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From History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881)
FAYETTE VIALL, proprietor hotel, Richfield; is a son of Burrill and Sarah Viall, who were early settlers in Northampton Township; they have four children now living in Summit Co. — Burrill, a prominent farmer, of Boston Township; Mary, the wife of Dr. Pope, of West Richfield; William, now a resident of Northampton Township; and Fayette, the subject of this sketch. He was born in Northampton Township in 1845; he accompanied his parents to Iowa in 1850, where he remained until 1863, when he enlisted in the 24th Iowa V. I., and was in the service until the close of the war. He then returned to Iowa, where he remained about a year, and then came to Boston Township, where he resided for several years with his brother. In November, 1872, he was married to Miss Emma Gilbert, a daughter of Chancey and Sophrona (Carter) Gilbert; since his marriage he has been a resident of Richfield Township, where he has been engaged in farming and also in the hotel business, which occupation he resumed in April, 1881, in Richfield Center, where he owns a hotel property. Mr. and Mrs. Viall have two children — Raymond and Willie.
As printed in History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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