History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio, Part 130

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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DR. ELIZUR HITCHCOCK, physician, Akron ; is a native of Summit County. He was born on his father's farm in Tallmadge, Aug. 15, 1832, and is the fourth of seven chil- dren born to Lucius W. and Eleanor (Wolcott) Hitchcock. His parents were natives of Con- nectient, his father coming on foot in 1822, to Tallmadge, where he bought a farm, married and raised his family. In 1873, he lost his wife, and left the farm, coming to Akron, where he now resides. Dr. Hitchcock remained at home until the spring of 1850, working on the farm and gaining such education as the schools of the neighborhood afforded. At 18, he en- tered the Western Reserve College at Hudson, where he studied two years, and then entered the Junior Class in Yale College, graduating there in 1854. During the next four years, he

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taught select schools in Tallmadge and Gus- tavus, dividing the time between them. In 1857, he began reading medicine with Dr. Dudley Allen, at Kinsman, Ohio, and in 1860, graduated at the Medical Department of the Western Reserve College, at Cleveland, having taken a course previously at Ann Arbor, Mich. He began his practice at Mecca, but in the fol- lowing spring located at Orwell, where he re- mained two years. He then went into the army as Surgeon of the 7th O. V. I., and resigned after serving about six months. In the fall of 1863, he located in West Williamsfield, Ohio, where he remained until 1869, when he sold out his business and attended the Bellevue Hospital. In 1870, he came to Akron and has since practiced his profession here. He is a member and President of the Summit County Medical Society, and also a member of the Union Medical Association of Northeastern Ohio. On Nov. 24, 1861, he married Miss Hattie Reed, a native of Mecca, Trumbull Co., Ohio, by whom he had one child, Gertrude R. His wife died in May, 1864. In November, 1864, he married Miss Lucretia Kellogg, a na- tive of West Andover, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, by whom he has two children-Halbert K. and Lucius W.

H. P. HITCHCOCK, general insurance and local and special adjusting agent, Akron ; is a native of Summit Co., Ohio. He was born on his father's farm in this county, July 18, 1841, and lived there until he was 16 years of age. He then engaged as clerk in the general merchandising business of Starr Bros. & Co., in Elyria, Ohio, where he remained one year, when he returned to his parents' home and re- mained until, at the age of 20, he entered the employ of the A. & G. W. R. R., now known as the N. Y., P. & O. Railway Company. He con- tinued in this employ some seven and a half years, serving in all the subordinate positions up to that of conductor. During the construction of the road from Marion to Dayton, he had charge of the construction train with from fifty to seventy-five men, for about a year. Upon leaving the railroad company, he began work- ing for the Continental Life Insurance Com- pany of New York, as solicitor. During the year he was engaged with this company, he took $360,000 worth of risks. At the expira- tion of this time, he engaged with the Enter- prise Fire Insurance Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio. | By their marriage there have been four chil-

This was about 1870, since which time he has been constantly engaged in the insurance busi- ness, adding to his agency various companies until now the combined assets of the compa- nies which he represents reaches the immense sum of $100,000,000. His list of companies includes some of the oldest and most reliable in this and the old countries. In 1876, he took the field as an adjuster, and has served with distinguished ability in this department since. For the past three years, Mr. Hitchcock has served as a special agent and adjuster for the Meridian, Fanieul Hall and Fairfield Companies, and is now acting in the same capacity for the Niagara of New York. He married Miss Elizabeth C. Upson, a native of Summit Co .. Ohio. By this marriage there have been two children-one, Eva, living.

JOSEPH HUGILL, contractor and builder in stone and brick, Akron; was born in York- shire, England, September 1, 1834. His father, George Hugill, was a railroad contractor. Jo- seph was apprenticed at the age of 14 to the stone mason's trade and served three years, when he came to the United States and settled in Cleveland, where he lived with a married sister. Remaining in that vicinity several years, he went to Canada, where he worked at his trade on the Grand Trunk R. R., for two years, after which he contracted stone work on the Buffalo & Lake Huron R. R. He went to California ria New York and Panama during the Frazer River excitement in 1858. He went to El Dorado Co., and worked at his trade in Placerville one year ; the next year, he fol- lowed mining, and, in 1860, imbued with the excitement which then prevailed, he went to Nevada, working at his trade in Carson City, where he built the county buildings. He next went to Virginia City, where he did the stone work on the Gould & Curry Quartz Mills. He returned to Cleveland in 1864 ria Panama and New York, and thence to Canada, where. on September 28 of the same year, he married Miss Sarah Wells, at lIamilton. She was a native of South Dumfries, Brant Co., Canada. In the spring of 1866, they came to Akron where he has since conducted the business of contractor and builder in stone and brick. In 1872, he purchased some land upon which he has developed a stone quarry which furnishes an inexhaustible supply of building material.

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dren, of whom three are still living, viz., Willie E., Franklin W. and Daisy.

A. J. HUSE, cabinet-maker, is a native of Vermont; he was born in Windsor County, June 7, 1804. His father, Robert Huse, was a shoemaker by trade, but followed farming ; he was a native of Massachusetts. His father was a sea captain, and lost his life in a storm at sea. Robert moved to Rochester, Vt., about the year 1797, of which place he was one of the pioneers. Our subject was born and raised on the farm. At the age of 22 he was ap- prenticed to the cabinet trade, and on Sept. 6, 1829, he married Miss Lonisa W. Austin, a native of Vermont. The following year they moved to Cayuga County, New York, where he worked at his trade until 1836, when he took the water route to Ohio and settled in Middlebury, where he worked at his trade until 1844 ; he then worked in a woolen machinery manufactory until 1872, since which time he has done general business pertaining to his trade. By his marriage there were five chil- dren, of whom but one lives, viz., Charles W., of Akron, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Huse have been connected with the Universalist Church for the past forty years. September 6, 1879, they celebrated their golden wedding, on whieli occa- sion friends to the number of 300 joined in the ceremonies.

WILLIAM FOSTER HOPE. manager of Akron Malleable Iron Works, Middlebury (Sixth Ward of Akron), is a native of Pittsburgh, Penn .; was born Aug. 4, 1838 ; his father, Richard llope, was a contractor and builder, in which capacity he is well known in Pittsburgh, where he built many of the leading buildings of that city. William F. (subject) lived in his native city until September, 1880, receiving his educa- tion in the city schools, and also a course at Jefferson College. At the age of 18, he engaged as a book-keeper with Holmes & Co., edge tool manufacturers. where he remained two years ; he then engaged in the grain com- mission business for himself, continuing for four years, when he took a position as general ticket agent for the Allegheny Valley R. R. for seven years. Next, he engaged as book-keeper for a wholesale grocery house for two years, after which he became book-keeper in the Second National Bank of Pittsburgh, remaining two years, and then went into the Auditor's Department of the Allegheny Valley R. R., and

remained there until July, 1880, when he came to Akron, Ohio, in September following, having formed a partnership, in August previous, with John F. Greer, under style of Akron Malleable Iron works, which is spoken of elsewhere in this Work. He was married in February, 1864, to Miss Lizzie E. Greer, a native of Pittsburgh. They have three children, viz .: Mary E., Annie W. and Nellie M.

A. M. HEATHMAN, groceries, provisions. flour and feed, 432 Centre street, Akron, is a na- tive of Coventry Township, Summit Co., and was born July 28, 1832 ; is the eldest of seven children born to Elijah and Melintha (West- phall) Heathman, natives of Springfield and Coventry Townships. Elijah was the third son of Bennett Heathman, a native of Maryland, who came to Coventry in the early pioneer days, and followed farming there until his death. He was brought up on a farm, and worked also at carpenter's trade ; also worked on Ohio Canal. Mrs. Heathman died at the residence of her daughter, in Copley Township, in the summer of 1880. A. M. (subject) lived at home until twenty years of age, brought up on the farm ; also worked at carpentering, and visited Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. He was married Nov. 28, 1861. to Miss Agnes R. Kidder, a native of Akron, a daughter of John and Phoebe (Savage) Kidder, who were old residents of the place. In 1872, he engaged in the grocery business, the firm, Breniger & Heathman, continuing seven years; he then sold out and engaged in his present place. Five children have been born to him, four of whom are living, viz. : Melintha, George, Etha and Alexander-Ida, deceased.

DAVID E. HILL, President of the Hill Sew- er Pipe Co., Akron, was born in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., May 25, 1825, and is the youngest of four children born to David and Avis (Me- Millan) Hill, natives of Rhode Island, and who removed to New York in an early day. He was a carpenter by trade, and died in Cattarau- gus Co. at the age of 77 years ; she died at the age of 79 years. David E. (the subject) lived at home eighteen years ; his brother was a cab- inet-maker, and he learned the same trade with lim. His education was received at the dis- triet schools. In 1843, he came to Middlebury, Akron, and worked for his uncle, Reuben Me- Millan, manufacturer of woolen machinery, un- til 1849, when the firm of Hill, Foster & Co., for

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the manufacture of stoneware, was formed. They occupied the old " Black Mills," and continued in business until about 1851, when Mr. McMillan sold his interest to Hill & Foster. Mr. Hill was identified with the business until 1855, and retired for one year, at the end of which time he came back, and the firm became Hill & Pow- ers, and later, Hill & Adams, which continued until 1868, when it was merged into a stock company, known as the "Hill & Adams Sewer Pipe Co.," Mr. Hill being President. He retired from the business in 1871. The old firm of Hill, Merrill & Co. made the first machine for the manufacture of sewer pipe in America. About the year 1866, Mr. Hill became one of a company of five men, who bought the present building, and engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods-known as the "Middlebury Woolen Mills." The business finally passed into the hands of Mr. Hill and John Townsend, and in the spring of 1873, the machinery was sold, the building was fitted for the manufact- ure of sewer pipe, and the Hill Sewer Pipe Co. was formed and incorporated, with Mr. Hill as President ; his son, George R., being Secretary and Treasurer, with James Viall as Superin- tendent. Mr. Hill has always been a public- spirited man, favoring all improvements for the benefit of town or county. He served several years as a member of Middlebury School Board ; also as a member of City Council of Akron, and as a County Commissioner for six years. He was an Abolitionist until formation of Republican party ; since then he has voted with that party. He was married in June, 1848, to Miss Harriet L. McMillan, a daughter of Reuben McMillan. They have had three children, but one of whom is living-George R.

DENNIS A. HINE, deceased ; was born in Milford, Conn., in the year 1808. His parents moved West and settled in Tallmadge Town- ship, Summit Co., Ohio, at an early day. Our subject lived on the farm until 1829, when he came to Middlebury, and engaged as clerk in a general merchandise business of John Mc- Millan's, and some years later, in company with Mr. M. L. Sherman, he engaged in the general merchandise business in Middlebury, they con- tinuing a number of years, after which he clerked in Middlebury and at Tallmadge, and later conducted a butchering business in Mid- dlebury, and next engaged in the fishing busi- ness on Lake Huron, after which, in company

with Drs. Jewett and Wright, conducted a wa- ter-cure establishment for a number of years in Middlebury ; he then engaged in the nursery business, which he followed many years. He died July 27, 1878. Dec. 29, 1831, he married Miss Lucy A. Smith, a native of Groton, Conn. Of their eleven children, but five are living, viz .: Henry and Lewis C., both married and live in Akron ; Addie, now Mrs. I. L. Bevis, of St. Louis, Mo .; Augusta, now Mrs. B. M. Allison, of Middlebury ; and Jennie, now Mrs. Jacob Replogle, of Middlebury. Mrs. Hine is living on the old homestead.

DR. E. W. HOWARD. physician, Akron ; is a native of Andover, Windsor Co., Vt., and comes of a family noted for its longevity ; his father reached the age of 89; his father's mother reached 95 ; a great-aunt reached 115, and his great-grandmother the age of 97. Dr. Howard's parents, David and Cynthia (Crossman) Howard, were natives of Massachusetts. His father's family was one of those that contributed all their available male force to the Revolutionary war ; his grandfather David, with his brothers James, Solomon, Joseph and Elias, went as soldiers, the latter being killed in the service of his country. Dr. Howard, the seventh child of a family of ten children, was born April 14, 1816 ; his youth was spent upon the farm, ac- quiring the rudiments of an education in the schools of the neighborhood, and more liberal advantages in a course at the Chester Academy. At the age of 19, he made a visit to the West, calling on his cousin, Prof. R. L. Howard, a physician in Elyria ; was by him persuaded to study medicine, and accordingly began reading with him ; this was in 1835. He subsequently attended lectures at Pittsfield, Mass., going later to Windsor Co., Vt., to read with L. G. Whiting, with whom he read for two years. In 1838, he graduated at the Berkshire Medical College, at Pittsfield, Mass., when he formed a partnership with Prof. R. L. Howard, in Elyria, Ohio. He practiced at Elyria only a year when he came to Akron, where he has remained in the practice of his profession up to the present. During the late war, he was sent by Gov. Tod to assist in car- ing for the wounded after the battle of Antic- tam. He was assigned to the hospital at Frederick City, Md., where he served about a month. In the following winter, the Governor again sent him to assist in caring for the troops, this time spending several months in hospital

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work at Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Howard has been a member of the Summit County Medical Society since its organization, of which he has also been President. He is also a member of the Union Medical Association of Northeastern Ohio, which he has served two terms as Presi- dent ; of the Ohio State Medical Association, and of the American Medical Association. In 1876, he was a delegate to the International Medical Congress, held at Philadelphia. June 16, 1840, he married Miss Elizabeth Chittenden, a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Sprague) Chittenden, who were natives of Connecticut, and pioneers in Springfield Township. There are two children-Henry C., for the past seven years practicing in partnership with his father ; and Frank D., engaged in the foundry business.

B. C. HERRICK, of Herrick & Cannon, wholesale and retail china, crockery and glass goods, Akron ; is a native of Twinsburg Town- ship, in this county, and is the eldest of five children, born to J. E. and Philo (Clark) Her- rick ; his parents were natives of New England; his father came when a young man from Massa- chusetts to Ohio, settling, in 1825, in Twins- burg, where he met and married his wife, a native of Connecticut ; she came there with her parents in 1826. The older members of the family, including herself, walked a greater part of the way, while an ox team transported the household effects. After marriage they settled on a piece of land, cleared it, and are still living there, at the advanced age of over 75. In 1878. they celebrated their golden wedding. B. C. Herrick was born Oct. 25, 1829, and lived at home on the farm until 25 years of age, gaining the foundation of his education at the district schools, and later graduated at the Twinsburg Institute ; at the age of 18 he began teaching winter school, continuing through ten seasons. In 1854, he went to New- bury, Geauga Co., Ohio, and, with his brother Earle, bought the business of E. Stone, Esq., and continued dealing in general merchandise, butter and cheese, for some two years, under the firm name of Herrick & Bros. He then sold his interest and bought a farm in Twins- burg, where he resided until 1867, traveling, however in the meanwhile, as a commercial traveler for four years. At this time he came to Akron, and in company with his brother-in- law, W. B. Cannon, formed the present business partnership. Mr. Herrick is a Trustee and

Steward of the Methodist Church, and takes an active interest in church matters. Feb. 4, 1858, he married Miss H. C. Cannon, a native of Aurora. By this marriage he has three children, Oakley C., Winnie C. and Vietor M.

DAVID HANSCOM (deceased) ; was born Oct. 18, 1814, on his father's farm, near Port- land, Maine ; at the age of 6 years, his parents re- moved to Monroe Co., N. Y .; at the age of 18, he began learning the cooper's trade, and, when of age, le came to Ohio, stopping at Middlebury, where he remained one year, working at his trade ; he then went to Lake Co., and pursued the same business there for three years. In 1840, his father's family came to Summit Co. and settled on a farm in Portage Township which the boys bought, the parents living with them. Our subject worked at Cuyahoga Falls some two years, then went to Ravenna, where he kept a hotel ; also kept a hotel (half-way house) between Bedford and Twinsburg ; he afterward came to Akron, where he con- ducted a cooper shop for two years ; he then kept grocery until 1850, when he sold out to James Gardner, his partner ; he then became one of a party of about one hundred and fifty going to California ; he went to Pittsburgh and chartered a steamboat for the party, they em- barking at Wellsville ; they went direct to St. Joseph and thence overland to California, being three months on the way. Our subject en- gaged in the grocery business, and, after a year's stay in the land of gold, returned home by way of Panama and New York. Soon after his re- turn, he and his brother Charles (the firm D. & C. Hanscom) engaged in the grocery business, and, some five or six years later, built on the northeast corner of Howard and Market streets, also taking their brother George in as a partner, under the firm name of Hanscom Brothers ; they continued until about 1862, when they sold out, and, about a year later, engaged in the business again and continued about three years, when he again sold out ; one year later, one of his rooms becoming vacant, he put in a stock of groceries and once more engaged in the business, continuing about seven years, since which time he lived retired until his death, March 26, 1881. The deceased was twice married-first, to Miss Sarah Pemberton, of Lake Co., Ohio; she died Oct. 21, 1844 ; they had three children, viz., Mrs. Thayer, of Westville, Ohio, and John and Cornelia.

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March 17, 1845, he married Miss Sarah Stim- son, a native of New York, and came with her parents to Ohio about 1840; there are two children-Mrs. Jennings, of Akron, and Frank. COL. JOHN C. HART, deceased, was born in Cornwall, Litchfield Co., Conn., April 17, 1798. In 1802, his father, Rufus Hart, moved to Genesee Co., N. Y., where he lived until 1815, when he moved to Ohio. In the war of 1812, his father was a Lieutenant in a company commanded by Capt. Mallison, and was in the battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane and the burning of Buffalo. Between the age of 14 and 15, John C. enlisted in a company of cavalry at Rochester, N. Y., under Capt. Stone, and was with his father at Newark, Fort George and other contested points. He was at Black Rock as a bearer of dispatches when the Brit- ish attacked Fort Erie in 1814. After the war, he and his father returned to Genesee Co., and, in 1815, they removed to Ohio, and settled at Middlebury. now the Sixth Ward of Akron. At the age of 21, John C. started south, going on foot to Steubenville, thence by raft down the Ohio. His raft lodging, he went on foot to Cincinnati, thence by canoe or skiff to Shaw- neetown, Ill., thence on foot to St. Louis, where, for a time, he worked in a mill, and. later. made bricks at Milton. The June following, he re- turned home and bought 50 acres of land just south of Middlebury, which he improved. He was married, Feb. 24, 1831, to Miss Margaret A. Sterling, by which marriage he had six children-four sons and two daughters. She died March 7, 1869, and, Dec. 22, 1870, he married Mrs. Mary A. Sterling, formerly Miss Todd, a daughter of Stephen Todd, of Beaver Co., Penn. She was born May 1, 1828, and, when 16 years of age, her parents removed to Wooster, Ohio, and. two years later, to Canal Dover, where she married John Sterling, a mer- chant of that place. He was born June 16, 1818, and died Dec. 14, 1854. By this marriage there were two children-John S., of Cleveland, and Flora E., now Mrs. Beardsley, of Cleveland. After her husband's death, she moved to New Lisbon, thence to Cleveland, where she lived until her marriage with Col. Hart, Dec. 22, 1870. Col. Hart obtained his military title by raising a regiment of cavalry at Middlebury under the old militia law of the State, and of which he was commander at the time it was disbanded.

HIRAM HART, retired, Akron ; was born in Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y., June 19, 1804, and is the fourth child in a family of seven children born to Rufus and Esther (Cotter) Hart, who were natives of Goshen, Conn. They were married in that State, and moved to New York about the year 1798, where they farmed until 1815, when he moved to Ohio. Two of his sons had come out the preceding spring. He settled on 100 acres of land in what is now Coventry Township, which he had bought before coming to the State, and which had been partly improved by a man named John Collins. Mr. Hart lived in this vicinity until his death, which occurred in 1840, his wife's death also occurring about that time. Hiram Hart (our subject) lived at home until he was 25 years of age. His educational ad- vantages were limited, and confined to the dis- trict schools in New York, and a short period in Ohio. lIe was married, July 18, 1830, to Miss Sarah Smith, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Ilaley) Smith, who were natives of Massachusetts, and came to Ohio about the year 1825. After his marriage, he occupied a piece of land containing 50 acres, and continued upon it until 1844, when he bought the old homestead. In October, 1863, his wife died, leaving seven children, three of whom are liv- ing-Delos, a farmer in Springfield Township ; Milton, cigar manufacturer, Akron, and Lonisa. now Mrs. Thos. F. Cleveland, of Akron. Soon after the death of his wife, Mr. Hart moved to Akron, where he has since resided. He was married to Mrs. Pratt, formerly Miss Sophia M. Packer, a native of New York, who came to Ohio with her parents about 1832. They settled in Portage Co., where he died ; she died in Akron, where she was living with her daugh- ter. He was a prosperous farmer, and was widely known as a leading dairyman.

O. W. HALE, Deputy County Clerk ; Akron ; was born in Bath Township, Summit Co., Ohio. April 1, 1841, and is the third of five children born to William and Harriet (Carlton) Hale. They were natives of Connecti- cut and Ohio. She was the daughter of John Carlton, who died from wounds received in the war of 1812. William Hale came to Ohio with his parents in the year 1810, they being among the first permanent settlers in Bath Township. He was raised on the farm where he lived until 1857, when he located in Hudson, and in 1861

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he moved on his farm, where he died the year following. He was three times married. His first wife, Miss Sallie C. Upson, of Tallmadge, died about six months after marriage. His second wife, who was Miss Harriet Carlton, died in 1853. His third wife, Miss Adaline Thompson, survives him, and is now the Matron of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, at Fairbault, Minn. Our subject lived at home on the farm until 1861, when he enlisted in the 29th O. V. I., but, owing to his father's illness, received his discharge and returned home. Sept. 23, 1862, he married Miss Eliza- beth Hanson, a native of England, who came with her parents to Summit Co. at the age of 13. By the marriage there were two chil- dren, one, H. C. now living. In 1868, Mr. Hale moved to Portage Co., where he lived two years. He then went to Corry, Penn., and engaged in the lumber business, and two years later he removed to Huntingdon, W. Va. where he also engaged in the lum- ber business. While at the latter place, he lost his wife, in 1874. He next moved to Akron and engaged as book-keeper in an agricultural implement store. In 1879, he took the position of Deputy County Clerk in the office under Sumner Nash, and has filled the position since. Nov. 26, 1876, he married at East Cleveland, Mrs. Cozad, formerly Miss L. E. Hine. She has one child by her former marriage, viz., Henry Irving Cozad.

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History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio, Part 130

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