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Born 1853, Norton Township
From Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908), A portrait and biographical record of Portage and Summit counties, Ohio (1898)
EORGE A. SHAW, of Barberton, C7% Norton town.ship, Summit county, - Ohio, is a native of the township, was born in September, 1853, and is a son of Merwin Shaw, whose biography precedes this mention, and in which will be found full details concerning this honored family.
George A. Shaw was graduated from the high school of Doylestown and later from the Wadsworth college, both of Ohio, after which he lived on his father's farm for a few years, when, he sold his interest in the home estate and went to Mitchell, Dak., where he was employed by the C, M. & St. P. Railway company as yardmaster for about eighteen months, and six months as conductor on a train running between Mitchell and Woonsocket. He then returned to Ohio and engaged in general mercantile business in New Portage, where he was also postmaster during the last Harrison administration; later he located in Barberton, where he has since done a prosperous trade. He is an ardent republican in politics and organized the first Mc- Kinley club in Barberton, of which he was the president, and in the spring of 1896 was elected by a majority of seventy-two votes mayor of Barberton, at that time considered to be a democratic stronghold.
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WIGHT I1U.MWAY. an old soldier of the Civil war and a respected citizen of Cuyahoga Falls, Summit county, Ohio, was born in Peru, Berksliire county, Mass., April,v 1838, and is a son of Stewart and Mary (Lelandi Shumway. Dwi-'lU received the usual education of the common schools, came to Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, March. 1860, at twenty-two years of age, and worked at farming. He enlisted at Cuyahoga Falls. August 28, 1861. in Captain Joseph A. Agard's company K. Nineteenth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry. December 31, 1863. he veteranized in the same regiment, in Capt. Joseph Venney's company, at Flat Creek, Tenn., and served until honorably discharged, October 24. 1865. at Columbus. Ohio, on account of the closing of the war. He was in the battles of Pittsburg Landing. Stone River. Chickamauga, and Mi.ssionary Ridge; and in the Atlanta campaign at Dallas, Dalton, Resaca, Punipkinvine Creek and Kenesaw Mountain. He was shot through the right arm by a mine-ball, which completely disabled it, the bone being shot out for two inches, and shattered from three to four inches. He was taken to hospital on the field, and a few days later to Chattanooga, where he was confined in hospital one month, and then at Nashville, Tenn., two months, and at Jeffersonville, Ind., and at Cleveland. Ohio, for about six months, and then at Cincinnati, then
Camp Dennison, and then taken to Columbus, where he was mustered out. During this time he suffered greatly and many pieces of bone worked out of his arm. It became finally healed, yet the bone is entirely lacking for the space of two inches. but he can use it to some extent. On returning from the war, Mr.
Shumway engaged in the drug business, in
1866, in Cuyahoga Falls, remaining in this for fifteen years, since which time he has been engaged in farming. He married, in 1866, in
! Cuyahoga Falls, Miss Eunice James, of this
: city, a daughter of Orin and Betsey James.
' Mrs. Shumway is a member of the Methody ist church. In politics Mr. Shumway is a rej publican, and has served as postujaster of Cuy-
' ahoga Falls for eight years. He is a member j of the G. A. R., Eadie post. No. 37. in which
! he has held the offices of senior vice-commander
; and quartermaster. Until disabled. Mr. Shum-
\ way was an active and efficient soldier, prompt
I to do his duty, and was in some of the hardest-
I fought battles of the war and in many skuj misses, and well deserves the esteem in which
1 he is universally held.
As printed in A portrait and biographical record of Portage and Summit counties, Ohio (1898). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
GEORGE A. SHAW, organizer, president and general manager of the Buckeye Match Company, of North Baltimore, Ohio, has been a prominent resident of Barberton and New Portage, for the past thirty-four years, serving with credit in public offices, successfully directing business affairs and taking an active part in political life. Mr. Shaw was born about one-half mile north of Johnson's Corners, in Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio, September 1, 1853, and is a son of Merwin and Emily E. (Betz) Shaw.
The father of Mr. Shaw was born at Medina, Ohio, and spent the larger part of his life in Norton Township, Summit County, where he engaged in farming and also operated a grist mill.
Attending the district schools in the winter seasons and working on the home farm during the summers, made up the larger part of Mr. Shaw's boyhood life. Later he attended the High School at Doylestown and subsequently attended the Mennonitc College at Wadsworth, Ohio. The failure of his father's health, about this time, threw the responsibility of managing the home farm on his shoulders. Several years later he went to South
Dakota, where he took up a Government cluini of 160 acres, but made his home at Mitchell. While there he entered into the employ of a railroad company, first as night yardniiister and later as manager of the day yards. After residing there for some two years and continuing his railroad work, he was so seriously injured while making a coupling, that all further railroad work was abandoned and he returned to Summit County, on a pass gladly offered by the company.
Mr. Shaw located at New Portage, where he opened a general stone, and for eight years he served as postmaster there, when, on being elected mayor of Barberton, he moved to his present home. He served four years also as postmaster of this city andwas elected a member of the first board of Public Affairs, of Barberton. Mr. Shaw is concerned in various business enterprises and is president of the Barberton Wire Lock Fence Company, which plant employs about twenty-five men. He has recently organized an industry which promises to be one of great importance, the Buckeye Match Company, which has been incorporated for $100,000. The works are to be established at North Baltimore, Ohio. Mr. Shaw owns a majority of the stock and is president and general manager of the company. He is recognized as one of the able and enterprismg business men of Summit County.
In 1898 Mr. Shaw was married to Harriet L. Marshall.
Politically he has always been identified with the Republican party and has been an important factor of the same in Summit County. He organized the first McKinley club in the county and has been liberal in contributing to its work. Fraternally he belongs to the Junior Order of American Mechanics and to the Knights of Pythias.
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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