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C. S. Clark Charles S. Clark founded Wakeman's biggest business in 1878 when he was eighteen years old. With five dollars he bought two kinds of seed corn. With the fifteen cents left over he bought stamps to solicit mail orders. He received two mail orders for four bushels of seed, making eight dollars. Four years later he sold $42,409 worth of corn seed. Between 1925 and 1935 he sold one fifth of all seed corn sold in the United States. Clark's Seed House. Now owned by W. B. French Wakeman Milling and Elevator Co.   Page 37 The Wakeman Community Library was founded in 1949 using temporary quarters in the Town Hall. In 1961 a permanent building was given by Mrs. C. C. Canfield II in memory of her husband who was a great grandson of original settler Augustin Canfield. Top left: Mr. C. C. Canfield II Bottom left. Mrs. C. C. (Augusta) Canfield II Page 38 Bill Felton's Saw Mill in 1920 at the corner of Clark Street and Rt. 20 Page 39 Wakeman on the north side of the railroad Last of the steamers - Trains stopped hauling passengers through Wakeman in January of 1958 and stopped running in April, 1976 Page 40 The Bright House in 1852, the year the CT & N R. R. was built. The house was built by Lemuel Pierce, Minott Pierce and Curtis Burr and was later sold to Fanny Bright. A third story was added for a ball room which was also used for basketball games. The players would take Aunt Fanny, in a wheelchair, to church in return for the use of the hall. Mrs. Bright was the aunt of Bill Pease. Back  Index   Next Wakeman Ohio Home Page | Wakeman Library Home Page