Marvin Kent, son of Zenas Kent, was a merchant of Kent, Ohio, the planner, promoter, developer.
See Marvin KentThis tour, presented by the Kent Historical Society, is an opportunity to learn about some of Kent's most interesting people. Marked on the tour are 77 graves to explore at your leisure. Grab a map at the cemetery office or downtown at the Kent Historical Society, Mckay Bricker Framing, or Sue Nelson Designs, and head out on a pretty day. For further detail call (330) 678-2712.
The original proprietor of the Township was Aaron Olmsted, of Westfield, Mass. in 1798.
John Brown was born in Torrington, Connecticut on May 9, 1800. His father, Owen Brown, was a tanner (leather maker). Owen Brown eventually settled in Hudson, and there his son John learned how to be a tanner.
On August 10, 1814. Franklin Township, later Kent, celebrated its first wedding.
Marvin Kent, son of Zenas Kent, was a merchant of Kent, Ohio, the planner, promoter, developer.
Zenas Kent was an early settler of Portage County, an entrepreneur who established Kent‘s flour mill, a cotton mill, a tannery and various other business enterprises.
It was Jacob Haymaker, a millwright and carpenter who prospected through Portage county in 1805, who saw the possibilities of the Cuyahoga.
The first biography of the vagabond and hard-boiled writer who rocked Hollywood during the Roaring Twenties.
This political biography marks the first full treatment of Kent's own native son, Martin L. Davey.