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JAMES H. REED, veterinary surgeon, Kent, was born in Boston, Summit Co., Ohio, August 12, 1815, son of James and Catherine (Stough) Reed, natives of New Jersey and Germany respectively, and who settled in Boston Town- ship, Summit County, about 1810. James Reed, who was a millwright, also a carpenter and joiner by trade, was a soldier in the war of 1812, being "out" two years, for which he drew a pension and land warrant, and on his return settled in Ravenna Township in 1816. He had nine children: Robert, James H., George, Peter, John, Calvin, Orrin (deceased), Melinda (Mrs. Spencer Smith), Irena (Mrs. Burt A. Smith). Our subject served an apprenticeship at cabinet-making in Medina until he was nineteen years of age, when he returned to Ravenna and worked at his trade one year. In 1837 he located and partly cleared the farm he now owns in the northeast part of Franklin Township, this county. He has been a veterinary surgeon upward of forty years. He was married, August 13, 1835, to Tussey Scranton, daughter of Joseph Scranton, of Franklin Township, this county, by whom he has ten children, seven now living: Lawrence, Levi, Lucy (Mrs. Luther Johnson), Paulina (Mrs. Fred Myers), Martha (Mrs. C. A. Ferguson), Amelia (Mrs. Frank Brown) and Elber. Mr. Reed located in Kent in 1876, where he has since resided, prin- cipally engaged in the practice of his profession. He has held several offices in the township with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the people. In politics he is a Republican.
LEVI REED, liveryman, Kent, was born in Franklin Township, this county, September 8, 1842; son of James H. and Thirza (Scranton) Reed, who were among the early settlers of the township. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and the Oberlin Commercial College. After he became of age he worked on a farm by the month for two years, and in 1864 enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Eighty'eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till the close of the war. He was married, October 3, 1867, to Clarissa C., daughter of Joseph B. and Ruth (Olin) Stratton, who set- tled in Franklin Township, this county, in 1837, and by this union there were five children: Willie, Lorena, Joseph A. (deceased), Leona and Leroy. After his marriage Mr. Reed engaged in farming for two years, and in 1869 located in Kent. For three years he worked in the railroad shops, after which he engaged in the coal business, feed and grocery store and livery business with his brothers Luther A. and L. G. In 1882 Mr. Reed embarked in the livery business on his own account, in which he has been profitably engaged till the present time. He is a member of the G. A. R., and both he and wife are members of the Universalist Church. In politics he is a Republican.
C. R. REED, of the firm of Carlile & Reed, tinners and plumbers, P. O. Kent, was born in Franklin Township, this county, July 20, 1854, son of William and Mary E. (Day) Reed, whose family consisted of William, Charles (deceased), Charles (second) R., Robert, Nellie, John and Frank. William Reed, father of our subject, was born in New Lisbon, Columbiana Co., Ohio, May 31, 1823, and was reared on his father's farm. He served an apprentice- ship at the carpenter's trade, which has been his occupation ever since. His parents were John and Rebecca (Morgan) Reed, who settled in Franklin about 1828, and who were the parents of twelve children, eight of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: Reuben (deceased), Sperry, William, Hiram, Ellen (wife of M. Hulbert), Rebecca (deceased), Cassa (deceased) and George. John Reed was a native of Maryland, a weaver by trade, which he followed for sev- eral years after coming to Franklin Mills (now Kent). He then engaged in agriculture, clearing and improving a farm on which he lived and died. C. R. Reed's maternal grandfather, Jacob Day, was a stone mason by trade, and
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one of the first settlers of Franklin Township, this county. Our subject was reared in his native township, and in 1876 entered the employ of F. F. Car- lile, to learn the business of tinner and plumber, and worked as journeyman up to 1882, when he became associated with his employer under the firm name of Carlile & Reed. He was married. February 12, 1884, to Cora S., daughter of Samuel B. and Sarah (Doolittle) Hall, of Kent, Ohio. Mr. Reed is one of Kent's enterprising business men and a worthy citizen.
GEORGE O. RICE, Kent, Ohio, was born in Brandon, Vt., April 22,1819, son of Hastings and Nancy A. (Bates) Rice, both of whom were natives of Massachusetts, and in later years residents of Brandon, Vt., where they were married and lived until death, and where our subject resided till thirty-five years of age. In 1850 he removed to Kent, Ohio, where he still resides, and for about ten years he carried on the harness trade, then for about ten years he was engaged in the general produce business, and for the last ten years he has been interested in the real estate and insurance business. Mr. Rice has been generally successful, and is possessed of a competency of this world's goods. At the age of twenty-one years our subject was married to Miss Joanna P., daughter of John H. Lincoln, of Pittsford, Vt., and by this union there were seven children, of whom none survive. Mrs. Rice died at Kent, Ohio, December 19, 1874, and Mr. Rice then married, June 19, 1877, Miss Helen E. Parmelee, daughter of Luther H. Parmelee, of Kent. As a citizen Mr. Rice is enterprising and public-spirited, and has given his influence and means invariably and liberally to everything calculated to benefit the people and town in which he resides. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, in which he has served as Deacon and Sabbath-school Superintendent for eighteen years. His politics have been Whig, Abolition, Republican, and at this time he has a strong tendency toward Prohibition. Mr. Rice is now, and has been for the last eleven years, a Notary Public. He does a large part of the real estate and insurance business in Kent.
GEORGE RISK, JR., retired, Kent, was born in Stowe, Summit Co., Ohio, July 19, 1833, son of George and Isabella (McCauley) Risk, natives of Ireland, of Scotch descent, who settled in Stowe Township, Summit Co., Ohio, in 1830, and there lived until 1835, when they removed to Brimfield, where Mrs. Risk died October 13, 1866. They had eight children: Samuel, George, Jr., Sarah J. (Mrs. J. W. Sapp), Eliza (deceased), Martha (Mrs. R. S. Haz- lett), John W., Robert M. and William (latter deceased). Our subject was reared on a farm. Owing to rheumatism he has never walked a step since he was eight years old, but possessing indomitable will, perseverance and industry, he secured an education. For many years he was a huckster, and by economy and frugality has gained a competency, and is owner of a double business block opposite the depot, from which he derives a good rent. He is a gentle- man of pleasing address; politically a Republican.
HON. DAVID L. ROCKWELL (deceased) was born in Pierpont, Ashta- bula Co., Ohio, October 22, 1813, son of Harvey Rockwell, a native of Con- necticut and a pioneer of Ashtabula County. He was reared in his native town, where he received a liberal education for those days, and was a shoe-maker by trade. He was married in 1836 to Mary E., daughter of Ephraim Pal- miter, of Pierpont. The issue of this union was four children: Dorema (wife of Judge U. L. Marvin), David L., Jr., Charles H. and Orlo S. In 1839 Mr. Rockwell settled in Brimfield Township, this county, where he remained one year, then removed to Franklin Mills (now Kent), Ohio, where he worked at his trade for several years, and while working on his bench he was elected to the Legislature from Portage County, 1848-49. He was engaged in the hotel
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and mercantile business in Kent for many years and, 1862-63, was re-elected to the Legislature, where he served with credit to himself and to the satisfac- tion of his constituents. During the war of the Rebellion our subject was a hearty supporter of the Union cause; in politics he was a Republican. Both he and his wife were members of the Episcopal Church. He died February 29, 1868, his widow in June, 1875.
FREDERICK E. ROCKWELL, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Frank- lin Township, this county, May 28, 1833, son of Elijah and Euphemia (Austin) Rockwell, who settled in Franklin Township in 1826, locating on the farm now occupied by our subject. Elijah Rockwell was a native of Massa- chusetts, born October 25, 1795, and died March 29, 1837; his wife was a native of Dutchess County, N. Y., born September 21, 1797, and died January 30, 1881. Mr. Rockwell cleared a part of the old homestead and his sons the rest. He had four children: Mary H., Charles H. (in Iowa), Edward J. (was mate of steamer "Schuyler " and was drowned in the Mississippi River, June 6, 1867), and Frederick E. (the subject of this sketch who has always resided on the old homestead where he was born and reared). His sister lives with him. In politics Mr. Rockwell was formerly a Republican, but of late years has been independent.
LUCIUS E. RODENBAUGH, contractor and builder, Kent, was born in Springfield, Summit Co., Ohio, June 3, 1844, son of John and Laura A. (Purdy) Rodenbaugh. His father was born September, 1809, in Westmore- land County, Penn., son of Peter and Betsey (Hornbecker) Rodenbaugh, who settled in Springfield Township in 1816 and reared a family of seven children: Polly (deceased), Sally (deceased), John (deceased), William (deceased), Isaac, Peter and Eliza. John Rodenbaugh was reared and educated in Springfield, Ohio, and was a farmer and auctioneer by occupation. He was married November 1, 1832, to Laura A., daughter of Solomon and Nancy (Backus) Purdy, formerly of Vermont, who settled in Springfield, Ohio, in 1829. Her father was a manufacturer of stone-ware and established the second pottery in Springfield. The issue of this marriage was six children, of whom five grew to manhood and womanhood: John M., Henry C., Calvin P., Lucius E. and Emma R. (wife of J. C. Converse). In 1853 John Rodenbangh located on a farm in Franklin Township, where he remained until his death, October 24, 1865, being murdered within a half mile of his home, for his money, by two men, one of whom (Jack Cooper) was hung for the crime and the other (Joel Berry) was sent to State prison for life. He was a man of sterling business qualifications; a Democrat in politics. Our subject was reared in Franklin Township, this county, from nine years old, and received a common school education. He was in the late war of the Rebellion, enlisting August 8, 1862, in Company I, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He went through the Atlanta campaign and was also in the battles of Franklin, Fort Fisher, Knoxville and all the engagements the regiment participated in, and was wounded at the battles of Dallas, Ga., and Columbia, Tenn. He was honorably discharged June 17, 1865, when he returned to this county and located in Ravenna Township, and soon after entered the employ of the Atlan- tic & Great Western Railroad, with whom he was engaged for several years. In 1870 he embarked in business for himself as a contractor and builder, which he has made a success, having all the business he can do. In the spring of 1882 he located in Kent, where he still resides. He was married September 29, 1867, to Flora L., daughter of Ozias and Anna (Knowlton) Buzzell, of Ravenna. Mr. Rodenbaugh is a wide-awake, thorough business man. In pol- itics he is a stanch Republican.
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YALE RUSSELL, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Russell, Mass., March 10, 1802, son of Richard and Sarah (Yale) Russell, natives of Connecticut, of English descent. Our subject was reared on the farm until seventeen years of age, after which he worked at wagon-making for three years in Chatham, N. Y. He then learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed twelve years. In 1824 he came to Ohio, and settled at Franklin Mills (now Kent), where he worked at his trade ten years. The year of his settlement he purchased the farm where he now resides and on which he has lived since 1834. He was married April 7, 1834, to Lucy, daughter of Joshua and Rebecca (Woodin) Woodard, of Kent, by whom he had five children: Cornelia (Mrs. Cornelius Latimer), in Westfield, Ohio; Darwin, in Michigan; Wilson H .; Celestia (Mrs. Lemuel Reed) and Sarah. deceased. Mrs. Russell's father served through the war of 1812 with the rank of General. Darwin, the eldest son of our subject, was in the late war, a member of the One Hundred and Twenty- eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Wilson H., the second son, resides on the old homestead farm with his parents. 3 He was married October 6, 1875, to Ella, daughter of J. T. King, of Kent, by whom he has two children: Myrtle and Lottie. Our subject comes of a long-lived race, his father having lived to be upward of seventy-five years, his mother to be ninety-nine years and ten months old. Mr. Russell is now eighty-three, and is hale and hearty. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Kent. In politics he was formerly a Whig, but has been a stanch supporter of the Republican party since its organization. He has filled several offices in the township with credit.
ISAAC RUSSELL, carpenter, Kent, was born in Woodbridge, New Haven Co., Conn., February 12, 1810, son of Lemuel and Elizabeth (Hotchkiss) Rus- sell. When he was five years of age his parents removed to what is now Knox, Albany Co., N. Y., where he resided until seventeen years of age and received a limited education in the common schools. In the fall of 1827 he came to Ohio, and located in what is now the village of Kent, where he has since resided and where he learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, an occu- pation he has followed up to the present time. He has been twice married; first, in June, 1835, to Abigail, daughter of Ebenezer Fenton, of Manlius, N. Y. The issue of this union was six children, four of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: Martha (Mrs. W. H. Palmer), Nelson, Darwood C. (deceased) and Frances A. (Mrs. W. H. Cole). Our subject's present wife was Mrs. Mary M. Clark, nee Lake, to whom he was married November 9, 1880. Mr. Russell has been a resident of what is now the village of Kent for fifty- seven years, and has filled several offices in the township and the village of Kent. He has been elected to the office of Justice of the Peace for seven consecutive terms, and was previously elected to serve an unexpired term; was also Mayor of Kent one term, and held other minor offices. In politics Mr. Russell has been a Republican since the organization of the party.
FRANCIS L. SAWYER, Kent, was born in Brimfield Township, this county, July 11, 1831, son of Asa and Caroline A. (Lincoln) Sawyer. His father was a native of Berlin, Mass., son of Asa and Eunice (Bruce) Sawyer, who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1818, where they lived and died, and who had nine children: Levi, now in Iowa; Asa, deceased; William, deceased; Alvin, deceased; Sophia, deceased; Lucy (Mrs. W. R. Kelso); Mary, deceased; Sarah (Mrs. A. J. Shuman), and Luke, deceased. Asa, the father of our subject, after his marriage located on the farm in Brimfield Township, this county, now occupied by his widow, where he lived until his death. He had four children: Francis L., Mary (deceased), Ellen and Henry. The
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maternal grandparents of our subject were Dr. Luke and Mary (Thorndike) Lincoln, formerly of Massachusetts and early settlers of Brimfield Township, this county, coming in 1820. Our subject was reared in Brimfield Township and educated in the common schools and Twinsburg Academy. When twenty-two years of age he located in Kent, serving as clerk in the dry goods store of C. H. Sanborn & Co. for two years, and in the same capacity for other parties up to 1857, when he went to Iowa. In 1858 he returned to Kent and embarked in dry goods trade. In 1860 he was elected Auditor of this county, serving one term, after which he engaged with the A. & G. W. R. R. Co. for three years; also as clerk in the store of W. W. Patton & Co. He was then appointed Post- master of Kent, serving two years, when he resigned. He was married in Feb- ruary, 1857, to Margaret C., daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth McMeen, of Brimfield Township, by whom he has three children living: Nellie M. (Mrs. O. S. Rockwell), Willis F. and Carrie.
AARON M. SHERMAN, physician and surgeon, Kent, was born in Brim- field, Hampden Co., Mass., March 24, 1826, fourth son of Capt. Harris and Sally (Morgan) Sherman, both of whom were natives of Brimfield, Mass., and who had a family of the following children: Lewis M .; Caleb, deceased; Caroline, deceased; Sarah, wife of William R. Mathews, in Sully, Iowa; Aaron M .; Thomas, in Sully, Iowa; Otis S., deceased, and John W. Capt. Harris Sher- man came to Ohio in 1831, arriving in Brimfield Township, Portage County, Sunday the 5th of June, that year. He and his wife are now deceased, hav- ing lived honored lives for more than four-score years. The genealogy of the Sherman family dates back to the early settlement of this county, and were honored names in its history. Three brothers emigrated from England to America in an early day, one settled in Massachusetts, one in Connecticut, and one in Rhode Island. The subject of this sketch belongs to the Massachusetts branch. His early life was passed on his father's farm, attending school six months in the year until he was sixteen years old, when a few terms at a select school fitted him for teaching in a county school. He taught four winters in a day school, and singing in the evenings. At the age of twenty-one he com- menced the study of medicine at Garrettsville, this county, with Dr. John A. Knowlton. He attended two full courses of lectures at the Medical Depart- ment of Western Reserve College of Cleveland, Ohio, graduating in the spring of 1851. On September 26, same year, he was married to Miss Hen- rietta, eldest daughter of John and Mary (Green) Tabor, of Garrettsville, Ohio, who died October 26, 1853. He was again married April 26, 1854, this time to Harriet, daughter of Watson I. and Mary (McIntosh) Gray, of Bed- ford, Ohio, by whom he has one son-Harris G., a prominent oculist in Cleve- land, Ohio. The Doctor, after graduating, located in Garrettsville, and fol- lowed his profession until the spring of 1857, when he moved to Kent and embarked in the drug business, but after four years resumed his profession, and has since had a large and successful practice. During the war of the Rebellion he was Assistant Surgeon in Lincoln General Hospital at Washing- ton, D. C. In the fall of 1883 Dr. Sherman was elected to the Sixty-sixth General Assembly from Portage County, of which he is at present a member. During his first winter he took an active and intelligent part in the general legislation, and was among the industrious and prominent members of that body. The Doctor has always been an active promoter of every public enter- prise in his community. He has frequently served as a member of the School Board, and for several years has been the efficient Secretary of the Pioneers' Association of Portage and Summit Counties. In 1881 he wrote a history of Brimfield Township, dating from its first settlement, which he delivered as a
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historical address in that township, July 4 of that year. It was published in pamphlet form and was the only history of that township written up to that date. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and for ten years held the position of Master of the first lodge in Kent. In politics he is a stanch Republican. In religious belief a Universalist.
GEORGE L. STAUFFER, grocer, Kent, was born in Uniontown, Stark County, Ohio, October 26, 1839, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Myers) Stauffer, the former a native of Maryland, the latter of Ohio. Our subject was reared on a farm until twenty years of age, and educated in the Greensburg Academy. When twenty-two years of age he went to New York City and entered the employ of the Northern Transportation Company, where he remained seven years. He then engaged in the grocery business in Jersey City for one year. In 1871 he located in Kent and engaged as a clerk in the store of Lute Stauffer. In 1873 he embarked in the grocery trade in Kent with George A. Furry, under firm name of Stauffer & Furry, which partnership has existed to the present time. Mr. Stauffer was married, December 14, 1865, to Eva E., daughter of William J. and Lovena (Beach) Sanford, of Connecticut, and who came to this county when quite young, then moved to Marion County, residing there a few years, then returned to this county, where they have since lived. To our subject and wife were born five children: Ida, George J., William S., Lucy M. and Robert E. Mr. and Mrs. Stauffer are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is an active member of the I. O. O. F. and R. A .; has served as Councilman of Kent one term. In politics he is a Democrat.
WILLIAM STEVENS, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Franklin Town- ship, this county, September 6, 1820; son of Elisha and Margaret (Brown) Stevens, who were among the first settlers of Franklin Township, and who located on what is now known as the Fulmer farm, taking up 160 acres of land in the wilderness and making a small improvement. They were parents of eight children: Emily, Marcus, Harriet, Caroline, Mary, Cynthia, Lucius and William, all deceased except William. Elisha Stevens, who was a car- penter and joiner by trade, died in 1822. His widow subsequently married Eben Phelps, of New York, and lived and died in Franklin Township, this county. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and has always fol- lowed agricultural pursuits. He was married February 2, 1840, to Rebecca, daughter of John Bair, of Stark County, Ohio, by whom he bad three chil- dren: Francis (deceased), Frank W., and Fred H., now in Colorado. Mr. Stevens gave his sons good educational advantages, and both are filling excel- lent positions. Since his marriage our subject has lived on his present farm, all of which he himself cleared and improved. He is a representative farmer and citizen of Franklin Township. In politics he is a Republican.
THOMAS C. STEWART, farmer, P.O. Kent, was born in Franklin Town- ship, this county, March 1, 1826; son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Clement) Stewart, former a native of Allegheny County, Penn., latter of Washington County, Penn. The mother came to this county in 1811 with her eldest brother, Thomas Clement, and located in Ravenna Township. She is now (1885) living, in her eighty-sixth year, and is hearty. Jonathan Stewart came to the county when a young man, and after his marriage in 1819 settled in Franklin Township on the farm now owned by Nicholas Knapp. He after- ward settled in Ravenna Township on the farm now owned by his nephew. Alex Clement, and lived there until his death in 1832, in his thirty-third year. He left a family of six children : Uziah (deceased); Alexander (deceased); Jonathan, who enlisted in the Eighty-eighth Indiana Regiment from DeKalb County, Ind., and after participating in several battles in Kentucky, died of exhaustion at Lebanon,
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Ky., during the late war; Thomas C .; Margaret A. (Mrs. F. D. Reese) and William (deceased). Our subject was reared in Ravenna Township, and received his education in the common schools, the Grand River Institute at Austinburg, and high school at Jefferson, after which he taught in the com- mon schools for four winters following. He was married, March 14, 1854, to Adeline, daughter of Homer W. and Mary (Knowlton) Hart, pioneers of Solon Township, Cuyahoga County, and later of Franklin. The issue of this union is six children, all living: William, in Iowa; Addie E .; Homer J., in Iowa; Mary (Mrs. E. W. Talcott); Clara (Mrs. J. C. Yeend), and Julia E. After his marriage Mr. Stewart settled in Streetsboro, and lived there up to 1861, when he located in Franklin Township, where he now resides on what was formerly known as the Latimer farm. He has been elected Trustee of Franklin Town- ship three terms in succession, Assessor one term, and on the Board of Edu- cation one term. In politics he is a Republican.
HENRY W. STINAFF, late foreman of bridges, Second Division and Franklin Branch, New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, was born in Raven- na August 11, 1823; son of William and Sarah (Babcock) Stinaff. His father was a native of Sheffield, Mass., and a son of William Stinaff, of that place. When a young man he came to Ohio on horseback, and settled in Ravenna in 1819. He was a carpenter by trade, which he followed all his life in Ravenna and Kent. He is still living at the age of eighty-seven, and resides with our subject. His wife was a native of Granville, Conn., and a daughter of Perry and Cynthia M. Babcock, who settled in Ravenna in 1819. Her father was a blacksmith, but the latter part of his life, though he still worked at his trade, he carried on a farm and accumulated a good property. The children of Will- iam Stinaff were three in number: Cynthia M. (deceased), Henry W. and Syl- vanus P. The subject of this sketch was reared in Ravenna, where he received a common school education. In 1840 he went in his father's shop to learn the carpenter's trade, and when of age went into business with his father, the partnership existing up to 1862. He then entered the employ of the A. & G. W. R. R. Co., having been engaged on that line of road to the present time, with the exception of two years, when with his father he took the contract for building the Union School of Kent, one of the finest build- ings in the county. The following is clipped from a local paper:
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