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I. W. Abel
Iorwith Wilbur Abel (August 11, 1908 – August 10, 1987), better known as I. W. Abel, was an Americans, American trade union, labor leader. Early life and career Abel was born in Magnolia, Ohio, in 1908, to John Franklin Abel, a Germans, German blacksmith, and Mary Ann (née Jones) Abel, the daughter of a Welsh people, Welsh coal miner. He attended local public school and graduated from Magnolia High School in 1925. He attended college at Canton Actual Business College in Canton, Ohio, but he did not graduate. In 1925, he worked as a molder for the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company (now U.S. Steel) in Canton. He switched jobs often and found employment at the Canton Malleable Iron Company, the Timken Roller Bearing Company and the Colonial Foundry. Abel married Bernice Joseph in 1930. The couple had two children. She died in 1982, and Abel married Martha Turvey a few years later. Laid off during the Great Depression, Abel worked at a brickmaking company loading a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnolia, Ohio
Magnolia is a village (United States)#Ohio, village in Carroll County, Ohio, Carroll and Stark County, Ohio, Stark counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,013 at the time of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is part of the Canton–Massillon metropolitan area. History In 1834 Richard Elson and John W. Smith laid out the village of Magnolia in Sandy Township. In 1836, Isaac Miller platted the village of Downingville in Rose Township. Downingville was named after the Downes family, early pioneers that came over from Ireland and England. The towns merged and became Magnolia on February 1, 1846. The village took its name from Magnolia Mills, a local gristmill. The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District constructed the Magnolia Levee to protect the town from Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District#Projects, Bolivar Dam. Geography Magnolia is located at (40.652546, −81.296119), along Sandy Creek (Ohio), Sandy Creek. According to the United States Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
