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GEORGE ADAM FALOR
- born July 17, 1798, in Lower Smithville, Northampton
county, Pa.; removed with parents to Stark county, O., in
1809; five years later locating on what was later known as
the Thornton farm, now a populous portion of the city
of Akron; remained with father till 25, when he bought the
well-known Falor farm, in Coventry, which, in
addition to somewhat extensively plying his trade of
stonemason, he successfully cultivated for many years.
Mr. Falor was three times married, his wives being
sisters, respectively named Nancy McCoy, Rachael McCoy
and Mrs. Jane (McCoy) Wilson. Several years
before his death Mr. Falor, retiring from the active
management of his farm, took up his residence in Akron,
where he died of dropsy, June 29, 1868, aged 69 years, 11
months 12 days. Mr. Falor was the father of 17
children, 13 of whom survived him - Milo J., since
deceased; James M., Lucinda R. (now Mrs. John
Gottwalt); Hiram Silas, George W., now deceased;
Oliver Perry, Mary Ann (now Mrs.
J. A. Long); Thomas J., William Wallace,
deceased; Henry Clay (died at Massillon,
December 27, 1890); Martha Ellen (now Mrs.
Henry Acker); Lilly Annette,
(now Mrs. George L. Adkins); Perry Tod,
now a resident of Michigan.
Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County,
by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane -
Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job Department - 1892 ~Page 714 |
HIRAM SILAS FALOR,
born in Coventry, Mar. 22, 1829; common school education;
harness maker in Akron 15 years; in 1860, clerked in
wholesale store in San Francisco, worked in mines and
established pioneer harness shop in Virginia City, Nev.; in
1861, organized and as captain tendered Virginia City Guards
to the government, but for lack of transportation facilities
offer declined; 1863 returned to Akron, 5 years later
removing to farm in Coventry, where he has since resided;
was several years foreman of one of Akron's pioneer fire
companies; deputy village marshal two years; secretary
Summit County Agricultural Society two years and assistant
secretary two years; messenger in office of State Treasurer
Joseph Turney, at Columbus, 1880 - 84; member of
police force, in charge of music hall during Ohio Centennial
Exposition in 188; member of Masonic order 35 years; filling
all the offices from the lowest to highest in Summit Lodge,
No. 50, I. O. O. F.; was U. S. census enumerator for
Coventry in 1890. Mr. Farlor was married to
Miss Bertha E. Agard, July 4, 1854, who bore him four
children, two of whom, only, are now living - Claude
Emerson, now in regular army, at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, and Minnie Florence, now Mrs. Elmer C.
Ellsworth, of Coventry. Mrs. Falor dying
Jan. 4, 1873, Mr. F. was again married, to Mrs. Phœbe
Fanny, born Mar. 6,
1881.
Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County,
by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane -
Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job Department - 1892 ~Page
715 |
HARVEY
S. FIRESTONE, president of the Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company, of Akron, was the founder of this important
business organization, and its great success is mainly due
to his own energy and business capacity. He was born
at Columbiana County, Ohio in 1868, where he was reared and
educated.
Mr. Firestone has been actively identified with
business since early manhood, first engaging as a coal
merchant at Columbus for one year, and then becoming
associated with the Columbus Buggy Company at Detroit,
Michigan. In 1895 he drove a buggy equipped with the
first rubber tire made by the company, and was so impressed
with its superior qualities that he decided to embark in the
manufacture of these tires if he could create a public
demand for them. He turned out a fine quality of
rubber tires, manufacturing them at Akron. and demonstrated
their value at Chicago, and the encouragement thus received
determined him to go into the business on a large scale.
He therefore organized the Firestone Tire and Rubber
Company, which was incorporated with a capital stock of
$50,000, which has been increased to $500,000. The
officers of the company are: H. S. Firestone,
president and general manager; Will Christy, vice
president; L. E. Sisler, treasurer; S. G. Carkhuff,
secretary, and F. R. Talbott, assistant
treasurer, with R. J. Firestone as sales manager.
The business has grown to immense proportions, giving
employment to 300 workmen.
In 1895 Mr. Firestone was married to Ida
Belle Smith, of Jackson, Michigan, and they have 3 sons:
Harvey S., Jr., Russell Allen, and Leonard
Kimball. Mr. and Mrs. Firestone are members of St.
Paul's Episcopal Church. Mr. Firestone has a widow
business and social acquaintance and belongs to the Portage
Country Club and to the Chicago Athletic Club.
† Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens -
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. -
Chicago, Ill - 1908~Page 333 |
DR. ABNER E. FOLTZ, - born
in Wayne township, Wayne county, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1840;
educated in district schools and Sharon Academy; learned
trade of carpenter; 1857 to 1862 taught school. In
Aug., 1862, enlisted in Company I, 102d O. V. I., (five
brothers in same company serving till close of the war);
read medicine with brother, Dr. W. K. Foltz, in
Sharon, Medina county, graduating from Charity Hospital
Medical College, Cleveland, (now Medical Department of
Wooster University), in Spring of 1868; same Summer began
practice at Ashland, one year later removing to Akron, where
he has since been in continuous practice, giving especial
attention to diseases of the eye and ear. Dr. Foltz is
a member of the Summit County Medical Society; of the Union
Medical Society of Northeastern Ohio, and of the State
Medical Society, and has for nearly twenty years, by
appointment of county commissioners, been the official
physician of the county jail, never having lost a patient
form that unwholesome institution. Oct. 6, 1870,
Dr. Foltz was married to Miss Frances C. Bowen,
daughter of the late Dr. William Bowen, whose
portrait and biography appears elsewhere. They have
one son - Esgar Bowen Foltz, born June 7,
1873, a graduate of Akron High School, class of 1890, '91.
The entire Foltz family, brothers and sisters, eight
in number, are all still living, and now residents of Akron.
Source: Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County,
by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane - Publ.
Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job Department - 1892~ Page 547 |
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