History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio, Part 128

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?; Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, Baskin & Battey
Number of Pages: 1104

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$150, and has now a business of an aggregate annual sale of $3,200. He employs two clerks, and runs a delivery wagon. Lest he may think we design this as an advertisement, in- stead of a brief sketch of his business career, as well as other historical facts, we will only add that, in 1854, he was married to Miss Try- phena H. Lancaster, who is the mother of their only child, Master Alfred, aged 4 years.

DANIEL FARNAM, of W. B. Doyle & Co., Akron, was born in Essex Co., N. Y., April 8, 1816, and is a son of Amasa and Polly (Thompson) Farnam, natives of the Eastern States, who were married in New Hampshire, and moved to Northern New York at an early day, and to Vermont in 1817, where they re- sided until 1831, when they came to Ohio, their mode of traveling being by team and canal to Buffalo, thence by lake to Sandusky, Ohio, and by team to Marion County ; thence a few years later to Hardin County. Here they died, and their son, the subject of this sketch, came to Akron on a visit to relatives and concluded to remain. He worked awhile in a saw-mill, and then in the powder factory, where he remained for six years. He then bought an interest in the lin- seed oil works, and three years later, the oil and powder business were consolidated. Mr. F. was identified with the business some three years, when he sold out and bought a farm in Hardin County. Two years later, he rented his farm and went to Xenia, where he became superintendent of the powder works, continuing for two and a half years, during the time buying an interest in the powder works of Akron, and finally returning to that place. He continued in the business until 1865, when he sold out and became a partner in the present business. He was married Dec. 23, 1843, to Miss Lydia Todd, a native of Seneca Co., N. Y. She was living in Akron with her sister, Mrs. Andrews. Seven children were born of this marriage, of whom six are living, viz., Harriet A., now Mrs. Cole, of Akron ; George D., who lives in Akron ; Abbie T., now Mrs. Reed, of Iowa ; Francis J., Carrie, and Mary E., at home. Mr. F. voted first for Gen. Harrison, and has voted with the Whig and Republican parties ever since. He is a Baptist, and has been a member of that church for over fifty years.

DR. H. M. FISHER, physician, Akron, is a native of Warren, Penn., where he was born Sept. 1, 1848, and is the eldest of six children

and one of two surviving, born to Andrew and Elizabeth (Shafer) Fisher. He is a native of Alsace, France, and came to the United States when but 13 years of age, with his parents, who settled at Warren, Penn. He is a dentist by profession, and has followed it for the past thirty years. His wife is a native of Pennsyl- vania. They now live at Warren. H. M. (the subject), lived at Warren until 1872, except six years spent with his parents in Illinois and Wisconsin. He received an academic education in the Franklin and Warren Academies, and en- tered and pursued a collegiate course at the Alle- gheny College, at Meadville. Penn., for two and a half years, when, owing to ill health, he was compelled to discontinue his studies. He began reading medicine in 1867. with Dr. Daniel Shanahan, of Warren, and in March, 1872, he graduated at the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. In June following, he began practice in Warren, remaining a few months, when he came to Akron. In December, 1872, he removed to Allegheny City, Penn., where he practiced in partnership with Dr. Thomas El- liott until March, 1876, when he again came to Akron, and has since practiced here. He was appointed surgeon for the N. Y., P. & O. R. R. at Akron Jan. 26, 1881. He is a member of Union Medieal Society of Northeastern Ohio, and of the Summit County Medical Society, of which he has been Recording Secretary. He was married May 21, 1873, to Miss Mary Tal- bott, a native of Warren, Penn. They have two children, viz., Frank T. and Clara E.

NATHAN L. GLOVER, teacher of music, Akron. The subject of these lines is a son of Joel and Elizabeth (Shannon) Glover. He was born in Coshocton Co., Ohio, Dec. 1, 1842. Here he grew to manhood, employed by the multifarious duties of farm life, until he reached the age of 28. When but a boy, how- ever, he began the study of music, and, at 10 years old, could read it quite readily. Im- pelled solely by his love for the art, he strug- gled on with only the meager advantages afforded at home and at the singing school until, in 1865, he gained such a mastery of vocal music that he began teaching and form- ing classes, first in Indiana and subsequently at various points in his native State. In 1868, he became a pupil of the Normal Music School held that year at Painesville, Ohio, under the management of N. Coe Stewart and S. B.

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Hamlin, and, in 1869-70, he resumed the work of teaching, with increased success. During the summer of 1870, he entered the school again at Painesville, Ohio, as pupil. In 1871, the Normal Music School, which for several years has been under the direction of Prof. N. Coe Stewart, of Cleveland, Ohio, who has associated with him some of the finest musi- cians and prominent teachers in the West, was held in Akron, Ohio. This school, held each year (except 1876) in some town or city of Ohio, has educated a large number of pupils throughout Ohio and adjoining States, who have done more, perhaps, to popularize music than any other agency in the State. Mr. Glover became assistant teacher in the Normal of 1871, and, in the spring of 1872, he went to Cleveland, Ohio, and placed himself under the personal instruction of Prof. Stewart, remain- ing until the summer session opened in Akron, where he was again employed as instructor. In September, 1872, he was employed as teacher of music in the public schools of Ak- ron. Up to this time, no systematic attempt had been made to introduce music in the Akron schools. A few lessons had been given by Mr. N. C. Stewart at long intervals. While a vast number desired musical instruction for their children, many believed that only the " favored few " could be taught to sing and read music, and among the last-named were some of the members of the board, who looked upon the introduction of music as a doubtful experiment. It was during this crucial period that our subject began his labors in the Akron schools, and nine years of persistent, earnest work have removed this branch of study from the realm of uncertainty. It has demonstrated that every child not deformed can be taught to sing. The course, which begins with the ele- ments in lowest primaries, carries the pupil step by step over a twelve years' course to the high school, where classical music is sung. The results which follow the systematic study of music are second to none in importance, and offer discipline of mind and culture of the heart that can be obtained in no other way. In addition to Mr. Glover's continuous nine years' work in the Akron schools since 1872, he has simultaneously taught six years in the Wooster schools, seven years in Kent, seven years in Ravenna, two years in Wadsworth and one year in the Cuyahoga Falls public

schools, and has at present over five thousand pupils under his immediate instruction. Since 1871, he has been associate teacher during the summer sessions of the Normal Music School, held successively at Akron, Zanesville, Woos- ter, Sandusky, Delaware, Warren, Youngstown and Shelby. Mr. Glover was chorister of the Congregational Church of Akron from 1872 to 1877, when he was called to a like position in the First M. E. Church, where he still remains. He has also been leader of the Choral Society of Akron for several years. He was married, Aug. 21, 1873, to Miss Kate Morledge, of Waynesburg, Ohio. Of this marriage there are two daughters-Mary M. and Nellie L.

CHARLES R. GRANT, attorney at law, Ak- ron ; son of William T. and Esther (Treat) Grant ; was born Oct. 23, 1846, in Orange, New Haven Co., Conn., where he lived until the war of the rebellion broke out, when he enlisted in the 12th Conn. V. I., under Gen. Butler, and held the position of dispatch bearer (which was often- times a very perilous one, as at times he was obliged to journey from 400 to 500 miles), on Gen. Butler's staff in the Department of the Gulf, and continued in that position on Gen. Banks' staff until October, 1863, when he was discharged. In April of the following year, he located at Cuyahoga Falls, where he engaged in farming until 1868, in the meantime employ- ing his spare moments in study. In September of the same year, he entered the freshman class of the Western Reserve College, from which he graduated in 1872, as valedictorian of his class, which was composed of eighteen students. He then went to Denver, Colo., where he remained until the fall of 1873, recruiting his health. In October of that year, he returned to Ohio, and married Miss Frances J. Wadhams, of Boston Township, after which he entered the office of Judge Tibbals, of Akron, as student, and was admitted to the bar in September, 1874, at this place. His wife died Sept. 14, 1874. His health failing him, he again engaged in farming, until January, 1876, when he formed a partner- ship with H. B. Foster, and began the practice of law at Hudson, continuing until Nov. 9, 1876, when he married Miss Lucy J. Alexander, of Akron, and at once located here, where he has since continued practice, under the firm name of Foster, Marvin & Grant. He has contributed several articles to the Central Law Journal, of St. Louis, and the Southern Law Review, which

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have attracted considerable attention from the legal magnates, some of his subjects being as follows, viz., " Statutory Liability of Guardians," " Constitutionality of Local Option Laws," and " A Monograph on the Monroe Doctrine." His second wife died on June 8, 1880, leaving one daughter. His father is a native of Virginia, of Scotch descent. His grandfather, William Grant, was shot by a Tory, on his return from the Revolutionary war. His mother was a de- scendant of Gov. Robert Treat, one of the early Colonial Governors of Connecticut. The father of our subject moved to Connecticut when a young man, and married, in about the year 1830. He was a shoemaker by trade, and an intelligent, well-read man, being a member of the Connecticut Legislature in 1844-45, and Justice of the Peace for twenty-five years. He was the father of three sons and four daughters, of which family our subject is the youngest son. One of the children is now deceased. Charles R. Grant is a very able attorney, and possesses rare intellectual endowments.

EDWIN P. GREENE, lawyer, Akron, a son of Charles and Mary T. I. (Bowen) Greene, and was born March 10, 1828, at Gaysville, Windsor Co., Vt. He lived in the village until about 15 years of age, receiving his education at com- mon schools, and at Bradford Academy. After- ward, he commenced the study of law at Little- ton, N. H., and, in 1852, came to Akron, where he finished his studies with Upson & Edgerton, and was admitted to the bar in Akron in Sep- tember, 1853. In the fall of 1854, he was elected Clerk of the Court, which office he held for six years, when he resumed his practice of the lav, and has continued it ever since.

BENJAMIN F. GOODRICH, President of rubber goods manufactory, Akron, is a native of Ripley, N. Y., and a son of Anson and Susan (Dinsmore) Goodrich, and was born Nov. 4, 1841. He was brought up on a farm until 12 years of age, when his parents died. About four years were spent in schools at Fredonia, N. Y., and Austinburg, Ohio. In 1858, he commenced the study of medicine at Westfield, N. Y., and graduated at the Western Medical College at Cleveland in February, 1861. He went into the 9th N. Y. V. C. as Hospital Steward, and, the following spring, was made Assistant Surgeon, and assigned to the Bat- talion of U. S. Engineers, serving in that capacity until November, 1862, when he entered

the University of Pennsylvania to attend a course of lectures, returning to his old post in the army in the spring of 1863, and serving until September, 1864 ; a short time in charge of a hospital at Aquia Creek. In 1865, he went to New York City and engaged in real estate business until 1870, when he came to Akron, and, in the following fall, built a factory and commenced the manufacture of rubber goods, and, in partnership with H. W. Tew, conducted the business until 1875. The first year, $60,000 worth of goods was manufact- ured, which was increased under his manage- ment to $300,000. The business was con- ducted until June, 1880, under the partnership of B. F. Goodrich & Co., when a stock com- pany was formed, with subject as President ; A. Work, Vice President, and Geo. T. Perkins, Secretary and Treasurer. This was the first factory of the kind west of the Alleghany Mount- ains. It employs from eighty to a hundred hands in the busy season. Mr. G. is President (1880) of City Council. He was married, in 1869, to Miss Mary Marvin, a daughter of Judge R. P. Marvin, of Jamestown, N. Y. Three children are the fruit of this marriage.

HON. NATHANIEL W. GOODHUE, law- yer, Akron, is a native of Lincoln Co., Me .; was born Dec. 20, 1818, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (Perkins) Goodhue, also natives of Maine. They were married in Grafton Co., N. H. Father died at village of St. Christo- pher in 1866, in his 83d year, and mother died in 1867, in her 80th year. They had seven children ; five living-Julia, second daughter, is Mrs. Aaron Morrill, of Danville, Quebec ; James, a merchant at St. Cristopher ; (subject); Jacob P. died in 1852 on his way to California and is buried in the Pacific Ocean ; Joseph L. is merchant and manufacturer at Danville, and Elizabeth P. is teacher in Summit Co. The grandfather of subject, Stephen Goodhue, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and, but 17 years of age, was in the battle of Bunker Hill, where he was wounded ; he was within a few feet of Gen. Warren when he fell in that battle. When subject was 3 years old, the family moved to the Province of Lower Canada, now Quebec, where they lived on a farm in the woods for a number of years, the nearest house to them being thirteen miles distant ; followed lumbering and farming. In May, 1837, he removed to Canaan Township, Wayne Co.,

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Ohio, where subject employed himself teaching during winter and peddling in summer. Most of his education, except two terms at Danville, Canada, was obtained around the fireside. He commenced teaching at 18, and, in April, 1840, he came to Greensburg in this county, where he taught during the summer, and in the winter in Greentown village (Lewis Miller, C. Aultman, Jacob Miller, Geo. Cook were pupils). Early in the summer of 1841, he became a clerk for Johnston & Irving, of Middlebury, Ohio ; after- ward, Kent & Co. He taught the Middlebury school in the winter of 1845-46. In February, 1845, he began the study of law with Hand & Nash, and, in the winter of 1846-47, was Engrossing Clerk of the House of Representa- tives at Columbus, and was admitted to the bar at the September term of the Supreme Court, at Akron, in 1847. In October, 1848, he was elected County Auditor, and re-elected in 1850, both times on the Whig ticket. On the expiration of his last term as Auditor, he opened a law office in Akron, where he has been in practice ever since. He was, by ap- pointment of Gov. Chase, Canal Collector from 1856 to 1858, and, from September, 1862, to September, 1866, was Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, having entire charge in Sum- mit County. In 1873, he was elected on the Republican ticket to the State Senate from the district composed of Summit and Portage Cos. He declined a renomination to the position. He was chosen Republican Elector for the Eighteenth Ohio District in 1880, and was President of the Electoral College of Ohio. His first vote was cast for Harrison in 1840, and has been Whig and Republican ever since. He was married, Dec. 20, 1841, to Miss Nancy Johnston, of Green Township, in this county. They have four children-James P., died at 8 months old in January, 1844 ; Allan J., manu- facturer at Rochester, N. Y., and served three years in the 104th O. V. I .; Mary H., wife of Rev. Samuel Maxwell, Rector of St. Paul's Church of Youngstown, Ohio, and Nathaniel P., law student and assistant in his father's office. Mr. G. is a member of the Episcopal Church.

JOHN T. GOOD, retired, Akron ; was born Oct. 25, 1818, and is a son of John and Mar- garet (Richert) Good, natives of Alsace, France, lived within twenty miles of Strasbourg. He attended common schools until 14 years of age,

and one year at a private school. His father was a farmer and grain dealer, and took con- tracts to convey emigrants from Bavaria and Baden to Havre, a distance of 500 miles, in wagons ; in 1838, he came to the United States, arriving in New York on the 5th of May, where he took canal to Buffalo, and lake to Cleveland, Ohio, thence to Chicago, and from there to Cin- cinnati by stage, and on foot thence to St. Louis ; thence to New Orleans, where he had intended staying, but fearing yellow fever, went to Pittsburgh, remaining there and work- ing in brewery until the next year, when he came to Canton, Ohio ; he secured work with a wealthy farmer in the neighborhood of Can- ton, where he remained until December, when he became a clerk in the store of John Robin- son, at Canal Fulton, the largest establishment outside of the cities. For eighteen months he continued in the store, and in May, 1842, came to Akron, where he obtained employment in the store of P. D. Hall, then the largest in the city ; he remained in this store about three years, and went into the grocery business. In 1845, he built the first brewery in Summit County, which he operated until 1855, and kept a grocery until 1865, with good success. În March, 1850, in company with about forty others, he went to California, under Capt. Howe, reaching Placerville in August ; he worked in the mines for awhile, but his health failing, he went into a grocery and provision store, and in December returned to Akron, via Panama. In 1865, he bought the oil refinery on Furnace street, which he enlarged until it had a capacity of 250 barrels per day. His son, Charles W., was his partner in this business, and, as J. T. Good & Co., conducted it successfully until 1872, when he retired from active life. He was married, April 16, 1844, to Miss Barbara C. Yost, of Stark, Co., Ohio ; four children living- Charles W., hardware merchant, of Cleveland ; Charlotte, wife of Edward Schweyer, of New York City ; George P., wholesale merchant. of Joplin, Mo. ; J. Edward, student in Kenyon College. Mr. G. is a member of the English Lutheran Church, and is Republican in politics.

OMAR N. GARDNER, Akron, son of James and Elvira C. (Chamberlain) Gardner ; was born in Akron on Dec. 2. 1854; his parents were natives of New York State, and came here from Genesee Valley in about 1850 ; here his father followed the trade of brick-mason, and died in

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the spring of 1873 ; his mother died in 1876. He is the only son, and has one sister in James- town, Lottie S., now Mrs. R. P. Robertson. Until the age of 16 he attended the public schools ; in 1872-73, he was engaged as engi- neer on the Valley Railroad, and in the fall of 1873, he entered Buchtel College, remaining one year. In 1875, he entered the City En- gineer's Office, as assistant, and remained nearly a year ; from that time to 1878, he was engaged in engineering and surveying. In the spring of 1878, he was elected to the office of City En- gineer, and has been re-elected every year since. In 1880, he got up a system of sewer- age for the entire city, and superintended the sewering, grading, curbing and guttering of Carroll street. In September, 1877, he married Miss Ella J. Bush, of Jamestown, N. Y.

THEODORE GORNER, Akron, senior mem- ber of the firm of Gorner & Planz, file manu- facturers. He purchased the establishment of a Mr. Harter, the founder, in 1873, and carried on the business one and a half years, when he sold to H. Pohle, he taking in Mr. Planz, and being unable to pay for the business, it reverted to the former owner. He was born Dec. 15, 1845, in Saxony, near Waldenberg, to Gotlieb and Catharine (Magenhammer) Gorner, she a native of Bavaria, the father a native of Saxony, a shoemaker by trade, and came to his son in this country about five years ago. The subject of this sketch learned the trade of file-cutting in 1859, at which he worked in Germany, Den- mark, France and Austria, until his departure for this country in 1867. After his arrival in this country, he worked in the principal Eastern cities and traveled throughout the Western country, returning in 1868, and began working for Mr. Harter, who had, in that year, started the works. He was married in 1873 to Eliza- beth Miller, a native of Akron and daughter of Jacob and Christine Seidle. They have no children. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

ALDEN GAGE, deceased ; son of Elijah B. and Margaret (Hoffman) Gage, was born in Her- kimer, Herkimer County, N. Y., July 27, 1836. The family moved to Norfolk, N. Y., where his mother died when he was but 4 years old, and he lived on a farm adjacent to Norfolk, at- tending a school taught by one E. P. Greene. When a young man, he entered the Academy at Potsdam, N. Y., to prepare for college, and

spent two years in Amherst College, when his father died, after which he came to Akron in 1856, and secured the position of Deputy Clerk of the Court under Edwin P. Greene, whose papil he had been in Norfolk. In the fall of 1861, he became Assistant Quartermaster un- der Capt. Myers, and followed the fortunes of the Union army until the fall of 1864. In No- vember, 1865, he secured a clerkship under Capt. Nash in the Provost Marshal's office at Cleveland, Ohio, remaining in that position a year, during which time, on Sept. 20, 1865, he married Miss Belle Webster, second daughter of Charles Webster, of Akron, Ohio. Mr. Gage returned to Akron in 1865, and became Cashier of the Second National Bank, continuing five years. In July, 1870, at the opening of the bank of Akron, he became First Cashier and held that position until his death, November 12, 1875, at Santa Barbara, Cal., where he had gone to find relief from consumption. He was highly esteemed, public spirited and well in- formed. He was an ardent Republican, but never sought office. His only child, Martha, died when but 8 months old.

H. G. GRIFFIN, groceries, notions, etc., Mid- dlebury, is a native of Ohio ; he was born on his father's farm in Geauga County, Oct. 8, 1840, his parents, S. B. and Huldah (King) Griffin, were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio. He came West and settled in Geauga Co., Ohio, in the year 1829, and farmed there until his death. He was well known and respected ; he was a member of the Baptist Church, and took an active interest in its affairs. Mrs. Griffin lives on the old homestead ; our subject lived at home until 1861. On Sept. 10 of that year, he enlisted in Company G, 41st O. V. I., and served two and a half years ; he was in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and the other engagements of the Army of the Cumberland to which he belonged, up to the time of his discharge, by reason of ill health. After recuperating on the farm about a year he began the manufacture of cheese for Budlong & Stokes, of New York, the factory be- ing located in Geauga Co., Ohio. He con- tinned some three years ; then started a cream- ery for L. J. Randall, being the first in this State ; about a year later, he went to Kentucky and managed a cheese factory in Woodford County for two years, when he moved to Paines- ville, Ohio, and, in company with I. F. Miller,

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opened a grocery and crockery establishment, and about one and a half years later, he came to Middlebury, where he became connected with the grading of the Valley Railroad. In 1875, he engaged in the general merchandise business with George Viall & Co., and, in Sep- tember, 1880, he began his present business. On Dec. 22, 1865, he married Miss Hattie Tay- lor, a native of Ohio. They have two children, viz. : Lizzie T. and Lucy H. He is a member of the School Board of Akron, a Republican in politics, and has taken an active interest in the party.

NOAH HODGE, lawyer, Akron, Ohio ; was born in Springfield, Ill., Feb. 6, 1842, to Richard and Catharine E. (Divelbiss), and lived there until 1868. His father started to California with his family in 1852, and died of cholera about seventy miles west of Ft. Kearney, where he is buried, near the Platte River. After the father's death, the family returned to Spring- field, where the subject of these lines attended the Illinois State University, now St. Paul's College. From this he graduated in June, 1862, and the following month he enlisted in the 124th Ill. V. I., and fought in the Vicks- burg campaign. In September, 1864, he was commissioned Ist Lieutenant ; he held the regimental position of Adjutant in the 52d U. S. Colored Regiment until his resignation in 1865, the war being over, immediately after which he became a tutor in the college from which he graduated, continuing one year, when he was made Professor of English and Latin, and Principal of the Preparatory Department, in which capacity he acted until 1868, when he received the degree of A. M. from the college ; and the same year became Superintendent of the public schools of Mt. Carmel, Ill., continu- ing a year. In September, 1868, he married Miss D. L. O. Johnston, of Clinton, Miss., whom he had met while in the army. In June, 1869, he went to Clinton on a visit, and in the fall he removed with his family to Jackson, Miss. He was appointed by the military commander, Gen. Ames, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hines County, Miss., and subsequently, by Gov. Al- corn, in November, 1871 ; he was re-elected to the same position, retaining it until 1876. He began the study of law in 1865, continuing it at intervals, and was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Mississippi in January, 1875. His wife died Aug. 10, 1874, at Jack-

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History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio, Part 128

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?; Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848- Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Chicago, Baskin & Battey Number of Pages: 1104

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?; Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, Baskin & Battey
Number of Pages: 1104