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Born 1873, Summit County
From Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908)
FRED S. VIALL, president of the Akron Plumbing & Heating Company, of Akron, has been a resident of this city for the past.seventeen years. He was born in Summit County, Ohio, in 1873, and is a son of Sylvester Viall. The father of Mr. Viall was also born in Summit Coimty. in 1844, and is a son of Sullivan Yiall, who settled early in Summit County. Sylvester Viall re=ides on his farm in Boston Township and is one of the prominent citizens of the coimtv.
Fred S. A''iall wa. reared on his father's farm and obtained his education in the country schools. He came to Akron when he was.seventeen years old, and, deciding to learn the plumbing business, entered the employ of Kraus & Oberlin, with which firm he remained three years. For one year afterward he traveled through Vermont and Massachusetts, working at his trade, and then returning to Akron, and was connected with the firm of Kraus & Kirn for four years. About this time, in association with other practical men, he formed the Akron Plumbing & Heating Company, which was incorporated in the spring of 1907, with a capital stock of $15.- 000. The officers are: Fred S. Viall, pre-ident; R. H. Aiall, vice-president and manager; and F. S. Pryor, secretary and treasurer. The business of the company is' general contracting and plumbing of the most approved style.
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As printed in Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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