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The
C. Aultman & Co. works in Canton, Ohio,
are depicted on Sheet 11 of the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of January
1887. This is where August Erbland worked.
On 20-DEC-1886, he died of a heart attack while
working in the building labelled, “Moulding Ho.”
The moulding house building was centered at N40º 47.521' W81º 22.529' WGS84.
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The
blacksmith shop at the Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co. can
be seen in the lower centre of this January, 1887, Sanborn Fire Insurance
Map. This is where Mathew Elder Meek
worked as a blacksmith. The blacksmith shop building was centered at N40º
47.767' 81º 22.057' WGS84. John
Rex Bucher and Lewis Gibbs founded the plow company in 1864, with
Mr. Gibbs' selling his interest in 1886 to John R. Poyser. The Canton City
Directories for the years1888 thru '92 show Mathew E Meek working here, but it
is thought that this represents only a short portion of his employment with the
firm. It's interesting to note that this location is only about 0.5 Km SSE
of the Reformed Church, where Donald Erbland
and Marion Brown played volleyball. On this map, that church is shown as
the "1st German Reformed Church".
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The
area shaded in red marks the parcel of land sold to the Canton Cutlery Company
incorporated by Cornelius Aultman on 18-MAR-1881. The plot was produced by
using the description, distances and compass bearings given in the 1881 deed
that is recorded in the Stark County deeds, Vol. 174, pages 493 &
494. The red "x's" mark the points described in that deed. This property is thought to be the first location of the Canton Cutlery
Company. The centre of the purchased property was located at approx. N40º47.562’ W81º22.288’ (WGS84).
This is just a short distance southwest of the present intersection of Cherry
Ave SE and Mulberry Rd SE. Liberty and Aultman Streets no longer exist.
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Sheet 21 of the
Dec., 1891 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
shows the area described in the Canton Daily Repository's 05-NOV-1885
account of the fire that destroyed the “Linton Cutlery Co.”
According to the newspaper, the cutlery works was “situated at Virginia ave and the Cleveland & Canton
Railway”. Although it is not certain, it is suspected that the cutlery works was on the north side of Virginia Av., east of the C.C. & S. R. R. tracks.
The tracks intersect Virginia Av. (now named 8th St. NE) at N40º 48.173' W81º 22.053' WGS84
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On
11-FEB-1889, Augustus Vignos & Alvin Hurford
mortgaged the land shown on this map. At the time they were operating The Canton Cutlery Company
as a partnership this land had just been purchased by that partnership. This parcel, shown in yellow, contained 1.653 acres. According to the
1889 mortgage document, The Canton Cutlery
Company already occupied a separate 1 acre parcel adjacent to, and immediately south of, the parcel shown here in yellow.
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The
location for the Canton Cutlery Co. circa 1891
is shown on
sheet 22 of this Sanborn
Fire Insurance Map for December 1891. The location of the cutlery company's works can be seen in both the inset at the upper left and near the right side of the map, on the north side of E. 2nd ST. (now 5th St. NE), east of the P.F.W & C.R.R. railway
crossing. The main building was centered at N40º
47.920' W81º
21.620' WGS84. Also shown on this map is the address of 82 Rowland, which the
Canton City Directory of 1883·84 lists as the residence of Edwin Linton, who is also listed as “vice pres. Canton Cutlery Co.” for that year. 82 Rowland is located on the east side of
Rowland, the second house south of Pennsylvania Av. (now 7th St. NE). This location is at: N40º
48.032'
W81º
21.686' WGS84.
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By
1902, the Canton Cutlery Company was located on
City Lot No. 3779, which is at 1212-1224 5th St.
S.W., and shown on this section of a 1914 Sanborn Map. Also shown are Lot Nos. 3777 & 3778. A 10 foot strip was sold off the east side of Lot No. 3778 and a 15 foot
strip off the west side of Lot No. 3777 to Canton Cutlery on 30-DEC-1902. At that time, and according to the
record of the deed for this transaction, the Canton Cutlery already occupied the property immediately to the west of these
Lots. It is thought that the cutlery company first purchased Lot 3779 and later acquired Lots 3777 & 3778.
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The
south half of Lot 2706 of the Kitzmiller Addition
to the City of Canton was sold on 02-FEB-1886 by Kate R. Linton and Harry E. Linton to Elizabeth
Linton as recorded in Vol 219, Page 163-4 of the Stark County deed books. "North St." is now "6th St. NE". and “E. 2nd St.” is now named “5th St.NE”.
The property involved in this transaction was located at N40º47.993’ W81º21.963’ (WGS84).
The location is shown here on a Sanborn map of December 1891 and on a copy of
the 1881 Kitzmiller Addition plat plan.
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1225
Cleveland Av. S.W., Canton, Ohio was the home
of Mathew Elder Meek. It is also where his
granddaughter, Nora Linton, gave birth to Donald Erbland. This map is from
the 1914 Insurance Maps
at the Stark County
library. The legend
indicates that the house located here in 1914 was a wooden frame home. This location
can also be seen on a 2002
image from Mapblast.
A note written in 1942 by Donald Erbland is part of our family records and it
reads as follows: "Mathew E. Meek Purchased lots # 124 and 125 of Henry H Myers addition of the City of South Canton from Margaret and William Medill April 11, 1864 for $1700.00.
Vol. 84 page 223 of Deeds Records Stark County, Ohio. Now known (1942) as 1223 Cleveland Ave. S.W. Lot # 606 and 607 Canton City , Canton Twp. Mathew E. Meek sold to Cyrus S. Bostick, Nov. 9, 1890,
[sic - the property was sold 09-NOV-1888 and
recorded 28-JUL-1890] Lot (---) for $100.00 Stark County Deed records
Vol. 267- Page
11". The lot numbers "606" and
"607" can be seen on this map.
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This 1920s era map of Section 14, Twp 11, Range
9, Jackson Twp. Stark County Ohio shows the location of the 2.5 acres of land
purchased by Will L. Brown from William H. and Ellen S. Braucher on 09-NOV-1916.
The purchase price was $1,100.00. The land was 2.5 acres in area, measuring 165
road frontage by 660 feet deep. Will Brown and his family had lived as tenants
of the Braucher's in the house located
on this land for 10 years prior to purchasing it. This map also shows the 0.63 acre portion of that land which was
later sold to Marshall F. Clay on 15-JUN-1920 in order that Clay could flood Lake-O-Springs
without encroaching on the Brown's land. According to Will Brown's 1920
personal journal, the sale price was $100.
This piece was the rear 165 feet of the lot, measuring 165' x 165', creating a
square parcel containing 0.63 acres. The source map for this scan is located in the
Map Room located at the Stark
County Office Building at 110 Central Plaza S, Suite 150 Canton, OH
44702. A superimposed
map combines this 1920s era map with the 1966/67 USGS topo maps for the
"Canton West" and "North Canton" Quads. The positions
of Lake Slagle and Lake O'Springs can be easily seen on this superimposed map.
The water labelled "Young's Bog" is were the the Brown children
used to ice skate before Lake-O-Springs was built. It was located on the
farm of Charles and Pauline Young.
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The SW corner
of the NW 1/4 of Section 14 of Twp 11, Range 9
(Jackson Twp) is where Will L. Brown bought a house
and land from Wm. H. Braucher in 1916. The land ownership maps shown
here are part of the "Atlas of Stark County Ohio" published by
"The Ohio Map and Atlas Co." in 1896. The location
of the schoolhouse, "Roush School", where Marion A. Brown (Will L. and Maude's daughter) later
went to school is identified on this map by a small schoolhouse icon and the
word "school" that appears just below the "o" in "DIST
No 7" written across Section 11. The map on the right is a composite
of Jackson and Plain Townships. It shows the Brown home with a Red X
and Roush school with a red circle. Marion Brown walked to Roush School from her
home, a distance of about 1.3 miles.
From the map on the right, you can see that it was about a 4.5 mile walk from
the Brown house to New Berlin (North Canton). Marion Brown used to make
this walk in order to catch transportation to Canton.
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The Stark
Rolling Mills building shown on Sheet 74 of the 1914 Sanborn
maps of Canton is where Charles Samuel Erbland worked as a
"Roller". The c1916 photograph of
Charles and his crew was taken in the building shown on this map.
Based upon the configuration of the rolling machines shown in the photo, it
would appear that the picture was taken either in front of the 3rd, 4th, 5th and
6th machines from the south end of the rolling machines building or in front of
the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th machines from the north end of the building..
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706 Navarre
Rd. is listed in the 1900 Census as the residence of Joseph Wyss, Anna Gerber and Charles Erbland.
Joseph was Anna's 2nd husband. That location is shown on this Sanborn Map for 1897. The coordinates for this location are approx. N40º47.312' W81º23.032' (WGS84).
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1449 Gibbs
Ave., was purchased by Charles S. Erbland and his 2nd wife, Anna R. Erbland (nee
Loeppke) on 04-JAN-1921 as recorded in the record
of deed. It was a part of Canton Out Lot No. 260. The house was located at N40º48.759' W81º 21.773' (WGS84). The location is plotted here on
part of a 1914 Sanborn Map.
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