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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.
† Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill - 1908~Page 822
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.

† Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Ill - 1908~Page 327

JAMES MADISON POULSON was born March 27, 1842, near Holmesville, Holmes, County, Ohio.  In his boyhood he attended the district schools and was early trained to agricultural work.  For several years before attaining his majority he taught winter school, working on a farm during the summers.  He supplemented his education by attending a private school in Fredericksburg for several terms, and, after studying for a year in Hayesville Academy, he entered, in 1865, Princeton, New Jersey, College, from which he was graduated in June, 1868.  In the same year he became a student at the Columbia College Law School at New York, and was graduated therefrom in May, 1870.  On May 12, 1869, he was admitted to the bar in New York city, on examination.  In August, 1870, he came to Akron, and was admitted to the bar of Summit County on September 9th following.  He soon after entered into partnership with Mr. John H. Hall, which was continued until January 1, 1877.  He was elected on the Democratic ticket prosecuting attorney for Summit County in October, 1874, and efficiently performed the duties of that office for two years - from January 1, 1875, to January 1, 1877.  He has since been engaged in the general practice of his profession and has been very successful.  Mr. Poulson was married September 28, 1875, to Miss Helen F. Smagg, only daughter of William Smagg, of Akron.
 
 
 
 

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