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Mr. Horton died Jan. 1, 1956.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. McManus
John Henry McManus was born in Rootstown, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1897. He was the son of Henry J. and Nora (Barnard) McManus. He was a descendent of the Bogues and the Coltons
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who came to Rootstown in the township's earliest years.
He was educated in the Rootstown schools, graduating in 1913. He was married in 1923 to Mildred Irene Chapman, daughter of Whitney P. and Emma (Burgner) Chapman, also of Rootstown.
While living in Rootstown, most of his life has been spent in designing rubber making machinery for firms in Akron, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. McManus
For many years he took an ac- tive interest in music and played in the Philharmonic Orchestra in Ravenna, also in dance orchestras. Another hobby in which he is much interested is woodworking. He has a shop full of fine tools and likes to be a perfectionist in making a piece of furniture.
Mildred Chapman was born Jan. 22, 1903, at New Milford, Ohio. She was the daughter of Whitney Plum and Emma (Burg- ner) Chapman. In this connection she is the great, great, grand- daughter of Nathan Chapman, Sr., who came from Connecticut in
1804 to settle in Rootstown. Beeman and Sarah (Whitney) Chapman were her great grand- parents. Her education was received in the New Milford district school; Rootstown high school and Alliance Business College.
Her marriage to John H. McManus occurred May 11, 1923. They are the parents of Leah McManus, now Mrs. Lester C. Sommers; and Martha McManus, now Mrs. Richard Goodyear. There are three grandchildren-Lester Sommers, Jr .; John Harold Sommers; and Gary Richard Goodyear.
Mrs. McManus has taken much interest in public affairs and has held offices in church and school organizations.
Frederick P. Seymour
Frederick Parker Seymour, the son of Gideon and Lucy J. (Parker) Seymour, was born on a farm in Rootstown, Nov. 6, 1869.
His father, with his parents, Gideon Deming and Corinthia (Gibbons) Seymour came from East Granville, Massachusetts in 1841. In 1845 Gideon Deming died of the plague of black erysipelas.
Gideon Seymour taught school, studied law, was admitted to the bar and held the of- fice of Probate Judge of Portage County from 1873 to 1882. After retiring he did advisory work and settled estates until his death in 1910.
Fred had two older sisters, Mary who died in childhood and Cora who remained in the home caring for the family after her mother's death in 1893. For many years she taught a Sunday School class and was interested in the welfare of everyone. She died in 1951.
Fred attended Rootstown and Ravenna schools, studied music at Dana's Musical In- stitute in Warren and at Ohio Northern University at Ada, graduating from its music de- partment in 1894. During the twelve years he taught music in the county schools he made many friends among pupils, parents and teachers.
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He led the choir of the Rootstown Congregational church for many years, sang in a male quartet, and directed many vocal entertainments and oratorios in this section. He directed the united choirs of the Congregational, Methodist and Catholic churches in a concert presented at the Rootstown Centennial in 1902.
He was a member of the Board of Education, a justice of the peace and was secretary of the Rootstown Protective Association for twenty years. He was a member of the Con- gregational church, the I.O.O.F. and the Ravenna Grange.
In 1917 he married Miss Alice Petersen of Peninsula, Ohio. They were parents of two children, Gideon Deming and Eleanor Catharine McConnell. He passed away in 1917, following a brief illness with erysipelas.
Mr. and Mrs. Mervin W. Smith
Mervin W. Smith was born in Middleburg Township, Cuyahoga County, February 25, 1890. He was the son of Willis H. and Clara A. Smith. On his mother's side he was a descendent of Roger Williams of colonial day fame. As a boy Mr. Smith attended schools in Berea, Ohio and after that worked with his father on the farm.
On October 1, 1913, he was married to Lila M. Root, daughter of Edward M. and Minnie D. Root of Berea, Ohio. The Root family originally came from England. In 1918, the couple came to Portage County, purchas- ing a farm in Rootstown on the east side of Lake Hodgson. To them a daughter was born July 3, 1918-Marjorie E., now Mrs. C. Wilson Woodring of Kent.
Mr. Smith specialized in dairy- ing up to 1946, selling his milk to the Akron market.
He has taken a keen interest in public affairs. In 1923 he was elected township trustee, serving eight consecutive terms in that capacity. He resigned as trustee to assume the duties of Portage Mr. and Mrs. Mervin W. Smith County Commissioner to which office he was elected in 1939. He served four terms in that office, retiring January 1, 1955.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith belong to the First Congregational Church of Rootstown and both are members of the Fellowship of the church. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Pythian Sisters. Mr. Smith is a member of the Masonic order, K. of P. and B.P.O.E., and a charter member of the Portage County Farm Bureau.
They have two grandchildren-Caryl Rae and David Wayne Woodring.
Mr. and Mrs. Junius A. Vaughn
Junius Almon Vaughn was born in Rootstown, May 11, 1878. He was the son of Til- linghast and Abell P. (Case) Vaughn, Of special interest is the fact that Mr. Vaughn's great
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grandfather walked to Rootstown from Connecticut in the spring of 1808, and walked back East that fall. In the following year he returned to stay, bringing his family in an ox cart. The journey required forty days, and he was one of the first of Rootstown's settlers. The original homestead has never been out of the family.
Junius Vaughn attended schools in Rootstown and in boyhood worked for his father, who died when the boy was seven- teen years of age. Junius then took over the operation of the farm.
On December 8, 1909, he was married to Lila Eunice Hough of Rootstown, daughter of Roland I. and Helen L. Upson of Tallmadge. He managed the farm his entire life, but he was also superinten- dent of Homeland Cemetery for forty-three years, retiring in 1952.
Two children were born to the couple-Helen Louise, now Mrs. Charles Kibler of Atwater; and Pauline Ruth, deceased.
Mr. Vaughn was a member of the Rootstown board of education Mr. and Mrs. Junius A. Vaughn for 20 years and served one term of four years as justice of the peace. In 1954 Mr. Vaughn alloted his farm, with 26 lots, making a fine addition to the growing community of Rootstown. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn are both members of the Roots- town Congregational Church, of which body Mr. Vaughn has served as deacon for 20 years. Mrs. Vaughn is active in church circles.
SHALERSVILLE
Frank H. Goodell
Frank Harry Goodell was born January 26, 1920, the only child of Harry and Alice (Stewart) Goodell. His great grandfather, Carlton Goodell, came from Connecticut before 1830, so that four generations of Goodells have owned and operated the 300-acre Goodell farm in Shalersville Township. Harry Goodell, father of Frank, died as the result of an accident in 1923.
Frank graduated from Shalersville High School and re- ceived a degree in agriculture at Ohio State in 1942. At the university he was a member of the Delta Theta Sigma social fraternity, of which he was president; and the Gamma Sigma Delta agriculture honorary. Since that time he has been en- gaged in farming with his uncle, John R. Their work includ- es operation of the largest remaining sugar camp in Portage County-a 100-acre woods, hanging over 3,000 buckets each spring. Potatoes comprise another large crop.
Active in community work, Mr. Goodell has been a
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member of Shalersville Methodist Church and Sunday school, serving as lay leader many years; and is past master of Silver Creek Lodge, No. 533, F.&A.M., Garrettsville.
Frank H. Goodell was elected to the Crestwood Board of Education and has served as chairman of the group. He is also a director of the Mantua First National Bank.
In June, 1944, Mr. Goodell was married to Virginia M. Black, daughter of Isaac R. and Verda (Pierce) Black, long residents of Shalersville. To them were born three sons- Keith James, Jay Stewart and Bruce Harry.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Moore
Harry F. Moore was born in Freedom township Nov. 3, 1907, the son of Martin Leroy and Matilda May (Miller) Moore. He is a descendent of a family that came over in the Mayflower, and of one that came to the county as pioneers.
Mr. Moore was educated in the Freedom township schools, from which he was grad- uated in 1924. He has followed farming all his adult life, being deeply interested in it.
On Oct. 24, 1924, Harry F. Moore married Louella M. Roosa, also of an old Shalersville family, whose ancestors came over in 1660 in the ship, Spotted Cow. Both branches of each family are the oldest of Connecticut settlers, in whom mingle freely Dutch, Scotch and English blood. To the couple were born four children. They are Janet Lou, Sept. 5, 1936; Phillis Mae, Sept. 12, 1941; Louise Ann, April 12, 1945; and Harry Paul, Aug. 4, 1946.
Mr. Moore has operated a dairy farm his entire life. He has been a member of the local school board 12 years and of the county board three years. He is a member and president of the Portage County dairy council, was one of the first to practice grassland and soil conservation, and at present is in- terested in reforestation. He is a Portage Farm Bureau member.
Luella M. Roosa was born in Shalersville Aug. 3, 1912, a daughter of Thomas and Ida Mae (Anspaugh) Roosa. Mrs. Moore has long been active in P.T.A. and school work, being president at Shalersville and an officer in the county organ- ization and is an active Band Mother. She graduated from Shalersville High School, later attending Ravenna High School and Kent State University. She is a 4-H Club advisor for Shalersville and teaches a Sunday school class at the Shalers- ville Methodist church. She also belongs to the Portage Garden Club, has been a Brownie Scout leader many years and is on Portage Cancer Board.
Mr. and Mrs. Moore belong to the Portage Farmers Club and the Portage County His- torical Society, Mrs. Moore having compiled the Shalersville chapter of the present county history.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Thomas
Richard Michael Thomas was born in Paris Township May 12, 1905, the son of John David and Elizabeth (Richards) Thomas. He was educated in Paris Township Centralized School and graduated in 1922. He then was employed by the Newton Steel Co. until 1931.
On June 26, 1924 Mr. Thomas married Jeannette Finch of Rootstown. Three children were born: Richard Bruce, John Wilbur and George Allan.
Mr. Thomas purchased a farm in 1931 and was also employed at the Ravenna Arsenal
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from 1941 until 1944. He was deputy sheriff of Portage Co. un- der Sheriff Shields from 1945 to January 1, 1948, on the police force of Republic Steel Co. for four years, then deputy sheriff of Portage Co. again under Sheriff Stockdale until October, 1955 when he was appointed Superin- tendent of The Portage County Home.
On October 27, 1949 Mr. Thomas married Doris Trow- bridge of Barberton, Ohio, mother of four daughters by a former marriage (one deceased): Pauline (now Mrs. George Bahler), Mary Lee (now Mrs. Audrey Soules) and Marjory Beth at home. Mrs. Thomas acts as Matron at the home.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Thomas
Both Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are members of M. E. Church at Palmyra.
Thomas Van Roosa
Thomas Van Roosa was a native of Shalersville and lived in the township has entire life. He was born on a farm in the Feeder Dam locality March 20, 1880. He was the son of Joel and Ellen (Lingo) Roosa, and was a descendent of the Roosa family that came in April, 1660, from New Nether- lands on the ship Spotted Cow (Bonte Koo), and settled in New York. Mr. Roosa's education was obtained in the district school. In the early part of his life he followed the carpenter's trade and later was engaged in farming.
In 1905 he purchased a threshing outfit which he operat- ed over a wide territory for many years. He continued with threshing and soil filling until 1924.
On Jan. 1, 1910 Mr. Roosa married Ida Anspaugh who is a descendent of the Royal House of Anspach and one Caro- line Anspach became the Queen of England, marrying George II. To Mr. and Mrs. Roosa two children were born, both daughters. They are Inez Mae Moore and Luella Myra Moore. The Roosas were members of the Maccabee Order and the Disciple Church.
Mr. Roosa died April 8, 1949, and is buried in the Shalersville cemetery.
STREETSBORO
Fred Burroughs
Fred Burroughs was born in Streetsboro March 15, 1880. He was the son of Howard Burroughs and Sophronia (Bliss) Burroughs. His grandfather, Simon Burroughs, the son of
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Joel Burroughs, a Revolutionary War soldier, came to Shalersville from New Hampshire in 1818. He walked most of the way from New Hampshire to Shalersville, traveling a small part of the way on the Erie Canal. After arriving in Shalersville, he made a clearing, built a cabin, then walked back to New Hampshire, married Miss Lucy Green and they then re- turned to Shalersville by oxcart. They remained there for 18 years, then moved to Streetsboro.
Mr. Burroughs was educated in the Streetsboro Schools. One winter he was the only pupil in the district school No. 6 located at the present intersection of Rt. 303 and the Kent- Mantua Road. He was married May 17, 1905, to Alice Mar- garet Keller, who was born in Grantsville, Maryland. Her father, Dr. Bayard Keller, was a practising physician in Port- age County for several years, and at the time of his death was one of the oldest members of the Summit County Medical Association.
Mr. Burroughs spent his entire life on the farm where he was born, the house being one of the large New England type houses, bought and remodeled by his father before the Civil War. He was a life-long member of the Streetsboro Metho- dist Church, a charter member of the Streetsboro Grange, and a member of the Portage County Farm Bureau.
He passed away suddenly at his home, on March 22, 1955. Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs were the parents of four children, Ardis Elizabeth Burroughs Moyer of Ravenna; Willis Keller Burroughs, at home; Daniel Frederick Burroughs, of Omaha, Nebraska; and Jane Louise Burroughs Reynolds, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cowan
Robert Cowan has lived on the present 127 acre homestead on the corner of Route 14 and Kent-Mantua Road, Streetsboro Township, since 1925. Born in County Down, Ireland, on June 23, 1883, the son of Thomas and Margaret Cowan. His first home in this country was on Route 303, West of Streetsboro, near the Hudson Township line. Later as a young man he moved with his father to the old Foster farm in Hudson.
He married Muriel Bolender, of Cuyahoga Falls, where his four sons were born. He was one of four founding elders of the North End United Presbyterian Church that organized a congregation and built the first church there in 1917. In 1925, he purchased the present homestead and established residence in the house which was Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cowan originally built in 1833 as the "Olin Inn". In 1946 he acquired fifty-six acres of the old Allman property to bring the farm- stead acreage to one hundred eighty-three. A successful and progressive dairy farmer, he has taken an active part in the Grange, Farm Bureau, and for many years served as Triple A
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committeeman for the township. He served his community as a member of the local school board and as president of the board.
After 47 years of farming he is now enjoying partial retirement and spends much of his time with his two grandsons and five granddaughters. His four sons and their children are: Glenn R. (Anne Elizabeth and Robert Carl); Howard M. (Mary Alice); Darrell T. (Sandra Kay and Jane Marie); Paul H. (Stephen Paul and Deborah Ann).
Charles L. Curtiss - Alice Carver Curtiss
Charles Lewis Curtiss was born in Freedom, Ohio, July 7, 1885, son of Lewis Emerson and Harriet (Williams) Curtiss, who were married in 1871. His grandfather and grand- mother, Sabrina Robinson, were both born in 1805, being early settlers of Freedom town- ship. They came from Massachusetts with others from New England. They were married in 1825.
Charles was educated in Freedom and Garrettsville schools. He was a farmer. On May 12, 1907, he married Miss Alice M. Carver. To this union were born six children. These are Helen G. Albaugh, with White, Wilson, Merrit, Inc. Insurance, Cleveland; Marjorie D. Stonebrook, Medical Secretary at the Hellerstine Heart Center, Cleveland; Eleanor M. Barnes, Dallas, Pa .; Mary M. Gaynor, R.N., with a Fanwood, N .J. phy- sician; two others are deceased.
In 1918 Mr. Curtiss began work with the Akron City Water Works at Earlville. After 33 years service he retired and moved to Mount Dora, Fla. Mr. Curtiss was master of the Streetsboro Grange four terms; and sold Grange insurance about 20 years. He was Republi- can committeeman many times and also served as township con- stable. He was a member of the Methodist church and active in community affairs.
Charles L. Curtiss - Alice Carver Curtiss
Alice M. Carver, born in Cincinnati, was the younger of two daughters of John and Helen (Yeager) Carver. The mother was born in Covington, Ky., and as an orphan she lived with her aunt, Lena Krupp in Cincinnati.
Alice was educated in a one room school in Shalersville, and attended and was graduat- ed from what was once known as Shalersville Academy. She also attended Hiram College. She then started teaching, her first school being Lime Ridge one room school in Freedom a few days before she was seventeen. Children and education seemed to hold an abiding interest. In Streetsboro she served on the board of education eight years; was on the Portage County board of education sixteen years; was president of the Portage County Woman's Republican Club; and president of the county W.C.T.U. She was chosen delegate to the Ohio State Grange four times and was local and county lecturer.
She was also active in P.T.A. work and was the first woman justice of the peace in Streetsboro, and the second woman on the school board. A member of the Methodist church, she taught the Young Married group nine years. She was also a presiding judge for the election board, as well as being a license holder to sell Grange Life insurance.
After their retirement, the Curtisses moved to Florida where they bought a lot and
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planned a ranch type house, Mr. Curtiss doing much of the inside and finishing work. In 1956 he added an apartment. Mr. Curtiss is interested in the care of his large yard, small garden and Mrs. Albaugh's small groves. He belongs to the Methodist church there and the Mount Dora Men's Club. Mrs. Curtiss' hobbies are ceramics, flowers, home demonstration crafts, poetry and the Writers Club.
Mrs. Curtiss and Mrs. Irving Nighman (deceased) were the committee to choose the inscription ( a paragraph from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address) to be placed on the Honor Roll for Streetsboro's beloved soldier boys. She also wrote the poem for the dedication of the roll. This Honor Roll is unique in that it is copied after the front doorway of the old Singletary house across the street, now an antique shop.
Henry L. Ellsworth
Henry Lake Ellsworth was born in Streetsboro Township, north of Kent, Ohio, June 21, 1859, the son of Henry F. and Betseye (Meech) Ellsworth. Early in the 19th century his grandfather, Hezekiah Ellsworth came to Ohio from Windsor, Connecticut, by virtue of a forty day ox cart trip.
He attended public schools in Streetsboro Township, where he operated a dairy farm. He was active in Commun- ity civic affairs, serving numerous terms as township trustee and school board member; he also was the original Streets- boro township representative of The Portage County Im- provement Association, which organization was sponsored by Dan Hanna of Cleveland, and whose principal objectives were to bring about improvement of county and township roads, and to develop better breeds of livestock, particularly horses and cattle. He was a member of the Streetsboro Grange. He served as a member of the Streetsboro Board of Education.
Except for the last four years of his life, which he spent in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, where he died on March 3, 1940, his entire life was spent in Streetsboro.
On March 17, 1895, he was married to Lillian Washburn of Hudson, Ohio. They had three children, Lloyd E. Ellsworth, born October 25, 1897, Coe F. Ellsworth, born May 18, 1902, and Lila Ellsworth Klewe, born December 3, 1906. Lloyd has a son and two daughters, Lee, Joy and Suzanne; Coe has one son, James, and Mrs. Klewe, a son and daughter, Lyman and Phyllis.
O. R. Hannum
O. R. (Ray) Hannum was born in Streetsboro, November 1, 1877. He was the son of Charles Hannum and Emma (Nichols) Hannum and the grandson of O. E. Hannum and Julia (Little) Hannum who came to Streetsboro from the Berkshire hills of western Mas- sachusetts in 1835.
The Hannum family first located in the western part of Streetsboro and built their log cabin on what was known as Hannum Hill overlooking the swamp land on the present route 303 between Streetsboro and Hudson. This property was sold to Wm. Nicholson shortly after the Civil War period. The family then moved to the north east section of the town where Wayne Hannum still resides.
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O. R. Hannum received his education in the Streetsboro public schools, Hiram college, and the Western Reserve Academy in Hudson. He taught school for a short time, then purchased the Avery farm adjoining his father's farm where he was engaged in farming for the rest of his life, which ended Jan. 27, 1956.
He was married October 6, 1904 to Edith May Porter, a daughter of Martin Porter, who came to Streetsboro from Ireland in 1872.
Mr. Hannum took an interest in public affairs, serving 16 years on the Streetsboro School board and was a charter member of the Streetsboro Grange. He was also a member of the Streetsboro Methodist Church and the Farm Bureau.
Mr. and Mrs. Hannum were the parents of four children: Keith Hannum, Kenneth Hannum, (who died in infancy), Fay Hannum, and Janet Hannum Dunlap.
Mr. and Mrs. Oakley Wayne Hannum
Oakley Wayne Hannum was born in Streetsboro Township, May 1, 1899. He was the son of Charles S. and Emma (Nichols) Hannum. As a boy he attended the Streetsboro schools and graduated from the high school there in 1917.
Thereafter he followed farming with his father and later on pur- chased his father's interest, oper- ating a dairy and specializing in Concord grapes.
On November 28, 1922, Mr. Hannum was married to Mildred G. Putman of Onoville, New York, daughter of Clyde and Lucy Putman. Two daughters were born to them. They are Zoe Louise, now Mrs. Vernon Wein- gart of Streetsboro; and Ruth Ann, now Mrs. Leonard Man- frass, also of Streetsboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Oakley Wayne Hannum
Since 1940 Mr. Hannum has been engaged largely in the plumbing business, engaging in farming to only a limited extent.
In 1924 Mr. Hannum was elected clerk of Streetsboro township and has held that office continually since then, a period of 33 years at this time. He is a member of the Grange, Farm Bureau, Streetsboro Fire Department and the Lion's Club. Mrs. Hannum be- longs to the W.A.T. Club of Streetsboro. They have seven grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Bayard T. Keller
Bayard Thistle Keller was born June 15, 1885, in Oakland, Maryland, the son of Bayard Thistle Keller, Sr., and Elizabeth Jane (Casteel) Keller. His father was a doctor, having been graduated from Johns Hopkins at the age of 21. The family moved to Blooming-
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burg, Ohio, then to Washington Court House. Mr. Keller attended school in both of these towns as well as in Chattanooga, Tenn., where they lived for a short time before coming to Streetsboro, Ohio. There he was graduated from Streetsboro High School. He then attended an electrical trade school in Cincinnati.
He was married Aug. 13, 1909 to Lucille Doolittle, who was born Nov. 3, 1886, the daughter of Horace Albert and Effie (Peck) Doolittle. The Doolittle family was one of the pioneer families of Streetsboro, settling there in 1825. Mrs. Kel- ler's paternal great grandparents were Simon and Lucy (Green) Burroughs, who came to Streets- boro in 1818. Mr. and Mrs. Keller lived for many years in the old Burroughs homestead, which has been beautifully remodeled and is now occupied by their son Richard H. (Dick) and his family.
For a while after their mar- riage Mr. and Mrs. Keller lived in Cleveland, where Mr. Keller was employed by the Cleveland Elec- tric Illuminating Company. They returned to Streetsboro to farm with Mrs. Keller's parents. Event- Mr. and Mrs. Bayard T. Keller ually Mr. Keller left farming to start the Keller Electric Co. in Kent in 1920. The firm has continued to grow and is now one of the oldest and largest electrical contracting firms in Kent. At present it is operated by Mr. and Mrs. Dick Keller.
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