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HENRY STEPHEN ABBEY,
- born in Portland, Middlesex county, Conn., Nov. 5, 1808;
at an early age removed to Glastenbury, and in 1828 to
Bristol, where he learned the clock-making business.
Oct. 30, 1831, was married to Miss Elizabeth Smith of
Torrington, Conn., immediately removing to Buffalo, N. Y.,
and two years later to Niagara Falls, finally settling in
Akron in 1835. Here, for two years, he was engaged in
cabinet making in South Akron, when he embarked in the
jewelry business, in 1841 forming a partnership with Mr.
Hiram Payne and removing to the Stone Block, corner of
Howard and Market streets, later establishing himself at 120
Howard street, where he was continuously and successfully in
business until his sudden death, from heart disease, Oct.
25, 1873, at the age of 64 years, 11 months and 20 days.
Mr. Abbey was a fine musician, organizing and for
many years leading Akron's pioneer band; was an intelligent
florist, establishing the pioneer greenhouse of the village,
and was a liberal promoter of all public improvements; was a
member, and president, of Akron's pioneer gas company, and
served as a member of the Village Council for the years
1856, '57. Of the several children born to Mr. and
Mrs. Abbey, Henry E. Abbey, now of New York, only
survives, though their adopted daughter, Ellen G.,
now Mrs. S. E. Phinney, most fully shared their
confidence and love. Mrs. Abbey died July 1,
1874, aged 66 years, 9 months and 25 days.
Source: Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County,
by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane - Publ.
Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job Department - 1892~ Page 310 |
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JOHN ABELE
who owns 104 acres of fine farming land in Portage Township,
was born Feb. 15, 1850, in Wurtemburg, Germany, and is a son
of John and Victoria Abele, both of whom died in
Germany.
John Abele learned the trade of a puddler and
followed it in his own country until his twenty-first year,
when he came to America. He worked one year in the
rolling mills at Allentown, Pennsylvania, and was employed
for two years by the Cambria Iron and Steel Company at
Johnstown, Pennsylvania. In 1873 M. Abele
located at Akron, Ohio, and the next twenty-three years
were spent with the Akron Iron Company, where he rendered
faithful service in the capacity of puddler. Mr.
Abele left the employ of this company in 1896, and for
six years thereafter cultivated a 20 acres tract of land in
Portage Township, Summit County, Ohio, but at the end of
this time purchased his present property, which was the old
Edward Roepke farm, from John Rice, and here
he has carried on agricultural pursuits to the present time.
Mr. Abele's farm, which is one of the largest in this
section of Portage Township, has been brought to a high
state of cultivation. He also conducts the Akron
Garbage Route.
In 1875, in Akron, Mr. Abele was married to
Agatha Treitingar, who was born at Akron, Ohio, and is a
daughter of Caspar Treitingar. Seven children
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Abele, namely:
John, Joseph, Frank, William, Clara, Albert and Annie.
Mr. Abele with his family, attends the German
Catholic Church.
† Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens -
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. -
Chicago, Ill - 1908~Page 970 |
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JONAH ALLEN -
son of Jesse Allen, Sr., was born in Tompkins county,
N.Y., Oct. 14, 1798; came to Coventry, with parents, in
1811, the father officiating as justice of the peace in
Coventry, with parents, in 1811, the father officiating as
justice of the peace in Coventry township for many years.
Mr. Allen was married to Miss Synthia Spicer,
sister of the late Major Spicer, May 12, 1821, and
established a farm home for himself in Coventry, which he
successfully carried on until his death, May 15, 1874, at
the age of 75 years, 7 months and 1 day, Mrs. Allen
having died September 11, 1860, aged 57 years, 3 months and
20 days. Mr. and Mrs. Allen were the parents of
five children - Catharine, born Nov. 5, 1822,
afterwards Mrs. Oren Beckwith, who died Jan. 23,
1855; Edward, born Aug. 18, 1824, died July 9, 1841;
William, born Feb. 18, 1827, died Nov. 28, 1886;
John, born Oct. 20, 1829, still residing upon the old
homestead in Coventry; Cynthia, who died in infancy;
the surviving son, John, like the brother,
William, the father, Jonah, and the grandfather,,
Jesse, being among the most enterprising and honored
residents of Coventry township; in politics an ardent
Republican, and in religion an earnest supporter of the
Disciple faith. John Allen was married, Dec. 9,
1857, to Ann Morgan of Newburg, Cuyahoga county, who
has borne him for children- Emma C. (now Mrs.
Henry B. Sisler, of Akron), born Nov. 2, 1858; Jesse
M., now working in Barberton, born Apr. 6, 1864;
Isham F., born Jan. 2, 1868; John R., born Mar.
23, 1871, now in Worthington's hardware store, in Cleveland. |
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LEVI ALLEN, -
second son of Jesse Allen, one of the very earliest
of Coventry's pioneer settlers, was born in Tompkins county,
N. Y., Feb. 10, 1799; moved with parents to Ohio, by ox
team, in 1811, Levi, then but 12 years old, walking
and driving cattle and sheep most of the way, arriving in
Middlebury July 4. At 21 Mr. Allen purchased
the farm now occupied by Levi Allen, Jr., a sort
distance south of city limits; in 1824, was married to
Miss Phœbe Spicer,
daughter of Major Miner
Spicer; who bore him six children - Levi, Jr.,
born July 28, 1824, now living on the old homestead, in
Coventry; Miner S., born July 29, 1825, died Dec. 20,
1825; Albert (whose portrait and biography appear
elsewhere), born Mar. 12, 1827, died Sept. 25, 1888;
Miner J. (see portrait on another page); born Nov. 11,
1829; Walter Scott, born Mar. 24, 1834, died Sept.
13, 1834; and Cynthia A., born April 22, 1839.
Mr. Allen, though not an office-seeker, ever took a
lively interest in pubic affairs, both local and general,
and for sixty years was an active and influential member of
the Disciple church. In 1868 Mr. and Mrs. Allen
gave up the care of the farm and removed to Akron, to reside
with their children, Albert and Cynthia, who kindly
cared for them to the end - Mrs. Allen dying Jan. 10,
1875, aged 74 years and 29 years, and Mr. Allen
passing away May 11, 1887, aged 88 years, 3 months and one
day. |
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 ABEL
G. ALLYN, - son of Israel and Lucy (Gallup) Allyn,
was born in Coventry Township, Oct. 4, 1820; educated in
district schools; raised a farmer, working on old homestead
until 1847, when he purchased a farm a short distance
further west, which is now a part of the city of Akron; in
addition to general farming making dairying a specialty in
supplying the citizens of Akron with milk.
October 10, 1847, was married to Miss Adeline Capron,
daughter of Ara and Eliza (Sweet) Capron of Bath and
Copley Town Line, who bore him six children - Addie,
born July 23, 1848 (married Feb. 20, 1866, to Preston
Barber, of Akron, who died Dec. 13, 1886); Charles,
born May 25, 1851, now a farmer in Summit, Greeley county,
Nebraska, of which place he has officiated as postmaster for
several years; Ida, born Feb. 15, 1854, now wife of
States A. McCoy, a native of this county, now a
prosperous farmer in Leonidas township (Mendon P. O.), St.
Joseph county, Mich.; Leora, born May 14, 1860;
Ettie, Jan. 24, 1869, now a teacher in Leggett school.
Mr. Allyn is one of the solid men of his native
township, having held several of its most responsible
offices, and being for some or twelve or fifteen years
Coventry's member of Board of Directors of Summit county's
highly prosperous Agricultural Society. Mrs. Allyn
died Aug. 24, 1888, aged 59 years, 8 months and 3 days. |
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AMERICAN CEREAL
COMPANY - Since the foregoing (Hower
Oatmeal Mills) was published in serial form, most
of the principal oatmeal mills of the United States, in
June, 1891, united in the organization of The American
Cereal Company, with a capital of $3,400,000, the F.
Schumacher Milling Company and the Hower Company
selling their entire plants to, and the several members
thereof becoming stockholders of, the new company, with
Mr. Ferd. Schumacher as its president, and its principal
office in Akron.
Source: Fifty Years and Over of
Akron and Summit County, by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane -
Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job Department - 1892 - Page 457 |
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