History of Richfield, (Summit County) Ohio United States of America

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Emilius Oviatt Randall, lawyer and historian, was born at Richfield, Ohio, Oct. 28, 1850; son of the Rev. Dr. David Austin and Harriet (Oviatt) Randall; grandson of Heman and Eunice (Newton) Oviatt, and of James and Joanna (Pemberton) Randall; great-grandson of John Randall, of Benjamin Oviatt and of Patrick Pemberton, all Revolutionary soldiers; and a direct descendant of Ebenezer Pemberton, one of the founders and early pastors of the Old South church, Boston. He prepared for college at Phillips' Andover academy, 1869-70; and was graduated from Cornell university, Ph. B., 1874. He was married Oct. 28, 1874, to Mary A., daughter of John Howe and Catherine (Granger) Coy of Ithaca, N.Y. He engaged in mercantile business in Columbus; was editor of the Columbus Saturday Gazette, 1883; president of the Columbus board of trade, 1887; and a member of the school board, 1888. He was admitted to the bar in 1890; was graduated from Ohio State university LL.B. and LL.M., 1892; and began the practice of law in Columbus. He was made professor of law in the Ohio State university in 1893, secretary of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical society in 1894, and official reporter of the Ohio supreme court in 1895, all of which positions he still held in 1903. He became well-known as a lecturer and writer, and was elected a member of the American Historical association, American Bar association and other national and state organizations. He edited the Ohio Archoeological and Historical Quarterly from 1897; was associate editor of the Bench and Bar of Ohio (2 vols., 1898); and editor of the publications of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical society (7 vols., 1895?1902) and of fourteen volumes of Ohio state reports of the supreme court decisions (1895, et seq.). He is the author of: The House Handsome (1885); History of Blennerhassett (1889); History of the Separatist Society of Zoar (1899).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Charles William Moulton, Lawyer, was born at Richfield, Summit county, Ohio, December 16th, 1830. His parents were of New England origin. He was educated at a high school at Medina, and after this went to Cleveland and passed some five or six years there in a retail drygoods store. He then studied law in that city with the Hon. Samuel W. Treat, and was admitted to practise law at Columbus in the winter of 1856-57, before the Supreme Court. On May 9th, 1855, he was married, at Mansfield, Ohio, to Frances B. Shuman, daughter of Judge Shuman, late of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He entered upon the duties of his profession at Toledo, Ohio, in the spring of 1857 or 1858, and was thus engaged until the opening of the rebellion. In June, 1861, he was appointed Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain. He served in the Quartermaster's Department through the war, having been transferred to the regular army and promoted to a Colonel. In October, 1865, he resumed his profession at Cincinnati, where he has now a large practice.

From: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio of the Nineteenth Century. Columbus, OH, USA: Galaxy Publishing Co., 1876.