Husband of Eliza (Smith) Barber.
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FROM THE AKRON CITY DIRECTORIES:
1859
George Barber, (George Barber & Co.), home - Middlebury.
ALSO FROM THE 1859 DIRECTORY:
George Barber & Co., (George Barber & _____ Barber, & W.R. Stone), furniture, ware rooms & cain seat chair manufacturers, ws Howard St., north of Mill St.
1875
George Barber, home - ws Forest, 2nd door south of Exchange St., 6th Ward.
ALSO FROM THE 1875 DIRECTORY:
Barber Match Co., manufacturers of round, square, telegraph, diamond telegraph, celebrated drawing room, parlor and square block matches. O.C. Barber - pres., J. Hopkins - sec. & treas., J.K. Robinson - general agent, Falor St., west of Main St., on the Ohio Canal.
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Submitted By Roger Riggins:
George Barber, father of Ohio C. Barber who headed the largest match manufactory in the world. (O.C. Barber is buried at Glendale Cemetery in Akron).
George Barber married Elizabeth Smith, of Canton, Ohio, on April 1, 1835. He sold clocks until 1845 and then began manufacturing matches until 1852 when he traded his factory for a hotel and was appointed postmaster for Middlebury under Pierce's administration.
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FROM THE AKRON CITY DIRECTORIES:
1859
George Barber, (George Barber & Co.), home - Middlebury.
ALSO FROM THE 1859 DIRECTORY:
George Barber & Co., (George Barber & _____ Barber, & W.R. Stone), furniture, ware rooms & cain seat chair manufacturers, ws Howard St., north of Mill St.
1875
George Barber, home - ws Forest, 2nd door south of Exchange St., 6th Ward.
ALSO FROM THE 1875 DIRECTORY:
Barber Match Co., manufacturers of round, square, telegraph, diamond telegraph, celebrated drawing room, parlor and square block matches. O.C. Barber - pres., J. Hopkins - sec. & treas., J.K. Robinson - general agent, Falor St., west of Main St., on the Ohio Canal.
________________________________________
Submitted By Roger Riggins:
George Barber, father of Ohio C. Barber who headed the largest match manufactory in the world. (O.C. Barber is buried at Glendale Cemetery in Akron).
George Barber married Elizabeth Smith, of Canton, Ohio, on April 1, 1835. He sold clocks until 1845 and then began manufacturing matches until 1852 when he traded his factory for a hotel and was appointed postmaster for Middlebury under Pierce's administration.
Husband of Eliza (Smith) Barber.
________________________________________
FROM THE AKRON CITY DIRECTORIES:
1859
George Barber, (George Barber & Co.), home - Middlebury.
ALSO FROM THE 1859 DIRECTORY:
George Barber & Co., (George Barber & _____ Barber, & W.R. Stone), furniture, ware rooms & cain seat chair manufacturers, ws Howard St., north of Mill St.
1875
George Barber, home - ws Forest, 2nd door south of Exchange St., 6th Ward.
ALSO FROM THE 1875 DIRECTORY:
Barber Match Co., manufacturers of round, square, telegraph, diamond telegraph, celebrated drawing room, parlor and square block matches. O.C. Barber - pres., J. Hopkins - sec. & treas., J.K. Robinson - general agent, Falor St., west of Main St., on the Ohio Canal.
________________________________________
Submitted By Roger Riggins:
George Barber, father of Ohio C. Barber who headed the largest match manufactory in the world. (O.C. Barber is buried at Glendale Cemetery in Akron).
George Barber married Elizabeth Smith, of Canton, Ohio, on April 1, 1835. He sold clocks until 1845 and then began manufacturing matches until 1852 when he traded his factory for a hotel and was appointed postmaster for Middlebury under Pierce's administration.
________________________________________
FROM THE AKRON CITY DIRECTORIES:
1859
George Barber, (George Barber & Co.), home - Middlebury.
ALSO FROM THE 1859 DIRECTORY:
George Barber & Co., (George Barber & _____ Barber, & W.R. Stone), furniture, ware rooms & cain seat chair manufacturers, ws Howard St., north of Mill St.
1875
George Barber, home - ws Forest, 2nd door south of Exchange St., 6th Ward.
ALSO FROM THE 1875 DIRECTORY:
Barber Match Co., manufacturers of round, square, telegraph, diamond telegraph, celebrated drawing room, parlor and square block matches. O.C. Barber - pres., J. Hopkins - sec. & treas., J.K. Robinson - general agent, Falor St., west of Main St., on the Ohio Canal.
________________________________________
Submitted By Roger Riggins:
George Barber, father of Ohio C. Barber who headed the largest match manufactory in the world. (O.C. Barber is buried at Glendale Cemetery in Akron).
George Barber married Elizabeth Smith, of Canton, Ohio, on April 1, 1835. He sold clocks until 1845 and then began manufacturing matches until 1852 when he traded his factory for a hotel and was appointed postmaster for Middlebury under Pierce's administration.
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