The Paul Family of Summit County, Ohio

GEORGE PAUL, civil engineer, Cuyahoga Falls; is one of the prominent and widely known citizens of this county, in which he has always lived, being born at Cuyahoga Falls Sept. 8, 1887. His father, Hosea Paul, was born at Braintree, Vt., and reared at Danville. He passed the early part of his life in a drug store, and studied surveying and engineering. He married a lady by the name of Ellen Gamble, who came to America from County Down, Ireland, when in her youth. In 1834, he moved to Ohio, and for one year lived at Wadsworth, in Medina Co., when he came to Cuyahoga Falls, where he passed the rest of his life. He first engaged in the flouring business, in which he was unfortunate, and then followed engineering and surveying, being Surveyor of Summit Co. from 1857 until his death, in May, 1870. George is the eldest but one of a family of seven children, and learned surveying and engineering in the best of all schools — experience. In 1857, he went to the machinist's trade and served three years at this place, and has the honor of planning the first steam canal-boat that plied on the Ohio Canal. In 1860, he went East, and for two years was employed in various shops. Passing the required examination for an engineer in 1862, he entered the regular service of the United States Navy, being under Admiral Dupont, of the South Atlantic Squadron, three years, and then returned to his surveying and engineering, which he has since followed, with the exception of a short time he owned a machine-shop at this place, buying it in 1867. In 1878, he was elected member of the State Board of Public Works, an office he has filled with credit to himself and State. He was married, May 10, 1871, to Olive A., daughter of Austin and Eliza (Taylor) Babcock. She was born May 21, 1 842, at Cuyhoga Falls, Ohio, her parents coming here fi'om Massachusetts. Mrs. Paul is a member of the Congregational Church. Politically, Mr. Paul is a Republican.

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During the Civil 'a, he spent about three years (1862-1865) with the Engineer Department, Army of the Cumberland, a part of which time was devoted to laying out the earthwork defenses for the city of Cincinnati.

He spent the years 1865 and 1866 surveying on Oil and Pithole Creeks, in Venango County, Pennsylvania. He was then over two years in Cleveland with the engineering firm of Sargent & Hartnell, and returned to Akron in 1869 to reside permanently.

Upon the death of his father in 1870, he became county surveyor, and held the office three terms. From 1874 to 1877 he Ava. engaged in surveying and was the chief engineer of the 6. & T. R. R. He was the chief engineer of the Valley Railway in 1887 and 1888. He was president for two terms of the Ohio County Surveyors' Association, and was secretary and treasurer of the Ohio Institute of Mining Engineers, and was a member of the I. O. 0. F., K. of P., F. of A. and I. O. R. M.

He was a member of the firm of Paul Brothers, civil and mining engineers and surveyors, one of the oldest and best known firms in the state. His written records, generally full and definite, were supplemented and illuminated by a marvelous memory, which could recall every tradition, fact or circumstance. His knowledge of titles and land law was extensive and accurate. He had a wide acquaintance, and his advice and counsel were sought not only by his professional brethren but in many other directions. He was well equipped in mathematics, and a wide reader of the best literature, and gave much serious thought to deep problems.

Mr. Paul married Sarah M. Romig. July 25, 1872, and of this union there were seven children, four of whom are now living — Ellen Paul Nice, Ada Paul Bordner, Mary Paul and Edward W. Paul.

Robert S. Paul had five brothers: Harrison D. (deceased), George (deceased), Hosea, Jr., T. D night and Edward J., all of whom were or are now engaged in surveying and civil engineering. He had one sister, Mary (deceased), who was an expert draftsman and helped extensively in both the business of her father and of her brothers.

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T. DWIGHT PAUL, assistant state engineer, was born at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, July 21, 1848. He is a son of the late Hosea Paul, who was a pioneer citizen and surveyor. Hosea Paul was born at Northfield, Vermont, April 6, 1809. In 1834 he removed to Cuyahoga Falls, where he afterward served as justice of the peace and mayor. He located several of the first railroads in this section, and was county surveyor for many years. During 1863-4 he served as an assistant engineer in the United States Engineer Corps department of the Army of the Cumberland. His death in 1870 was hastened by hardships endured in his war service. He was noted for his rugged honesty, and for his outspoken opposition to slavery and intemperance, when it required courage to express such sentiments.

T. Dwight Paul was educated in. the public schools at Cuyahoga Falls and the Pennsylvania Polytechnic College at Philadelphia. He was married in 1877 to Emeline Owens, of Armstrong's Mills. Belmont County, Ohio. Two children were born to them: Ethel, who died in 1900, at the age of twenty-one years, and Frank D. Paul, a graduate of the Ohio State University, who is now a mechanical engineer at Cleveland. They have two foster children, Theresa and Lewis Paul, whom they took to raise upon the death of their daughter.

Mr. Paul served one year ss county surveyor by appointment and for three years was resident engineer of the Public, Works of Ohio, and for one year was United States deputy mineral surveyor, of Montana. He was chief engineer of the B. Z. & C. R. R. in 1875-6, building the same from Bellaire to Woodsfield, Ohio. He has send as division engineer of the Canada Southern, Chicago, Lakeshore & Western, the Chicago & Erie, the Union Pacific, and other railroads, in Canada, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan. Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho, Montana and AVashington.

In 1902-3 he was engineer in charge of construction of the Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad. In 1894-5 he had charge of the field work of the survey of a proposed ship canal through Ohio for the United States government.

Mr. Paul served in the Akron City Council from 1898 to 1901. He twice prevented the Akron Street Railroad from obtaining an extension of their franchise on a 5-cent fare basis, and compelled a basis of twenty-five tickets for one (1) dollar. He was very largely instrumental in securing independent telephone service for Akron. He made a remarkable record in opposition to all franchise aggression, and to all forms of hasty or secret legislation, often voting alone in his opposition. Mr. Paul has still work to do before his history closes, and his friends believe it will not be unimportant.

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EDWARD W. PAUL, of the firm of Paul Brothers, civil and mining engineers and surveyors, at Akron, has been identified with this kind of work ever since he entered into business life. He was born at Akron, Ohio, August 23, 1880, and is a son of Robert S. and Sarah M. (Romig) Paul. His father was one of the county's most prominent men for many years and was a son of Hosea Paul, one of the first surveyors of Summit County.

Edward W. Paul was reared and educated in Akron, graduating from the Akron High School in 1898, and received his knowledge of surveying and civil engineering from his father, having assisted him for many years. He has had considerable experience in the line of railroad engineering, having served in the engineering department of the Erie Railroad in New York State in 1897; with the N. O. T. & L. Co. in 1898 and 1901; with the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. Co., in Indian Territory and Texas in 1902, and has charge of several railroad surveys in this section. He does a considerable amount of coal mine surveying and engineering and is considered an expert in this line. He was married December 31, 1903, to Agnes M. Burman, and they have one child, Winifred Mary.

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A. J. PAUL,.secretary of the Akron Sella Company, at Akron, has been identified with the interests of this city and Summit County throughout the whole period of his business Hfe. He wa.? born in 1863 at AUentown, Pennsylvania, where he remained until twenty years of age, enjoying in the meanwhile the advantage. offered by the public schools.

From AUentown Mr. Paul came to Akron, where he was employed for one year in the county recorder's office, during the administration of Recorder A. A. Bartlett, following which he was in the office of Auditor Aaron Wagoner, working on the tax duplicate for a year. He then entered the employ of the C. A. & C. Railroad, and remained with that corporation for fourteen years, as agent and telegraph operator. For three years more he was connected with the American Cereal Company, for one year he was with the Whitman- Barnes Company, and then he worked for a year for the Diamond Rubber Company. For the pa.st three years has been secretary of the Akron Selle Company. Mr. Paul has thus been associated with a number of Akron's leading business houses, and the knowledge and experience he has gained have broadened his commercial views and increased his capacity for work. He is interested in the Selle Company as a member of its Board of Directors, in addition to being its secretary.

In 1889 Mr. Paul was married to Mary A. Wolf, who was born in AUentown, Pennsylvania. He and his wife have two children: Ruth V. and Earl R. With hi? family, Mr. Paul belongs to Grace Reformed Church. In political sentiment Mr. Paul is a Republican. He is pre-eminently public-spirited and enterprising, and all that pertains to advancing the public welfare, receives his hearty endorsement.

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