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Born 1860, Portage Township
From Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908)
L. H. OVIATT, county commissioner of Summit County, residing at Hudson and awning farming and cattle interests near Hudson, has his official residence in the Court House at Akron. He was born in Portage Township, Summit County, Ohio, in 1860, and is a son of Salmon F. Oviatt.
The grandfather of Mr. Oviatt was Benjamin Oviatt, who, with his brother, Herman Oviatt, came to Ohio from Connecticut, and settled near Hudson, Summit County, in 1802, when this whole country was a wilderness. Benjamn Oviatt resided there until 1847, w'hen he removed to Twinsburg Township, where he lived until his death. Salmon Oviatt, father of L. H., resided at Hudson, where he was born in 1827, until his father moved to Twinsburg Township, and he still re.sides on the same farm, having reached the age of eighty years. He has long been a prominent citizen of that section,
L. H. Oviatt was reared and educated at Twinsburg and subsequently became an extensive farmer and cattle raiser. Ever since attaining manhood he had been active in politics, and has served in all the important township offices, having been a member of the School Board. a.assessor and trustee. In the fall of 1901, Mr. Oviatt was first elected county commissioner, and assumed the duties of the office in the fall of 1902. His reelection took place in the fall of 1904. Mr. Oviatt has been chairman of the building commission for the erection of the Court House, and is also a member of the Sunmiit County Agi'cultural Socity.
Mr. Oviatt was married in September, 1881, to Nina E. Slocum, who is a daughter of John Slocum, who was born in New York and became later a resident of Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Oviatt have two children: Ida, who is the wife of Silas E. Sawyer, who is engaged in a grocery business.s at Falls Junction, Ohio, and Fayette L., residing at home. Mr. and Mrs. Oviatt are members of the Congregational Church at Twinsburg. Mr. Oviatt is a member of 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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