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† Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens
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1908
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ABNER
L. CALDWELL, general farmer and formerly township
trustee of Portage Township, owns thirty acres of land which
is highly valuable on account of its close proximity to
Akron, on the north, he having already sold forty acres for
building purposes the Caldwell School building having
been erected on it. Mr. Caldwell was born at
Springfield, Indiana, Jan. 13, 1839, and is a son of
Tarlton and Julia Ann (Vrooman) Caldwell.
In 1841 the parents of Mr. Caldwell moved to
Missouri, where they remained for eight years and then
removed to California, where the father worked in the gold
mines for twenty years. He acquired a mine of his own
and after he gave up the hard life of a miner, he settled on
a large ranch in Southern California and on that both he and
his wife died.
UP to the age of sixteen yeas, Abner L. Caldwell
had few educational advantages, during these early years
being called on to assist his father. After that,
however, the family was in easy circumstances and in1857 he
returned to Ohio and entered the preparatory school at
Hudson, where he remained two years and then went back to
California. Mr. Caldwell made five trips across
the Isthmus of Panama. As may be judged he takes a
great deal of interest in the progress of the Government
work at that point, at present. His reminiscences of
those early trips are very interesting.
In 1861, Mr. Caldwell was married to Mary
Pitkin, who is the daughter of the late Judge S. H.
Pitkin one of the early pioneers of Summit County and a
man of great prominence. Judge Pitkin owned 186
acres of land in Portage Township, to which he retired after
serving as a probate judge. He died at Akron.
Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell were married at Hudson.
While attending school at Hudson he boarded in the family of
Judge Pitkin. After their marriage Mr. and
Mrs. Caldwell lived five years in California and then
returned to Summit County, residing with Judge Pitkin,
on the present farm, for a time, but subsequently erecting a
residence of their own.
Mr. Caldwell has taken some interest in politics
and, as one of the reliable and substantial citizens, has
been offered many positions of responsibility, but he has
declined all but that of township trustee, in which he has
served several terms.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 847 |
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WEBSTER FRANKLIN CARMANY,
an enterprising and progressive agriculturist of Stow
Township, who is engaged in the cultivation of a farm of 108
acres, was born on his present farm July 18, 1878, son of
Isaac and Ellen (Durstein) Carmany.
ISAAC CARMANY was born in Manchester, Franklin
Township, Summit County, where he now carries on extensive
farming operations. His wife, Ellen, who was
the daughter of Jacob Durstein, died in July,
1903, aged forty-eight years. She professed the faith
of the Evangelical Church of the local organization,
of which Mr. Carmany is treasurer. An
earnest Christian woman, she was active in
church and charitable work. Three children were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Carmany—Cora Elnora, who is
deceased; Webster Franklin and Russell
Glennard, who lives at home.
Webster Franklin Carmany was
educated in the common schools and at the age of
eighteen years received a teacher's certificate in
Manchester, to which place he had come in 1887. He
never engaged in teaching, however, but learned the trade of
drafting and patternmaking in Franz Body's shop in Akron,
which he followed for ten or twelve years at different
places. In 1904, on account of ill health, he was
forced to give up this occupation, and purchased his present
farm from his father, it having been formerly the property
of his mother. Mr. Carmany cultivates
seventy-five acres of this tract, raising oats, wheat, corn
and potatoes, and his farm is one of the most highly
cultivated in this section of the township. In the
winter months he keeps seven or eight head of cattle and
disposes of his milk to the Cooperative Creamery at Stow
Corners.
Mr. Carmany was married to Amelia
Shumaeher, who is a daughter of Charles
Shumacher of Akron, and four children have been born to
them: Florence Blanche, Helen May,
Mabel Celia and Charles Isaac.
Mr. Carmany is a member of the Maccabees at
Elkhart, and in politics is independent. With his
family he attends the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Carmany's father was born in Germany, coming
to America at twenty-one years of age, in 1865. He
married Celia Herbruck, of Stark County, Ohio.
Both parents are now living.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page
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CHARLES B. CARR.,
M. D.*, physician and surgeon, has
been a resident of Barberton since 1890, and can almost lay
claim to being one of the oldest inhabitants, as the town
was then being just laid out. Dr. Carr
was born July 25, 1861, in East Union Township, Wayne
County, Ohio, and is a son of David F. and Sarah E. (Boydston)
Carr.
The father of Dr. Carr
was a farmer and stock-raiser and the boyhood of the future
physician was spent in learning the details of agriculture,
while securing a good primary education in the local
schools. Later, after a literary course at Smithville,
in Wayne County, he entered the university at Wooster.
His inclination and ambition being in the direction of
medicine as a profession, he made the necessary preparation
and then entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati,
where he was graduated in 1890. He came to Barberton
July 14, of the same year, which fact makes him the oldest
physician in point of service, in the town, having practiced
here continuously ever since, with the exception of the
years 1893 and 1894, when he practiced at Youngstown.
His reputation as physician and surgeon has carried his name
all over Summit County, and he is often called into
consultation at distant points. He is a member of the
American Medical Association and of the Summit County
Medical Society. For some seven years he served as
surgeon for the Erie Railroad. On Feb. 14, 1904, Dr.
Carr was married to Mary H. Morgan, of Shreve,
Ohio, who is a daughter of John Morgan, a well-known
citizen. They have two sons, Charles B. and
Otis Paul. Dr. Carr owns a large
amount of valuable property at Kenmore, where he has a
beautiful summer home, in which he has resided since 1905,
and he is making preparations to build residences on his
lots in this section.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 1008 |
James H. Case |
JAMES H. CASE,
who has been engaged in the drug business in Akron for the
past thirty-one years, is one of the city's most esteemed
citizens. He is also an honored veteran of the Civil
War, and one of the few survivors of the Third Division of
Cavalry, which gained distinction under their brave and
beloved leader, the gallant General Custer.
Mr. Case was born in 1844, in old Middlebury, and is a
son of Simon S. and Jane (McDowell) Case.
Simon S. Case, a harness-maker by trade, was born
in the State of New York and came to Akron Among the early
settlers. Later he engaged in general contracting and
he built an entire section of the C. A. & C. Railroad.
Still later he went into the stoneware business, and was the
first shipper of stoneware from Summit County by rail.
His death took place in 1877.
James H. Case entered the Federal army at the
age of nineteen yeas, becoming a member of Company A, Second
Regiment Ohio Cavalry. This regiment was mustered into
the service at Columbus, and it was first ordered to
Tennessee and Kentucky. It participated in the battles
of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Mine Run, Hanover Court
House, and all battles from the Wilderness to the surrender
of Lee. After Wilson's Raid Mr. Case
was taken sick and was confined to the hospital for two
months in Baltimore and Wilmington. After rejoining
his regiment he took part in the battles of Winchester,
Berryville, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek and Stony Creek. In
October, 1863, Mr. Case reenlisted and
remained in the service until after the final surrender of
the Confederate forces, being honorably mustered out at St.
Louis, Missouri, in September, 1865. His most
thrilling war experience was during Wilson's Raid,
when he had his horse shot from under him. In recalling the
various brave commanders under whom he served, Mr.
Case remembers the gallant General Custer,
who was adored by his soldiers, who together keep green his
memory in an annual gathering of the survivors of the old
command. In 1907 Mr. Case attended the
reunion held at Canandaigua, New York.
After the end of his military service, Mr.
Case returned to Akron where he worked at the
machinist's trade until 1876. He then engaged in the
drug business, in which he has continued ever since.
He is a stanch Republican, and was a great admirer of the
late Senator .James G. Blaine, during whose
candidacy, Mr. Case's store was the Blaine
headquarters. He has served two terms in the City
Council and has been postmaster at Postal Station No. 4 ever
since its organization.
In 1872, Mr. Case was first married to
Ella Farrar. In April, 1890, he was married,
second, to Mrs. Margaret Blocker.
Fraternally he is a Mason of high standing. He has
been a member of Buckley Post, G. A. R., since its
organization.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 1059 |
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Z. F. CHAMBERLIN,
who is serving in his second term as a member of the Board
of Directors of the Summit County Infirmary, was born in
Hudson Township, Summit County, Ohio, Aug. 1, 1840, and is a
son of Horace and Ann (Post) Chamberlin.
HORACE CHAMBERLIN was one of
the most prominent citizens of Summit County. He was
born in Hudson Township in 1818 and died on his way home
from the Centennial Exposition, in 1876, at Cleveland.
By profession he was a lawyer but he never practiced.
His wife was a daughter of Zina Post, one of the most
prominent pioneers of early days, in Hudson Township.
The six children of Horace Chamberlin and wife were:
F. A. Chamberlin, of Newburgh, Ohio, now living
retired; E. A. Chamberlin, residing at Cuyahoga
Falls; H. A. Chamberlin, residing in Twinsburg
Township; W. E., residing in Twinsburg Township;
Delos who died in infancy, and Z. F., subject of
thsi sketch, who is the eldest of the family.
Z. F. Chamberlin was reared
in his native township and was educated at Bissell Institute
at Twinsburg, since which he has been extensively interested
in farming, stockraising and dairying, operating 150 acres
of land. He has always been more or less active in
politics, and for six years was trustee of Northfield
Township. He succeeded his father as a director in the
Summit County Agricultural Society,, serving nine years as
the latter had done, and is succeeded in the office by his
son, H. E.
Mr. Chamberlin married Sarah A. Paxson, who
is a daughter of Heston C. Paxson, and they have one
child, Harmon E. The latter was educated in the
district schools and later at Cleveland, and is a well
informed young man. He is a leading member of the
order of accabees in this section and belongs to the
Macedonian Village Council. He married Jennie
Brower who is a daughter of Henry Brower, and
they have two children, Reginald Brower and Marie
Lenore.
The Chamberlins have always been ranked with
the progressive, intelligent and substantial people of
Summit County. They have owned lands and stock, and as
they prospered in their own material affairs, have lent
their influence to assist in movements to benefit others.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 798 |
Samuel Cooper |
SAMUEL COOPER
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 52 |
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FRANK
CORMANY, residing on his valuable farm of fifty-one
acres in Coventry Township, is the owner of 112 acres, the
balance being situated in Long Lake Park. Mr.
Cormany was born Mar. 12, 1855, on the old Cormany
homestead in Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is
a son of John and Rebecca (Harter) Cormany.
John Cormany was born in Pennsylvania and died in
1859. With his brothers he came to Summit County in
early days and they bought a large tract of timber land in
Coventry Township, which they set about clearing. When
the land was subsequently divided, each brother secured
about forty acres. John Cormany married
Rebecca Barter who was born in Pennsylvania and died in
Ohio, in 1906, aged eighty-five years. She was a
daughter of Jacob Harter, who settled in the green
woods of Summit County, on the site of the present city of
Barberton. To her marriage with John Cormany
there were born eleven children, namely: Jeremiah,
who died aged five months; Phillip; Catherine,
who married George Pow; Mrs. Araminta Miller;
Mrs. Rohama Allen; Levi; Lushia, who is
deceased; Frank; Aaron, who is deceased;
Mary, deceased, who married Frank Shick;
Mrs. Emma Wartsbaucher. Mrs.
Cormany later contracted a second marriage with
Moses Shick, to which no children were born.
Frank Cormany remained with his mother
for a short time after the death of his father, and then
went to assist his uncle, Samuel Cormany, with whom
he remained until the latter's death. In the meantime
he had become a skilled farmer and after his marriage he
purchased land, first from Samuel Peifer and
next from Samuel Cormany, his uncle. His
land is well improved and would command a high price if
placed on the market. For some years he has been
practically retired from agricultural work, his stalwart
sons being capable of looking after the property, and they
also are engaged in all kinds of teaming.
In July, 1877, Mr. Cormany was married to
Malinda Sellers, who is a daughter of Jacob
and Catherine (Rinninger) Sellers, both of whom, in
Coventry township, died in advanced age. Mrs.
Cormany has the following brothers and sisters:
Mary, who married Daniel Thomas; Maria,
who married Robert Bidiker; Henry; Hiram;
Malinda, and Joel.
Mr. and Mrs. Cormany have had five children,
namely: Anna, who died in infancy; Invin, who
married Miss Wagner, resides near his father,
and they have children; Samuel, who married Miss
Mosier, has one child, and they reside at Barberton;
and Clinton and Grace.
Politically, Mr. Cormany is a Republican.
In March, 1907, he was elected, with Allen Swartz
and William Bergdorf, road superintendent in
Coventry Township, and has proved a careful and efficient
public official.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 914 |
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EDWARD D. COX* the owner and
operator of a tract of 100 acres of excellent farming land
in Norton Township, was born Sept. 9, 1860, in Franklin
Township, Summit County, Ohio, and is a son of
Christopher and Mary (Chisnell) Cox.
Christopher Cox was born in Fayette County, Ohio, from
whence he came to Green Township, Summit County, at the age
of nineteen years. Leaving home with five dollars in
his pocket, he walked most of the way to his sister's home
in Green Township, where he worked one summer on the farm
and taught two winter terms in the district school.
After his marriage Mr. Cox engaged in farming, his
first property being in Green Township, on which he operated
for two years, and after a like period spent on another farm
in the same township, removed to Franklin Township, and
purchased the old Ludwig farm. Being a
hard-working, industrious man, he soon began to accumulate
property and at the time of his death, Mar. 20, 1903, his
holdings aggregated over 1,100 acres. Mr. Cox
was married in Green Township to Mary Chisnell, whose
death occurred in August, 1889. Of this union there
were eleven children, ten of whom still survive.
Edward D. Cox was reared and educated in Franklin
township, where he resided until his marriage, since which
time he has lived on his present farm in Norton Township, on
which he has erected good substantial buildings. About
thirty acres of the farm were cleared by Mr. Cox
himself. He engages in general farming and
stock-raising and is considered one of the good, practical
agriculturists of the township and a valued and public
spirited citizen. On Dec. 4, 1884, Mr. Cox
was married to Leora High, who is a daughter
of Alem High and sister of U. G. High, county
treasurer of Summit County. To Mr. and Mrs. Cox
there have been born nine children, eight of whom survive,
namely: Grace, who attends a summer school at Ada,
Ohio, and teaches school in the winter terms; Gertrude;
Ethel; Blanche, who died at the age of twelve years;
Ferne; Gladys; Florence; Raymond; and Mary.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page
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George Crisp |
GEORGE CRISP
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 741 |
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JAMES B. CROSS, a
well-known citizen of Tallmadge Township, where he owns a
fertile farm of sixteen and one-half acres, on which he
carries on general farming and poultry raising, is a
survivor of the great Civil War and a veteran of the same.
He was born in Cambridgeshire, England, Jan. 30, 1844, and
is a son of Elijah and Hannah (Bidwell) Cross.
The parents of Mr. Cross were natives of
England and came to America in 1853. The father
settled first in Medina County, Ohio, where he engaged in
business as a horticulturist and florist, having served an
apprenticeship of seven years to this business in his native
land. He died in Medina County in 1879, aged
seventy-one years. His widow died in the town of
Medina, in 1861. The father was married twice and to
his first union there were born four children: Joseph,
William, Mary and Elijah. To the
second marriage four children were born, as follows:
Sarah, who is the widow of Clarence Peck,
resides in Lorain County, Ohio; Hannah, deceased, who
married Eudoris Stewart; Henry B., who
was born in 1848, operates a broom factory in Akron, where
he is a useful citizen, taking an interest in public
affairs, and being the originator of the measure known as
the Buchtel Bill for the Blind; and James B.
James B. Cross attended the district schools in
Medina County and assisted his father until he entered the
service of the United States, becoming a member of Company
G, 84th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was
enrolled June 2, 1862, to serve three months, and was
honorably discharged Sept. 20, 1862, at Camp Delaware.
He re-enlisted May 2, 1864, in Company B, 162nd Regiment,
Ohio National Guards, to serve 100 days and was honorably
discharged a second time, Sept. 4, 1864, at Camp Chase.
A third time he enlisted, Feb. 19, 1865, in Company I, 188th
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for one year. His
first service was on the United States mail boat, taking
prisoners from Covington, Kentucky, to Louisville, and the
second was at Tullahoma, Tennessee; New Creek, Virginia;
Cumberland, Maryland, and at Nashville, Tennessee. He
was at Tullahoma at the time of General Lee's
surrender, being so ill at the time that it required two men
to bring him home.
Following his return from the army, for forty-three
years he worked in the gearing department of the Aultman-Miller
Company, at Akron, engaged in putting machinery
together, and remained until the business changed hands.
For twenty-four hears he resided at Akron, and has lived on
the present place for the past nineteen eyars. On Feb.
20, 1865, Mr. Cross was married to Almira Branch
who belongs to a very old pioneer family and is a daughter
of Lawson and Cordelia Branch. Mrs. Cross is of
English descent on the paternal side. The grandfather,
Levi Branch, with his brothers, Theodore, Edwin
and Elisha, came to Ohio from Massachusetts, and
they all settled in York Township, Medina County. The
children of Levi Branch were: Lawson, Levi,
Theodore, Elisha, Edwin and Mary. Levi Branch
was born at Worthington, Massachusetts, Sept. 17, 1779, and
died in York Township, Medina County, Ohio, in 1855.
He came to that section from Sweden, New York, in 1830,
accompanied by his wife and several children. He was a
man of authority in York Township. The first election
was held in his barn and the first religious meeting was
held in his house. The first educational institution
the little community erected was named the Levi Branch
school-house. For a time he owned the only team in the
town and had the monopoly of hauling provisions from Wooster
and Portage. For a long period he was the owner of the
only stove in the township.
The parents of Mrs. Cross lived and died
in Medina County. Her mother came from Sweden, New
York, and her father from Massachusetts. Mrs.
Cross' eldest sister, Fannie, was born in 1831
and was the first white child born in York Township.
She married C. B. Abbott and died aged seventy-six
years. The other members of the family were:
Egbert, Julia and James, living, and Ellen.
Miles, Almira, Levi and Evaline, deceased.
In 1907 the survivors of this family had their first reunion
in fifty years and it was a notable occasion.
To Mr. and Mrs. Cross were born the following
children: Nellie, who married Charles Leonard,
resides at Los Angeles, California, and they have one child,
Blanche; Minnie, died in 1877, aged nine years;
Pearl, who married Lewis Frase of East Akron,
has two children, Ruth and Ralph; Bertha, who
married Abner Warner, who is head chemist of the
Goodrich Company, resides on Crosby Street, Akron, and they
have one child, Helen; and Roy, who is a
bookkeeper in the office of the Goodrich Company, married
Lorna Scott of Tallmadge, and they have one child,
Winnifred.
For thirty-five years Mr.
Cross has been a member of Summit Lodge No. 50, Odd
Fellows, his membership dating from Jan. 16, 1871.
Both he and wife are members of Tallmadge Grange. They
belong to the Universalist Church. Politically, Mr.
Cross is a Republican.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page
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HON. GEORGE W. CROUSE,
a prominent resident of Akron, whose portrait accompanies
this article, is now enjoying a life of ease, after having
been one of the city's most effective business men for many
years. He is identified with such great industries as
the Buckeye Mower and Reaper Works, the Whitman &
Barnes Manufacturing Company. The B. F. Goodrich
Company, (Akron Rubber Works), The Thomas Phillips
Company Paper Mills, the Akron Iron Company, the Woolen &
Felt Company, the Diamond Match Works, the Stove Works, the
Selle Gear Works and many other successful concerns.
Mr. Crouse is a native of Summit County,
born at Tallmadge, Nov. 23, 1832, and is a son of George
and Margaret H. (Robinson) Crouse. He is of German
and Irish ancestry. His grandfather fell in battle in
the War for Independence. The family appeared in Ohio
at a very early day, and it was in Summit County, on a farm
he had developed from the forest, that George
Crouse reared his family of ten children.
George W. Crouse assisted in the clearing and
cultivation of the above mentioned farm until he was
seventeen years of age, while securing a fair common-school
education. He continued to spend the summers in farm
work, but was occupied in teaching through the winters for
the next five years, in the meantime making so good an
impression on his fellow-citizens that in 1855 he was
proffered the position of deputy county treasurer, with
office at Akron, and until 1858 he also performed the duties
of deputy county auditor. He was then elected county
auditor, and was re-elected in 1860, but before his second
term expired he was called upon to fill out the term of
county treasurer. All the important interests
connected with these offices were placed under his control
while he was still a young man, and the manner in which his
every duty was performed but added to the esteem in which he
was already held.
Mr. Crouse, who was one of the county
officials at the outbreak of the Civil War, in his official
capacity and as a private citizen did all that lay in his
power in support of the Union cause. He was very
active in securing recruits, and saw that they were well
provided for by obtaining favorable action from the Board of
County Commissioners. Finally, he himself enlisted,
entering Company F, 164th Reg., Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for
the 100-days' service; he received his honorable discharge
in 1864. After the war, upon the organization of the
Commandery of Ohio, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of
the United States, he became a Third Degree member, and
today is the only member of the Commandery of this degree.
Naturally he takes pleasure in wearing the tri-color button.
The Soldiers' Memorial Chapel at Akron, one of the most
beautiful structures in the city, was secured mainly through
his efforts.
Politically, Mr. Crouse is closely affiliated
with the Republican party, and his efficiency has been
recognized by his successive elections to important
stations. In 1872 he was elected county commissioner,
in 1885 he was elected to the State senate, and in 1886 he
was elected to Congress, from the Akron district, in all
these honorable positions bearing himself with dignity and
showing himself thoroughly capable. In civic affairs
Mr. Crouse has also always taken a deep interest, and
has served as a member of the City Council, and as president
of the Board of Education. He is one of the trustees
of Buchtel College, to which institution the Crouse
Gymnasium was one of his gifts.
Mr. Crouse was married Oct. 18, 1859, to
Martha K. Parsons, a daughter of Edward and
Clementine (Lingsley) Parsons, and they have four
daughters - Martha P., Julia M., Mary R. and
Neillie J. - and one son, George W., Jr., who is
a prominent manufacturer of Akron. The family home is
located at No. 263 East Mill street.
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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago,
Ill. - 1908 - Page 353 |
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