of Summit County, Ohio · documented from the public record
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Roswell Kent b. 1798
Roswell Kent⚭ Eliza Hart (m. 1826)
childrenEkka K. Kent · Russel H. Kent · Flora K. Kent
Their story
What the record says
Born May 18, 1798, at Leyden, Massachusetts.
Came with parents to Hudson, Ohio, in 1812.
Leading Akron merchant and manufacturer.
Member of the firm Irish, Kent & McMillan (woolen machinery), later Irish, Kent & Baldwin, then Kent, Baldwin & Company.
The Sixth Ward Kent school was named in his honor.
Had seven children, three grew to maturity.
Daughter Ekka married Findley McNaughton.
Daughter Flora married T. S. Page.
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