. Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2 . RUSSELL A. ALGER—Soldier. EDITH M. THOMAS—Poetess. General Btjssell A. Alger, ex-Governor of Michigan and ex-Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and the Republican party of Mich-igans favorite candidate in 1888 for the Presidency, is a native of this count
. Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2 . RUSSELL A. ALGER—Soldier. EDITH M. THOMAS—Poetess. General Btjssell A. Alger, ex-Governor of Michigan and ex-Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and the Republican party of Mich-igans favorite candidate in 1888 for the Presidency, is a native of this county,and here he passed his early years. The family graveyard is at West Richfield,a short distance east of the Hinckley line in Summit county, where rest theremains of his parents and oldest sister. A beautiful monument stands there,erected to their memory by the illustrious son and brother. William T. Coggeshall, journalist, at one period resided in Wadsworth,where, in 1851, his daughter Jessie was born. He was born in Lewistown, Pa.,and in 1841, then 17 years old, came to Ohio and connected himself with the Cin- 472 MEDINA COUNTY. cinnati Gazette, published The Genius of the West in 1854-1856, and was StateLibrarian in 1856-1862. In the beginning of the war he was appointed aid toGovernor Dennison, with the rank
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