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Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co.
Chicago, Ill -
1908
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C. H. PALMER, who is
identified with a number of Akron's greatest business
enterprises, is still in the vigor of middle age, having
been born in 1850, in old Middlebury, now Akron, and is a
son of Albert and Ann Elizabeth (Hoye) Palmer.
Stephen Palmer, the grandfather of C. H. was
one of the earliest manufacturers of this section. He
established a fanning mill factory which his son, Albert
Palmer continued to operate until about 1850, in which
year he to went to Tennessee, where, for a time he was
engaged in the same business. In early manhood,
Albert Palmer was a school teacher. He still
survives, and resides at Akron, having reached his
eighty-third year, while his wife has rounded out her
seventy-seventh.
C. H. Palmer was educated at
Kingsville Academy. He was only twelve years old when
he was sent out on his father's wagon, to sell matches, and
thus from boyhood he has been connected with the great
corporation now known as the Diamond Match Company.
From the humble position of match boy, Mr. Palmer,
through diligence and industry worked his way up, step by
step, through the different grades of service until he now
occupies the responsible positions of vice-president and
general superintendent of the Diamond Match Company, as well
as a director in the same. Mr. Palmer is
largely interested in many other flourishing enterprises of
this prosperous city and section. He is president and
director of the Granite Clay Company; treasurer and a
director of the Akron Smoking Pipe Company; a director of
the First National Bank of Akron; a director of the
Barberton Savings Bank at Barberton, and other concerns of
less magnitude.
In 1876, Mr. Palmer was married to Marion
Peckham, who was born, reared and educated at
Middlebury, and who is a daughter of Thomas H. Peckham,
one of the earliest settlers at Tallmadge, Summit County.
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have one son, Thomas A., who
is manager of the Barberton branch of the Diamond Match
factory, and vice-president and a director of the Granite
Clay Company. He was educated at Case's School of
Applied Science. Mr. Palmer is a member of one
of the trustees of the First Church of Christ, at Akron.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 898 |
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EBENEZER PALMER -
See
James
Mackey
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 982 |
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J. DWIGHT PALMER* one of
Akron's native sons and prominent business men, was born in
this city in 1867, a son of R. F. Palmer. He
was reared in Akron and graduated from the High School in
1886. For some time after leaving school, Mr.
Palmer traveled for his health, mainly through the New
England States, but when prepared to enter into business
life, he returned to his native city and shortly afterward
became connected with the collection department of the
Aultman-Miller Company with which he continued for eighteen
years. On severing his relations with that firm he
decided to remain in the collection business, in which he
had become experienced, and in December, 1904, he
established the J. D. Palmer Collecting Agency, which
he has successfully operated ever since. Mr. Palmer
is a prominent factor in local politics, being a leading
Republican, and at the present writing has just received the
nomination for councilman, from the Second Ward. He
has every qualification for a first class city official,
being public-spirited, judicious and popular. In 1897,
Mr. Palmer was married to Jeannette Groesel,
who is a daughter of G. A. Groesel, of Akron, and
they have two sons: Roland F. and George A.
Mr. Palmer is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Fraternally he is connected with the Masons, in which order
he has advanced as far as the commandery.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 1111 |
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LEWIS S. PALMER,
one of Stow Township's leading citizens and large landowners
was born in Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, Oct. 29,
1857, and is a son of Josiah and Margaret (Stephens)
Palmer.
Jacob Palmer, the grandfather, was a native of
Connecticut. In 1833 he moved with his family to
Virginia, where, with a brother, he purchased 500 acres of
land. The untimely death of a son, about this time,
disheartened Mr. Palmer, and he sold his interest in
the Virginia property and removed to Maryland and from there
to Stark County, Ohio. His son, JOSIAH
PALMER, who became the father of Lewis S., was
born in Connecticut, in 1824, and was twelve years of age
when he came to Ohio. In 1853 he purchased a small
farm in Green Township, but later removed to Springfield
Township, where he carried on farming from 1869 until his
death, in 1895, when he was aged seventy-one years. He
was a Democrat in politics, and on numerous occasions his
fellow-citizens elected him to office. Mr. Palmer
was married to Margaret Stephens, who was a daughter
of Jacob Stephens, of Jerseyshore, Pennsylvania, and
to them were born eight children, namely: Albert, who
died at the age of twenty-four years; William, who
resides in Springfield Township; Cecelia Jane,
deceased, who was the wife of Charles McColgan, of
Stow Township; Catherine, deceased, who married
David Brubaker, of Barberton, Ohio; Charles, who
resides in Lake Township, Stark County; Lewis S.;
Thomas who is a resident of Springfield Township; and
Marcus, who is deceased. Mrs. Palmer died
in 1884, at the age of fifty-nine years, in the faith of the
"German Reformed Church, in which her husband was a deacon.
Lewis S. Palmer was educated in the common
schools of Green Township, and until he was twelve years of
age lived on the home farm. He then accompanied the
family to Springfield Township, and he assisted in
cultivating the home farm until 1880, when he engaged in
farming on his own account on a tract east of Monroe Falls,
which he purchased in 1903. In addition to this farm,
which consists of 107 acres, he owns a tract of thirty
acres, which he bought in 1884, and the Singleton farm
of 148 acres, in Streetsboro, which he secured in 1898.
Two of these farms he rents, having fifty-two acres under
cultivation on his own account. In 1875-6, when the
Valley Railroad was under construction, Mr. Palmer
worked as a foreman for E. A. McChesney. In the
spring of 1899 he purchased a portable sawmill, which he has
operated throughout this section, sawing on an average of
500,000 feet annually, and since 1892 he has operated a
threshing machine, giving three men employment. Mr.
Palmer is a Democrat in politics, and although he is not
inclined to have political aspirations he has served his
township as assessor. He belongs to the order of
Eagles at Kent. Among his most cherished possessions
is an old musket, which one of his paternal ancestors
carried in the Revolutionary War.
Mr. Palmer was married to Almeda E. Swinehart,
who is a daughter of Levi Swinehart, a prominent
citizen of Stow Township. Eight children have been
born to this union, as follows: Nelson, Maude, Bertha,
Blanche, Chauncey, Ira, Coy and Elmo. Chauncey died aged
ten years.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page
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RICHARD FREEMAN
PALMER, who for some years has lived at Akron retired
from active participation in business, was from formerly
identified with some of the city's large industrial
enterprises, and owns a large amount of real estate within
its boundaries. Mr. Palmer was born at Akron,
Ohio, Mar. 13, 1840, and is a son of Joseph and Eliza
(Freeman) Palmer.
Joseph Palmer was born in England and came to Akron
in 1836. He was a millwright by trade and the work
that brought him to this section was the building of the
locks in the Ohio Canal. Later he assisted in building
the Cascade mill, and was identified with that mill
for eighteen years. In 1854 he moved to a farm in
Medina County, on which he lived until his death of his
wife. He then returned to Akron, making his home with
his son, Richard.
Richard F. Palmer was little more than a school-boy
when he found occupation as a driver on the canal, and he
continued to work as such until he was eighteen years of
age. About that time he entered the high school, where
he remained until President Lincoln's call, in 1861,
for75,000 troops, when he enlisted for service in the Union
Army. He was for three months a member of Company G,
19th Ohio Volunteer Infantry being stationed during this
time mainly in West Virginia. For the following two
years he ran a stationary engine and then, in February,
1835, re-enlisted, entering Company I, 188th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. During this second term of service, which
covered a year, he was located in Tennessee and Kentucky.
After being mustered out of the army the second time.
Mr. Palmer then bought a canal boat and operated on
the canal for some three years. In 1872 he found
employment in the office of the Akron Iron Company,
remaining there two years. He then entered the employ
of Aultman, Miller & Company, becoming their
general agent, with headquarters at Tiffin, Ohio, being in
their employ for twenty-seven years. Since 1897 Mr.
Palmer has lived retired from active business life, but
he has many congenial interests to occupy his attention.
Mr. Palmer was married June 9, 1862, to
Frances E. Field who is a daughter of Asa Field.
Mrs. Palmer died Apr. 26, 1898, leaving three sons and
an adopted daughter. The eldest son, Frank L.,
is a resident of Pittsburg. J. Dwight, residing
in Akron, is one of the city's representative men and has
just been elected a member of the City Council. J.
Asa, the third son, is secretary of the Burt
Manufacturing Company of Akron. Margaret, the
daughter by adoption, is the wife of Willis Bacon, an
attorney of Tiffin, Ohio.
Mr. Palmer has always taken a laudable interest
in the public matters concerning the development of his
city. Years ago he served on the City Council, in 1871
and 1872. AT present he is a member of the Summit
County Court House Building Commission, just completing the
erection of a $400,000.00 court house. For many years
he has been prominent in Masonry and is the present eminent
commander of Akron Commandery, and served seven years as
prelate. H has twice been commander of Buckley Post,
G. A. R.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page
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WILLIAM N. PALMER,
assistant general superintendent of the Diamond Match
Company, at Barberton, was born in Middlebury, now Akron,
Ohio, Dec. 9, 1855, and is a son of Albert and Ann
Elizabeth (Haughey) Palmer.
Albert Palmer, father of William N., was
born at Lyons, New York, in 1823, and is a son of Stephen
Palmer, who brought his family to Akron in 1837.
The latter was a manufacturer of fanning mills and when his
father died. Albert Palmer continued the
business. Albert Palmer and his wife both
survive, after a happy married life of fifty-eight years, he
having reached his eighty-fourth birthday, while she is
seventy-seven years of age. They had seven children,
as follows: C. H., who is vice-president of the
Diamond Match Company; Kate, who is the wife of M.
C. Lytle, residing at Wadsworth, Ohio; William N.,
whose name begins this sketch; Stephen; Frances, a
school teacher, residing at Akron; Nettie, who is the
wife of Adolph Bonstead; and Jessie.
William N. Palmer has been more or less identified
with the match industry since boyhood, beginning to work for
O. C. Barber, the pioneer match manufacturer, when
but twelve years of age, the plant then being located at
Middlebury, which is now a part of Akron. He attended
school during the winter sessions for some years and also
took a course in Wilder's Business College, but all
spare time, holidays, Saturdays and even many evenings were
give to work for Mr. Barber. Gradually, from
the humblest position, Mr. Palmer has advanced until
he is now the assistant superintendent of this immense
plant. His knowledge is of a thoroughly practical
nature, he having worked through the different departments
in the factories. Mr. Palmer married Emma
Tweed and they have one daughter, Mabel.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 578 |
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DAVID L. PARKER
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 1011 |
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JAMES
B. PAULUS, general farmer and dairyman, residing on
his farm of eighty acres, situated in Stow Township, was
born in Suffield Township, Portage County, Ohio, April 10,
1853, and is a son of William and Rebecca (Brouse) Paulus.
The Paulus family came originally to Ohio from
Pennsylvania, and the grandfather of James B. settled
in Portage County, a little east of Mogadore, at a place
called Horseheaven, and there William Paulus was
reared and there followed the trade of blacksmith. For
forty years he served acceptably as a justice of the peace
and from his business and the just emoluments of office, he
accumulated a competency and retired at the age of fifty
years. Politically, he was a Democrat.
Fraternally, he was a Mason. He married Rebecca
rouse, who was born in Stark County, and they had the
following children: Mary, deceased, who was the wife
of George Gethman, residing at Kent; Urias,
who died in the army during the Civil War, having enlisted
at the age of seventeen years; Isaac, residing at
Canton, Ohio; James B. and Jane, twins, the
latter of whom married Louis Newbar, of Akron;
Jefferson, residing at Kent; Chloe, who married
Daniel Swartz, residing in Suffield Township, Portage
County. The father of the above family died in May,
1895, and the mother in Dec., 1905, the former aged seventy
years and the latter seventy-nine years. The mother of
Mr. Paulus was a consistent member of the Lutheran
Reformed Church.
James B. Paulus grew up on the home farm and
until fifteen years of age, more or less regularly attended
the district schools, then hired out at farm work by the
month. When he was twenty years old he rented a farm
in Suffield Township, which he operated for two years, when
he married, and in 1875, came to Stow Township, Summit
County. He purchased his present farm of Horace
Moon, and has all of it under cultivation, together with
fifty-five additional acres, which he rents. He raises
his own grain and hay, and for some years devoted a great
deal of space to potatoes. He runs a dairy business
with fourteen cows, disposing of his milk at Kent, and he
also keeps about five head of horses. Mr. Paulus
has done a great deal of improving on this property He
found no better accommodations then an old log cabin and in
the first year he built a part of his present comfortable
residence, which he completed in 1904, in the meanwhile
erecting substantial barns and putting up good fences.
Mr. Paulus was married to Caroline Hively,
who died July 15, 1907. She was a most estimable lady,
a devoted wife and mother and a kind friend to all who
brought their troubles to her. She was the mother of
six children, namely: Charles, deceased; Ada,
who died aged twenty-three years; Edwin, who died
aged twenty-three years; Edwin, who died aged
fourteen years; Willard, residing at home; Theresa,
deceased, who married Henry Brown; and Edna,
residing at home.
In politics, Mr. Paulus is identified with the
Democratic party. He is not an office-seeker, but
consents to serve in local positions when called upon, and
for many terms has been township supervisor.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page
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GEN.
SIMON PERKINS. Very many of the prominent
families of Ohio trace their ancestry to Connecticut, and
this is the case with the distinguished Perkins
family. Simon Perkins, who for so long a period
was one of the leading men of Ohio, was born at Lisbon,
Connecticut, Sept. 17, 1771. In 1895 he is found at
Oswego, New York, and in 1798 he was chosen by the Erie Land
Company to act as its agent in the exploration of the
Western Reserve, and in this capacity he spent his summers
in Ohio. After his marriage, he settled permanently at
Warren, Ohio, where he was postmaster at Warren, Ohio, where
he was postmaster from 1801 to 1829, and was also special
agent of the government in establishing local offices and
treating with the Indians. In August, 1812, as
brigadier general of militia, he took charge of the troops
in Northern Ohio and marched to defend the northern
frontier. At the close of the campaign in the
following year, he was offered by President Madison a
commission as colonel in the regular army, which military
honor he declined on account of his many pressing business
duties.
In 1813 General Perkins organized the Western
Reserve Bank and remained its president until 1836. He
was a member of the Ohio Canal Fund Commission from 1826
until 1838. In 1825, in association with Paul
Williams, he founded the village of Akron, and in 1831, in
connection with Judge King and Dr.
Crosby, that portion known as North Akron. He
donated ground for public buildings, parks, schools and
churches, and enriched in every possible way the young town
where he enjoyed passing much of his spare time. He
died at Warren Nov. 6, 1844, aged 73 years, one month and
nineteen days.
On March 18, 1804, he married Nancy Bishop, who
was born at Lisbon, Connecticut, Jan. 24, 1780, and who died
at Warren Apr. 24, 1862, aged eighty-two years and three
months. Among their children was Colonel Simon
Perkins, now deceased, who for many years was a leading
figure in the affairs of Akron. Colonel George Tod
Perkins, president of the P. F. Goodrich Company and the
Akron Rubber Company, a sketch of whom may be found in this
volume, is a grandson of General Perkins.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 327 |
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WILLIAM J. POWELL,
general farmer, cultivating 125 acres of valuable land in
Northfield township, is a son of William and Sarah (Baum)
Powell. He is a great-grandson of George
Powell, who was born at Berlin, Germany, and who, during
the times of Napoleon, when the country was in an unsettled
condition, became involved in politics, and, with other
revolutionists, prepared to flee to America. He
succeeded in getting his wife and children on board of a
sailing vessel and then, being hard pressed, endeavored,
with some companies, to escape to the ship on a floating
log, in which attempt he was drowned. His son,
Henry Powell, grandfather of William J., came
from Germany with his mother and two sisters. He was
sold in New Jersey to work out the passage money for the
family, he then being eight years of age. He lived up
to the agreement and remained with his owner until he was
twenty-one years old, when he married Rachel Fowler
and they subsequently came to Mahoning County. William
Powell, the father, was born in New Jersey and emigrated
to Mahoning County, Ohio, with his father, when six years
old. He lived there until he was eighteen years old.
He lived there until he was eighteen, and then came to what
is now Northfield, Summit County. In 1840, he married
Sarah Baum, and settled on her homestead farm of
fifty acres, to which he added until he owned 125 acres.
On this land he carried on general farming and sheep
growing. He voted with the Republican party, but never
sought office. He died in 1868. He was reared in
the Society of Friends, but as there was no religious
organization of that body in this locality, he untied with
the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death occurred in
1868.
Thomas Baum, the maternal grandfather of Mr.
Powell, was born in 1798, in Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, and in 1801, was brought by his parents to
Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. He subsequently
married Mary Perkey, and they had the following
children: John, deceased, served in the Civil War;
Sarah, the mother of Mr. Powell, born June 1,
1824; Mary, now deceased; Martha, who is the
widow of U. R. Horner, of Akron; Elizabeth,
who married David Silver, of Jennings County,
Indiana; and James M., who resides in East Toledo.
To William and Sarah Powell
were born five children, of whom the following now survive:
Louisa, widow of Elihu Griswold,
residing at Akron; Harriet E., who married Andrew
J. Kelty, of Bedford; Mary R., residing at home
with her mother; and William J., whose name begins
this sketch.
William J. Powell grew up on the farm which he now
cultivates, and was thoroughly trained in agricultural work.
He raises on 126 acres, wheat and potatoes for market,
giving twelve acres to wheat and three to potatoes, and
grows hay, corn and oats for feed and dairy business,
keeping about twenty-five head of cattle. The milk
from his cows, all of excellent breed, is shipped to
Cleveland. His apple orchard is in fine producing
condition. Mr. Powell looks well to his
buildings and his immense barn is of 30 by 90 feet, with
eighteen-foot posts. He farms along modern lines and
meets with excellent success.
Mr. Powell married Margaret R. Nesbitt,
who is a daughter of the late James Nesbitt, formerly county
commissioner, and a prominent citizen of the county.
Mr. and Mrs. Powell are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. Powell is a
Republican, and for six years has been a member of the
Republican County Executive committee. He served seven
years on the School Board and one year as a member of the
Council at Macedonia. He has since been elected
councilman for a term of two years.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 1066 |
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EMORY
A. PRIOR. M. S., LL. B., a leading member of the bar
at Cuyahoga Falls, was born in Northampton Township, Summit
County, Ohio, June 27, 1855, and is a son of Henry W. and
Emily (Bonesteel) Prior.
The study of Mr. Prior's
ancestral lines lends us back to the early settlement of New
England. The first of the name of whom we have record,
was Benjamin Prior, whose birth is recorded at
Duxbury, Massachusetts. In 1697 he married Bertha,
daughter of John and Abigail (Wood) Pratt, of
Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Joshua Prior, son of Benjamin and Bertha
Prior, was born in 1709 and died in 1784. He
married Mary, daughter of Eleazer and Lydia
(waterman) Barnham, Jan. 31, 1735.
SIMEON PRIOR, youngest of the
nine children of Joshua and Mary Prior, and
great-grandfather of Emory A., was born May 16, 1754,
at Norwich, Connecticut, and died June 29, 1837. He
was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, enlisting in
Connecticut, as armorer, under Colonel John Durgey,
about 1776, joining the army at Kings Yard, New York City.
His record shows that about 15 weeks later he joined the
regiment on Painter's Hook, and after the city was taken by
the British his regiment went to Fort Lee and later
participated in the battle of Trenton. The family
history asserts that on this occasion; Simeon Prior
was a member of General Washington's body guard.
He married Katherine Wright, and in 1802 brought his
family to Northampton Township. He was the first
regular farming settler here, the only other family being
that of a Mr. King, who kept a tavern at Old Portage,
the commencement of Portage Path. Simeon Prior was a
farmer, blacksmith and machinist, a combination of
occupations well qualifying him to make an admirable pioneer
settler.
WILLIAM PRIOR, son of Simeon,
and grandfather of Emory A. Prior, was born at
Norwich, Connecticut, Apr. 6, 1783, and died June 7, 1872.
He accompanied his father to Northampton in 1802, where he
secured farming land. He participated in the War of
1812, being a member of Colonel Rial McArthur's
regiment. In politics he was a Jeffersonian Democrat.
He was twice married: first to Sarah Wharton,
who was a daughter of James Wharton, and who died in
early married life; and, second, to
Polly Culver.
HENRY W. PRIOR, son of
William and father of the subject of this sketch, was
born in Northampton Township, Summit County, Ohio, Jan. 25,
1813 and died in 1875. He was a man of exceptional
mentality and made the best of the educational advantages
afforded him and of his business opportunities. He
acceptably filled all of the local offices of any
responsibility in Northampton Township, and, although not
united with any religious body was a liberal supporter of
churches and all moral movements. In 1849 he went to
California, by way of New York and the Isthmus of Panama,
and remained there one year engaged in prospecting and
mining. Having much natural mechanical skill, he
combined farming with carpenter work, and with his father
and a brother, he remained actively interested in
agricultural pursuits up to the close of his long and useful
life.
His wife, Emily, was a daughter of Jacob
Bonesteel, also an old settler in this vicinity.
She died in April, 1860, on the home farm in Northampton
Township. There were two children born to Henry W.
Prior and wife, of whom Emory A. is the only
survivor, the older in order of birth having died in
infancy.
Emory A. Prior was afforded the best educational
advantages to be obtained in his native locality, and he is
inclined to think that in some ways the youth of his day,
when they had the personal attention of their teachers,
enjoyed better opportunities for individual advancement than
is sometimes the lot of students under the present graded
system. He attended the Cuyahoga High School, and came
under the personal attention of Almeda Booth, who was
a noted teacher and philanthropist at that time. In
1874 he was graduated at Buehtel College, completing the
scientific course and securing his B. S. degree, and later,
after completing a post graduate course, receiving a degree
of M. S. In 1877, after a course in the Harvard Law
School, Mr. Prior was graduated there and secured his
LL. B. degree, shortly afterward coming to Cuyahoga Falls.
He took the necessary examinations in the Old District Court
at Cleveland, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in the
following September.
After this prolonged season of close study, Mr.
Prior decided to settle on a farm in Northampton
Township, and was engaged in farming and dairying thereon up
to 1890. He then opened an office in Akron, where he
practiced law until 1895, when he located permanently at
Cuyahoga Falls, entering into a partnership with Charles
H. Howland. This association lasted five years,
during which time the firm
had its share in the business of importance that came before
the Summit County courts. In the fall of 1902 Mr.
Prior became secretary of the Falls Savings and Loan
Association. In August, 1904, the Cuyahoga Falls
Savings Bank was organized by the following capitalists who
comprised its board of directors: Emory A. Prior, C. M.
Walsh, L. W. Loomis, Henry Thomas, W. R. Lodge, Edwin
Seedhouse and William A. Searle. This bank
was organized to take up the business in this vicinity of
the Akron Savings Bank, which had failed. Mr.
Prior has been identified with this institution as
secretary and as a director ever since, and since June,
1906, he has been a member of its financial committee.
He is concerned in other business enterprises and was one of
the organizers of the Walsh Paper Company, of which he is a
stockholder, and in which he has been secretary since its
founding.
On Mar. 25, 1882, Mr. Prior was married
to Abbie F. Allen, who is a daughter of Albert
Allen, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and they have
three children, namely: Henry William, Margaret H.
and Ruth Wharton. The family belong to the
Episcopal Church. In political sentiment, Mr.
Prior is actively identified with the Republican
party. He was elected village solicitor during his
years of active practice and was re-elected, serving two
terms. Otherwise, he has accepted no political office.
He is a member of Star Lodge, No. 187, F. & A. M., Cuyahoga
Falls, Ohio.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 294 |
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FRANK
S. PRIOR, secretary and treasurer of the Akron
Plumbing and Heating Company, at Akron, was born in 1880, in
Summit County, Ohio, and belongs to a family which was
numbered among the first settlers in the county. His
grandfather, Samuel S. Prior, was a native of
Massachusetts, and his father, Frederick S. Prior,
was born in Summit County, in January, 1848. He
resides at Akron, where he follows the profession of
stationary engineer. He is active in Republican
political circles.
Before becoming identified with the Akron Plumbing and
Heating Company Frank S. Prior was mainly engaged in
securing a good education, attending the schools of Cuyahoga
Falls and Hammels Business College. He was connected
with his present business house before it was incorporated
in March, 1907, at which time he became its secretary and
treasurer. He is one of the younger set of business
men at Akron, who are injecting much vigor into the citys
commercial and industrial life. In 1905 Mr. Prior
was as married to Leota J. Zink, who was born at
Akron and who is a daughter of Z. E. Zink, foreman at
the plant of the American Cereal Company. Mr. Prior
is a member of the Disciples Church at Cuyahoga Falls.
He belongs to the beneficiary order of the Protected Home
Circle.
Source:
Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. - Chicago, Ill. - 1908 - Page 462 |
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