Mayor of Akron, Ohio (1847)
Levi Rawson, son of Levi Rawson of Mendon, N.Y. and his second wife Nancy (Wheelock) Fairbanks. He married Mary F. Folger, daughter of Capt. Mayhew Folger in 1836 and moved to Ohio in 1829, settling first in Massillon, where he operated a general merchandise store and the Red Mill on the Ohio Canal. In partnership with his younger brother Silas, he formed the mercantile business of L.& S.Rawson, & Co. He moved to Akron in 1844 and was proprietor of the Aetna and Cascade flouring mills. He also established a woolen mill at nearby Middlebury. After serving as Mayor of Akron in 1847-1848, he removed to Cleveland and became involved in lake shipping, being the owner of two ships bearing his name. In 1860 he served as Vice President of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife were the parents of four children: Warren, Charles, Mary and Edward.
Sandusky Daily Commercial Register, Wednesday, January 27, 1864:
"The Cleveland papers of last evening announce the death of Levi Rawson, Esq., one of their oldest and most esteemed business men. He died of pleurisy, after an illness of only about five days. He was 56 years of age and had been a resident of Cleveland for the last twelve years."
Removed from Erie St. Cemetery in Cleveland to Glendale Cemetery in Akron on Oct. 6, 1899
The Summit Beacon, 28 January 1864. p. 2:2:
"Death of Mr. Levi Rawson
Our people were pained to learn, by telegraph, on Tuesday morning, of the death of our former townsman, Mr. Levi Rawson, at his residence in Cleveland. It is but a few days since he was among us, in apparent perfect health, the disease with which he was so suddenly taken away, being pleurisy. Mr. Rawson was one of the most honorable and enterprising business men in Northern Ohio, and his loss will be deeply felt in business circles, while in his social and family relations a void has been created by his death that cannot easily be filled."
Levi Rawson, son of Levi Rawson of Mendon, N.Y. and his second wife Nancy (Wheelock) Fairbanks. He married Mary F. Folger, daughter of Capt. Mayhew Folger in 1836 and moved to Ohio in 1829, settling first in Massillon, where he operated a general merchandise store and the Red Mill on the Ohio Canal. In partnership with his younger brother Silas, he formed the mercantile business of L.& S.Rawson, & Co. He moved to Akron in 1844 and was proprietor of the Aetna and Cascade flouring mills. He also established a woolen mill at nearby Middlebury. After serving as Mayor of Akron in 1847-1848, he removed to Cleveland and became involved in lake shipping, being the owner of two ships bearing his name. In 1860 he served as Vice President of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife were the parents of four children: Warren, Charles, Mary and Edward.
Sandusky Daily Commercial Register, Wednesday, January 27, 1864:
"The Cleveland papers of last evening announce the death of Levi Rawson, Esq., one of their oldest and most esteemed business men. He died of pleurisy, after an illness of only about five days. He was 56 years of age and had been a resident of Cleveland for the last twelve years."
Removed from Erie St. Cemetery in Cleveland to Glendale Cemetery in Akron on Oct. 6, 1899
The Summit Beacon, 28 January 1864. p. 2:2:
"Death of Mr. Levi Rawson
Our people were pained to learn, by telegraph, on Tuesday morning, of the death of our former townsman, Mr. Levi Rawson, at his residence in Cleveland. It is but a few days since he was among us, in apparent perfect health, the disease with which he was so suddenly taken away, being pleurisy. Mr. Rawson was one of the most honorable and enterprising business men in Northern Ohio, and his loss will be deeply felt in business circles, while in his social and family relations a void has been created by his death that cannot easily be filled."
Mayor of Akron, Ohio (1847)
Levi Rawson, son of Levi Rawson of Mendon, N.Y. and his second wife Nancy (Wheelock) Fairbanks. He married Mary F. Folger, daughter of Capt. Mayhew Folger in 1836 and moved to Ohio in 1829, settling first in Massillon, where he operated a general merchandise store and the Red Mill on the Ohio Canal. In partnership with his younger brother Silas, he formed the mercantile business of L.& S.Rawson, & Co. He moved to Akron in 1844 and was proprietor of the Aetna and Cascade flouring mills. He also established a woolen mill at nearby Middlebury. After serving as Mayor of Akron in 1847-1848, he removed to Cleveland and became involved in lake shipping, being the owner of two ships bearing his name. In 1860 he served as Vice President of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife were the parents of four children: Warren, Charles, Mary and Edward.
Sandusky Daily Commercial Register, Wednesday, January 27, 1864:
"The Cleveland papers of last evening announce the death of Levi Rawson, Esq., one of their oldest and most esteemed business men. He died of pleurisy, after an illness of only about five days. He was 56 years of age and had been a resident of Cleveland for the last twelve years."
Removed from Erie St. Cemetery in Cleveland to Glendale Cemetery in Akron on Oct. 6, 1899
The Summit Beacon, 28 January 1864. p. 2:2:
"Death of Mr. Levi Rawson
Our people were pained to learn, by telegraph, on Tuesday morning, of the death of our former townsman, Mr. Levi Rawson, at his residence in Cleveland. It is but a few days since he was among us, in apparent perfect health, the disease with which he was so suddenly taken away, being pleurisy. Mr. Rawson was one of the most honorable and enterprising business men in Northern Ohio, and his loss will be deeply felt in business circles, while in his social and family relations a void has been created by his death that cannot easily be filled."
Levi Rawson, son of Levi Rawson of Mendon, N.Y. and his second wife Nancy (Wheelock) Fairbanks. He married Mary F. Folger, daughter of Capt. Mayhew Folger in 1836 and moved to Ohio in 1829, settling first in Massillon, where he operated a general merchandise store and the Red Mill on the Ohio Canal. In partnership with his younger brother Silas, he formed the mercantile business of L.& S.Rawson, & Co. He moved to Akron in 1844 and was proprietor of the Aetna and Cascade flouring mills. He also established a woolen mill at nearby Middlebury. After serving as Mayor of Akron in 1847-1848, he removed to Cleveland and became involved in lake shipping, being the owner of two ships bearing his name. In 1860 he served as Vice President of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife were the parents of four children: Warren, Charles, Mary and Edward.
Sandusky Daily Commercial Register, Wednesday, January 27, 1864:
"The Cleveland papers of last evening announce the death of Levi Rawson, Esq., one of their oldest and most esteemed business men. He died of pleurisy, after an illness of only about five days. He was 56 years of age and had been a resident of Cleveland for the last twelve years."
Removed from Erie St. Cemetery in Cleveland to Glendale Cemetery in Akron on Oct. 6, 1899
The Summit Beacon, 28 January 1864. p. 2:2:
"Death of Mr. Levi Rawson
Our people were pained to learn, by telegraph, on Tuesday morning, of the death of our former townsman, Mr. Levi Rawson, at his residence in Cleveland. It is but a few days since he was among us, in apparent perfect health, the disease with which he was so suddenly taken away, being pleurisy. Mr. Rawson was one of the most honorable and enterprising business men in Northern Ohio, and his loss will be deeply felt in business circles, while in his social and family relations a void has been created by his death that cannot easily be filled."
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