The Bauer Families of Summit County, Ohio

JOHN J. BAUER, tanner; Loyal Oak; is a son of Daniel Bauer, whose history appears with that of Charles Bauer in this work. He received but a limited education, yet, from his earliest years, has shown a remain'able aptness for mathematics. He lived with his father in a Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania, on a farm which had been leased by the grandfather, and where his father had resided for thirty-one years, up to 1843, when he sought a home in Norton. At 22 years of age, he began learning the mason's trade with his uncle, but abandoned it after two years ll on account of sickness. He then learned distilling, working five years at that without drinking one drop. He then engaged in farming with his brother Charles, pm-chasing the farm in partnership now owned by the latter. For several years, he engaged in coopering at the Corners. In ISB-t, after disposing of his farming and coopering interests, he purchased the tannery now owned and carried on by himself and son Byron. He was married, Jan. 17, 1850, to Catharine Everhard, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Wall) Everhard, she a sister to Catharine Wall, mother of Charles Bauer's wife. They have had, by this marriage, seven children — six sons and one daughter — five of whom are living, two having died in infancy; they are Milton M., born June 4, 1853; Byron B., June 24, 1850; Jonathan M., June 25, 1861; Cora O., Jan. 9, 1864; Albert A., Dec. 22, 1865. Milton, a graduate of the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, also a graduate of the Long Island Medical College at Brooklyn, N. Y., now practicing at Uniontown, Stark Co.; Byron, married to Fannie Jennings, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Wall) Jennings; they have one child, born Jan. 21, 1881. making the fiftieth heir of Daniel Bauer in this State; J. M. is engaged with HaiTison & Holloway, dry goods merchants, South Aki'on; the two younger are at home. Mr. Bauer has been nine years Justice of the Peace, three years Township Clerk, one year Treasurer of Township, and for more than ten years a member of the School Board. He and family are members of the Lutheran Church, he being one of the most prominent supporters of churches and schools in the township. He has been a leader of singing in the church since 1851, and his daughter organist since her 12th year.

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CHARLES H. BAUER, retired farmer; P. O. Loyal Oak; is a son of Daniel, who was born in Bethlehem, Northampton Co., Penn., April 10, 1801, the son of Jacob, he the son of Charles, who was born in Germany early in 1700. The mother of Daniel was G-erti'ude Shott, the daughter of Elizabeth (Maudan Shott. Daniel received a very meager education, his time being spent on the farm with his father. On Nov. 22, 1822, he was married to Elizabeth Miller, sister to John Miller, whose history appears in this work. By this union there were three sons and three daughters: Susannah Maria, born March 22, 1824; John J., March 12, 1825; Charles H., Sept. 7, 1826; Catharine L., Dec. 30, 1828; Joseph D., March 30, 1832; Elvina E., Aug. 15, 1839. Mr. Bauer's was one of the six families who came to Ohio in 1843, of whom mention is made in another part of the work. He is a very sprightly old gentleman for one having passed fourscore years. His son Charles was given as good educational advantages as could be obtained in the district schools of an early date, remaining with his father upon the home farm, which was purchased upon arriving in this country, until his marriage, Aug. 27, 1853, to Sarah Everhard, who was born Nov. 11, 1832, to Jonathan and Catharine (Wall) Everhard. They were natives, the former of Armstrong Co., the latter from Sunbury, on the Susquehanna, in the State of Pennsylvania. Jonathan Everhard was the third settler in Sharon Township, Medina Co., where he went from Wadsworth with a few men and built a house in one day, returning at night. By his marriage with Sarah Everhard there were two children born; one died in infancy, and Leora C., born Feb. 10, 1864, is now attending school in Pennsylvania. Mr. Bauer is now holding the office of Township Treasurer; is an enterprising man in all the affairs of the township; a member, with his family, of the Lutheran Church, and a liberal giver to the cause of Christianity.

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JOSEPH D. BAUER, farmer; P. O. Loyal Oak; a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families in Norton Township; was born March 30, 1832. His father was Daniel Bauer, whose history appears in another place in this work. About twenty years of his early life were spent on the farm with his father, and in receiving his education; after that age, he learned the wagonmaker's trade at Loyal Oak, with his brother-in-law, William Sweitzer. He was married, Sept. 30, 1854, to Sarah Serfass, daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Hawk) Serfass; her grandparents were Lawrence and Barbara Serfass, and John and Susannah (Hahn) Hawk, all natives of the eastern part of Pennsylvania, principally Carbon Co. They have had four children, two of whom are living — Lorinda L., born Dec. 1, 1855, died July 10, 1862; Ann Adelia. Sept. 2, 1859, died July 4, 1862, of that dreadful disease, diphtheria; William D., June 4, 1863; Fietta E., Dec. 25, 1865. Joseph has resided in Norton Township since 11 years of age, and held the most responsible offices — that of Treasurer, Trustee, and, in 1880, was Ileal Estate Assessor, giving satisfaction to the landholders and receiving the sanction of the County Board. He is a liberal supporter of religion and education; is a member of the School Board, and he and family are members of the Lutheran Churck and Sabbath school.

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WILLIAM D. BAUER, a prosperous agriculturist of Norton Township, who owns and operates a tract of 151 acres of fine farming land, situated on the Akron-Wadsworth road, about five miles west of Akron, was born in this township, June 14, 1863, and is a son of Joseph D. and Sarah (Surf ass) Bauer.

Daniel Bauer, the grandfather of William D., was one of the first settlers of Norton Township, whence he came from Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1843, and, locating about one mile northwest of Loyal Oak, purchased land and eventually became the owner of several hundred acres. His son, Joseph D. Bauer, was but eleven years of age when he came here with the family. In about 1869 he located with his family on the farm now owned by Ed Laubaugh, and in the spring of 1888 settled at Loyal Oak, where Joseph b. Bauer died July 16. 1903. In March, 1894, Mr. Bauer purchased the present farm of his son AVilliam D., which the latter has been operating since 1895. Joseph D. Bauer was married to Sarah Surfass, who was born in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Andrew Surfass, who came to Noi'ton Township a few years after the arrival of Daniel Bauer. Four children were born to Joseph B. and Sarah Bauer, namely: AVilliam D.; Fietta E., who is the wife of Ed Laubaugh; and two who died in childhood.

William D. Bauer was educated in the schools of his home vicinity, and was reared on the farm now owned by Ed Laubaugh, whence his parents had removed when he was about six years old. In 1895 he located on his present property, where he has earned on general farming with much success to the present time.

In 1887 Mr Bauer was married to Phcebe Stimson, who is a daughter of Robert Stimson, of Copley Town.ship, and they have eight children: Warren F., Celia L., Blanche May, Joseph R., Grace F., Nellie B., Elva P. and Floyd O. Mr. and Mrs. Bauer are members of the Lutheran Church of Loyal Oak.

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CHARLES W. BAUER, farmer; P. O. Akron; the subject of this sketch was born in Northampton Co., Penn., Nov. 22, 1836; he was the son of Charles and Saloma (Miller) Bauer, who moved to Summit Co. in 1842, and purchased in Norton Township 140 acres of land, which tract was occupied by the Bauer liimily- for over twenty-five 3'ears, and owned by Mr. Bauer at the time of his death, in October, 1876; his wife is still living in Norton Township. Charles W. Bauer was educated in the common schools of Norton, and, for two terms, he attended the Western Star Normal School; he worked for his father until 23 years of age; was married May 26, 1860, to Miss Mary Serfass, daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Hawk) Serfass; then worked for his father-inlaw for two years. In 1862, he removed to Berrien Co., Mich., and resided there nine months; then returned to Norton Center, and for about three years, worked at coopering; the next five years he farmer in Norton Township, first renting 100 acres of land belonging to Jacob Wise, and then 160 acres of David Baughman; about the year 1873, he rented the Dodge farm in Portage Township, continuing on this land four years; then purchased 73 acres some three miles west of Akron, which he occupied three years. In the spring of 1880, he returned to the Dodge farm, upon which he is now located, managing at the present time this tract of 380 acres and his own farm. For the past six years he has been engaged in the dairy business, which he conducts very successfully on an extensive scale. He has always been a Democrat and voted the ticket '" straight " at State elections; at other times supports the best men. Mr. and Mrs. Bauer are members of the Lutheran Church, at Loyal Oak. They are the parents of five children, all living — Hiram Elmore, Albert Franklin, Erving Wellington, Artie Monroe and Viola Jane.

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FREDERICK J. BAUER, M. D., a leading physician at Mogadore, who has been located here for the past twenty-seven years, is, with one exception, the oldest continuous medical practitioner in the place. Dr. Bauer was born in Sufiield Township, Portage County, Ohio, March 5, 1854, and is a son of Jacob and Christiana (Holzworth) Bauer.

The parents of Dr. Bauer were born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and they came to America in 1839, settling on a farm of 100 acres, which then was located about a mile from the village of Erie, Pennsylvania, but is now included in the corporate limits of that city. At that time the land could have been purchased for thirty dollars an acre, but.Jacob Bauer could not command that much capital at the time and the opportunity was lost for the making of an indepejident fortune. He removed from Pennsylvania and settled in Suffield Township, Portage County, Ohio, between 1840 and 1845, on a farm two miles southeast of Suffield. He died about 1887, aged eighty-one years. He married Christiana Holzworth, who died in 1882, at the age of sixty years. They were the parents of nine children, namely: Rudolph, George, Sophia. Mary, Odelia, Frederick J., Lena, Lucinda and.Jacob. Rudolph Bauer died in 1905, and George died at the age of two years. Sophia, who died in 1859, was the wife of William Wilson, who was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War. They left one son, Charles Wilson, who is a prominent citizen of Lamar, Missouri, of which village he has been mayor, and is now serving as night telegraph agent for the Missouri & Pacific Railroad. Mary, who is the widow of George Price, resides, with her eight children, on her farm adjoining the old homestead. Odelia, who is the widow of Newi.on StaufFer, resides with her daughter and granddaughter northea.t of Tallmadge. Lena, who married.John Peterson, resides in Jasper County, Missouri. Lucinda married John May and they reside with their children on the old Bauer homestead. Jacob W., the yoimgest member of this family, has charge of the United States Weather Bureau at Columbia, South Carolina, where he has been located gmce 1893, having served at various points since 1881. He was educated at Mt. Union College. He married Esther Washburn, of Brooklyn, New York, and they have one son and several daughters.

The boyhood of Dr. Bauer was spent on his father's farm and his early education was obtained in the district schools. He secured better educational advantages after he had earned the money by teaching, to pay for them, and he spent three years at Mt. Union College. In 1876 he left school and in the following year began to read medicine with Dr. Ferguson, of Mogadore, and later entered the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, for one year, going from there to the medical department of the Wooster University, which is now the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Cleveland, where he was graduated in the class of 1880.

Dr. Bauer returned to Mogadore and entered into partnership with his old preceptor, Dr. Ferguson, and this association continued until the death of the latter in January, 1886, since which time Dr. Bauer has been alone. During his twenty-seven years of professional work in this place. Dr. Bauer has so demonstrated his ability that he has gained the confidence of the public and the respect of his associates in the practice of medicine. He has taken an active part in public affairs, particularly in those concerning his own state, comity and city, and has shown his sincerity by lending his influence to many public-spirited movement*. He owns considerable real estate at Mogadore and is a stockholder in the Colonial Brick Company.

In 1885 Dr. Bauer was married to Catherine S. Rubbins, who was born in the state of New York, and is a daughter of.John and Lydia M. (01d) Rubbins, the former of whom was born in England, and the latter in New York, where.she was one of a family of twelve children. Dr. and Mrs. Bauer have two sons, Fred Otis and Carl Hultzworth, the former of whom is a student at Mt. Union College, and the latter of whom graduated in the class of 1907, from the Mogadore High

School. Both fine types of young American youths. The residence in which Dr. Bauer and family reside and which he owns, was built by the Kents, very early settlers here. It has a historic interest from the fact that when it was completed, one of the workmen broke over its roof a bottle of liquor and christened the village of Mogadore, from the town of that name in Africa, where he had once been a prisoner.

Dr. Bauer is one of the leading Democrats of this section, and on one occasion was chosen by his party as its candidate for county auditor. He has served a number of times as a delegate to the state conventions and for many years has been a regular delegate to the county conventions. Since 1885, Dr. Bauer has been a Mason, and in 1891 he became a charter member of Lodge No. 482, Knights of Pythias, at Mogadore.

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JONAS BAUER, general farmer and successful grower of small fruit, who resides on his fertile farm of fifty-five acres, which adjoins the Medina County line on the west, has been a resident of Norton Township since 1882. He was born in a section that has sent many excellent citizens to Summit

County, xs'ortliaiiipton County, Pennsylvania, July 18, 1846, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Mai'sh) Bauer.

Jonas Bauer was reared on his father's farm and remained in Pennsylvania for ten years succeeding his marriage, when he came to Summit County and rented farms in Norton Township until 1895, when he purchased his present place.

Mr. Bauer was married in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, to Amanda Oplinger, who is a daughter of Daniel and Catherine (RaiJt) Ojalinger. She was reared near Mr. Bauer's former home. To this marriage four children have been born, three sons and one daughter, namely: Owen, who is employed at Akron; Marcus, residing at Lafayette, Indiana, who married Grace Bryan; Oliver; and Minnie, who married Earl llarter.

With his family, Mr. Bauer belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Loyal Oak, of which he is a trustee.

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HOWARD A. BAUER, a well-known citizen of Norton Township, who.since 1895 has been operating the Weygandt farm, which is a valuable tract of seventy-three acres, was born June 14, 1873, in Norton Town.ship, Sununit County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Susanna (Hoch) Bauer, who were natives of Pennsylvania.

Howard A. Bauer was reared, in Norton Township, where he has resided all his life with the exception of two years spent at Barberton. On January 1, 1895, Mr. Bauer was married to Augusta Weygandt, who was born on the old Weygandt farm across the road from the present home, and is a daughter of Elias and Mary (Miller) Weygandt, the latter of whom was a daughter of Peter Miller. Elias Weygandt was a native of Pennsylvania, and came early in manhood to Norton Township. He owned the farm on which Mrs. Bauer was born, his wife being the owner of the present Bauer home, Mrs. Bauer owns the present farm, which Mr. Bauer cultivates very successfully. Mr. and Mrs. Bauer have one child, Thelma May. They attend the Lutheran Church at Doylestown, Ohio.

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