., Mr. Virgil M. Thompson, of Stow, afterwards succeeding Mr. Moore in the business.

June 1, 1883, the "City National Bank" was organized, the firm of Woods, Thompson & Co. being merged therein, the new institution being located at 102 South Howard street. Original capital $100,000, since increased to $200,000, with a surplus of $40,- 000. Present officers: George W. Crouse, president; Alfred M. Barber, vice president; Nelson C. Stone, cashier.

In 1872 the Citizens' Savings and Loan Association was organ- ized, at 111 South Howard street, with Erhard Steinbacher as pre- sident, William Buchtel, vice president, and William B. Raymond, treasurer. Present officers : E. Steinbacher, president ; John Wolf, vice president; Henry C. Viele, treasurer, Mr. Raymond hav- ing deceased. Capital of bank $100,000; surplus $70,000. This

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bank now has a branch in the Sixth Ward, in charge of Mr. Henry Feuchter, which is a very great convenience to the people of that. portion of the city.

THOMAS W. CORNELL, - born January 8, 1820, in Dutchess county, N. Y .; raised on a farm and educated in common schools ; at the age of 22, with but little capital, be- gan business for himself, being for some time connected with a brewery in Auburn, N. Y .; in December, 1855, purchased a distillery at Cuyahoga Falls, which he successfully . and profitably conducted some eight years; in 1863, removed to Akron, being one of the original stockholders of the First National Bank, ably fill-' ing the office of president of the bank from its organization to the present time; capital stock of bank, $100,000; present surplus $32,000; in 1865, purchased controlling interest in the Akron Gas Company, filling the office of president till the trans- fer of the works to other parties August 1, 1891,and largely interested in many other industrial and financial enterprises in Akron and elsewhere. Early left a widower, Mr. Cornell has had no family during his 36 years' residence in Summit county, but, in a quiet way, is lavishly liberal 'in

AARON WAGONER.

A ARON WAGONER, - son of George Wagoner, was born in Franklin township, September 19, 1844; worked on farm and attended schools of neighborhood, until Fall of 1862, when he enlisted in Company B, Sixtlı Ohio Volunteer Cavalry ; soon after enlistment was elected corporal, then promoted to sergeant,

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contributing to the educational, religious and benevolent enterprises. of the day.

finally reaching the rank of second lieutenant, in command of company .. This regiment was with Sheridan, in the Army of the Potomac, took part in the battles of the Wilderness, 011 the raid to Richmond, Appomattox Court House, and all the engage- ments of the army. At Aldie Lieut. Wagoner was wounded and for sev- eral months disabled for active ser- vice, being mustered out as second lieutenant, in 1865. After the war he came to Akron where he engaged as salesman in the dry goods store of Oberholser, Keller & Co., eighteen months later becoming their book- keeper, continuing four and a half years, when the firm dissolved. In 1872, entered City Bank as teller, con- tinuing until his election as county auditor, in 1880, which position he held for two consecutive terms of three years each; in Spring of 1890, was elected councilman from the First ward, and is now a stockholder and the cashier of the Akron Savings Bank. April 30, 1868, Mr. Wagoner was married to Miss Amanda Smitli, of Franklin township, who has borne him two children-Mabel Blanche, born September 29, 1870; George Edward, born January 31, 1872, now book-keeper in bank.

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WILLIAM McFARLIN, -son of Moses and Elenora (Wood- ruff) McFarlin, was born in Batlı, January 16, 1843; moved with parents to Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga county, in 1850, back to Bath in 1854, and to Akron in 1860; educated in Brooklyn normal and Akron high school ; taught school two Winters ; in April, 1863, entered the army as chief clerk under Col. Crane in charge of military railroads, Depart- ment of the Army of the Cumber- land, continuing until October, 1865. In April, 1866, became teller in bank of D. P. Eberman & Co .; April, 1867, teller and assistant cashier in First National Bank of Akron, of which he has been cashier since January, 1878 ; secretary and treasurer of the Akron Gas Company from 1871 till August 1, 1891; secretary and treasurer of Portage Strawboard Company from its organization in 1882, till merged in the American Strawboard Com- pany in 1889; is vice president and treasurer of National Sewer Pipe Company at Barberton, and also pecuniarly and officially connected with the Creedmoor Cartridge Com- pany at Barberton .; Barberton White- ware Company; Akron Woolen and Felt Company, and a number of

WILLIAM MCFARLIN.

other industrial operations. Deceni- ber 31, 1873, Mr. McFarlin was married to Miss Julia Ford Henry, third daughter of Milton W. and Abigail (Weeks) Henry, of Akron. They have three daughters-Anna, Bessie and Laura.

WILLIAM BUCHTEL.

WILLIAM BUCHTEL,-born in Green township, December 23, 1822; educated in district schools; raised to farm life, at 22 purchasing his father's farm, 106 acres, and

engaging largely in wheat growing; in 1856 rented his farm and engaged in milling, in Springfield township; served in 164th Regiment, O. N. G., in defense of Washington during the late war, receiving an honorable discharge in the fall of 1864; after the war, for many years, engaged in the lumber business, first as a member of the firm of Jackson, Buchtel & Co., and later under the firm name of William Buchtel & Sons, handling, during that time, over 20,000 acres of Government and State pine lands in · Michigan; is now president of the Akron Savings Bank; vice president of the Thomas Lumber and Building Company; treasurer of the Akron Building and Loan Association, and owner of the finest hotel building in Northern Ohio-the Buchtel-corner Main and Mill streets. Mr. Buchtel was married to Miss Martha Hender- son, of Springfield, March 7, 1842, four children having been born to them as follows: James H., John D., William M., and Catharine Jane. Mrs. Buchtel dying December 17, 1884, Mr. B. was again married, to Mrs. Nora Sackett Wilcox, in Cleveland, December 3, 1885.

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In July, 1870, the Bank of Akron, a private institution, was organized with a capital of $200,000, in the Academy of Music building; Col. George T. Perkins, president, and Alden Gage, cashier. Mr. Gage dying November 12, 1875, Mr. George W. Crouse was elected president of the bank, and Col. Perkins cashier. After a successful run of nearly 18 years, this bank was consoli- dated with, and merged in, the Second National Bank of Akron, as above stated, in March, 1888.

AKRON : SAVINGS BANK

Akron Savings Bank, corner of Main and Mill Streets .- From Architects' design, by Weary and Kramer, 1891.

The Akron Savings Bank, organized April 1, 1888. Capital stock $200,000. Officers: William Buchtel, president; Charles R. Grant, vice president; Aaron Wagoner, cashier; Charles J. Butler, teller. This company is now located in its own splendid six- story fire-proof building on the northwest corner of Main and Mill streets. , It has also established a branch in the neighboring village of Cuyahoga Falls, in charge of Mr. A. B. Clarke.

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The Peoples' Savings Bank, No. 706 South Main street. Capital, $100,000; paid in, $50,000; incorporated October 9, 1890; began business December 8, 1890, with Jacob A. Kohler as pres- ident; Charles Parisette, vice president; J. M. Laffer, treasurer, and Claude Clark as cashier, is now also one of our solid institutions and a very great convenience to the people of the south portion of the city. Surplus, September 1891, $5,000.

It will thus be seen that Akron has a banking capital and surplus of over $1,000,000, all in the hands of enterprising but con- servative men, and it is safe to say that, while giving all proper aid and accommodation to commercial and manufacturing enterprise, the banking institutions of the city of Akron are among the most reliable and substantial of their class in Ohio.

THE AKRON BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, office 404 South High ; organized October 3, 1888; capital, $1,000,000, soon to be increased to $5,000,000. Officers: Hugo Schumacher, president; William B. Gamble, vice president; Andrew H. Noah, secretary; William Buchtel, treasurer; Frank M. Atterholt, attorney.

THE AKRON SECURITY AND INVESTMENT COMPANY .- Negotiators. of commercial and mortgage loans, municipal and corporation bonds, etc. Incorporated April, 1890; authorized capital, $25,000, all paid in; first year's transactions, over $800,000; present officers: R. H. Wright, president; B. L. Dodge, vice president and general manager; Walter A. Folger, secretary and treasurer; F. M. Atter- holt, attorney.

THE WILLIAM H. EVANS BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, incor- porated July 28, 1891; capital stock $1,000,000; 116 South Howard street; officers; Aaron P. Baldwin, president; John C. Weber, vice president; William H. Evans, secretary, George W. Crouse, treas- urer; Albert B. Tinker, attorney.

THE HOME BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION .- Incorporated in 1891; directors: Henry Perkins, Arthur M. Cole, Charles W. Sei- berling, Paul E. Werner, N. R. Steiner, C. C. Davidson, J. A. Long,. W. W. Leonard, W. D. Hoover, J. M. Beck, I. J. Dyas, L. S. Sweitzer, M. Otis Hower, J. V. Cleaver, S. E. Allen; Henry Per- kins, president; Paul E. Werner, vice president; W. C. Hall, secre- tary; H. C. Viele, treasurer; H. T. Willson, attorney. Office in Akron Savings Bank block on Mill street.

SUMMIT COUNTY ABSTRACT CO .- Incorporated May 1, 1891; cap- ital stock, $30,000; abstracters of titles of real estate; Charles R. Grant, president; Julius Lembeck, secretary; Emory A. Prior, treasurer and attorney; Charles H. Howland, manager, 324 East Mill.

AKRON'S MEDICAL TALENT.

AKRON PHYSICIANS .- Among the earlier physicians of Middle- bury and Akron, were Doctors Titus Chapman, Elijah Hanchett, Joseph Cole, Theodore Richmond, Horace A. Ackley, E. F. Bryan, Eliakim Crosby, Dana D. Evans, Wareham West, William T. Hun- tington, Edwin Angel, Elijah Curtis, Elias L. Munger, A. Kilbourn, Mendal Jewett, William P. Cushman, Elias W: Howard, Stephen H. Coburn, Samuel W. Bartges, John Weimer, William Bowen, George P. Ashmun, Byron S. Chase, Charles R. Pierce, Thomas M. Leight, Warren J. Underwood, Henry C. Howard, O. E. Brownell, A. F. Chandler, J. K. Holloway, Albert C. Belden,

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George G. Baker, Daniel A. Scott, Alexander Fisher, and others. Portraits of Doctors Cole, Crosby, Jewett, Howard, Coburn, Bartges, Bowen, Chase, Underwood, Belden and Scott, with appropriate biographies, will be found elsewhere.

D R. SAMUEL W. BARTGES, -born in Mifflinsburg, Pa., April 19, 1814, removing with parents to Colum- biana county, Ohio, in 1832; at 17 or 18 embarked in trade in Georgetown, also officiating as postmaster; at 23 began the study of medicine, opening an office in Akron in 1842, soon build- ing up an extensive practice in Sum- mit and adjoining counties. March 18, 1835, Dr. Bartges was married to Miss Catharine A. Crump, of Columbiana county, who bore him three children-Arthur F., now prac- ticing law in Akron; Maggie, still residing with her mother, and Bell, now Mrs. Henry E. Merrill, of Akron. Dr. Bartges was a large dealer in real estate, there being two large addi- tions to the city bearing his name -- Bartges' addition in the south, through which runs the street named in his honor, and Bartges-Mallison addition, west of the Canal and south of Wooster Avenue, his trans- actions embracing over 300 deeds executed to him, and over 1000 deeds executed by him and his wife. Dr. Bartges was a member of the M. E. Church, a prominent member of Akron Lodge, No. 83, F. & A.

DR. STEPHEN H. COBURN.

DR. STEPHEN H. COBURN, born at Hillsdale, Columbia county, N. Y., December 29, 1809; in early life studied medicine and licensed to practice in Massachusetts, later practicing a number of years in

DR. SAMUEL W. BARTGES.

Masons, (of which he was at one time Worshipful Master), and of Akron Commandery, No. 25, Knights Temp- lar, by whom he was buried, his death occurring November 24, 1882, at the age of 68 years, 7 months and 5 days.

Ghent, Columbia county, N. Y .; in 1848, removed to Akron, being the pioneer of the Homœopathic school of medicine here, which he continued to practice for many years, being professionally associated, at different times, with Dr. Wheeler, Dr. N. Schneider, now of Cleveland, Dr. Terry, now of Ithaca, and his nephew, E. S. Coburn, now of Troy, N. Y. Dr. Coburn was also interested in a num- ber of business enterprises in Akron, being one of the organizers, in con- nection with the late William T. Allen and Ralph P. Myers, Esq., now of Cleveland, of the Akron Stove Company, of which he was for many years the president ; also from time to time largely investing in real estate in and about Akron, Coburn's Addition being a well-known portion of the city. May 15, 1839, Dr. Coburn was married to Miss Adeline Myers, of Sand Lake, N. Y., who died in Akron March 27, 1887, leaving one daughter-Frances, (now the wife of Hon. Jacob A. Kohler, of Akron). Dr. Coburn died at his residence, 801 East Market street, June 12, 1888, at the age- of 78 years, 5 months and 13 days.

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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