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SENEY
A. DECKER, attorney at law, at Barberton, is a
leading member of the Summit County bar and has been
established in this city since May, 1903, having convenient
offices in the Barberton Savings Bank building. He was
born in Seneca County, Ohio, March 11, 1875, and is a son of
Samuel and Lovina (Noel) Decker.
Mr. Decker was reared on his father's farm and
attended the country schools. He was an ambitious boy
and made the most of his opportunities and secured a
certificate permitting him to teach, before he had completed
his own education. For five years he taught country
schools and then attended Heidelberg College, at Tiffin,
Ohio, for two years, following this by the study of law in
the office of Platt & Black, leading attorneys at
Tiffin. After two years of study there he attended the
Ohio Normal University, at Ada, for eight months, and on
December 6, 1902, he was admitted to the bar. His
close devotion to study had somewhat impaired his health,
and he returned to the home farm, where he remained until
the following March, when he located for practice at Attica.
From there, six weeks later, he came to Barberton, where he
found he was not deceived in believing that a field of
business was awaiting him.
On February 10, 1905, Mr. Decker was married to
Minnie Leininger, who was a daughter of Isaac and
Elizabeth Leininger, of Flat Rock, Seneca County, Ohio.
Mr. Decker is fraternally connected with the Elks and
the Eagles. His professional ability has brought him
many business friends while the agreeable personality of
himself and wife was led to their welcome admission into the
most select social circles of Barberton. |
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ISAAC J. DYAS, born in
Parish Athboy, Ireland, Dec. 22, 1849; primary education in
national schools; at 13 entering Ranelagli Collage, at
Athlone, remaining a year and a half, then attended Santry
College, Dublin, the same length of time; served a four
years' apprenticeship at the dry goods trade with Thomas
Drury & Co., Dublin. In 1870 came to the United
States, serving a year and a half as salesman with A. T.
Stewart & Co., in New York, and about three years as
salesman with Timothy Brothers, of Nashville, Tenn.
In 1877, came to Akron, entering into partnership with
Mr. Michael O'Neil, and under the firm name of O'Neil
& Dyas opening a dry goods store in Woods' Block,
114 East Market street. Their business outgrowing the
room there available, the firm built a fine four story stone
front store on South Main street, which, with an immense
stock of goods, was destroyed by fire on the night of Oct.
28, 1889, at a loss of $250,000, about half covered by
insurance. Returning to their former quarters, they
immediately began to rebuild the burned structure, into
which they moved on the anniversary of the fire, it being
one of the most extensive and complete establishments of its
kind in the city. June 20, 1880, Mr. Dyas was
married to Miss Lutheria S. Weber, of Akron, who has
borne him four children - Mary H., John W., Carl E.
and James F.
Source:
Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County,
by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane.
Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job Department - 1892 ~ Page 526 |
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