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History of Greentown |
It is said that James McNabb built the first house in the
village. It is thought that this building was erected immediately
after the village was laid out. Other buildings were soon
erected, and ere long, Some of the business men in Greentown in the year 1870 were as follows: J.E. Dougherty, Physician and Surgeon, McDonough Street; L.E. Smith, Justice of the Peace; O.P. Shanafelt, Merchant and postmaster, corner Jackson and McDonough streets; Jacob Souders, General blacksmith and manufacturer of carriages, wagons, sleighs, etc., on Brown Street; I. Acker, Steam sawmill; Wise & Acker Co., Foundry; S.C. Shriner, Shoe shop; H. Shanafelt, General store; and Housely Wise & Co., Steam Grist Mill, one half mile west of Greentown. Other prominent residents of Greentown were as follows: Michael Wise, Joseph Miller, J. Shanafelt, D. Reifschneider, C. Kryder, P. Shanafelt, P. Dearolf, J. Peters, J. Haak, A. Miller, Joseph Moore, D. Steinhaver, W. Wise, C. Kissinger, T. Gorgas, J. Acker, H. Strahl, M. Eber, J. Weary, S. Bitterman, G. Heffner, R. McPike, J. Getz, W. Alspach, M.W. Shaffer, C. Hossler, G. Kreighbaum, H. Stiner, J. Baugh, G. Getz, A.H. Cole, B.E. Brayer, Mrs. Raber, Mrs. Lichty, Mrs. Cooper. The village also had its industries for about twenty years from 1840, and
for more than a decade it was quite a center for the manufacture of
agricultural implements. It was at Greentown that E. Ball
commenced the manufacture of the Hussey reaper, and the small industry which
was moved to Among the physicians at the village have been Stough, Ogden, Parliman, Dolwick, Chittenden, Ashman, Jones, Stephens, Bomberger, Belding, J.E. Dougherty and his son, L.E. Dougherty. Among the tavern-keepers have been William Rupp, Mr. Roberts, G.H. Wise, Henry Shanafelt, Sr., Peter Shanafelt, Israel Schlott, C.F. Dunseizen, Samuel Miller, Samuel Botz, Samuel Shriner, Haak & Shanafelt, Ruck & Haak and Mr. Greenwalt. H.P. Houck operated a steam sawmill for many years; the Greentown Coal Co., and the Mogadore Coal Co., operated mines near the village; Ferdinand Schumacher, of Akron, operated a warehouse at the railway station near the village; Isaac Stripe in 1875 manufactured tile and brick near the station; Hiram and James Stripe manufactured sewer-pipe, fire brick and roof tile; Daniel Myers was a well known stock buyer and shipper (Comprehensive information may be found in the book, . |
| Lake Township | Aultman
| Cairo | Greentown
| Hartville | Uniontown
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