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History of Tallmadge, (Summit County) OhioOur database does not include an historic photo for Tallmadge, (Summit County) Ohio, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Delia Bacon Biographical Sketch Delia Bacon, author, was born at Tallmadge, Ohio, Feb. 2, 1811, daughter of David Bacon, missionary, and sister of Leonard Bacon, theologian. She was a teacher, and while so engaged in Boston delivered a series of lectures. She published "Tales of the Puritans" and "The Bride of Fort Edward" (1839). Her next work, and one which became well known, was "The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakespeare Unfolded," with introduction by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in which she attempted to show that Lord Bacon was one of the principal authors of the plays commonly credited to Shakespeare. She died in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 2, 1859. |
Ohio Facts: Summit County Facts: Seat: AkronEstablished: 1840 Formed from: Medina, Portage and Stark Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: TALLMADGE, a post-township in the S. E. part of Summit co., Ohio, intersected by the Ohio canal. Population, 2456. Tallmadge is situated 340 meters above sea level. |