History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio, Part 129

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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son, Miss., of typhoid fever, and is buried there. She left a son, Edgar O., and a daughter, D. L. O. In February, 1876, he came to Columbus, Ohio, was examined by the Supreme Court, on the 2d, and admitted to the bar; in March fol- lowing, he opened an office in Akron, and has since been in active practice here. May 16, 1876, he married Miss Sarah W. Ashmun, daughter of the late Dr. George P. Ashmun, of Akron ; she bore him a daughter, Fanny A., who died in her third year.

MILTON W. HENRY, merchant, Akron, Ohio, is a son of William and Rachel (Frary) Henry, and was born Oct. 13, 1816, in Blan- ford, Hampden Co., Mass., where he lived on a farm until 13 years of age, engaged, as he says, in useful employment. In May, 1830, the family came to Westfield Township, Medina Co., by teams, and settled in the woods, where a home was carved out of the great wilderness. In the fall of 1835, subject entered McGregor Academy, at Wadsworth, remaining one year, and during the time aiding Roswell, H. B. Kent & Spelman in their store of mornings and even- ings and of Saturdays. At the expiration of his year, he was employed by them at $100 per year. He remained with them until they sold out in the latter part of 1837, and was employed by the new firm, G. & J. Miller. until 1841. In the meantime, Mr. Spelman located in Akron, and with Mr. Clapp, opened a store under firm name of Clapp & Spelman. An urgent letter from Mr. Spelman to subject brought him to Akron in October, 1841, and as a clerk he re- mained with them until the spring of 1843, when, having saved up $1,000, he bought a third interest in the store, Mr. Spelman owning the balance, and Clapp having retired. The firm was now H. B. Spelman & Co., and so continued until 1848, when Mr. Henry bought out Spelman, and subsequently sold an interest to Jas. Zwisler, and firm name, M. W. Henry & Co., lasted three years. Dec. 27, 1849, a fire destroyed a large portion of building and goods, on which was a small insurance. At 10 o'clock he had rented another building, and with the few goods left began business, continuing three years, when the owner rebuilt on the present site and Mr. H. bought an interest in the build- ing and entered it in 1854, and has remained in it ever since. He remodeled it in 1857, and re- built it in 1877. The firm of G. C. Berry & Co. was formed in 1875. The first floor of this

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elegant store is 40x65 feet ; the second is same size, and comprises the wall paper, shawl and underwear departments ; the third floor, car- pets, oil cloths, matting, etc. The upper floors are utilized by the aid of an elevator ; there are fourteen persons employed, three of whom are ladies. The cash principle was adopted in 1876. Mr. H. has been a member of the City Council for a number of years, and a member of School Board for nine years. He is a stock- holder and director in Taplin, Rice & Cos'. foundry, and in Austin Powder Co., of Cleve- land. In 1863, he became one of the original stockholders of the First National Bank of Akron, and has since been its Vice President and Director. He was married Dec. 5, 1843, to Miss Abigail Weeks, a daughter of Moody Weeks, of Copley Township. Of this marriage there are six daughters and one son, viz .: Olive C., Ella C., Julia A., Hattie A., Charles M., Grace P. and Mattie W., all of whom are living.

PHILANDER D. HALL, prominent and old- est merchant of the city of Akron, Ohio, repre- sents the seventh generation of the Hall family, who came from Lancashire, England, with the New Haven colony in 1639. They soon after- ward took possession of a grant of land given them by Charles I, extending from Long Island Sonnd northerly, twelve miles long and three- fourths of a mile wide, and near the city of Bridgeport, Conn., a part of which city it now includes, and where the subject of this sketch was born Oct. 10, 1808. He was educated at Weston Academy, where his family held a free scholarship, the academy being endowed by land given to it by his family. At the age of 20, he left the school at Weston, and taught in the acad- emy at Saugatuck, Conn., afterward entering a dry goods store at that place, where he remained one and one-half years. Returning to Bridge- port, he engaged in the grocery shipping bnsi- ness, and importing West India products. In July, 1834, he made his first visit to Akron, and in May, 1835, opened his goods in his pres- ent location, then called Cascade Store ; he rented of Dr. Crosby, the assignee of Howard, Ire- dell & Fenn, who had recently failed ; the crash of 1837 destroyed the credit of all the merchants, fourteen in number, except his own, J. D. Com- mins and Kent's. Feb. 17, 1851, his store build- ing was destroyed by fire, and the present build- ing was rebuilt and occupied in December of the same year. From 1835 to 1857, Mr. Hall

gave his entire attention to the business, remov- ing in the fall of 1857 to New York City, where, as buyer for Hall Bros., he still resides ; 1858, Mr. Hall spent most of the year in traveling in Europe, visiting the principal countries on the continent and the British Islands, and has since made two journeys to the Pacific Coast. Mr. J. D. Commins, Mr. R. P. Spalding and Mr. Hall were among the original subscribers to the Akron Rural Cemetery, and he, with Dr. Ackly, originated, and helped support the Episcopal Church. Orlando Hall, deceased, the younger brother of P. D. Hall, was born on the family place near Bridgeport, Conn., in 1820. He joined his brother in business at Akron in 1842. He was married to Sophia R. Towne Dec. 12, 1854, and died March 10, 1855. He was a pop- ular business man, greatly esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances for his many virtues, and sincerely lamented.

CALVIN P. HUMPHREY, lawyer, Akron, Ohio ; is a son of Van Rensselaer & Laura (Pease) Humphrey, and was born in Hudson, Ohio, June 21, 1840. His father was a native of Litchfield Co., Conn., and his mother of Trumbull Co., Ohio. She was a daughter of Judge Calvin Pease, and married first G. W. Tallmadge, who died in Tallmadge Township, where she afterward married Mr. Humphrey. Subject graduated at Western Reserve College in 1863, and began the study of law with his father, Judge Humphrey, who died in 1864. In the fall of 1865, he (subject) entered Cleveland Law College, from which he graduated in 1866. After graduating, he located at Cuyahoga Falls, and lived there until 1874, when he came to Akron. He was elected City Solicitor in the spring of 1879. On the 20th of September, 1864, he was married to Miss Della Whedon, of Hudson.

WILBUR F. HAWXHURST, insurance agent, Akron ; second son of Isaac and Clarissa (Miller) Hawxhurst; was born in Elyria, Lo- rain Co., Ohio, June 19, 1844. He was 14 when his father died. Shortly after, in 1860, he en- tered Baldwin University, at Berea, where he studied two years, and was then employed by the Western Union Telegraph Co. about two years as operator at the stations at Elyria and Youngstown. March 20, 1864, he enlisted in the 65th O. V. I. as private soldier. In the summer of the same year, he was detached as clerk for the Assistant Inspector General of

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the District of Etowah, and located at Chatta- nooga, Tenn., for Capt. Mills and his successor, Capt. George M. Brayton, until June, 1865, when he was ordered to his regiment, then in Nashville, and again detailed as clerk to the Assistant (James I. Wilson) Commissary of Musters for the Second Division of the Fourth Army Corps, and served in that position until March 4, 1866, when he was discharged at In- dianola, Texas. On his return, he was in the commercial school at Oberlin for some time. He again entered Baldwin University in the fall term of 1866, remaining two years. In 1868, he became book-keeper for Charles W. Stearns & Co., of Cleveland, and continued un- til 1870, when he entered the insurance office of W. F. Fox, of Cleveland, State agent for the old Putnam Insurance Co., and, in the fall of the same year, he opened a local agency fire insurance office at Lebanon, Ohio, which he conducted one year. In November, 1871, he was given the Ohio and Indiana State agency for the Watertown Fire Insurance Co., and con- tinued in that field until January, 1874, when he accepted a like agency for the Royal Insur- ance Co., of Liverpool, England, serving one year. In 1875, he was employed for a year as rating agent at Cincinnati, Ohio, by the Na- tional Board of Fire Underwriters, and served also another year as rating agent throughout the Western States. In 1877, he was special agent in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan for the Connecticut Fire Insurance Co., of Hartford, and, in December of the same year, he located at Akron, and associated with M. Mattison in local insurance, representing several of the leading fire and life companies. Sept. 22, 1868, he married Miss Clara L. Mattison, of Hinckley, Medina Co., Ohio. They have one son living, and one son deceased.

JOSEPH HAYS, foreman molders' depart- ment Aultman, Miller & Co., Akron ; a son of Hugh and Mary (Pollock) Hays ; was born Oct. 17, 1843, in Stark Co., Ohio, and is the youngest son in a family of ten children, five of whom are living ; parents are both deceased and were both natives of Ireland. In 1858, he began to learn the trade of molder with E. Ball, at Canton, Ohio, where he worked at molding until June 5, 1861, when he enlisted in Co. F, 4th O. V. I., for three years. He was with Mcclellan in the Army of West Virginia, and the Shenandoah Valley, with Gen. Shields,

and joined the Army of the Potomac after the seven days' fighting before Richmond, and re- mained with it until the battle of Chancellors- ville, March 3, 1863, where he was wounded by a musket-ball, which shattered his elbow-joint. He was disabled eighteen months, and in Wash- ington Hospital about eight months, when, in February, 1864, he was discharged. He draws a pension. He came to Akron soon after, and began work as a molder for Aultman, Miller & Co., in March following. He worked as a journeyman until Feb. 21, 1880, when he was made foreman in the molding department, which, when full, employs 110 men, and melts about twenty-eight tons of iron per day. He was married Aug. 10, 1865, to Miss Cora Dun- bar, of Canton, Ohio ; they have one son.

JOHN W. HOLLOWAY, master of ma- chinery on C., Mt. V. & C. R. R., Akron, a son of Joseph T. and Susan (Hawk) Holloway, was born in Stark Co., Ohio, May 26, 1831. In 1848, he apprenticed himself to the trade of machinist, first at Cleveland, but in 1849 came to Akron and entered the machine shops of G. D. Bates & Co., serving with them two years. He went to Cumberland, Md., and took a place in the shops for a time, and dur- ing one year run a locomotive from Cumber- land to the mines. He next became an engineer on a steamboat on the Ohio River, plying between Shawneetown, Ill., and Paducah, Ky., and was so employed for about one year. In the fall of 1854, he went to La Fayette, Ind., and was employed in the shops of the La Fay- ette & Indianapolis Railroad Company for one and one-half years, and, in 1856, became mas- ter of machinery on the Cleveland, Zanesville & Cincinnati Railroad, now the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon & Columbus, a position he has held ever since. In November, 1854, he was mar- ried to Miss Caroline E. Tifft, of Cuyahoga Falls. Of this marriage there are five children. His (subject's) father was a native of New Jersey, and came to Stark Co., Ohio, about 1820, where he lived until 1831, when he removed to Cuyahoga Falls, and resided there until his death in 1878. He was a cabinet-maker, and in later years was an insurance agent, Justice of the Peace, etc .; served also as Coronor of the county.

REV. JOSEPH D. HOLLINGER, deceased (widow resides at No. 1203 South Broadway, Akron), died Oct. 4, 1871, and was buried at

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Manchester, Franklin Township, with other of his relatives. His birth occurred near the place of his burial Jan. 22, 1839. His educa- tion was obtained in the district schools, with the additional advantages of the seminary at Greensburg, Summit Co., Ohio. He was the oldest son of Jacob and Barbara (Daily) Hol- linger, she a daughter of Jacob Daily, one of the old pioneers of Franklin Township. The father of our subject was a twin brother to Michael Hollinger, who has resided in Franklin Township the longest of any person now liv- ing. Our subjeet connected himself with the Evangelical Association and began preaching in his 23d year, first serving at North Lima, Ohio, for one year ; then at New Salem, Penn., one year ; near New Hamburg, Mercer Co., Ohio, one year ; thence back to North Lima, where he served two years ; thence to Osnaburg, Stark Co., Ohio, where he served two years, subse- quently returning to the State of Pennsylvania, where he filled the pulpit at Fulton Street Mis- sion, Pittsburgh. While there, he was elected as Presiding Elder of Franklin District by the Church Conference then in session. While serving in this office, his lamentable death oc- curred as stated above. The supposition is that his fatal sickness was caused by overwork, as the ministers of that church are required to go through a four years' course of study be- fore becoming regular members of Conference, their examinations occurring every year, the successful termination of their second exami- nation being the occasion of their ordination as Deacons, and the fourth entitling them to the highest honors of the church, that of Elders, receiving license in full. The spring following the death of her husband, Mrs. Hol- linger moved to the city of Akron, where she now resides. He was married, Dec. 13, 1858, to Mary E. Leuszler, born May 5, 1836, of Holland Dutch extraction, to John and Catha- rine (Long) Leuszler, he of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. Came early with his parents from the land of his nativity and settled in Doyles- town, Penn., and, in 1853, settled near Wads- worth, Medina Co. Their children are Anna M., born Aug. 23, 1859, teacher at No. 7, south building public school ; Harvey M., Aug. 28, 1861, engaged in the Buckeye works ; Clara E., May 7, 1863 ; Royal E., April 10, 1866.

LEVI S. HERROLD, ex-Mayor, 958 South Main street, Akron ; was born on the 17th day

of November, 1820. Is a son of Col. John George, the son of Frederick Herrold, who came from Germany to that part of Northum- berland Co., Penn., now known as Snyder County, deriving its name from a distinguished gentleman of that name. The Herrolds were the first settlers in a township of the above- named county, where they took up several hundred acres of land and have always resided. The family having grown numerous, occupy the principal part of one or two townships in that section of country. His mother was Mary Steese, daughter of Frederick Steese, a very prominent man and mill-owner in Union and other counties in Pennsylvania. The subject of this sketch, on account of the indigent circum- stances of his parents, was compelled to labor in various employments to support himself and secure the meager educational advantages which he received, amounting to three terms of district school. He at one time was employed as driver on the canal from McKees' Half-Falls to Havre de Grace on the tide-water; then steadily advancing, as his own energy and nat- ural tact in business have shown in following him briefly through his subsequent business life of about ten years in general merchandising. Immediately after marriage, his official career began by being elected for a term of five years as Justice of the Peace in Snyder County, at the expiration of which he was re-elected for a second term, but after having served two years, he was called upon by the people of his county to serve a term of three years as second Sheriff of the county after its organization. In the spring of 1865, he came with his family to Akron, having purchased, the preceding sum- mer, the grist and saw mill now owned by Brewster & Sons, which he run successfully for ten years ; he served as Assessor of the Fifth Ward, a term of three years as Infirmary Director, and, in the year 1875, was elected Mayor of the city of Akron ; after having filled successfully the last-named office until the expiration of his term, he retired to a quiet life and the superintendency of his farm in Spring- field Township. He was married Aug. 2, 1842, to Lydia Motz, daughter of John and Barbara (Moyer) Motz, who were Union County people. They had eight children-four sons and four daughters-Mary M., born Sept. 9, 1843; George I., April 26, 1845 ; Alfred, Jan. 21, 1847 ; John S., Sept. 6, 1850; Henry S., Dec.

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12, 1853 ; Ada B., April 24, 1856 ; Martha A., Aug. 4, 1858 ; Ida, Oct. 3, 1865. Mary M. married Capt. H. Harrison in the fall of 1863, and died Oct. 18, 1867, of hemorrhage of the lungs, in the depot at Cleveland, on her return home with her husband, having gone there for medical aid. She left one child, Mary Ida, born Aug. 23, 1865. George died Feb. 26, 1859 ; Alfred, April 9, 1847 ; Henry, Dec. 20, 1853 ; Ada B., Feb. 9, 1859 ; Ida, May 9, 1867. John was married to Mary Cook, daughter of Louis Cook, of Akron ; she dying in the spring of 1875, leaving one child, Lilly May, born Sept. 26, 1872. Both grandchildren are living with the subject of this sketch.

J. H. HOWER, of Hower & Co., manufactur- ers of oat meal, Akron, is a native of Stark Co., Ohio, and was born Feb. 22, 1822. His father, Jesse Hower, was a native of Center Co., Penn., and came to Ohio with his parents about the year 1815. His father, Jacob Hower, was a native of Pennsylvania, and a shoemaker by trade. He moved to Stark County, where he settled and improved a farm. Jesse moved to Clinton about the year 1823, and bought a farm of his father, upon which he built a saw-mill, but died soon after completing same. Mrs. Hower then moved to her folks', near New Berlin, where she lived some five or six years, when she married Mr. John Snyder, and located near Doylestown, where she died about the year 1855 or 1856. J. H. (the subject) lived at home until he was 30 years old, receiving a common-school education, working on the farm and teaching school during the winters from the time he was 18 years of age. At the age of 28, he bought an interest in a general store at Doylestown (firm Graham & Hower), and con- tinued for five years, when he sold out and bought a pottery, which he operated for two years, and then sold out and organized the Excelsior Reaper and Mower Works of Doyles- town, now conducted by Seiberling, Miller & Co. Mr. H. was connected with the works until 1875, though he came to Akron in 1866, and was one of the organizers of the Excelsior Reaper Works, as above, of which he was Vice President, and continued for some ten years. In 1879, he bought an interest in the Turner Mills of Akron, and, in 1881, his sons, Harvey Y. and M. Otis, bought out the interest of Mr. Turner, and formed the present firm of Hower & Co. He was married in 1852, to Miss Susan

Youngker, daughter of J. Youngker, of Doyles- town. By this marriage there have been three children-Harvey Y., M. Otis and Charles H. Mr. H. and his wife are members of the En- glish Lutheran Church, in which he has always taken an active interest, being one of its organ- izers, and a Trustee since. He was originally a Democrat, but a Republican since the organi- zation of that party.

JACOB D. HOLLINGER, druggist, Akron, junior member of the wholesale and retail drug firm of Warner & Hollinger ; was born in 1844, and is a native of Summit Co. His people were among the early pioneers of Franklin Township. The early life of J. D. was spent on a farm. He was educated at the Evangel- ical College of Greensburg, and is a graduate of the Pittsburgh Commercial College. This latter attainment led to his accepting the situation of book-keeper for Mr. George Weimer, who, for many years, was one of the leading druggists of Akron. During Mr. Hollinger's connection with the firm as book-keeper, Mr. Warner was employed as prescription clerk. Though both young men, they now compose a firm that ranks among the leading druggists of the city. Their house was established in 1852, and the dimensions of their present house, No. 213 and 215 East Market street, is 33 feet frontage by 80 feet in depth, two floors and double basement cellar. Politically, Mr. Hollinger has taken no active part, he choosing rather to devote his time and energies to the building up of a good business. He is a member of Akron Lodge, No. 547, I. O. O. F. During the war of the rebellion, he served as a volunteer in Co. G, 19th O. V. I., three months' service, and also in the 104th O. V. I., three years' service.

H. B. HOUSEL, millwright, Akron ; was born April 9, 1821, in Stark Co., Ohio. When he was about 1 year old, his parents moved to Brewster's Corners, Summit Co. He was the oldest of a family of sixteen children, ten of whom are still living, and, at that early day in the settlement of Summit Co., but little oppor- tunity was afforded him for getting an educa- tion. At the age of 19, he began learning the trade of a millwright with one John Gilerist, with whom he served an apprenticeship of two years, which included six months of schooling given him by Mr. Gilerist. The first summer after completing his trade, he worked at the carpenter's trade ; and, in the following winter,

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he came to Akron, and helped to build the city mills. He followed "jour" work for about eight years, and since that time he has been contracting and building mills in Ohio and ad- joining States. In 1847, he bought the old homestead farm, which was the home of his family until 1865, when he removed to Akron. In 1877, when the co-operative store was organ- ized, he became interested in it; and, in 1880, he was made one of the directors; and, at present, when not otherwise engaged, he spends his time at the store. Jan. 24, 1844, he was married to Miss Ennice Meach, a native of Connecticut, but who came to Wayne Co., Ohio, with her people, when she was a child. Six children have been born to them, of whom but one son and two danghters are living. George, the son, has a decided talent for music, and, at present, he is connected with the schools of Muscatine, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Housel are both members of the First M. E. Church of Akron. He is well known throughout the county, and is a man whose name and reputation stand above reproach.

D. W. HOLLOWAY, merchant, Akron ; is a native of Center Co., Penn., and is the son of Daniel C. and Sarah M. (Speaker) Holloway, both of whom lie buried at Aaronsburg, Penn., the former home of the subject of this sketch, and the place where most of his early life was spent; there he also received a fair education, and, though he was left an orphan at the early age of 14 years (he is now 24), and principally dependent upon his own resources, he has sue- ceeded not only in establishing himself in a good business, but has, by carefully associating with that class of people who are possessed of a self- respect, built for himself a worthy name and reputation. His mercantile life began in Aaronsburg when he was 14 years old, and, though a part of his boyhood days were spent on a farm, he soon became partial to the life of a merchant, and how great his talent in that di- rection lay is evidenced by his present position and success. Nov. 1, 1879, he and Mr. Harri- son became the successors of Mr. E. P. Hollo- way, under the firm name of Harrison & Hol- loway ; their place of business is located on the corner of Main and Exchange streets, South Akron ; it is a large storeroom, 27 feet front- age by 78 feet in depth, stocked with every- thing pertaining to the dry goods business. Mr. Holloway began first as a salesman for E.

P. Holloway, and, the better to enable him to do business successfully and accurately, he at- tended the night school of the Commercial College of Akron, from which he graduated ; he now keeps the firm's books, and, though still a young man, he stands upon an equal footing with many of his competitors who are double his age.

H. HARRISON, merchant, Akron ; senior member of the dry goods firm of Harrison & Holloway ; has been a resident of Summit Co. since 1865 ; he is a man now 42 years of age, and a native of Snyder (formerly Union) Co., Penn. His boyhood was spent on a farm, and the most of his early life in his native State. Sept. 16, 1861, he entered the Federal army, and gave his services to his country to aid in the suppression of the war of the rebellion ; he was made Captain of Co. F, of the 172d Penn. V. M., and remained in the service until Ang. 1, 1862. In 1865, he came to Summit Co., and for about one and a half years he was in the employ of E. P. Holloway ; subsequently he engaged in milling ; he and ex-Mayor Herrold, under the firm name of Herrold & Harrison, were proprietors of the South Akron Mills. For about one year he resided in the country and was interested in farming ; again he be- came a resident of Akron, and, after having spent some time as a elerk for Mr. E. P. Hol- loway, he and W. H. Holloway bought the es- tablishment on Nov. 1, 1879. He is a member of Aetolia Lodge, No. 24, K. of P., and a man in every way worthy to be identified with the business and social interests of Akron.

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History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio, Part 129

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