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His travels have been extensive. taking in twenty-six Sates, Mexico and Cuba; he came to the farm which he now owns, about two miles from Akron, in the spring of 1868, from Mifflin, Penn. In 1878, he built a portable engine, giving it by his great inventive talent, many new points, which make it superior to all others of like design. On his farm he has a very profitable pebble quarry, with all the machinery for separating the pebble from the sand, for fire brick manufacturing, making a superior quality of brick. He was married, June 27, 1862, to Ermina K. Frank, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Frank, natives of Juniata Co., Penn. They have had three children, one of whom died in infancy; those living are Sallie, born Sept. 18, 1866: and Rebecca, April 22, 1873.
HIRAM S. FALOR, Akron; born in Coven- try Township, at the farm upon which he now resides, March 22, 1829: the son of George A. and Nancy (McCoy) Falor, who were early settlers of Summit Co .; he received a knowl- edge of the common branches in the schools of his native township; when 19 years of age, became an apprentice in the harness-shop of Orrin Beckwith, of Akron, remaining three years; then started a shop of his own, and car- ried on business some ten years. In the spring of 1860, he went to California; for a short time clerked in a wholesale store at San Francisco; then went to Humboldt Bay, crossed over the mountains to Salmon River and mined for four months. During the lat- ter part of 1860, he removed to Virginia City, Nev., then a Territory, and opened the first harness-shop ever started in that place; his establishment was called the " Pioneer Har- ness-Shop." He served as a petit juror in the first court ever held in Storey Co. During the early part of 1861, he organized the Vir- ginia City Grays, and was elected Captain of the company: when the rebellion was inaugu- rated the company tendered their services to the Government, but were declined by the national authorities who, at the time early in the war, did not wish to pay the expense of transporting the company to the seat of hos- tilities. In September, 1863, Falor returned to Akron, remaining for some five years in the city. In 1868. having purchased 30 acres
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from his father, he removed to Coventry Township, erected a residence on this land, a part of the old homestead, where his family now resides. In January, 1880, he was ap pointed by Hon. Joseph Turney, Treasurer of Ohio, to be Messenger in the office at Colum- bus; he also had charge of the Attorney General's office and the Mine Inspector's rooms in the Capitol. Mr. Falor was, on April 28, 1853, elected by the Council of Ak- ron to be Deputy Marshal of the place, and served for two years. He was Secretary of the Summit County Agricultural Society for four years, and Assistant nearly ever since its organization; has been a member of the I. O. O. F. for over twenty years, and, as early as 1854, filled the office of Noble Grand in that order; has also been a Mason since 1852. He was married, July 4, 1854, to Miss Bertia E., daughter of Benjamin and Bertia E. Agard, and by her had four children-Benjamin Stanton, died aged 8; Claude Emerson, now a member of Co. G, 10th Regiment of the regular army; Nancy Honora, died aged 7; Minnie Florence, now at home. His first wife died Jan. 2, 1872, and he was married a sec- ond time to Mrs. Phœbe A. Lutz: two children being the result of this union- Hiram, Garce- lon and Plebe. Mrs. Falor, by her former husband, is the mother of two children-Min- nie C., now Mrs. Harry Flower; and Sylvester E. Lutz. Mr. Falor is now at the age of 52, in reasonable good health and circumstances.
MOSES FALOR, farmer; P. O. Akron; was born in the city of Akron Feb. 3. 1827, to Abraham and Polly (Osborn) Falor: his grandparents were Adam and Elizabeth Falor. who came from Pennsylvania among the first settlers of Stark Co., Ohio. The Osborns were from the State of Connecticut. There were ten children in his father's family, seven sons and three daughters, of which the subject of this sketch is the fifth son, and has lived near the city of Akron his whole life, noting the rapid progress of that place, in the build- ing-up of the great manufacturing interests of which she can now boast. Mr. Falor received but a limited education. his time being spent on the farm with his father in the performance of the various duties connected with farm life. His marriage occurred Feb.
10, 1853, to Hannah H. Wilson, born 1827, Oct. 20, and daughter of Moses D. and Jane (McCoy) Willson, who were among the first settlers in Coventry Township. They have had eight children, four sons and four daugh- ters-Albert, born Feb. 22, 1854; Ida Jane, Feb. 9. 1856; Clinton, Oct. 10, 1857; Rollin J., Dec. 18, 1859; Clara L., Sept. 12, 1863; Grace N., Oct. 11, 1866; Cora May, Dec. 18, 1869: Jasper M .. May 26, 1874. All are liv- ing except Clara, who died Oct. 20, 1866. Clinton was married July 18. 1880, to Isabel Kintz, daughter of Samuel Kintz, and is engaged in the molding-room at the Buckeye Works. They are engaged quite extensively in farming and dairying. They are members of the Disciples' Church, respected and esteemed as citizens.
ADAM GREENWALT, grocer and farmer; P. O. Akron: son of Michael and Henrietta (Brehm) Greenwalt, who were natives of Ger- many, but emigrated to America in 1841, and settled in York State, where he worked at farm work until 1843, when he came to Massillon and worked in a warehouse for eight years; then purchased a farm two and a half miles north of that place, where he died Jan. 13, 1873, in his 54th year. His wife survives him at the old homestead in her 60th year, she coming to Massillon in 1839. Adam was born Sept. 18, 1845; received a limited educa- tion and enlisted Oct. 18, 1862, in Co. C, 13th O. V. I., under Capt. William B. Lamberts, at Mansfield, and sworn in to service at Colum- bus; thence to Cincinnati, Louisville and Cave City, where he joined his regiment and began the hard life of active soldiering, which lasted for more than three years, during which time he participated in all the hotly contested battles and skirmishes engaged in by the Southern army. At Murfreesboro. the regi- ment was badly cut to pieces, suffering great loss: also at Mission Ridge, engaging in the great charge at that place, with Grant the great leader, by his side: thence to Knoxville, Chattanooga and the seven months Georgia campaign: then back to Chattanooga, Hunts- ville, Franklin and Nashville, engaging in the battle at that place; thence to Texas, landing at Indianola; afterward to San Anto- nio, where he was discharged by Capt. D. A.
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Geiger, on the 26th day of October, 1865, after having displayed great bravery and discharged nobly the duties of a soldier. He is one of the six or seven members of the original com- pany, who returned home. He came to this county about 1867, from Stark Co., and about seven years later in company with his brother- in-law, purchased the farm of 82 acres upon which he now lives. He was married, Oct. 10, 1867, to Catharine Koontz, daughter of Frederick and Charlotte (Dippey) Koontz, who were natives of Germany, but emigrated to America about forty-five years ago. They have three children living-William Henry, John and George Adam.
MATHIAS HARTER, farmer: P. O. Ak- ron. The Harter families in our county and country have become quite numerous. The original stock emigrated from Wurtemberg, Germany, in the year 1743. Three brothers landed in that year in the city of Philadel- phia. The colonial laws then allowed the owners of ships to sell all emigrants for a stated time, so as to pay their indebtedness to the : hip. The voyage having been both tedi- ons and perilous, all the emigrants had to be sold for debts. One of the brothers being lame he didn't bring anything on the block, so the mother of the family, who was a stout woman, was sold and worked out the indebt- edness. Two of the brothers moved into the interior of Pennsylvania, and one went to the colony of New York and settled in the valley of the Mohawk. The name was originally Herder, similar to the Herder who was one of Germany's most distinguished authors, the- ologians and teachers. The names of some of the Harters who were among the first settlers in the southern part of this county are An- drew. who settled near the village of Man- chester, and Jac Harter, who lives now in Coventry Township. These Harters are first cousins. Andrew came to Franklin Township in 1814. But John Harter, the father of Jac, moved to Stark Co. previous to the war of 1812. The Harter family to which Andrew and Jac belong, is noted for its longevity. The former is past 87 years, while the latter has rounded up his 88th year. Andrew has now a brother living in Center Co., Penn., who is 90 years old, and two sisters who are
past 80. The name of the original grand- father who came from Germany was Mathias. It was he who was lame and did not bring anything. Andrew Harter's father's name was John, who was born and raised in Leb- anon Co., Penn. The family of Andrew Har- ter consisted of five sons and one daughter, who was the wife of Mr. Daniel Diehl, of Franklin Township. Two of the sons are dead-Andrew and Isaac. George resides at Independence, Iowa; Daniel and Mathias reside in Coventry Township. The latter lived in the State of Missouri when the war of the rebellion broke out. And as he resided in one of the hottest hot-beds of secession, he had great opportunities to learn the real spirit of the Southerners. After the fall of Fort Sumter, he took his wife and two children and started for Iowa, where he formerly re- sided, and after locating them as comforta- bly as he could, he enlisted in the 9th Regi- ment of O. V. I. After the battles of Look- ont Mountain and Mission Ridge in the fall of 1863, he re-enlisted for three years more, or during the war. He was with Gen. Sherman on his great march from Atlanta to the sea, and through the Carolinas and Virginia to Washington, and was mustered out at Louis- ville, Ky., in the month of June, 1865. After the war was over, he moved with his family to the city of Akron, where he started the "Akron File Works," in the fall of 1868. Mathias Harter was married, in 1855, to Miss Sallie M. Hall, the youngest daughter of John Hall, second of Springfield Township, who was one of its earliest pioneers. The family of Mathias Harter consists of three sons-Edwin C., Sigel F. and James Hall; and two daughters-Jennie Winona and Sal- lie Belle. The two first sons and the first daughter were born at Independence, Iowa; of the remaining two, the daughter was born in Akron, and the son in the township of Cov- entry.
JOHN HEINTZ, farmer; P. O. Akron; came to New York in Angust, 1834, from Hesse, Hamburg, on the west side of the Rhine, near Frankfort-on-the-Main, which country now belongs to Prussia. He was born Oct. 24, 1812, to Peter and Louisa (Bauers) Heintz; she was a daughter of George and
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Margaret Bauers. His father was a promi- nent farmer in his native country; his family consisting of three sons and three daughters. John being the only son now living: his old- est sister living in Germany, the second. Lon- isa, wife of Urias Whitner, of Coventry: and Mary, wife of Joseph Slager. now residing near Aurora, Ill. John was married. March 20, 1836, in Cleveland, to Sophia Kech. daughter of Conrad Kech, a prominent farmer of Trum- bull Co., Ohio; by her he had seven children, two of whom died in infancy. John F. in his 29th year, after having been married some time to Susannah Renninger, who is also deceased. leaving three children- Charles and Edward. living in Bath Township, and Jo- seph living with relatives in East Liberty. There are four children living, one son and three daughters-Louisa, wife of Louis Moore, residing in Pine Bluffs. Ark .: Sarah, wife of Joseph Arnold. a farmer in Sharon Township, Medina Co .: Amelia. widow of Henry Bolin- ger. she residing in Clarke Co .. Ind .: and George, married to Sarah A. Harris. a farmer in Bath Township. The first wife of John Heintz died in 1849: his second marriage occurring May 20, 1851, to Margaret (Rost) Bollen, a daughter of Jacob and Agnes (Boll- inger) Bollen, who were natives of Schaff- hausen, Switzerland, came to New York in 1848: subsequently moving to Norton Town- ship. Mr. Heintz after complying with the requirements of the compulsory education law, learned the painter's trade. After com- ing to America he sought for work at his trade, and not being able to speak the English language, was unable to secure a position. He then traveled in search of work, a part of his time being spent in Holmes Co., Ohio, and in Cleveland, where he learned the butch- er's trade, which he followed in the latter place, and in Akron, subsequently learning the cooper's trade which he followed until 1853, when he moved to the farm which he now occupies. He has held the various township offices of trust, and with his family, are con- nected with the German Reformed Church of Akron.
GEORGE HEINTZ, farmer; P. O. Akron; son of Philip, whose history appears in that of John Heintz, in another place, was born Jan.
28, 18 7. Philip came from Germany in the spring of 1845, to the farm on which our subject now lives, with his wife, two sons and two daughters-seven more, two sons and five daughters being born after their emigration to Coventry Township, he dying Dec. 29, 1876, in his 67th year: of the whole number of children eight are now living-two brothers, Philip and John, in Bath Township, this county, engaged in farming; one sister, for- merly Mrs. Jacob Glass, who died in Kansas, she afterward marrying Elias Gaskanbach, a farmer in Miami Co., Kan., where they now reside: the others are Mrs. Matilda Sherbondy, whose husband is Superintendent in rubber works; Mary, Mrs. Urias Kramer, also engaged in rubber works; Magdalena, a Mrs. Eli Petra, engaged at the sewer-pipe works; Catharine, formerly a Mrs. Philip Burgy, now a Mrs. Philip Laubert, working at the Seiberling Company Works: all residing in Akron. George, the subject of this sketch, was mar- ried to Mary M. Beck. born Sept. 1, 1853, and daughter of George Beck. They have one child-George Philip. born Aug. 21, 187S. The mother of our subject is Mary (Baird) Heintz. born Sept. 29, 1814. George learned the potter's trade, at which he worked eight years, the rest of his life being spent in a general farm avocation. They are members of the Trinity Lutheran Church, living Chris- tian lives and commanding the respect of the people.
ALEM HIGH, farmer; P. O. New Portage; son of William High, who was born Feb. 13, 1796; he of Josiah High, a native of Berks Co., Penn. William was married to Elizabeth Reninger Sept. 10, 1822; she was born Jan. 6, 1801, and died Sept. 3, 1872; they had three children-Alem, the subject of this sketch, born June 1, 1823; Isaac, June 21, 1825; Anna Eliza. Dec. 18, 1828; all of whom are living, the latter the wife of Rev. L. C. Edmonds, married Feb. 1, 1850, and located in Adamsburg, Snyder Co., Penn .; Isaac was married to Mary Jane Ludwig; the second marriage, to Jane Moore, with whom he is still living in Medina; he engaged in the hardware and grocery business at that place. Alem was married to Leah Wildroudt May 30, 1850, she dying April 6, 1851 : second marriage, to Mary
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Weirick, Aug. 29, 1854; expired July 21, 1863; third marriage, to Elizabeth Daily, Nov. 2, 1865. By all marriages, he has had ten children: By first wife, one, who died in infancy; second, four children, two of whom died in infancy; those living are Amasa Mil ton, born Oct. 10, 1859: Sarah E., Sept. 26, 1861; third marriage, five-Leora, born Sept. 4, 1866; U. G., July 9, 1868; Milo, Feb. 26, 1870; Lydia A., Oct. 23, 1871, died May 10, 1875: and Joshua, Jan. 8, 1875. William High came to Springfield Township in the spring of 1832, where he lived and worked at the carpenter and joiner's trade for about eleven years, then came to the farm upon which his son now lives, and upon which he has carried on a general farm life since. secur- ing a district-school education. Our subject has held the various township offices of trust; is a liberal supporter of all the enterprises of the township, and watchful in the advantages of education for his family.
ELMER HOUSEL, Weighmaster at Sweit- zer Shaft, Akron: is a son of Martin, born Nov. 20, 1794, in Westmoreland Co., Penn., and died Sept. 30, 1856, in his 63d year: he is a son of Jacob Housel. Martin was one of the first settlers in Coventry Township; his first wife was Charlotte Brewster, a sister to Alexander Brewster, whose sketch appears in another place in this work. By this marriage there were three children-Hiram, Jacob and Lydia; second marriage, to Margaret Viers, by whom he had twelve children, eight of whom are living; they were as follows: Char- lotte, Sarah, Martin, Liverton, Harrison, Nancy, Martha, James, Alice, Elmer (the sub- ject of this sketch), Benjamin and Oscar. All are married-Charlotte. wife of C. L. Good- win, engaged in prospecting coal: residence, Girard, Trumbull Co .. Ohio; Martin, a mill- wright in Middlebury; Harrison, mail agent on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- road; Martha, wife of James Kilfoyle, who is connected with the railroad at Niles, Ohio; James, foreman in sewer-pipe company at Middlebury; Benjamin, a carpenter in North- field, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; Oscar, carpenter in Galesburg, Ill. Our subject was born Feb. 25, 1846; attended school and worked on a farm until 16 years of age, when he went to
Girard, Ohio, where he worked in a flouring- mill eleven years, then engaged in the coal business in different parts of the Mahoning Valley, continuing in the same business, prin- cipally, until the present time. He was mar- ried, Oct. 3, 1871. to Rachael A. McCartney, daughter of A. W. and Mary A. (Dunlap) McCartney, of Girard, Ohio. They have three children-Guy, born June 16, 1873; Mary, Feb. 28, 1876: Elizabeth, Jan. 17, 1879. In November, 1880, after the opening the new shaft of an extensive coal-mine on the Sweitzer farm, he accepted his present position-that of Weighmaster.
HOUSTON KEPLER, farmer; P. O. New Portage; is a son of Jacob Kepler, who was born about 1797, in Center Co., Penn. His father was John, a native of Bucks Co., Penn., but moved with his family to Green Town- ship. in 1802. The early ancestry were from Switzerland. John and a valuable horse were instantly killed at a cider-press by being struck with a heavy lever which became de- tached. Jacob remained with his father until 18 years of age, when he began working for himself, returning, however, at harvest time, to assist his father. At about 25 years of age, he was married to Susan Marsh, daughter of Adam Marsh, an early settler of Franklin Township. Jacob was always a hard-working man, with a great desire for the acquisition of wealth, which he afterward possessed. In 1822, he settled on the farm where his son Houston now lives, which at that time was a vast wilderness, but, by clearing and grubbing, he became the possessor of more than 1,100 acres of land in Coventry Township. They had thirteen children-four sons and nine daughters: six are living-two sons, both rep- resented in this work: and four daughters- Mrs. Thomas Baughman, Mrs. Henry Wise, Mrs. Andrew Oberlin and Mrs. Solomon Ren- inger. Huston was born Aug. 25, 1839; he stayed with his father on the farm until his marriage, which occurred April 2, 1863, to Catharine Foust, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Mauery), daughter of Frederic and Catharine (Hillygoss) Mauery, natives of Pennsylvania. In 1850, the Fousts came from near the southern line of the State of Wisconsin, whither they had gone, a short
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time before, from their native State, to Green Township, where they purchased the place known as the "Old Foust Farm." The old people there died-the father on his birthday, Oct. 20, 1875, aged 66 years; the mother, Aug. 18, 1872, aged 56 years. Houston has four children-Clara Alice, born Feb. 24, 1864; Laura Jane, Ang. 11, 1867; Maggie Elizabeth, Oct. 13, 1872; and Nelson Eugene, May 16, 1877. He was elected Clerk of the township in the spring of 1864, which posi- tion he held for six successive terms, and two terms thereafter was .Treasurer one year, and for the last fifteen years has held the office of Justice of the Peace, and eleven years member of the School Board, taking an active interest in the progress of education. His life upon the farm is more especially devoted to the rais- ing of grain, the products of his farm being from twelve to fifteen hundred bushels of wheat alone. He and family are members of the Reformed Church, and liberal givers to the cause of religion and the building of churches.
SAMUEL KEPLER, farmer: P. O. New Portage; is a son of Jacob Kepler, a brief his- tory of whom appears with that of Houston Kepler, in this work. Samuel was born April 17, 1830, and received the educational advan- tages of the old log schoolhouse of those pio- neer days, with its puncheon floor and Con- gress stove, with holes bored in the logs of the building, and wooden pins driven in to support their writing-desks, etc. At 21 years of age. he engaged in farming on his present location, which was a part of the land owned by his father. He was married, Sept. 12, 1851, to Suannah Swigart, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Daily) Swigart, she a daughter of John Daily, who was supposed to have been the first settler in Franklin Township They were natives of Bucks Co., Penn. By this union there were seven children, five of whom are living-Uriah A., born in 1852; Anna, in 1855; Jacob, July 19, 1859; Samuel, Dec. 9, 1865: Minnie May, Dec. 5, 1871. Uriah A. married Mary Lamb, daughter of Nathan Lamb, formerly a prominent business man of this county. They are farming at Chanute, Kan .; Anna, wife of Hon. Hugo C. Preyer, formerly of the Ohio Staats Zeitung, at Canton,
now editor of the Great West, an independent paper published at Denver, Colo. He is also President of the Stonewall Mining Company. The mines of this company, four in number, are situated near Crosson, on the line of the Denver & South Park Railroad, about forty- eight miles from Denver. The camp is con- sidered one of the best in the State, with a capital of $1,000,000. He is also Secretary of three other mines. Jacob, second son of Samuel Kepler, has advanced to a considera- ble degree of prominence as a township pol- tician and a business man. He received a district-school education, with the additional advantages, for a short time, of the high schools and College of Canton, Ohio, where he was also engaged for a time as solicitor upon the Ohio Staats Zeitung. When a lad of but 16 years, he became very much interested in public matters, and, at 21 years of age, was appointed by the Trustees to canvass the town- ship for election purposes, on account of the great number of transient men. He has been for a considerable time a regular corre- spondent of the Akron City Times, and is at present living upon the farm with his father. The subject of this sketch has held the various township offices of trust since his marriage- those of Trustee, Treasurer, and, in 1880, was Assessor of real estate.
JOHN P. KEPLER, Akron; proprietor of the Farmers' Coal Bank, Coventry Township Ohio, which was started in 1874, opening a mine of coal of a superior quality, with a vein averaging about four and a half feet, and em- ploying at one time nearly forty men. His machinery consists of two engines, one of "ighty-five-horse power, the other of twenty- horse power; being a practical engineer, he is able to run his own power, as well as the gen- eral superintendency of his mine. In 1878, he began utilizing his power by engaging in wood-turning of all kinds, and light sawing; but, on the 13th of February, 1880, his build- ing, 36x46, was destroyed by fire, entailing upon him a heavy loss. He was born March 5, 1849, to John A .. the son of Andrew and Maria Kintz, the latter a daughter of John Kintz, of Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. His boyhood was spent in Green Town- ship, where he was born, working on a farm
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and at the carpenter's trade. lle afterward went to Akron, where he learned the machin- ist's trade, having before had some experience in that branch of machinery, so that he is now able to build an engine complete. Afterward, for about a year, he kept a meat market, and, since being engaged in the business of mining, has devoted some time to prospecting for coal and the study of geology. lle was married, July 27, 1865, to Lovina Stroman, daughter of John Stroman, of Springfield Township. They have two children- Clara M., born June 9, 1869; and Henry Edgar, Feb. 4, 1879.
JOHN KITTINGER, retired farmer; P. O. Akron; was born east of the city of Lancaster. Penn .. Ang. 28, 1809. His father was Abra- ham, son of Casper, whose father came from Germany about one hundred years ago. His mother, Elizabeth Hunsicker, a native of Switzerland, came to this country in about the vear 1800. The subject of this sketch has spent his life in farming and fancy-coverlet weaving, being at present engaged, to a lim- ited extent, in the latter occupation, his ap- prenticeship being completed when not quite 21 years of age, so that, for more than half a century, he has plied his trade. In the year 1833. he came from the land of his nativity to New Portage, where he resided for about two years. then returned to the East to purchase machinery for weaving purposes. He was married, in the spring of 1835, to Sophia Babb, daughter of George Babb, one of the early settlers of Springfield Township; five children blessed this union, three of whom are still living-Jacob. born Feb. 19, 1837: George, Sept. 23, 1838, died in infancy: David, Oct. 25. 1840; Levi, May 26, 1842; and Amanda, Sept. 23, 1850. All three of his sons served in the cause of their country -- Levi in the 14th Ohio Battery, under Capt. Burrows, dying April 15, 1852, of a fever which he contracted at Pittsburg Landing; David served three years in the 29th O. V. I., under Col. Buckley, and was discharged after the battle of Atlanta; returning home, he en- gaged in work at the wagon-maker's trade at Hammond's Corners, Bath Township, this county, where he still resides; Jacob resided in Randolph Co., Ill,, with his family, where he joined a regiment and entered the service:
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