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DR. WARREN J. UNDERWOOD, -born in Dillsburg, York Co., Pa., March 20, 1840; common school education, in his later teens teaching school winters ; in 1860 began the study of medicine, graduating from Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- phia, in 1864; August 10, 1862, entered the army as medical officer of the 19th P. V. M., afterwards officiating as assistant surgeon in hospital, also at Chambersburg and Camp Curtin, and later as surgeon of the 151st P. V. I. In the Spring of 1864 came to Ohio, practicing three years in Canal Fulton, when, in August, 1867, he came to Akron, where he was in con- tinuous and successful practice until his death, June 9, 1890, at the age of 50 years, 2 months and 19 days. Dr. Underwood was a member of the Summit County Medical Society, of the Union Medical Association of Northeastern Ohio, of the State Medi- cal Society, and of the American Medical Association. In December, 1864, he was married to Miss Harriet Shoemaker, of Harrisburg, Pa., who died December 9, 1873, having borne him three children, one of whom, only, now survives-Edward S., now, practicing medicine in Akron, having graduated from his father's
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DR. ORIN D. CHILDS.
DR. ORIN D. CHILDS,-son of Dennis and Frances A. (Straw Childs, born in Moreton, Vt., Feb ruary 28, 1840; in Fall of 1855 removed with parents to Omro, Winnebago county, Wis .; worked on farm till 21; educated in Omro district and
DR. WARREN J. UNDERWOOD.
alma mater, Jefferson Medical Col- lege, Philadelphia. February 28, 1887, Dr. Underwood was again married, to Mrs. Frances C. Pizzala, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Dr. Underwood represented the Second Ward in the Akron City Council in 1878, '79, and was examining surgeon for pensions from 1873 until the organization of the examining board in 1889, of which he was elected president.
high schools; taught four terms, first term pupils ranging from four to 25 years, and so turbulent that school had not been taught entirely through either of four preceding terms ; in Spring of 1864 began study of medicine(homœopathy)inOshkosh, Wis .; February, 1865, enlisted for one year in Company D, 49th Wis. V. I .; inustered out November 1, 1865 ; then entering Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College, graduating there- from in Spring of 1867; at once open- ing an office in Akron, where he has built up a large and lucrative prac- tice. Dr. Childs is a member of the Summit County Clinical Society and the. N. E. O. Homoeopathic Medical Society, in both of which he has served as president ; member and ex-vice president Ohio State Homœo- pathic Medical Society ; member of American Institute of Homœopathy; member of Railway Surgeons' Asso- ciation ; trustee of Cleveland Medical College; has served as professor of anatomy in Women's Homoeopathic Medical College, Cleveland, his entire aspirations and energies having been given to the successful estab- lishment of the homeopathic prin- ciple of medicine. Dr. Childs was also an original member of the Akron Y. M. C. A., and two years its president.
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D R. ABNER E. FOLTZ,-born in Wayne township, Wayne county, Ohio, January 29, 1840; educated in district schools and Sharon Acad- emy; learned trade of carpenter ; 1857 to 1862 taught school. In August, 1862, enlisted in Company I, 102d O. V. I., (five brothers in same company serving till close of the war); read . medicine with brother, Dr. W. K. Foltz, in Sharon, Medina county, graduating from Charity Hospital Medical College, Cleveland, (now Medical Department of Wooster Uni- versity), in Spring of 1868; same Summer began practice at Ashland, one year later removing to Akron, where he has since been in continu- ous practice, giving especial atten- tion to diseases of the eye and ear. Dr. Foltz is a member of the Summit County Medical Society ; of the Union Medical Society of North- eastern Ohio, and of the State Medi- cal Society, and has for nearly twenty years, by appointment of county commissioners, been the official physician of the county jail, never having lost a patient from that unwholesome institution. October 6, 1870, Dr. Foltz was married to Miss Frances C. Bowen, daughter of the
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late Dr. William Bowen, whose portrait and biography appears else- where. They have one son-Esgar Bowen Foltz, born June 7, 1873, a graduate of Akron High School, class of 1890,'91. The entire Foltz family, brothers and sisters, eight in num- ber, are all still living, and now resi- dents of Akron.
The present resident physicians of Akron are: Isaac J. Baughman, 224 East Exchange; Ada F. Bock, 800 East Market; James P. Boyd, 143 South Summit; Frederick B. Callin; Rollin B. Carter, 106 Adolph Ave .; William E. Chamberlin, 158 South Broad- way; Orin D. Childs, 402 East Market; J. Vale Cleaver, 191 South Howard; Eli Conn, 188 South Howard, Homer E. Conner, 148 South Howard; Kate W. Cory, 101 South Broadway; Cassius C. Davison, 1184 East Market; Leonidas L. Ebright, 1176 East Market; Emery & Kohler (William J. Emery and Albert A. Kohler), 207 East Mill; Henry M. Fisher, 193 South Howard; Abner E. Foltz, 156 South Broadway; Foltz & Foltz (William K. and Kent O. Foltz), 181 South Howard; Alvin K. Fouser, 1611/2 South Broadway; Hitchcock & Welty (Elizur Hitchcock and Cullen F. Welty), 116 East Exchange; Luther M. Holloway, 706 South Main; Albert Hoover, Akron Savings Bank Block; Elmer K. Hottenstein, Windsor Hotel; Elwyn Humphrey, 167 South Howard; Clarence M. Humphrey, 1007 South Main; Jacobs & Jacobs (William C. and Harold H. Jacobs), 603 South High; John A. Knowlton, 119 South High; Katharine Kurt, 110 North Broadway; Edward O. Leberman, 106 Wooster Ave .; J. L. Lee, 186 South Howard; Leonard & Under- wood (Wellington W. Leonard and Edward S. Underwood), 305 South High; Byron B. Loughead, 206 East Mill; Orrin A. Lyon, 1062 East Market; Cyrus L. Manderbach, 100 East Mill; Thomas McEbright, 176 South High; Charles W. Millikin, 1176 East Market; William Murdoch, 163 South Broadway; Charles E. Norris, 404 East Exchange; H. W. Pierson, 224 West Exchange; Sumner Pixley, 313 Carroll; James W. Rabe, 321 East Market; Ellis D. Read, 151 South Howard; Frank C. Reed, 1140 East Mar- ket; Margaret Rimel, 210 East Market; James W. Rockwell, 125
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South High; Darius Rowe, 128 South Howard; John H. Seiler, 505 East Market; James L. Shirey, 208 East Market; John C. Shuman, 145 South Howard; Samuel H. Sturgeon, 139 South Howard; Louis S. Sweitzer, 112 West Exchange; Horace D. Taggart, 221 East Mar- ket; Herman C. Theiss, 100 North Howard; L. P. Waldron, 117 South Howard; James A. Williams, 419 East Mill.
DR. ELIZUR HITCHCOCK,-born in Tallmadge, August 15, 1832 ; raised on farm, attending schools of the neighborhood until 18, when, in 1850, he entered Western Reserve Col- lege, remaining two years, and then entered Yale College, from which he was graduated in 1854 ; taught school in Tallmadge and Gustavus four years, meantime commencing the study of medicine in Kinsman, grad- uating, after having taken a course at Ann Arbor, Mich., from the medical department of Western Reserve Col- lege at Cleveland. After two years practice at Mecca and Orwell, Dr. Hitchcock entered the army as surgeon of the 7th Regiment O. V. I., serving seven months; then located in West Williamsfield, where he prac- ticed six years ; then, after spending a brief period in Bellevue Hospital, in 1870 located in Akron, where he has since enjoyed an extensive and lucrative practice. He is a meni- ber and has served as president of the Summit County Medical Society; is also a member of the Union Medi- cal Association of Northeastern Ohio, and of the G. A. R. and Loyal League. Dr. Hitchcock was married to Miss Hattie' Reed, of Mecca, Nov- ember 24, 1861, who died May 24, 1864, leaving one child-Gertrude, born November 9, 1862, now Mrs. D. J. Diehl, New York City. November 30, 1864, Dr. H. was again married, to Miss Lucretia Kellogg, of West Andover, who has borne him two children-
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DR. ELIZUR HITCHCOCK.
Halbert Kellogg, now electrical engineer of Akron, born October 15, 1865, and Lucius Wolcott, born Decem- ber 2, 1868, artist at Paris, Julien Art School.
DENTISTS .- Doctors James H. Peterson, 106 East Market; Samuel D. Stewart, 101 East Market; John W. Lyder & Son (Frederick H.), 204 East Market; Mason Chapman, 324 East Mill; Lucien G. Thorp, 118 North Howard; Chamberlin & Brockway (Frederick N. Chamberlin and Casper L. Brockway), 223 East Market; Lambert T. Brown, 1138 East Market; Will B. Conner, room 4 Arcade Block; Fitzgerald & McNeal (J. Edgar Fitzgerald and James E. McNeal), 100 South Howard; J. Burt Hill, 1184 East Market; Jesse W. Hillman, 125 South Howard; William J. Hotten- stein, Windsor Hotel; Frank W. Knowlton, 217 East Market; John H. Laney, 131 South Howard; George B. Williamson, corner Main and Exchange.
VETERINARY SURGEONS .- Doctors Joshua H. Collins, 215 South Howard; E. R. Barnett, 108 East Furnace; Charles. Chrisman, 115 South Main.
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DR. ALBERT C. BELDEN,-born in Castile, N. Y., September 14, 1845; removed with parents to Bureau county, Ill., when young; educated at Dover Academy, and at Poughkeep- sie, N. Y .; at 17, in 1863, enlisted in Company I, 64th Ill. V. I., serving till close of war, then began the study of Medicine with Dr. Thompson, at Princeton, Ill., graduating from Bellevue Medical College, New York City, in 1875; came to Akron in 1876, a year or two later commencing practice with Dr. A. K. Fouser, con- tinuing till September 1, 1880, when he formed a partnership with Dr. William C. Jacobs, which continued until his sad death, December 20, 1890, the result of a fracture of the skull at the base of the brain, from an accidental fall in his office, December 11, 1890. Dr. Belden's prudence and forethought for the comfort and welfare of his family is evinced by the fact that at the time of the fatal casuality he was carrying life and accidental insurance to the amount of $105,000. He was a member of the various medical associations, county, state and national, a member of the local pension board and sur- geon of the N. Y., P. & O. and Valley railroads, member of Buckley Post
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DR. ALBERT C. BELDEN.
G. A, R., and oldest ranking surgeon. of Ohio National Guard. May 6, 1874, Dr. Belden was married to Miss Hannah Mosser, of Breinigsville, Pa., three children having been born to them-Jessie, born Febru- ruary 25, 1875; Ida, born July 3, 1876; Edna, born August 20, 1877.
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DR. WILLIAM K. FOLTZ.
D R. WILLIAM K. FOLTZ,- born in Mifflin county, Pa., November 15, 1829; came with parents to Wayne county, Ohio, in 1831; educated in district schools; learned carpenter's
trade with father; at 18 began teach- ing, continuing three years; in 1851 began study of medicine with Dr. C. F. Stauber, in Wooster, continuing two years, then alternating two years between teaching and attending Heidelberg College, at Tiffin; in 1855 began the practice of medicine at Lafayette Center, Medina county, in 1856 removing to Sharon, where he remained till 1867, meantime gradu- ating from Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati, February 2, 1859. In 1867, in addition to his practice, engaged in drug business in Ashland, until burned out April 14, 1877, the follow- ing August removing to Akron where he has since continuously practiced. Dr. Foltz is a member of the Ameri- can Pharmaceutical Association; the Ohio State Eclectic Medical Associa- tion, the National Eclectic Medical Association and the Akron Scientific Club. May 12, 1856, he was married to Miss Carrie L. Lehman, a native of Wayne county. They have one son, Kent O. Foltz, born February 16, 1857, now practicing medicine with his father, under under the firm name of Foltz & Foltz.
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DR. ELWYN HUMPHREY,-son of Isaiah and Almira (Waite) Humphrey, was born in Twinsburg, Summit county, Ohio, May 29, 1836; after receiving a common school and academical education, he studied medicine, graduating from the medi- cal department of Western Reserve College, in 1865, his home being then at Peninsula, where he successfully practiced medicine and surgery for more than twenty years. In the Spring of 1885 Dr. Humphrey moved to Akron, where he is now enjoying an extensive and lucrative practice. December 20, 1857, Dr. Humphrey was married to Miss Mary Holcomb, daughter of Sherlock and Mary (Richardson) Holcomb, of Hudson, who has borne him four children --- Clarence M., born December 30, 1858, now a practicing physician in South Akron ; J. Lawrence, born September 13, 1860, died June 6, 1861 ; Lillian May, born May 19, 1862, and Sybil Beulah, born October 27, 1868, both daughters now living with their parents in Akron. Dr. Humphrey is a member of the Northeastern Ohio Union Medical Association.
DR. ELWYN HUMPHREY.
Residence of Col. Arthur L. Conger, "Irving Lawn," Ash Street, completed and occupied in 1890.
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AKRON'S LEGAL STATUS.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW .- Among the early lawyers of Akron were: Wolsey Wells, Gregory Powers, Alvah and Seneca L. Hand, Wil- liam M. Dodge, Harvey H. Johnson, Lucius V. Bierce, David K. Cartter, George Bliss, John C. Singletary, William S. C. Otis, Wil- liam W. Gaston, James D. Tayler, Charles G. Ladd, Roland O. Hammond, George Kirkum, Henry. W. King, Frederick S. Han- ford, Rufus P. Spalding, Daniel R. Tilden, Henry Mckinney, Samuel W. McClure, John A. Pleasants, Charles A. Baldwin, Daniel B. Hadley, Charles Rinehart, Stephen H. Pitkin, Wilbur F. Sanders, N. W. Goodhue, Thomas F. Wildes, Charles B. Ber- nard, and the late Judge James S. Carpenter, portraits, with brief biographical sketches of Messrs. Carpenter, Goodhue, Sanders, Pitkin, McClure, Mckinney, Spalding, King, Hammond, Ladd, Singletary, Bliss, Cartter, Bierce and Dodge, appearing elsewhere in this volume.
After the portrait and sketch of Judge Carpenter were printed, in the earlier part of this work, while walking along the old "Chuckery" race, near Cuyahoga Falls, on August 13, 1891, by a misstep he was precipitated over the embankment, striking upon his head on the rocks some twelve feet below. fracturing his skull, from the effects of which he died the same evening, aged 85 years, 11 months and 26 days.
TON. GEORGE BLISS,-born at Jericho, Vt., January 1, 1813; came to Ohio in 1832 ; graduate of Granville College ; studied law in Akron, with David K. Cartter, late chief justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and after admission to the bar was law partner of Mr. Cartter for several years; was mayor of Akron in 1850; March 15, 1851, appointed by Gov. Reuben Wood, president judge of Court of Common Pleas, on the election of Judge Ben- jamin F. Wade to the U. S. senate, ably filling the position until the taking effect of the new constitution in February, 1852; member of con- gress from the 18th Ohio district, 1852-54, and, (having moved to Woos- ter), of the 14th district in the 38th Congress. Both at the bar, on the bench and in congress. Judge Bliss was shrewd, logical and profound ; in private life sympathetic, social, genial and witty. Judge Bliss was married January 16, 1856, to Miss Sarah J. Fish, of Williamstown, N. Y., who bore him five children-Florence, born September 9, 1857 ; George, Jan- uary 16, 1859 ; Charles F., November 2,1861 ; Leon, February 6, 1863; Junius, September, 1867. Judge Bliss died in Wooster, October 24, 1868, his family subsequently removing to Brooklyn,
HON. GEORGE BLISS.
L. I., where they still residc. All having been liberally educated, the children of Judge Bliss are doing well in life-George and Junius, in commercial business, Charles prac- ticing law, and Leon studying for the same profession. Judge Bliss was a younger brother of our well- known pioneer citizen, Ambrose W. Bliss, Esq., of Northfield.
Akron's present practicing attorneys, 'individual and firms are: George M. Anderson, present City Solicitor, room 2 city building; Johnson A. Arbogast, 209 East Market; Baird & Voris
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(Charles Baird and Edwin F. Voris), 108 East. Market; Arthur I. Bartges, Academy of Music Building; John H. Campbell, 209 East Market; Frank D. Cassidy, 710 South Main; Newton Chalker, 130 South Howard, Jeremiah Deline, Arcade Block; Doyle & Bryan (Dayton A. Doyle and Frederick C. Bryan), room 3 Academy of Music; Green, Grant & Seiber (Edwin P. Green, Charles R. Grant and George W. Seiber), Akron Savings Bank Block, corner Mill and Main; John J. Hall, Commercial Block, 209 East Market; Ernest C. Housel, 109 South Howard; Calvin Pease Humphrey, 116 East Market; Henry Ward Ingersoll, 110 South Howard; Adam E. Kling, room 13 Arcade Block; Kohler & Musser (Jacob A. Kohler and Harvey Musser), rooms 1 and 13 Arcade Block; Marvin, Atterholt, Slabaugh & Marvin (Ulysses L. Marvin, Frank M. Atter- holt, Watson E: Slabaugh and David Leslie Marvin), rooms 7 and 8 Academy of Music; Lee K. Mihills, 110 South Howard; Nathan Morse, 110 South Howard; Otis & Otis (Edward P. and Ellsworth E. Otis), Arcade Block; Oviatt, Allen & Cobbs (Edward Oviatt, George G. Allen and Charles S. Cobbs), 102 North Howard; George K. Pardee, 112 South Howard; James D. Pardee, 127 South Howard; Wilson H. Pixley, 113, 115 East Market; James M. Poulson, 119 South Howard; Emory A. Prior, room 6, Arcade Block; Rogers and Wilhelm (Samuel G. Rogers and Andrew J. Wilhelm), 111 South Howard; Olin L. Sad- ler, 233 Carroll; Rolin W. Sadler, Paige Block, 146, 148 South Main; Henry C. Sanford, room 6, Arcade Block; William H. Sanford, room 6, Arcade Block; Henry K. Sauder, Court House; James W. Scott, 127 South Howard; Louis D. Seward, 113, 115 East Market; Rial M. Smith, room 6, Academy of Music; Edward W. Stuart, probate office, Court House; Frederick H. Stuart, Court House; Frank B. Theiss, 100 North Howard; Tibbals & Frank (Newell D. Tibbals and John C. Frank), room 1, Academy of Music; Tinker & Waters (Albert B. Tinker and Frank A. Waters), room 11, Arcade Block; Theodore W. Wakeman, 146, 148 South Main; Lorenzo Dow Watters, 113, 115 East Market; Welsh & Sawyer (James Welsh and Wm. T. Sawyer), 113 S. Howard; Horatio T. Willson, room 2, Arcade Block; George M. Wright, 103 E. Market.
TION. DAVID K. CARTTER,-born in Jefferson county, N. Y., June 22, 1812; academic education ; from 12 to 14 worked in printing office of Thurlow Weed in Rochester ; studied law in Rochester and admitted to bar at 20 years of age; came to Akron in 1836, forming a partnership with Alvah Hand, Esq., under the firm name of Hand & Cartter, and later with George Bliss, Esq., as Cartter & Bliss, a very strong legal team; in 1845 removed to Massillon forming a partnership with Hon. H. B. Hurlbut, as Cartter & Hurlbut; in 1848 was elected to Congress, as the candidate of the Democratic party, and was re-elected in 1850, serving four years; in 1853 removed to Cleve- land, espoused the Free Soil cause and entered heartily into the organi- zation of the Republican party; a delegate to the Chicago convention,
HON. DAVID K. CARTTER.
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in 1860, securing the transfer of a sufficient number of votes of the Ohio delegation from Salmon P. Chase to Mr. Lincoln, to secure his nomination over William H. Seward; in 1861, was appointed by President Lincoln as Minister to Bolivia, ably filling that position a year and a half ; in 1863, was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, which important office he continuously held nearly a quarter of a century, his death
HON. CHRISTOPHER PARSONS WOLCOTT,-born in Wolcott- ville, Conn., December 17, 1820; mov- ed with parents to Steubenville, Ohio, in 1833; graduated at Jefferson College, Pa., in 1840; read law with Tappan & Stanton in Steubenville ; on admission to the bar, in 1843, commenced practice in Ravenna, in partnership with Gen. L. V. Bierce, in January, 1846, removing to Akron and forming a partnership with William S. C. Otis, Esq., and on the removal of the latter to Cleveland becoming associated with Hon. William H. Upson, under the firm name of Wolcott & Upson, which ar- rangement continued until his death. On the death of Attorney Gen. F. D. Kimball, in 1856, Gov. Chase appoint- ed Mr. Wolcott to fill the vacancy, to which office he was subsequently twice elected, the period of his incumbency being the most impor- tant in the history of the State, covering the Breslin Treasury defalcation and the Wellington Rescue Fugitive Slave Law episode,; his argument before the Supreme Court of the United States, in Janu- ary, 1861, against the return of the fugitives and the extradition of the . rescuers, on the demand of the Governor of Kentucky, being, by . order of the Court, spread in full upon the records of that court. In May, 1862, at the urgent request of Secre- tary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, he assumed the arduous duties of Assistant Secretary of War, Mr. Stanton in calling him to the posi- tion, saying: "I know I ought not to ask it of you, and fear the work will
HON. HENRY MCKINNEY,-born in Canfield, (then Trumbull, now Mahoning county), October 9, 1828 ; father of Scotch and mother of Connecticut revolutionary stock ; boyhood spent on farm, clearing land, splitting rails, chopping wood, etc .; educated in district schools,
occurring April 17, 1887, aged 74 years, 9 months and 25 days. Judge Cartter was married to Miss Nancy H. Hanford, of Monroe county, N. Y., in 1836, who has borne him two sons-David and William, both of whom entered the army, during the war, the former dying in service, the latter now a prominent physician and surgeon, and the owner and manager of an extensive ranch in Kansas. Mrs. Cartter still resides in Wash- ington.
HON. CHRISTOPHER PARSONS WOLCOTT.
kill you, but I do not know where to look for aid, and if I do not have it now, I must give up myself." The prophecy was only too true. Enter- ing upon the duties of the position with his customary energy and vigil- ance, saying, when remonstrated with by friends, " Why can I not give myself to my country as thousands of soldiers are doing every day," his health soon gave way under the strain, compelling his resignation the February following, Mr. Wolcott, after nearly two months of intense suffering, dying at his home in Akron, April 4, 1863. Mrs. Wolcott, sister of the late Edwin M. Stanton, still survives, residing at Sewickly, Pa.
Farmington Academy and Twins- burg Institute; studied law with Judge J. W. Tyler, of Garrettsville, and Judge S. W. McClure, at Cuya- hoga Falls, and after admission to the bar, in 1850, entering into partner- ship with the latter, holding that relation 15 years ; elected prosecuting
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attorney of Summit county in 1856, and re-elected in 1858, serving four years; removed to Akron in 1864, forming partnership with Judge N. D. Tibbals, which existed eight years ; appointed draft commissioner for Summit county, by Gov. Tod, in 1862, serving during the war; in 1869 was elected state senator for Sum- mit and Portage counties, serving two years ; in 1873 removed to Cleve- land; in 1880 elected judge of Cuya- hoga county Common Pleas Court, and re-elected in 1885, two and a half years later resigning that honorable position and resuming the practice of the law. Judge Mckinney was married in 1854 to Miss Henrietta Maria Stull, of Warren, who died in March, 1870, leaving three children, the Judge marrying for his second wife Miss Adelaide L. Remington, of Rutland, Vt., in 1872.
HON. WILBUR F. SANDERS.
HON. WILBUR F. SANDERS,- born in Leon, N. Y., May 2, 1834 ; September, 1854, came to Akron, teach- ing in High School and reading law with Upson & Edgerton; admitted to bar in 1856; October, 1861, enlisted in the army, recruiting Company "G," 64th O. V. I., and mustering in Sixth Ohio Battery, both part of Sherman's Brigade, organized by Hon. John Sherman, at Camp Buckingham, near Mansfield ; elected second and then first lieutenant of Company "G," on organization of regiment was selected adjutant, and on assuming command of the Brigade, by Col. Forsyth (of the regular army), was appointed A. A. G .; in winter of 1861, '62 assisted in constructing defenses to railroads from Nashville to Decatur and Stev- enson, and thence back to Nashville, forming that triangle of transporta- tion so efficient in supplying the troops in the center of our army of
HON. HENRY M'KINNEY.
advance. Failing health compelled his resignation in Summer of 1862, but in 1863 was lieutenant of Akron's contingent of "Squirrel Hunters," so expeditiously gathered at Cincin- nati, to repel the threatened invasion of Ohio by the rebel general, Kirby Smith; the same fall accompanied his uncle, Hon. Sidney Edgerton, Chief Justice of the territory of Idaho, to Bannock City, in what was in 1864 organized as the territory of Mon- tana, with Judge Edgerton as Gov- ernor. That portion of Idaho being overrun with highway robbers and murderers, Mr. Sanders, well quali- fied therefor by his legal as well as- military experience, organized the merchants, miners and other citizens. into a vigilance committee, of which. he was the prosecuting officer, and by hanging some fifty of the despera- does, and banishing many others, quiet and peace was restored, which · has ever since been maintained. He has officiated as president of the Mining Exchange, and of the Union League; Grand Master, F. & A. M .; U. S. Attorney under President Grant ;: eight years as member of the terri- torial legislature; twenty-five years president of Montana Historical Soci- ety ; president board of trustees Mon- tana Wesleyan University ; was Republican candidate for delegate to Congress in 1864, '67, '80, '86, but defeated; and in 1890 was unani- mously elected United States Senator from the newly organized State of Montana, his term expiring in 1893. October 27, 1858, Mr. Sanders was mar- ried to Miss Harriet P. Fenn, of Tall- madge, who has borne him three children-James, now a lawyer in Helena; Wilbur, mining engineer ; Lewis, now a student in Columbia College.
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